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Fan Theory: Wednesday’s Thing is Ash William’s Missing Hand

It makes sense when you think about it.

Hannah LieberumbyHannah Lieberum
January 11, 2023
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Fan Theory: Wednesday’s Thing is Ash William’s Missing Hand

When Tim Burton’s Wednesday launched near the end of 2022, it quickly became a hit among audiences. Now, fans of the show are beginning to wonder about the origins of the sassy, loyal and mysterious hand who serves the Addams Family, Thing. A new Wednesday fan theory suggests Thing is actually the missing hand of Evil Dead‘s Ash William.

  • History of Thing
  • Once Possessed, Now Reformed

History of Thing

Thing has featured in every iteration of the Addams family, from the original comic strips to his latest appearance in Wednesday, and has served them by performing numerous tasks, including holding Morticia wool while she knits, lighting Gomez’s cigars and, according to Wednesday (one of the greatest Netflix characters, by the way), failing to help Fester rob a bank.

Despite his constant presence, none of these iterations has explained where Thing comes from and instead chose to leave the particulars of his existence unexplained. An episode of The Addams Family briefly hinted that he’d been around since Gomez was a child, and others hinted at the existence of other dismembered hands, but otherwise, we don’t know much.

Fans, however, believe that there is more to Thing.

Once Possessed, Now Reformed

Wednesday Thing is Ash William Missing Hand

In Evil Dead Ash William’s hand becomes possessed, and he cuts it off to ensure his survival. He replaces it with a chainsaw, and viewers later see the hand stab someone, though we never actually see it die on screen. Fans began to wonder: where on earth did the snarky scared hand go?

The Reddit user u/king_rootin_tootin recently took to social media to give their thoughts on the matter and discuss what they thought were the true origins of Things based on some hints they’ve discovered.

They explained that one of the first hints was that MGM Television owns the Evil Dead and The Addams Family franchises, so while a bit improbable, the two films could very likely exist in the same universe.

They believed the second hint was Wednesday’s lack of knowledge of Thing’s origin. “The events of Evil Dead Two happened in 1986 before she was born. It may as well be ancient history to her.”

When thinking back on Thing and Fester’s history, which the films and TV series have hinted at, the Reddit user suggested that it is very likely that Ash Williams’s hand could have ended up in Fester’s possession. Fester would not have been shocked by meeting a possessed hand, and the two probably became fast friends who got into all sorts of nonsense.

“It would be cool as hell if the hand has reformed and ends up leading Wednesday to Ash, and they team up. I could not imagine how she’d tolerate him or all the things Ash would say about her.”

Many fans agreed with this assessment of Thing, and some even spoke about wanting a spin-off between The Addams Family and Evil Dead, u/magicalmysteryharold commenting, “I hope it’s just 90 minutes if Luis Guzman and Bruce Campbell absolutely mashing through pancake and gossiping”.

While it is doubtful to happen, a cross-over between the Evil Dead characters and the Addams Family would be incredibly entertaining.

RELATED: The Weird Connection Between Mary Poppins & Pennywise the Clown

Tell us, do you believe that the Wednesday fan theory that suggests Thing is actually the missing hand of Evil Dead‘s Ash William?

Wednesday

Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.

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Creator: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Christina Ricci, Gwendoline Christie
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Number of Seasons: 1
Streaming Service: Netflix
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