Wednesday created several unlikely friendships during season 1 of Wednesday, but there was a more profound significance to her bond with Eugene than others like Enid and Xavier. Despite her insistence that she preferred solitude, Wednesday seemed drawn to personalities at Nevermore Academy that contradicted her own. Her bright, colorful, werewolf roommate was a perfect best friend for the gothic newcomer, but Eugene provided a different kind of support and required a different sort of protection in Wednesday.
Wednesday started immediately, showing audiences that the titular character despised bullying. Pain and torture might have been her jam, but that didn't include hurting people who couldn't protect themselves or had done nothing to deserve it. Her younger brother, Pugsley, was far weaker and more innocent than herself, so his odd Addams family behavior left him open to getting shoved in lockers. Wednesday wouldn't stand for this, and she took matters into her own hands to protect her little brother. But, of course, all of this is precisely what landed her at Nevermore.
Wednesday Views Eugene Like A Brother
When Wednesday started her life at Nevermore, she made a few friends entirely against her will. However, Eugene was the first she actually chose to be around and quickly became the most protective over. The strange, nerdy, and meek beekeeper was a lot like her brother, so it was difficult for her not to begin to assign herself the role of the older sister. This again brings the reluctant tenderness that her character possesses to Wednesday audiences' minds, reminding them that she isn't exactly who she pretends to be.
Wednesday herself may not have realized just how much she cared about Eugene, but when he was injured by Wednesday's mysterious and monstrous Hyde while carrying out her mission alone, the total weight of her affection settled in. She visited him frequently and acted kindly (in her way) toward his mothers. She also became all the more dedicated to discovering the monster's true identity, though she took a few missteps to get there.
Why Wednesday Is So Protective Of Pugsley & Eugene
Years of The Addams Family have shown Wednesday torturing Pugsley, and while he gave her good screams, he never seemed to mind it entirely. No matter what version of Wednesday's character is on the screen, she is always fiercely independent with a deep sense of justice. The evil of the world is delicious to her, but the punishment for evil is even more so (especially if it includes an electric chair). Therefore, it's no surprise that Netflix's successful adaptation of Wednesday would be something of a justice warrior.
To Wednesday, Pugsley and Eugene represent innocence that, as the older sister, she is responsible for protecting. The incident with the piranhas in episode 1 was likely not the first time Wednesday came to Pugsley's rescue. So, when she came to Nevermore and met Eugene, it would have significantly pained her to think that she had contributed to getting him injured. He was the same as her brother, and Wednesday would do whatever was needed to protect him. Lucky for her, this bond went both ways, and Eugene's determination to stick together in Wednesday saved the day— with the help of bees, of course.