hearts are wild creatures that's why our ribs are cages

It’s no wonder there’s no shortage of people wearing a Morticia Addams costume during Halloween. She wears that long black dress like a queen. She forces others to accept her norm or not at all. If you think she’s the vampire queen, she doesn’t care.

She may be pasty white, but she’s gorgeous. In fact, Morticia thinks it’s odd that the rest of the world abides by societal rules. If she wants to live in a haunted mansion with a severed hand, a Frankenstein-like butler and a grave for a backyard, she will. To a normal pair of eyes, Morticia is incredibly weird but she doesn’t care.

We may have not noticed it when we were children, but Morticia Addams is an icon in terms of fashion, parenting and becoming a woman, in general. Nope she’s all about the kooky and mysterious, the seduction and transparency. The matriarch of the spookiest family on TV isn’t one for butterflies and all things pink.

Morticia is unlike any of the female cartoon protagonists we watched during our childhood days. She’s creepy and she’s spooky but she’s also a goddess. Sure, Morticia Addams is strange - but that’s what makes her so iconic. Plus, she’s the mother who names her kids Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams. Her name alone is eerily similar to the word ‘mortician,’ aka the person who deals with deceased bodies. She’s a descendant of the Salem witches, she wears all black and she cuts rose blossoms to keep the stems for her stem bouquet. The Addams’ Family’s Morticia Addams is famously strange.

Hearts are wild creatures that's why our ribs are cages