#summery: Tyler’s interesting ‘cause he bad but he could be good 👍

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Wait y do u love Tyler?

I definitely rambled way more than intended. So answers under the cut. But just as an fyi this is still very much a wenclair blog if that’s what you’re worried about lol.

He’s just a very interesting character and though I really enjoyed Wednesday (obviously) a lot of the side characters were very underdeveloped while Tyler wasn’t which as a character driven reader/watcher is really important to me.

I’m not into the Wednesday x Tyler ship so I don’t really make much content about him as that seems to be the majority of his part of the fandom. I didn’t hate it in the beginning but post S1 I just don’t really see Wednesday ever being in a place where she lets herself be vulnerable around him again at least not in a romantic context. And also after his involvement in what happened to both Thing and Enid I personally believe it would go against all of Wednesday’s character development from S1. Realistically speaking I just think they would be really toxic together but some people are into that (fictionally speaking) and others might see it differently so no hate to anyone’s ships, you’re into what you’re into, all ships are totally valid and hating on what other people love because of unnecessary shipping wars is honestly the worst part about being in fandom.

Having said that I still really liked Tyler as a character and definitely want to see more of him. Either continuing on as a villain or having him go through a redemption ark. He made an interesting antagonist for Wednesday, which for an character who thrives in scary environments isn’t super easy to do. Especially since Netflix’s Wednesday isn’t as satirical as previous Addams family adaptations. But the way he, as the villain, managed to manipulate Wednesday’s main weakness - that being her loneliness due to the fact that she doesn’t fit in - by making her feel wanted was something I really enjoyed (not for Wednesday obvi but from the pov of a story ark and yes I know she would deny ever being lonely to her dying breath but learning that although she might not need people, letting those who accept her for who she is close to her and learning that she may actually want that is literally the theme of S1).

I’ve done a couple of re-watches now and the main three characters in my opinion are Wednesday, Tyler and Enid. Both Tyler and Enid having a significant influence on Wednesday’s character development throughout the season. And I think building the future seasons around these three is the best choice going forward. Not just because they’ve already got a good foundation of character development behind them but because they all contain both light and darkness presented in three very different ways. I got three hours of sleep last night so I can’t explain that in a coherent way rn but if someone wants to ask me later I’ll try and reply when I have a brain. But basically they’re three very complicated people who don’t fit even when they try. And although they don’t always get along they seem to recognise themselves within each other, whether they know it or not. Enid constantly being suspicious of Tyler is a good example of this. It’s her sensing him suppressing/hiding his dark-side because she does the same thing. Wednesday as someone who is comfortable in her darkness subconsciously saw the darkness within them both, intriguing her enough to allow them close to her while aesthetically speaking most would claim they weren’t her type. And once they were close enough they began to influence each other in both positive and negative ways. Wednesday became more considerate of people feelings, let them close to her and began to acknowledge that maybe having friends wasn’t a bad thing and the possibility of spending her life alone perhaps wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Wednesday embracing Enid at the end is a testament to her growth in S1 because despite what happened with Tyler she chooses not to push Enid away. And while Wednesday was learning she didn’t have to live in complete darkness and solitude, Enid learnt that she didn’t have to pretend she was the personification of rainbows and daisies to make people like her. She started to embrace her differences, broke some rules, stood up to her mom and to Wednesday and learnt that she didn’t need to filter herself to fit in because she was who she was and the people who should be in her life would stay even when she wasn’t pretty and perfect all the time. This is what inevitably lead to her connecting with the darkness of her wolf side and allowed her to transform when Wednesday needed her. Tyler obviously went way off the deep end and went full psycho and if you read between the lines a bit I think Wednesday honestly made him worse (see previous they’d be toxic declaration) but you have to consider Laurel/Ms Thornhill’s influence as well. And I think that’s why he intrigues me as a character because he fucked up. And now he either has to fight to atone for that and drag himself back into the light (with the help of Wednesday and Enid) or he could embrace that darkness in full. Becoming what Wednesday (despite what she may claim) doesn’t want to be and proving to her that a life of darkness and solitude isn’t what she should strive for. Yes she’s weird and spooky and will always love death and destruction that shouldn’t change and doesn’t need to change. But I see a lot of people claim she lacks a moral compass and is a straight up psychopath. And though she definitely has different morals than would be considered normal, as they lean into her kill or be killed macabre nature that comes with being an Addams, she definitely doesn’t lack empathy and will, in my opinion, never be the bad guy (like yeah I 100% believe she would kill someone but she’d have a good reason and I’m sure the piece of shit would deserve it).

So either he becomes the overarching villain across the however many seasons of Wednesday there will be - mirroring what Wednesday fears she could be but doesn’t want to be - or he goes through a time of reflection/confliction where he doesn’t really know where he stands, both as a person and a Hyde, nor what he wants to be. Possibly becoming a Nevermore student, or just existing within Jericho surrounded by people who hate/don’t trust him because of who he is and what he did. But slowly nurturing significant relationships with the main cast regardless due to whatever circumstances throw them together again. Again I don’t want Wyler to happen but watching how Wednesday reacts to someone who betrayed her as he tries to be a better person and earn her trust would be super interesting to watch. Especially if the writers got him to a point where he would put himself in danger to protect Wednesday and/or Enid because yeah S1 happened but somehow he’s grown to love these bitches. Like THATS a character ark I would kill to see. And now that he’s away from Laurel/Ms Thornhill there’s definitely room for that to happen. Like yeah okay he murdered people but he was suppressed, neglected, manipulated and abused and this is a fictional tv show. No he’s not completely innocent but as a Hyde with a master he wasn’t in full control of himself and that leaves enough room for him to redeem himself in my opinion.

I mean look at this face…

Adorable. I just think he’s neat okay. This is still a predominantly Wenclair blog so you don’t have to stress if you really don’t like his character but I personally do. And him developing cute platonic relationships with Wednesday and Enid in the coming seasons is definitely something I want to see happen (personally I love to headcanon that Enid and a redeemed Tyler will always low key have beef with eachother but in a sibling-y “I can fight them but no one else better even think about it” way). Even though a lot of other Wenclair shippers are very anti-Tyler.