Theo Putnam: A Brave and Loyal Friend

Sabrina had a very small and tight knit circle of friends, some she had been friends with all through her childhood and one of the most prominent being Theo Putnam.

Theo was not always Theo Putnam and instead was known by another name Susie Putnam before they transitioned to identifying as a male.

Today we will be looking into what makes Theo Putnam not only a brave member of the Sabrina friendship group but also why they are one of the most loyal amongst her small group of friends.

Before Theo Putnam

Theo was born as Susie Putnam and was brought up by a single father. It is not explained what happened to their mum.

Theo was portrayed as being very slim, with wavy brown hair which they wore short. All through Theo’s life they struggled with their gender and identified as non-binary. In high school they were relentlessly bullied by the boys from the football team who did all sorts of things to make Theo’s life very difficult and embarrassing.

Sabrina, Roz and Theo set up a club called WICCA to stand up to the bullies and to try and stop what was happening to Theo and offer support and comfort to them.

Jesse Putnam is Theo’s uncle who also struggled with his gender. After working in the mines something happened and he seemed to get very ill. Theo and their father became Jesse’s caretakers. It was later revealed that Jesse was actually possessed by a demon whilst he was in the mines.

When Susie became Theo

Eventually Susie decided that they identified as a boy and this was reinforced when Roz’s Nana Ruth spoke to Theo as though they were a boy, calling them young man and such.

Theo told his friends that he wanted to be called Theo from now on and was accepted with open arms into their transition. Harvey and Theo even tried out for the boys basketball team together and with a little help from Sabrina using her magic, Theo was pretty successful in the tryouts.

Theo went on to tell his dad that he now identified as a boy and that he wanted his father to call him Theo and treat him as such, his father did seem to accept the transition fairly well.

 

Adventures throughout Sabrina

In Sabrina, the friends Harvey, Sabrina and Roz set up another club called the Fright Team. This is where they solved mysteries and fought monsters and the supernatural.

Theo had a boyfriend called Robin Goodfellow who was actually a hobgoblin. Robin had originally been tasked with getting close to Theo in order to have them as a sacrifice to the Green Man, but Robin developed genuine feelings for Theo and eventually helped Theo and friends by telling them information to help stop the pagans from the Phantasmagoria carnival.

It was revealed that Theo had limited mediumship and was able to communicate with the ghost of their ancestor, Dorothea Putnam.

A brave and loyal friend

Theo never once turned his back on any of his friends, he and Harvey had a good relationship and would pair off to do investigations together, like explore the Greendale mines for answers, and both were attacked in the tunnel 13 by a white woman. Theo was able to end her though with a pickaxe.

When Roz was going blind she was told of her families curse from witches by her Nana Ruth and eventually Roz and Harvey started to question if Sabrina was to blame for it. However Theo stood up for Sabrina and told them that she was their friend and would never do anything to hurt any of them.

No matter what struggles Theo faced in their own life, they bravely fought through it all and aided Sabrina and the rest of his friends in all the dangers they came across.

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