#Jedidiah Wicker

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I know that I’m going to sound biased here and I probably am but I am CONVINCED that Jedidiah Wicker *specifically* is going to become a prominent character in a future season. It might be season 5, it might be later, idk, but the way that his character has been set up is so different from the other kids because from that opening scene in season 2 when he and Johannah encounter Dimes, there is something that distinctly sets him apart from his siblings and I’m pretty sure that even in season 4 Valerie notices that he seems more apologetic than Jacob and Johannah than causing a disturbance (episode 158) about causing a disruption. Anyways this all feels like a setup for something and if we don’t get payoff at some point I’ll be genuinely surprised and honestly a little disappointed.

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All of the Wicker kids (in order of age, with anything relevant that they do):

Jacob- basically functioned as a soldier of Mrs. Wicker’s crusades in season 2, Bern shot him in the leg when he held Violet and gunpoint, and he eventually realised that he and was wrong about the sorts of people at the Scoutpost. In season 3, he shot the vicar of the Church of the Hallowed Name, told his mom she sucks, and the went back and blew up the church with a bunch of other guys.

Joshua - Got murdered in season 4, has done nothing else of relevance.

Jocelyn - Has only been mentioned in two episodes but I’m kind of insane about her. She’s implied to be the primary caretaker for her siblings when her mom’s away.

Joel - Has been mentioned by name twice. Don’t worry about him I forgot about him too.

Jedidiah - Ran after Johannah at the start of season 2 and encountered Dimes. Was almost sacrificed by The Church in the same ritual that killed Al. (Technically not a girl but like. She is to me)

Johannah - Ran away in seasons 2 and 3, kind of friends with Russell

Jemimah - Literally only mentioned by name in a bonus story, don’t worry about her.

Jessica - Baby. Again. Don’t worry about her she doesn’t do anything.

I feel like I’m going to need a reference sheet for which Wicker is which with some memorable things they did.

They’re probably going to be appearing more and since when was there a Joel?

I literally only remember Johannah and Jacob.

And the name Jedediah, who until recently I thought was a girl… idk why I did.

I need someone to explain who is who, I’m been drowning in ‘J��� names and the synaesthesia isn’t helping.

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I think about this scene a lot

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Thinking of that one scene where Buck’s in punishment box or whatever that was supposed to be and he’s hungry and hurting and Jedidiah comes by and gives him something to eat, knowing full well that if he’s caught, he’ll be punished to and shfehdkdjjskakdnfjd

Imagine showing an act of kindness like that knowing full well that it’s only putting your own safety and wellbeing at risk. It’s such a small gesture, but it means so much. This child was raised by a hateful violent woman in a hateful and violent environment and he still chooses to risk his own comfort to help someone else.

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My blog is a safe space for Jedidiah Wicker btw

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I wrote a short fic about Jedidiah Wicker, but it feels too short to put up on ao3 so I'm sharing it here instead (writing under the cut)

Jedidiah’s gently holding a beetle. It’s smaller than most of the bugs he finds, but in his eyes it deserves the chance for a better life just as much as any beetle he finds scurrying through the room he shares with his brothers. Away from stinky loud teenage boys.

It doesn’t understand, however, that he’s trying to help it, and keeps trying to get through his fingers or crawl out of his cupped hands. He whispers little assurances to it, promising that he'll bring it to a better life, that if it stays inside, someone will crush it, but it doesn’t understand him. 

He releases it a few feet outside, and it disappears into the grass. It will never know that he saved it. It will always be scared of him. This makes him sad. He wishes that he could talk to bugs, so it could understand why he took it outside.

When he walks back inside, Joshua and Jocelyn are still sitting on the floor talking about whatever teenagers talk about, Joshua looks up at him.

“What were you doing out there, buddy?” He asks, trying to sound nice.

“I was bringing out a little bug I found in our room, so it could be free,” Jed explains.

Joshua makes a face that he can’t quite interpret, “It would have been easier just to kill it.”

“I know,” Jed responds plainly. He wants to tell him that that defeats the point, but Joshua doesn’t understand that even little bugs deserve a chance to have a better life. 

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There are two wolves inside of me, one headcanons Jedidiah Wicker to be an enby egg, the other really wants her to be a girl

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Transfem Jedidiah Wicker but the further into transition she gets the more she looks like slightly blonder Ethel Cain

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It is my personal belief that as a very little kid Johannah was very very snuggly and affectionate and as she got older she got more defensive and nowadays if you touch her without her explicit permission (which she very rarely gives) she will literally bite your hand off. I also think that Jedidiah had the opposite thing happen and as a kid he was very uncomfortable with any sort of physical contact and as he got older he started to crave it more. They are both extremely touch starved though just in wildly different ways. To me.

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I AM GOING TO GO INSANE ABOUT THIS PARALLEL

(from episodes 34 and 130)

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Listening to The Chapel by Madilyn Mei and thinking about Jedidiah Wicker

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you know you’ve lost the plot when you’ve straight up start referring to a character with a different name

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Shipping two relatively minor characters who've never canonically interacted is all fun and games until you can't stop thinking about them but nobody else gets it.

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when you have another idea for an fic but you don't have the time to write it

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My predictions for season 5 based on the first episode:

The Quartet is being controlled by some other more powerful force

Percy and Diggory are going to put off talking about it for as long as possible (I’ve mentioned it before and I stand by it)

Danielle and Nik will interact at some point (PLEASE)

Percy’s new relationship is t4t (WILLIAM PLEASE)

Johanna or Jedidiah Wicker is going to do something relevant (PLEASE WILLIAM PLEASSSEEE)

Percy’s still just as fucked up just in a different way

Something goes horribly wrong in France and Buck and his family have to team up with Yaretzi, The Countess, and Mort

Riot and Diggory end up connecting over the whole sewn together thing

Nikgnik ends up hating their new position/is extremely stressed out because of it

When Olivier comes back she will either have gotten more way powerful or just straight up lost his powers, no in between

The bell that Irene had will come back and be relevant

there’s definitely something else going on with this new Riot

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I’m going to upload that Jedidiah wicker fic that I wrote a couple weeks back