History Characters / TheWilds

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rafael is usually called "Raf" or "Rafe" (an AccidentalMisnaming by Kirin that Raf seems fine with).

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Henry is in a perpetually downbeat mood and can be a real drag at times but he's a good person overall and does have a strong moral compass that becomes clearer as the show goes on.

* HiddenDepths: Henry was a Boy Scout (96 merit badges) until he hit high school, which means he has a lot more strengths as a survivalist than most of the cast.

* AnimalLover: She's a vegetarian, and the only one vocally against hunting for food when they run out. She finally concedes and kills animals using traps for food. However, the guilt about this eventually gets to Martha so much she's left catatonic.

* SiblingYinYang: Henry is a passive introverted jerk with a HiddenHeartOfGold while his stepbrother Seth is an outgoing [[spoiler: but secretly dangerous BitchInSheepsClothing with a seriously dark side.]]

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Seth has this trait similar to Martha, but unlike her, [[spoiler:this leads to him denying his horrific actions towards others (such as trying to drown Henry in a fit of rage and sexually assaulting Josh) in order to make himself look better]].

* DeathFakedForYou / FakingTheDead: Initially appears to be one of the boys selected for the control group, then abruptly killed off in the first episode of the second season. Except, DJ was one of the moles in the group and had his death faked.

* TookALevelInBadass: She undergoes quite a lot from the start of the story, from being pretty naive and antagonistic to [[spoiler: a Chessmaster capable of outsmarting Gretchen and her organization, though it only gets her and the others so far...]]

* ReallyGetsAround: Her promiscuity is brought up a lot, mostly by Leah. Flashbacks reveal Fatin had casual sex with guys quite frequently, one simply being credited as "Latest Conquest". She also had at least one threeway with two guys.

A kind-hearted, animal-loving Ojiwbe Native American girl from Minnesota; she goes to the same school as Toni and is her best friend.

* NiceGirl: She’s the nicest of the 8.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rafael is usually called “Raf” or “Rafe” (an AccidentalMisnaming by Kirin that Raf seems fine with).

* WideEyedIdealist: Raf often sees the world with rose colored glasses, both in terms of his girlfriend’s relationship with him and [[spoiler:Seth’s actual personality and issues]], and he doesn’t realize it until later.
* WorkingClassHero: Raf grew up in a working class Mexican family.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: As much as Josh wants to be socially progressive, it can often be performative. For example, Josh refers to Dia de Los Muertos as “Mexican Halloween”, which Raf and Leah find cringey, even after getting the purpose of Cinco de Mayo right.

** [[spoiler: Kirin is quick to suspect that Seth’s NiceGuy personality is just a facade, and turns out to be right in the most horrific way]].
** Kirin points out that Ivan’s HolierThanThou personality sometimes get in the way of other people’s problems and that he is nowhere near as righteous as he thinks of himself as being. This makes sense since Kirin knows that Ivan can be a NerdyBully at times. Ivan's quiet response implies he knows Kirin isn't wrong.

* MrFanservice: He's an athlete with the physique to match and loves showing it off as much as he can with the tropical heat of the island just giving him an excuse to go without a shirt most of the time.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Arguably his major character flaw is his inability to realize other’s feelings. Examples include posting an intimate photo of him and his boyfriend Luc without the latter’s consent. Additionally, Ivan goads Kirin into denouncing him with homophobic slurs on video while the latter is in a particularly vulnerable state after his father figure, his football coach, is fired—to “prove” that Kirin always had it out for him.

* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler:Initially tries to deny his assault on Josh by first claiming that Josh is mistaken on what happened, and then claiming that Josh’s bruises are the “result” of being a hypochondriac]].

* TookaLevelinKindness: Fatin began the series uninterested in the other girls and primarily offering snarky comments with no interest in helping, but by season two she's taken on the role of TeamMom. She even remarks on this in season 2, and Martha tells her "You just care is all" to which Fatin replies, "I know, it's disgusting."

* TwoferTokenMinority: She's the sole main character of South Asian ancestry, who also comes from a Muslim family (Fatin herself doesn't appear to be religious at all though).

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Zig-Zagged. While her kind moments are genuine and she does mean well, she’s haunted by her religious father’s strict position on certain things as well as her resulting internalized homophobia, which when triggered causes her to act out and say things she doesn’t mean. This has tragic results when she accidentally drives her best friend to suicide in a moment of weakness.

* CrisisOfFaith: Shelby is a very devoted Christian at first, but begins to question her faith when she meets Toni, a proud, open lesbian whose sexuality she finds threatening as she's repressed her attraction for girls as it conflicts with the conservative teachings she'd been instilled with. It all does a number on her mentally. She seems to get over it after a time, but is far more subdued than prior, no longer talking about it so often. However, after Rachel's lost Nora and seeks religious comfort Shelby shares a prayer she used as a mantra to deal with the suicide of her friend Becca.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shelby begins the series with long, sleek perfect blonde hair. [[spoiler: In the flash forwards, we see she has completely shaved her head. In the in-between, we see two different hairstyles-- she cuts some of her hair in a moment of SanitySlippage at the end of season 1, and then cuts it again though not to the extent of baldness yet in the end of season 2]].

* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: While experiencing SanitySlippage towards the end of season 1, Shelby does a bit of a hack job on her hair, though it's still there. By the time of the interviews, she's shaved her head bald]].

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Like Martha, she isn't seen in the post-island timeline and it's unclear what happened to her]]. Then subverted when [[spoiler:it is revealed that Nora drowned saving Rachel—only for it to be revealed that she’s still alive and in the custody of the Dawn of Eve]].

* FeminineWomenCanCook: She dresses in pink, feminine clothes and her backstory shows that she worked as a cook at her parent's restaurant.

!! “The Control Group”

* AsianAndNerdy: He's mixed race white and Japanese and is a bookish, unathletic guy who is clearly not comfortable in social settings.

* DisappearedDad: His mother has remarried to Seth’s father, with his biological father out of the picture.

* HiddenDepths: Henry was a Boy Scout until he hit high school, which means he has a lot more strengths as a survivalist than most of the cast.

* SiblingYinYang: Henry is a passive introverted jerk with a HiddenHeartOfGold while his stepbrother Seth is an outgoing [[spoiler: but secretly dangerous BitchInSheepsClothing with a serious dark side.]]
* TheSmartGuy: As a former boy scout, he's the one most equipped to handle the outdoors and provide crucial advice.
* SoapboxSadie: Has this in shades, making it clear that is not a fan of social institutions.
* SourSupporter: Henry never wanted to be part of the Twilight of Adam project to begin with and is equally annoyed at having to be on the desert island with people he doesn't know and with the possibility that any one of them can die without ever being rescued. Nevertheless, Henry tries to pull his weight-including using his Boy Scout knowledge to help the group hide their food supply from animals.

* BrutalHonesty: Henry does not mince his words on ''anything,,' be it how much he doesn't want to do the retreat, his views on others, his belief that they are doomed and his unhappiness with things in general.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shelby begins the series with long, sleek perfect blonde hair. [[spoiler: In the flash forewards, we see she has completely shaved her head. In the in between, we see two different hairstyles-- she cuts her hair partly in a moment of SanitySlippage at the end of season 1, and then cuts it again though not to the extent of baldness yet in the end of season 2).

* ImportantHaircut: [[Spoiler: While experiencing SanitySlippage towards the end of season 1, Shelby does a bit of a hack job on her hair, though it's still there. By the time of the interviews, she's completely shaved her head bald).

!! Jeanette Dao Chi Nguyen

* HairTriggerTemper: Her establishing moment is flipping over a table at a restaurant she works at after reading a note on her attitude from a customer.

* EveryboneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Kirin is easily the angriest of the group when he learns that Seth sexually assaulted Josh, threatening to kill him several times]] and is extremely protective and caring towards Josh afterwards. Additionally, Kirin doesn’t seem to have a personal problem with Ivan being gay—he’s just annoyed at the latter’s ItsAllAboutMe tendencies.

* NerdyBully: A variation. Ivan is a CampGay boy that would be bullied the same way a HollywoodNerd would, except he can be a bully himself. He’s a shining example of how bullies in current days can come in different forms and sometimes use the "cancel culture" method as a loophole to be a bully in the guise of someone doing something just, such as when he caught Kirin DrowningHisSorrows after his coach was fired due to an old Blackface photo that Ivan justifiably exposed him for. Kirin was just sad that the closest thing he had to a father was now gone but Ivan was having none of it and started recording him, trying to get Kirin to call him a slur. Kirin, wanting to be left alone, gave him what he wanted on video which Ivan then released getting Kirin expelled. Since Kirin was just in a genuinely sad moment and Ivan was looking for a fight, Ivan was the bully in this situation. Ivan's own boyfriend calls him out for kicking Kirin while he's down and breaks up with him.

* EverybodyHasStandards: [[spoiler:Kirin is easily the angriest of the group when he learns that Seth sexually assaulted Josh, threatening to kill him several times]] and is extremely protective and caring towards Josh afterwards. Additionally, Kirin doesn’t seem to have a personal problem with Ivan being gay—he’s just annoyed at the latter’s ItsAllAboutMe tendencies.

* ParentalAbandonment: His dad left when he was very young, leaving him without any kind of father figure until he met his coach.

* EverybodyHasStandards: [[spoiler:Kirin is easily the angriest of the group when he learns that Seth sexually assaulted Josh, threatening to kill him several times]]. Additionally, Kirin doesn’t seem to have a personal problem with Ivan being gay—he’s just annoyed at the latter’s ItsAllAboutMe tendencies.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kirin starts off as an obnoxious and angry JerkJock though can acknowledge the others’ strengths at times. Additionally, [[spoiler: he is instantly protective of Josh when he learns about his sexual assault]].

* TookaLevelinKindness: Fatin began the series uninterested in the other girls and primarily offering snarky comments with no interest in helping, but by season two she's taken on the role of TeamMom.
** She even remarks on this in season 2, and Martha tells her "You just care is all" to which Fatin replies, "I know, it's disgusting."

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shelby begins the series with long, sleek perfect blonde hair. [[spoiler: In the flash forewards, we see she has completely shaved her head. In the in between, we see two different hairstyles-- she cuts her hair partly in a moment of SanitySlippage at the end of season 1, and then cuts it again though not to the extent of baldness yet in the end of season 2)

** In season two when things continue to go wrong for the girls, Fatin remarks to Martha that she feels like they've pissed off some gods and joking suggests sacrificing a virgin, before adding that she wouldn't be a candidate. Martha, [[spoiler: who has been sexually abused and if often assumed to be the innocent one of the girls gets offended and upset by the perceived implication that she would be a candidate]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: In season two when things continue to go wrong for the girls, Fatin remarks to Martha that she feels like they've pissed off some gods and joking suggests sacrificing a virgin, before adding that she wouldn't be a candidate. Martha, [[spoiler: who has been sexually abused and if often assumed to be the innocent one of the girls gets offended and upset by the perceived implication that she would be a candidate]]. Also in season one when Toni rants to Fatin, Fatin casually asks, 'Are you an Aries?', making Toni even more irritated

* ManipulativeBitch: Her so called “control” group is filled with young teenage boys with criminal records while the girls group has troubled teens at worst. And she’s a little too satisfied when she finds out Seth assaulted Josh because it supports her hypothesis.

* StrawFeminist: Somehow, she doesn't see anything wrong with putting nine girls through hell to prove a female-centric society is better. She tries to prove this by tainting the island control group with boys who have criminal records including a known mentally disturbed predator to prove her point.

* TheQuietOne: Especially compared to her sister, Rachel. She doesn't speak that much, and when Nora does it's sometimes surprising (e.g. her telling dirty jokes with a straight face). It's possibly a result of her being autistic or in some other way neurodivergent, since she diplays other typical autist traits.

* CharacterDevelopment: He would usually make popular decisions, whether it was right or wrong prior to being on the island. He learns to make tough decisions that he feels are right even though they aren’t popular decisions.

* PetTheDog: Is very protective of Josh, [[spoiler:after the latter is sexually assaulted by Seth]].

* AngryBlackMan: Downplayed. Given his own struggles with being abused for simply being Black and gay, Ivan does have justifiable reasons to be annoyed with the unfair society he lives in. But sometimes he sideswipes empathy in order to be the “better” person, which ends up having dire circumstances when it comes to his relationship with Luc.
* AttentionWhore: another small part of a big flaw of Ivan’s. Everything has to be seen so he can get his admiration, such as a private picture with Luc he put up with out asking or his picking on Kirin.

* NerdyBully: A variation. Ivan is a CampGay that would be bullied the same way a HollywoodNerd would. Except he can be a bully himself. He’s a shining example of how bullies in current days can come in different forms and sometimes use the “cancel culture” method as a loophole to be a bully in the guise of someone doing something just. Such as when he caught Kirin DrowningHisSorrows after his coach was fired due to an old Blackface photo that Ivan exposed justifiably exposed him for. Kirin was just sad that the closest thing he had to a father was now gone but Ivan was having none of it and started recording him, trying to get Kirin to call him a slur. Kirin wanting to be left alone gave him what he wanted on video which Ivan then released getting Kirin expelled. Since Kirin was just in a genuinely sad moment and Ivan was looking for a fight, Ivan was the bully in this situation. Ivan’s own boyfriend calls him out for kicking Kirin while he’s down and breaks up with him.

* NerdyBully: A variation. Ivan is a CampGay that would be bullied the same way a HollywoodNerd would. Except he can be a bully himself. Such as when he caught Kirin DrowningHisSorrows after his coach was fired due to an old Blackface photo that Ivan exposed him for. Kirin was just sad that the closest thing he had to a father was now gone but Ivan was having none of it and started recording him, trying to get Kirin to call him a slur. Kirin wanting to be left alone gave him what he wanted on video which Ivan then released getting Kirin expelled. Since Kirin was just in a genuinely sad moment and Ivan was looking for a fight, Ivan was the bully in this situation. Ivan’s own boyfriend calls him out for kicking Kirin while he’s down and breaks up with him.

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:She is hinted to be working for Gretchen throughout the first season, and Jeanette/Lihn suspected her of being the Dawn of Eve's other insider before she herself was sent out. However, Episode 9 reveals that Nora is the actual insider]].

* DoesNotLikeMen: Averted; despite her outspoken feminist ideals and dreams of a "gynotopia", she tells Lihn she doesn't hate men and has loved some of them and she doesn't treat men she works with differently from the way she treats women.
* TheExtremistWasRight: There's no defending her methods, but as she points out, the girls really ''did'' come together on the island, and several of them underwent CharacterDevelopment that might not have happened otherwise. [[spoiler: The girls also lasted longer on their island than the "control group" on theirs, proving Gretchen's point, at least on paper, and no one actually died aside from Jeanette/Lihn, which was an unplanned accident.]] Of course, it's all counterbalanced by the unforgivable trauma Gretchen has put her subjects through, as well as her interference in her own experiment.

* PetTheDog: She forms a genuine friendship with [[spoiler:Lihn]]. While she is [[spoiler:able to compartmentalize her tragic death and keep the project going]], it is clear that [[spoiler:she mourns her]].

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!!Lihn Bach