WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Wednesday season 1!The writers’ tease for Wednesday season 2’s story hints that support for a relationship between Wednesday and Enid will become even stronger. Even before The Addams Family series premiered on Netflix, a vocal group of fans had been anticipating a romantic relationship between Wednesday Addams and her new Nevermore Academy roommate Enid Sinclair. However, Wednesday season 1 only put the psychic and wolf in heterosexual relationships; Wednesday with Tyler and Xavier, and Enid with the gorgon Ajax. Still, some fans are holding out hope for Wednesday and Enid to end up together, which was already intensified by Wednesday season 1’s emotional climax of the two characters finally hugging.
As the anticipation for Wednesday season 2 grows, the creators are hinting at what audiences can expect from the outcasts after the supernatural Nevermore Academy closed its doors. According to Wednesday co-creator Al Gough, the next season will focus more heavily on the evolution of Wednesday’s relationships with her mother, Morticia, and best friend, Enid. Gough elaborated that the female friendship between Wednesday and Enid is central to the series’ story, with the creators being satisfied with how deeply audiences connected with their relationship. While details on how Enid and Wednesday’s friendship will evolve in Wednesday season 2 have been kept under wraps, their dynamic will still be at the forefront of the next major storyline.
Wednesday S2's Story Makes A Wednesday & Enid Romance More Possible
By placing Wednesday and Enid’s relationship at the center of Wednesday season 2’s story, the “ships” for the characters to become a couple will gain even more traction. The loudest response to Wednesday's love interests after The Addams Family show’s debut was that she should be with Enid, and Gough indicated that the writers have been paying close attention to fan engagement and responding to it accordingly. The hint that Wednesday and Enid will be an even greater focal point in Wednesday season 2 thus suggests that the show could gradually move toward fulfilling a romantic pairing, rather than just teasing audiences about a potential relationship between the two.
The fan response to “shipping” Wednesday and Enid has even reached the cast, as Wednesday Addams actress Jenna Ortega told PRIDE that the characters would be a couple in a “perfect world.” Even if the creators’ intention for Wednesday and Enid in season 2 is a platonic friendship, the increased engagement between the characters, a greater exploration of their emotional journey, and support from Wednesday's cast members will inevitably intensify some fans' interpretation of their connection as romantic. Additional support for Wednesday and Enid's potential romance comes from Wednesday's creators themselves, who have stated that “sometimes characters reveal themselves" later on, which coyly neither confirms nor denies a romantic subtext between the characters.
Should Wednesday & Enid Be In A Romantic Relationship?
Since the creators’ comments suggest that Wednesday and Enid were originally only meant to be friends in the series, the idea that they’re reading fan reactions and responding to this, in turn, means they could simply write a romantic relationship between the characters in order to appease fans. Ultimately, Wednesday and Enid should only become a couple if it makes sense for the stories and their characters – not just because it’s what fans are demanding. The accusations against Wednesday for queerbaiting with Wednesday and Enid in promotional materials have already put the series in hot water, but that doesn’t mean a romantic relationship is warranted story-wise.
As long as it’s the natural journey for Wednesday and Enid to take in Wednesday’s story, then becoming a couple isn’t an issue. The only problem is when a relationship is written simply for fan service. While Wednesday season 1’s episodes wrote Wednesday and Enid as only explicitly having romantic interests in their male peers, this could organically change in season 2 as the characters’ emotional journeys and feelings toward one another evolve.