8 Lessons I learned in Wednesday Series

The "Wednesday" series is the talk of the town nowadays as teenagers and adults are loving the Addams family and the weird fantasy world of outcastes. Harry Potter Series lovers are finding similarities in both series, and loving the high level of fantasy and adventures of Wednesday Addams.

I also binge-watched this whole series on my weekend and was amazed not just because of the storyline or acting, but because of the deep social and life lessons present in this series.

What are these lessons? Let's discuss it in detail.

1. Embrace your Individuality:

Wednesday and her team taught us that it is okay to be different from others and that it is the best thing to embrace your individuality.

Wednesday was different for students of the whole school. She was cold, had a different (and a bit weird) personality, and had different sets of values. These differences caused a lot of rumors about her, and people don't like her much.

But, Wednesday didn't seem to mind it. She remained in her cocoon and kept living her life on her own. She proved that her individuality makes her different, and adds value to her life.

Similarly, there is Enid, her friend, who was a werewolf but didn't wolf out completely which made her different from others. In the first episode, we saw her weeping and getting worried because of her different personality. But, when Wednesday asked her to embrace her different personality, we saw her calming down and enjoying her life by embracing her personality.

Moreover, Eugene Ottinger is a hummer who loves honeybees and has no friends because of his different lifestyle and personality. But we saw him enjoying his life by accepting his individuality. 

These aspects show that there is nothing wrong with being different from other people.

2. Friends are a Crucial Part of life:

Wednesday Addams had no friends and she didn't want to make any in her life. But, things changed when she gradually started making friends. Her friends remained with her throughout every difficulty, saving and supporting her wherever they can.

We saw cracks in the negative aspects of Wednesday Addams's personality as she started making friends. 

For example, in the first episode, she refused to hug Enid as she didn't like to get friendly and show emotions. But in the last episode, we saw her hugging her friend.

Throughout the series, Xavier trusted her theories, saved her life, and supported her wherever he could. Similarly, Eugene also supported and remained at her side throughout her struggle in finding the murderer.

This support and love of friends made it possible for Wednesday to fulfill her mission and find the real monster lurking in Nevermore.

3. Family is Everything:

Wednesday Addams family shows that your whole life revolves around your family, and they are crucial in every aspect of life.

We say Wednesday supporting and saving her brother and taking revenge on his bullies. We saw her saving her father from the wrong accusations and freeing him from prison.

In the first episode, we saw Wednesday didn't have the best relationship with her mother, Morticia. She was saying rude things to her parents and had a lot of negative thoughts about her father and mother.

But, they didn't mind and remained hell-bent to support and be with their daughter through thick and thin. This aspect shows that your family always wants the best for you, and you can't thrive in life without their support and love.

Also, Wednesday's parents' attitude is a lesson for parents to never give up on their rebellious children. Their love can melt their children, and with time, they will mature enough to understand your love.

4. Discrimination is a reality of society:

The series taught us that prejudice, hatred, and discrimination between two different nations or sectors is a common things that should be stopped now.

There are two nations in the city, one is the normies and the other is the outcastes. Normies hate outcastes because of a typical prejudice and want to eradicate them from the world. 

We have seen that normies burn outcastes out of their hatred. We have seen such incidents in our history where mass killing and murdering happened because of prejudice and discrimination of religion or race.

Black people's discrimination and discrimination based on religion are common in our world. Wars happened in the world because of this discrimination, and we should stop this thinking.

5. Injustice is in our society:

We have seen some incidents of injustice in Wednesday's series too, which show us how justice and honesty are silenced by rich and influential people in society.

Gomez Addams, Wednesday's father, was innocent and the Mayor of that time knew this but he ignored this fact because he was protecting the name of a rich normie family.

The mayor let innocent outcasts remain in jail because, in opposition, there was a rich and respectable normie family. 

Similarly, the Sheriff had an idea that the monster was his son but he still ignored this fact and arrested Xavier by accusing him of being a monster. 

This aspect shows that poor people have to suffer a lot, and rich people can easily deceive the law. They can come out of the hands of the law while innocent people have to face false accusations, and no law protects them.

6. Appearance can be deceiving:

The series has shown us that we shouldn't judge a person by his appearance. An innocent person can turn out to be a monster, and an indifferent person can turn out to be a warm-hearted person.

So, we shouldn't judge a person by their appearance and should spend some time with them to understand them.

7. Unpleasant people have their stories:

Some people in the world have gray personalities. This is the lesson we get from Bianca Barclay.

She was a rival of Wednesday, and in the initial episodes, we saw her hating Wednesday and competing with her. But as time passed, we found soft corners of her personality.

We found that she was suffering in her life because of her emotionally abusive mother. She had a lot of hurdles in her life which made her personality a bit arrogant. But, in the last episodes, she helped Wednesday Addams and even saved her life.

This gave us the lesson that we shouldn't judge people in their first meetings and gave them time to understand each other.

8. True Definition of Feminism:

The feminist theme is embedded in the series subtly. The main character is Wednesday Addams, a girl. Her support was not a man, but her friend Enid, another girl.

We saw that Wednesday had more guts, skills, and knowledge than others. She was a savior of her school, Nevermore, and was the one who was willing to fight with the real monster.

In the fourth episode, we got the clue from her and her father's conversation that Gomez taught her different skills, and raised her to be a strong person. This shows us that if a father has feminist thoughts, he can make his daughter an example for the world.

There are some dialogues on Wednesday that are my favorite and show these themes in detail.

Dialogues of Wednesday Series:

“I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.”

“So you were guided by latent chivalry, the tool of the patriarchy, to extract my undying gratitude?”

“I don’t believe in mandatory volunteer work, sugar-coated history, or happy endings. But most of all… I don’t believe in coincidences.”

"Listen, people like me and you, we’re different. We’re original thinkers, intrepid outliers in this vast cesspool of adolescence. We don’t need these inane rites of passage to validate who we are.”

“…you taught me how to be strong and independent. How to navigate myself in a world full of treachery and prejudice. You are the reason I understand how imperative it is that I never lose sight of myself. So as far as fatherhood goes, I’d say you’ve been more than adequate.” 

“I haven’t always been against birthdays. Each one reminds me I’m a year closer to death’s cold embrace.”

“Friends are a liability and can be exploited. That makes their weaknesses.” 

'The ability to not let others define you. It's a gift.' 

'Secrets are like zombies, they never truly die.' 

'Fire tests gold, suffering tests a woman.' 

'No man chooses evil because it is evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.' 

Wrap Up:

So, these are themes and quotes I love in this series. Do share your thoughts in the comment section.