-Morticia Addams and Wednesday Addams while standing in Rotwood Cottage[src]"Morticia: I've had experience with Ravens.
Wednesday: Are you talking about your sister? You've never been very forthcoming about Aunt Ophelia."
Ophelia Frump is a psychic, the sister of Morticia Addams, and the daughter of Hester Frump.
She will be portrayed by Eva Green in season three of the 2022 Netflix TV series Wednesday.[1]
Biography[]
Background[]
Ophelia is the sister of Morticia Frump who had a fraught relationship with her mother, Hester. Ophelia was a raven and ignored her mother's warnings against how to utilize her gifts. Ophelia and Morticia studied at Nevermore Academy.
In her sophomore year, Ophelia was found screaming in the quad with black tears on her face. She had pushed her psychic ability too far. Faced with the dire situation, Hester sent a weary Ophelia to Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, ignoring Morticia's protests, as Morticia believed Ophelia's problems were psychic and not mental.
As some time passed, Morticia asked her brother-in-law Fester to break into the facility and check on Ophelia. By the time he was committed, Ophelia had already escaped. In actuality, Hester located Ophelia and locked her in one of the catacombs of her mansion without the rest of her family knowing.
Season Two[]
It is revealed by Morticia that, like her niece Wednesday, she was a psychic raven.
Wednesday continues to abuse her psychic gift, ignoring warnings from Morticia about her fate mirroring Ophelia's if she continues down this dangerous path. Wednesday grows annoyed with the secrecy surrounding her aunt and questions Gomez, who simply claims that is Morticia's story to tell; and that coffin is closed.
Morticia and Wednesday argue over the return of Goody's spell book, which Morticia is hiding because she can't bear to see them both repeat familial mistakes. Wednesday challenges her mother to an El duelo-a-ciegas and Morticia knows the idea came from Grandmama, as she used to pit Ophelia against Morticia in the same manner.
Wednesday asks Uncle Fester to break into Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, an ask he recalls from Morticia years ago to check on her sister, Ophelia. By the time he was admitted, Ophelia had already escaped. Wednesday confronts Morticia about the secret and Morticia finally tells her the truth. Ophelia abused her psychic gifts to the point she had a breakdown in the quad during her sophomore year. She was found screaming with black tears on her face. Hester wanted to admit Ophelia to Willow Hill, though Morticia argued that her problems were psychic and not mental. Hester ignored Morticia and admitted her anyway. Ophelia was declared missing shortly after her escape from the institution, and has remained so for twenty years.
Wednesday discusses her shared psychic powers with her grandmama, incorrectly assuming that she stopped using them after Ophelia's madness. Wednesday later switches bodies with her roommate, Enid Sinclair, and both girls gain a better perspective of each other's lives. Enid understands now that Wednesday is afraid of becoming the disappointment Morticia will never want to speak of, like Ophelia, and the feeling is so deep that Enid could feel it in Wednesday's bones.
Wednesday finishes another year at Nevermore and visits her mother in Rotwood Cottage. Morticia gives Wednesday one of Ophelia's journals. Wednesday reads the journal while leaving campus with Uncle Fester, looking at the increasingly creepy drawings. She is sent into a vision of Ophelia sitting alone in a room. Meanwhile, Hester and Varicose visit the catacombs where Ophelia is being held in a room. She writes "WEDNESDAY MUST DIE" on the wall in her own blood.
Description[]
Ophelia has long white hair with a flower crown on the top of her head. She wears a red dress and is barefoot.
Personality[]
From Morticia's explanations of Ophelia, she was much like Wednesday in being a strong-willed young woman who believed fully in herself and her powers. She rebuffed help from anyone, especially her mother. Ophelia was constantly pitted against Morticia, with Hester wanting them to compete over everything. Ophelia pushed her psychic gift too far because she believed she knew what was best, despite warnings from others. She had a mental breakdown in the quad of Nevermore, and is said to have never fully recovered. Her mental health decline is ultimately why Hester admitted Ophelia to Willow Hill, though Morticia argued that her problems weren't psychiatric, but psychic.
Powers / Abilities / Weaknesses[]
Powers[]
- Psychic Visions/Psychometry: Morticia mentioned that Ophelia is a psychic with a darker view.
Abilities[]
- Artistry: Ophelia's journal was filled with sketches of herself having visions. Her entries were largely depicted through artwork.
Weaknesses[]
- Mortality: Being a psychic outcast, Ophelia is, like normies, vulnerable to illness, injuries, and death.
- Psychic Exhaustion: It is revealed that Ophelia began forcing her psychic abilities to work without regard and began producing black tears as a result of her psychic powers being pushed to their limits and still being forced to work.
- Insanity: Like her niece, Ophelia is a raven; however, she was unable to control her visions, and these eventually drove her to madness, and she was committed to a psychiatric hospital by her mother, Hester.
Relationships[]
Morticia Addams[]
It is implied that Ophelia and Morticia had a close relationship. Morticia always tried to protect Ophelia from her psychic powers. When Ophelia went crazy and Hester tried to send her to an asylum, Morticia begged her not to do it since Ophelia would only get worse there. When Ophelia escaped, Morticia was saddened by not knowing what happened to her.
Quotes[]
-Morticia Addams to Wednesday Addams[src]"You sound just like Ophelia. She was impatient and strong-willed, and allowed her ability to drive her to madness."
Appearances[]
Appears In[]
- Season Two
Mentioned In[]
- Season Two
Etymology[]
- Ophelia - The name Ophelia is of Greek origin and means "help," "aid," or "benefit".
- Frump - An unattractive woman who wears dated, unfashionable clothes. Alternatively, from the Yiddish surname Frum, meaning 'pious or observant', or patronymic from a variation of the name Abraham, Afrom.
Trivia[]
- In season one, one of the dorm halls at Nevermore Academy is named Ophelia Hall, but it's mainly a reference to William Shakespeare's character that appeared in Hamlet.
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