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In Wednesday Season 2, Principal Larissa Weems’ intention is revealed to be one of guardianship and loyaltyshe returns as Wednesday’s spirit guide, appearing during her coma and recovery. Her role is not about unfinished business or revenge but about supporting Wednesday through supernatural and personal challenges.
And most importantly, Weems confirms to be the 13th cousin twice removed of Wednesday, answering the lore that spirit guides must be blood kin! This is quite the contrast to her strict by-the-book nature as principal during Season 1.
In death, Weems is emotive, expressive, and nurturing, having shifted from a strict authority figure to a complex mentor. Her intent is evident: to mentor Wednesday at times of her most vulnerability and protect the security of Nevermore Academy even in death.
Weems' spirit guide role in Wednesday Season 2
The shocking revealtion of Wednesday Season 2 is that Weems is not resurrected in a physical sense. She instead returns quite clearly as Wednesday's ghost guide who appears to her alone. She first appears during Wednesday's coma, waking her up gently, and continues to provide guidance as supernatural perils rise.
This solidifies her drive to be based on loyalty and protection rather than residual personal agendas.
The blood relation requirement
One thing that resolves past uncertainty is the fact that Weems is discovered to be Wednesday's 13th cousin twice removed. This matters in the blood sense because, as has been proven in show lore, spirit guides can only be family members of the people they guide.
This bite helps to establish a narrative rationale for Weems' return in this position, making her more attached to Wednesday and linking her spirit more strongly to Nevermore.
From authoritarian principal to mentor
Weems was strict-rule principal at Nevermore Academy in Season 1, frequently butting heads with Wednesday about secrecy, control, and domination. In Wednesday Season 2, as a ghost, she is freed from those limitations.
Gwendoline Christie has referred to this comeback as a "fresh interpretation" of Weems, less controlling, more emotional, and for guidance. Her character is now not to control Wednesday but to empower her, a sign of maturity in their relationship.
Skepticism through supernatural and internal factors
Through Wednesday Season 2, Weems guides Wednesday through external threats and internal doubt. She guides in instances of psychic doubt, comforts Wednesday in instances of loneliness, and assists her in dealing with threats like Tyler Galpin.
Weems is a uniting character who shows that her motivation is not for herself but rather significantly for the sake of Wednesday's survival and growth.
Comparison with principal dort
Weems' presence also acts as a stinging contrast to Principal Dort, her flesh-and-blood counterpart. While Dort falters as a leader and decision-maker, Weems' leadership puts her stubborn devotion to Nevermore and the students in stark relief.
This contrast serves to make it clear that she is an unyielding guardian even when they've had to size her down to spirit level and brings to the forefront the idea that guardian-ship is greater than title and authority.
Symbolic meaning of her intention
Weems' Wednesday Season 2 character is allegorical. She is a spiritual advisor, thus a symbol of unyielding commitment to Nevermore and a repetition of the reason Nevermore was established, duty, commitment, and protection.
Her character is not really her own story but in positioning Wednesday so the next generation will still have the strength and substance that she had while living.
Hence, Wednesday Season 2's Principal Weems' goal is to help, protect, and empower Wednesday at her most vulnerable. In appearing once more as her spirit guide, she not only continues her unwavering commitment to Nevermore but redefines her relationship with Wednesday, from skepticism to mentorship.
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Her goal is neither unfinished business of a personal nature nor spectrality, this is one of stability, obligation, and loyalty bequeathed post-mortem.
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