#our haught cop

[girl4music]

WYNONNA: “Out already? Didn't even have time to send flowers.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “It was just a fancy faint.”

WYNONNA: “Yeah, the cat made a bed in your ass crack.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “The doctor said I'm fine. I'm as healthy as an ox.”

WYNONNA: “With the cankles to match.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “Listen. I am just here to tell Officer Haught that despite the day's events, she will not be getting my support.”

WYNONNA: “She saved your life, you incorrigible bitch.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “Perhaps. But she does not belong here in Purgatory. She is not our... people.”

WYNONNA: “Are you a xenophobe or a homophobe?”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “Why pick just one?”

WYNONNA: “Even though it was against her best interest, Nicole did the right thing. She always does the right thing, no matter what. That's the kind of person who should be Sheriff.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “I'll keep that in mind.”

WYNONNA: “No. Bunny... shouldn't we talk about what really happened today? What's really got your pearls all twisted?”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “I don't know what you're talking about.”

WYNONNA: “What you saw. Because you saw something, didn't you, Bun Bun?”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “It was just a dream, a terrible dream. Like the one where I'm on the cruise ship with all the shirtless... Portuguese sailors.”

WYNONNA: “Okay, there's a lot to unpack there. But no... you weren't dreaming. See, you think you want to know the things Nedley's been keeping secret. You don't. That monster you saw today, it's just... the tip of the iceberg.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “Iceberg?”

WYNONNA: “If you don't back Nicole for Sheriff, I am sending that monster and all of his demon friends... to your house.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “You can't and you won't.”

WYNONNA: “Oh, bless your cold, withered heart. You think you could handle another "fancy faint"? Then Nicole Haught's gonna be the next Sheriff. Okay? Have a lovely day.”

BUNNY LOBLAW: “I need to get to church.”

WYNONNA: “You gotta book yourself that cruise.

*she turns around to see Nicole stood at the doorway*

How long have you been listening?”

NICOLE: “It would've been rude to interrupt.”

WYNONNA: “Naughty Haughty.”

NICOLE: “How's your head? Because... I feel like I can hear space and time. Hair of the dog?”

*opens two bottles of alcohol, hands one to Wynonna*

WYNONNA: “Officer Haught. At work?”

NICOLE: “Well, some rules are made to be broken.”

WYNONNA: “Huh. Maybe you would be a good wife.”

NICOLE: “Ah, thank you. But you're not my type. You cheat at drinking games.

*they laugh and Nicole holds out her bottle*

Truce?”

WYNONNA: “More than a truce. A win.

*they clink bottles*

You know, I used to think you were an outsider too. And that things would get too demony and you would... go and leave my sister with a broken heart.”

NICOLE: “Wynonna, I love her.”

WYNONNA: “Ew.

*smiles*

Also, you better.”

NICOLE: “And I love you, too. I mean, I know it's terribly unfair and sometimes I really get... jealous, because you get to be...”

WYNONNA: “Get to be what?”

NICOLE: “You.”

WYNONNA: “You know, you're staked to this land, same as me. You never had a choice.”

NICOLE: “What do you mean?”

WYNONNA: “It wasn't Black Badge who saved you from the Cult of Bulshar massacre, Nicole. It was an idealistic local cop.”

*pulls out a photograph of a younger Sheriff Nedley with his arm around a young girl - Nicole as a child*

I’ve said it before. While I really do not like that they had to blackmail Bunny to back Nicole for Sheriff when Bunny shouldn’t even be a part of what they do because she’s a discriminative asshole, I understand that it’s in character for Wynonna to do that for someone she cares about and will defend. So the sentiment of the latter outweighs the former. She could have just let Bunny make the remarks she did and sent her on her way, letting her believe whatever she wanted. But no, she layed into her because she knew that Nicole deserves to be Sheriff next election. And the fact Nicole was stood there watching the whole exchange and never made a move to intervene shows how much she appreciates the support from Wynonna even if that support was a threat towards Bunny and could land them in even more trouble.

It matters. It’s not something I would think of to do myself, but it matters because it’s Wynonna and Wynonna always does the crazy thing for love. Nicole understands that and knows this is just Wynonna’s way of helping her. So she doesn’t stop her and instead just lets her potentially create more chaos.

They’ll cross that bridge when they come to it.

If it comes to it.

Then there’s the other part to this conversation where they sit and drink and relate to each other, and Wynonna reveals that while she is cursed to stay in Purgatory to fight Wyatt’s revenant demons, Nicole also had no real choice about who she would end up becoming in Purgatory either. Meaning it’s not just because she’s dating Waverly why she’s in the show. And I really love that they included that because it simultaneously gives Nicole purpose as her own character within her own individual arc and gives her representation and development beyond just being a love interest but also tells us that she always was - is - meant to be with Waverly and as part of the team because she has ties to the supernatural life too that she can’t just leave behind because she’s “abnormal”.

Combined with the former scene and conversation - this is the creator and cast/crew basically telling us that being “abnormal” or an “outsider” isn’t something we ever choose to be. It chooses us. The only thing we choose is to accept and embrace it…

Or not.

Maybe it’s just me reading into the narratives and themes a bit more than I should with this episode but I think it’s clever that the writers combined a narrative about being unlucky and having to work through the hardships of that with someone else we don’t always have common ground with and a narrative about acceptance and support from that someone when we’re being discriminated against for being too “different” to belong in a place we had no real choice to be part of the social community of in the first place.

We get the hand that we are dealt and we deal with it because that’s the only thing we really can do to survive somewhere non-inclusive. And if we happen to find people within that social community that are just as much of an “outsider” as we are even if they were born and bred in it then we are lucky and we are worthy and we do deserve to be treated with respect no matter how “not our people” we are perceived as.

And this is how I interpret this episode and these couple of scenes. It might not be the intention. I could be entirely wrong about what the writer intends it to represent. But I’ve never been one for canon anyway.

I’ve always made up my own lore and narrative when watching TV art/entertainment and I really miss show creators that accepted and encouraged this and gave you enough room to interpret any of it any which way you want and choose so that it could be so much more meaningful to you each time you engaged with it. I didn’t think TV shows like this existed anymore. But I’ve been pleasantly and gratefully surprised with ‘Wynonna Earp’ and other stuff I’ve recently watched.

I hope that streak continues when I watch Arcane. Shows that put the storytelling first have my heart even if I might be entirely wrong what story that is. It doesn’t really matter because I don’t deal in canon. I never have and I never will. That’s how I watch shows.

Art is and should be in the eye of the beholder always.

[aqueerchronicle]

Domestic wayhaught (like homestead chores)

-Waverly and Nicole split the chores up pretty evenly.

-Waves is organized but Nicole is neat and tidy. 

-Waves hates doing the dishes so Nicole always does them for her to save her the trouble. (even though nobody really likes doing the dishes)

-Waves does all the laundry for them, folding them perfectly and color coordinating the closet. (I feel like she has so many clothes, different colors and fabrics, she needs to take care of them just so)

-She doesn’t use a dryer, instead she hangs them on a clothes line to dry.  Firstly because it’s better for the environment and because it makes the clothes “smell of sunshine” (This might be more Dom than Waverly but I see similarities shine through)

-Waverly irons Nicole’s uniform for her.  a few shirts had to die in order for her to get the hang of it. 

-They take turns cooking but more often than not they end up working together

-Waverly prefers baking

-Nicole prefers cooking 

-Waverly makes sure there’s a fresh cup of coffee for Nicole every morning  Nicole makes the bed for her and Waverly (She always seems to forget)

-Waves handles most of the interior decorating (with Wynonna and Nicole's opinions here and there. They always like opposite things. She sides with Nicole…usually)

-If anything breaks, Nicole tries to fix it before she even entertains calling in somebody else (plumber, carpenter etc.)

-Waves listens to music dances around while she vacuums 

-They have a collection of bonus blankets (at the homestead and at Nicole’s now too)

-Calamity Jane has taken a liking to Waverly. It’s kinda like she’s hers now too

-They can’t sleep apart now. 

-Waverly finds herself doodling in her notebook “Waverly Earp-Haught” “Waverly Haught-Earp” “Waverly Haught”  

-Nicole can’t help but think about what Waverly would look like with a baby on her hip. 

-They’ve done it on pretty much every surface in the Homestead at this point.

  -This directly defies canon but oh well Nicole always drives. (okay she didn’t in 04x04 but maybe Waves wanted to drive after a year and a half of being away? I still think Nicole does 99% of the driving) One hand on the wheel, one hand holding Waverly’s 

[realtalk127]

Here’s what really gets me in the feels about Angst!Nicole:

Let’s remember that in season 1 Nicole’s main personality trait (in additon to being head over heals for Waverly) was feeling left out all the time. She spends a whole lot of time on screen trying to feel included but failing. It’s most prominent in s1, but honestly it really defines her up through the beginning of s2 (see the blood oath everyone takes at BBD in 2x01).

Now: flash forward to s4 where Nicole and Wynonna are at the lab with Rachel. Nicole encourages Wynonna to go on without her and does it whole-heartedly, not out of guilt or obligation. That is HUGE character growth. Nicole doesn’t need to be at the center of the action to feel important anymore, and - more importantly - Nicole also trusts Wynonna enough to gladly let her to do it instead.

Season 4 opens with a Nicole who has fully learned to trust her people. She’s 100% willing to step to the side and do whatever is needed for the best of the group - not whatever’s best for her own insecurities about being needed. She has enough trust in her place in the family that she doesn’t need constant evidence of her belonging with them.

But now two episodes later... all that has changed. I worry that we may have a Nicole who is back to square one, but worse. She did trust that her people had her back - and of course they did - but it didn’t matter. It still left her feeling abandoned just like before. Everyone else had the same experience together while she was kicked to the sidelines - just like all of season 1, just like 2x01. Except this time, instead of fighting demons vs boring normal police patrol... it was a few days of fighting WITH loved ones vs a year and a half of fighting alone.

I think we’re going to see not just major PTSD from Nicole but some major resentment as well when all these insecurities come out to play. Nicole knows cognitively that her family didn’t intentionally abandon her, but it won’t feel that way - not for a while.

[nicolesangel]

new @, who this? (bc i would die for waverly and nicole)

[wayhaughtficrec]

Hey hey! I'm looking for some good Canon multiple chapter fanfics. I've found a few 15 chapters but I'm looking for something more than that any recommendations?

Sure thing! What about I'm Ready (When You're Ready for Me) by TheGaySmurf. This fic uses a lot of canon compliant details to create a deadly backstory for Nicole. Also it’s a slow burn so cheers to that! 🥂

[ucflibrary]

The national celebration of African American History was started by Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-trained historian and the founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, and first celebrated as a weeklong event in February of 1926. After a half century of overwhelming popularity, the event was expanded to a full month in 1976 by President Gerald Ford.

Here at UCF Libraries we believe that knowledge empowers everyone in our community and that recognizing past inequities is the only way to prevent their continuation. This is why our February Featured Bookshelf suggestions range from celebrating outstanding African Americans to works illuminating the effects of systemic racism in our country. We are proud to present our top staff suggested books in honor of Black History Month 2021.

Click on the link below to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links for the Black History Month titles suggested by UCF Library employees. These books plus many, many more are also on display on the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library near the Research & Information Desk.

 A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women's unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Berry and Gross prioritize many voices: enslaved women, freedwomen, religious leaders, artists, queer women, activists, and women who lived outside the law. The result is a starting point for exploring Black women's history and a testament to the beauty, richness, rhythm, tragedy, heartbreak, rage, and enduring love that abounds in the spirit of Black women in communities throughout the nation. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing: the incarceration of African American women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill For black American women, the experience of being bound has taken many forms: from the bondage of slavery to the Reconstruction-era criminalization of women; from the brutal constraints of Jim Crow to our own era's prison industrial complex, where between 1980 and 2014, the number of incarcerated women increased by 700%. For those women who lived and died resisting the dehumanization of confinement--physical, social, intellectual--the threat of being bound was real, constant, and lethal. From Harriet Tubman to Assata Shakur, Ida B. Wells to Sandra Bland and Black Lives Matter, black women freedom fighters have braved violence, scorn, despair, and isolation in order to lodge their protests. DaMaris Hill honors their experiences with at times harrowing, at times hopeful responses to her heroes, illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Be Free or Die: the amazing story of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery to Union hero by Cate Lineberry Cate Lineberry's compelling narrative illuminates Robert Smalls’ amazing journey from slave to Union hero and ultimately United States Congressman. This captivating tale of a valuable figure in American history gives fascinating insight into the country's first efforts to help newly freed slaves while also illustrating the many struggles and achievements of African Americans during the Civil War. Suggested by Dawn Tripp, Research & Information Services

 Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans Fearless, funny, and ultimately tender, Evans's stories offer a bold new perspective on the experience of being young and African-American or mixed-race in modern-day America. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

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 Deacon King Kong by James McBride From James McBride comes a wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood's Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters--caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York--overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

 Different Strokes: Serena, Venus, and the unfinished Black tennis revolution by Cecil Harris Harris chronicles the rise of the Williams sisters, as well as other champions of color, closely examining how African Americans are collectively faring in tennis, on the court and off. Despite the success of the Williams sisters and the election of former pro player Katrina Adams as the U.S. Tennis Association’s first black president, top black players still receive racist messages via social media and sometimes in public. The reality is that while significant progress has been made in the sport, much work remains before anything resembling equality is achieved. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the power of hope by Jon Meacham John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr. A believer in hope above all else, Lewis learned from a young age that nonviolence was not only a tactic but a philosophy, a biblical imperative, and a transforming reality. Integral to Lewis's commitment to bettering the nation was his faith in humanity and in God, and an unshakable belief in the power of hope. Meacham calls Lewis as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the nation-state in the eighteenth century. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston An outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston’s “lost” Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humor, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston’s world. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 Race, Sports, and Education: improving opportunities and outcomes for black male college athletes by John N. Singer Through his analysis of the system and his attention to student views and experiences, Singer crafts a valuable, nuanced account and points in the direction of reforms that would significantly improve the educational opportunities and experiences of these athletes. At a time when collegiate sports have attained unmistakable institutional value and generated unprecedented financial returns-all while largely failing the educational needs of its athletes-this book offers a clear, detailed vision of the current situation and suggestions for a more equitable way forward. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Real Life by Brandon Taylor A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends -- some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

 Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. Suggested by Emily Horne, Rosen Library

 The Privileged Poor: how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students by Abraham Jack College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors--and their coffers--to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to let them in? Anthony Jack reveals that the struggles of less privileged students continue long after they've arrived on campus. In their first weeks they quickly learn that admission does not mean acceptance. In this bracing and necessary book, Jack documents how university policies and cultures can exacerbate preexisting inequalities, and reveals why these policies hit some students harder than others. Jack provides concrete advice to help schools reduce these hidden disadvantages--advice we cannot afford to ignore. Suggested by Peggy Nuhn, UCF Connect Libraries

 The Sun Does Shine: how I found life and freedom on death row by Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free. But with no money and a different system of justice for a poor black man in the South, Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. He spent his first three years on Death Row at Holman State Prison in agonizing silence, full of despair and anger toward all those who had sent an innocent man to his death. But as Hinton realized and accepted his fate, he resolved not only to survive, but find a way to live on Death Row. For the next twenty-seven years he was a beacon, transforming not only his own spirit, but those of his fellow inmates, fifty-four of whom were executed mere feet from his cell. With the help of civil rights attorney and author Bryan Stevenson, Hinton won his release in 2015. Suggested by Lily Dubach, UCF Connect Libraries

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[iheartintelligence]

If people want to fight for Season 5 I am on board. I will fight and proudly so. There is a part of me though, that I cannot deny, is okay with the possibility of Wynonna wrapping up in April. Should we have to fight so hard to keep it going? Hell no. Do other shows, with less representation and positiveness, have to even try this hard to stay with their networks? Probably not. It’s our shit show and even if it officially wraps up soon, it will always be our shit show. We carry that with us. Fight if we must fight. Earp when we need to Earp. But I am also here for 4B to finish with them at peace, finally living the lives that they deserve to live.

Alice riding high on Docs shoulders as he walks hand in hand with Wynonna towards the Homestead, whiskey bottle swinging in Wynonna’s other

Waverly smiling at them as they approach, Sheriff Haught stepping beside her wife and removing her black Stetson, to lean down for a welcoming kiss after a long day

Wynonna rolling her eyes as Rachel bursts through the door out on to the porch, complaining that Jeremy and Robin are trying to turn her kombucha making in to a mini lab experiment. Storming back in with raised voice

Nicole laughing as she hears Nedley and Rosita yelling at all of them inside to quiet down, before they kick all of their asses out in to the barn

As the four of them watch the sun set from the porch, Waverly leaning in to her wife, Wynonna grabbing for little Alice’s hand, they all smile. “My celestial sister, my vampire baby daddy. My Haught Cop and that bunch of damn misfits inside. Never how I pictured coming back to Purgatory would end up...but Jesus I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Waverly smiles as she grabs Wynonna’s hand and squeezes gently

[ive-got-a-taser]

Here's another kind of out-there theory for Nicole, but what if she was kind of immortal? Or had an element of luck or something on her side?

Hear me out. We all know that Nicole has seen and survived some shit, a good majority of which probably shouldn't have survived. Starting with the massacre, of course. Nicole doesn’t remember how she got down to the river, or why, but she did. Isn’t that incredibly lucky? That she, as a six year old kid, made it down to a river just in time to miss a demon rampaging through the festival and killing everyone? Just saying.

Chronologically, next would be her rock climbing accident with Shae, where they discover she’s deathly allergic to thiopental. I can only assume they found this out the hard way, and she just happened to survive.

Then we get to Purgatory, and she gets kidnapped, kicked, killed, and subsequently left alone in a freezing cold ditch on the side of the road by the Jack of Knives. And she’s resuscitated on site. Now. A quick Wikipedia search tells me that unless a person is resuscitated within three minutes after clinical death, they’ll likely have some permanent brain damage, possibly brain death. A study shows that in cold temperatures, it could be extended to up to ten minutes, but still. We know Nicole has no brain damage from this, so what’s the chance she gets found on the side of the road in a small town like Purgatory and resuscitated within ten minutes of her dying? It’s not very likely is all I’m saying.

Next, she just happens to be wearing a bulletproof vest when Willa shoots her. And Willa just happens to aim for the chest and not the head. I mean, I get she’s a cop and it’s standard procedure, of course, but also... It’s still kinda lucky.

2x03 with the strawman throwing her around like a ragdoll and her not even really getting injured, just bruised definitely deserves a mention.

The next time she almost dies, if I recall correctly, is 2x10, where Waverly acts totally uncharacteristic and doesn’t trust Wynonna to get the cure. Regardless of the fact that she was doing it for love and we all think that’s so sweet (if a little stupid), here’s another time that Nicole got so incredibly close to death without actually dying for good.

Then, I think it’s 3x02 (correct me if I’m wrong) when she’s going down to get Peacemaker and a demon cuts her climbing rope. And somehow, Wynonna with a dislocated shoulder and Waverly with a broken(?) leg are able to haul her up against the force of gravity on their own.

3x10 has the next near-death experience I believe. I mean, they don’t show how she, barely conscious and recovering from being possessed, makes it out of the burning, exploding house fully functional and okay. Not burned at all. We know that Doc, who had been perfectly okay before Maeve set the fire had to be dragged out by Charlie/Julian, but we didn’t see how Nicole got out. All we saw was when she was panicking over Charlie/Julian’s body and yelling at Doc and, I mean, she looked a bit more okay and less singed than Doc did, don’t y’all agree?

Of course, she gets stabbed in 3x12, and Doc just so happens to find her as she’s bleeding out on the ground. And Julian just so happens to be able and willing to save her. So, yeah. There’s another time death came for her and Nicole yeeted out of its range.

Don’t even get me started on season four guys. Jumping out of a moving train, falling down a VERY deep hole (we couldn’t even see the bottom!), almost getting eaten by mutant zombies and having to cause explosions to get out, fending off all sorts of monsters and demons for eighteen months (there had to have been some close calls there), and now, whatever’s going on with Margot and that jar of bees or whatever?

Our girl’s a survivor, guys. She is. And it’s starting to feel a bit supernatural to me at this point. I heard someone talking about how Samuel A. Haught was a cattle farmer back in Arizona around the time everything happened at the OK Corral, and they posed a question about a Haught heir. I just can’t help but wonder, you know... What if it’s got something to do with immortality or luck or something?

[ao3-feedwayhaught]

We've Got You, Haught

by OneAndOnlyOllie

Things are starting to be normal after all the events of season 4, or as normal as things get in the GRT...

...Then Nicole's Parents show up and stir up some drama.

Words: 2390, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Wynonna Earp (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M

Characters: Nicole Haught, Waverly Earp, Wynonna Earp, Doc Holliday (Wynonna Earp), Randy Nedley, Mercedes Gardner, Jeremy Chetri, Rachel Valdez (Wynonna Earp TV), Alice Michelle (Wynonna Earp), Nicole Haught's Parents, Nicole Haught's Father, Nicole Haught's Mother

Relationships: Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught, Wynonna Earp/Doc Holliday (previously), Wynonna Earp & Doc Holliday, Waverly Earp & Nicole Haught, Waverly Earp & Wynonna Earp, Waverly Earp & Wynonna Earp & Nicole Haught, Waverly Earp & Doc Holliday

Additional Tags: Light Angst, Family Drama, Found Family, Team Earp has Nicole's back, Fluff, Good Girlfriend Waverly Earp, Oneshot, WynHaught brotp, Wayhaught - Freeform, Homophobia, more or less minor, Established Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught, Nicole Haught: our lesbian cop goddess, Vampire Mercedes Gardener, Because canon is yes, Protective Wynonna Earp, #BringWynonnaHome, #FiveForWynonna

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/32127097

[dreamwalking78onao3]

Chapters: 1/10 Fandom: Wynonna Earp (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught, Waverly Earp & Nicole Haught Characters: Waverly Earp, Nicole Haught, Jeremy Chetri, Lonnie (Wynonna Earp), Randy Nedley, Mercedes Gardner, Widow Mercedes (Wynonna Earp), Beth Gardner, Tucker Gardner, Calamity Jane Additional Tags: Wayhaught - Freeform, calamity is a black bobcat, no wynonna, voodoo priestess waverly, Alpha Nicole, not your usual abo, multiple supernatural worlds exist as one, New Orleans, also called Voodoo Hack, SMUT WARNING IN FULL EFFECT Summary:

Welcome to New Orleans, where nothing is ever as it seems. The sweet beautiful girl you just passed could place a hex on you. Damning you for life. That cop that just looked your way, turns rather wolfish under the light of the moon. By the time you think you've figured out what is going on, you'll find yourself praying to go crazy instead. You can live in any American city, but New Orleans is the only city that lives in you.

[kendrene]

Do you have any advice for a fanfic writer who is wondering if something in a fic is too much due to current going ons or not? I am currently writing a Wynonna Earp fic and am debating over if Wynonna joking about Haught shooting Tucker if he molested Waverly to Mercedes is out of line right now or if it is so distance from the real world situations where it's not an issue.

I'm always of the opinion we need to address uncomfortable truths in fic especially for certain genres. Is this a threat I can see Wynonna make? Yes, because she can be a bit of a knobhead. Is it something Nicole would get behind if she heard her say it? I think there lies your way of putting this line in while having character momentum and growth. Dark themes have a space in fiction (obviously) but media doesn't exist in a vacuum. I'd ask myself the following:

- why are you putting the line in? Is it necessary? Does it further or enrich the plot? Is there any other wording Wynonna could use?

- if you put it in your story, what is Nicole's reaction? Is she mad at Wynonna? Does she understand why she'd say that but caution her against using the fact she is a cop to threaten people? If so, why?

Even if a piece of media is scifi or fantasy, it still sends a message and we need to be aware of what that message is. Sometimes writing is interpreted in ways we'd never expect, it's the nature of writing itself, but I think we have a.... obligation to do our best not to be tone deaf to the things that happen around us. I've written my fair share of dark fic and I've got no issues with reading it unless I'm left feeling that it glorifies something awful.

I don't think the threat you want to work in your story is a problem per se but it can become one if there's no.... reaction from the characters' POV. If it's just a throwaway line, some readers may perceive it as tone deaf, but if it actually sets a bit of character introspection in motion, especially in Nicole, then I think it could have the potential for character growth. Or you can change the wording entirely - this has gotten a bit long winded but the rule of thumb for me when I come close to brushing something that has the potential to upset people is "why do I want to write it?" And "does the story actually benefit from it?"

[aqueerchronicle]

Hc: nicole waking up waverly with head 👀

I started brainstorming for this and I ended up with about ten pages full of bulletpoints...so this is officially going to be a one shot instead of a headcanon. I’ll be working on it today and I’ll try to post it tonight!

[iamthegaysmurf]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Wynonna Earp (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught, Wynonna Earp & Nicole Haught, Waverly Earp & Wynonna Earp Characters: Wynonna Earp, Nicole Haught, Waverly Earp Additional Tags: Prompt Fill, Canon Compliant, Wynaught Brotp, because i love them so much, Introspection, Hurt/Comfort, soft moments, Wynonna actually apologizes, for the shitty way she always treats Nicole, Imagine that, and also, Nicole is a Good Cop, and she gets to do ACTUAL COP THINGS, Wynonna has a surprising realization Series: Part 24 of Life Is the Moments We Make (The Seconds We Take) Summary:

Prompt: "Ok 3 (forehead kisses) and 28 (forehead touches or nose nudging or any soft variation on the theme) is so soft and already so wayhaught but I think I am going to request 24 (‘just really needed a hug’ sort of a hug), please." and "DO 13 (family) FOR THE SOFT PROMPTS PLEASE!"

Set just a day or two after the end of 3x07, but before it picks up with any of the events of 3x08.

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A stressful call brings Wynonna and Nicole closer, and Wynonna realizes a few things about herself and her family.

Some Wynaught BROTP for the fantastic @darienplays6688, who always gives me some of the best prompts to work with.  <3

I tried this entire thing from Wynonna’s PoV, so let me know how that turned out.  :)

[anonomonopoetry]

#WelcomeBackWynonna

a poem from me? no...but maybe? enjoy.

“The time has come and we’re very near, To share in the show that will help us get through this insane year.

An ass-kicking sister in leather and a retired cop become a team, To get a vampire(?) cowboy and an angel out of “heavenly” lock-up. 

A Haught ginger and a wanna-be-Rock nerd, A jazz loving park ranger and a fabulous vampire queen, All characters we’ve impatiently awaited to see on our screens again. 

It might end up being a tough month, four episodes for “18 and older.” But we fought and we fought, Finally we’re seeing our shitshow on TV again. 

July 26th can’t come any quicker, I don’t know about you all, but I’ll hope to see you then on Twitter!”

----pa

[ucflibrary]

Welcome to Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

It has been a difficult 14 months for the world, but our Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) brothers and sisters have faced even more struggles. From small harassments to intense acts of violence, the AAPI community has borne the brunt of American fears and grief relating to the pandemic. These malicious acts demonstrate as a country we are not living up to the ideals of our nation. As Americans and Knights, we need to demonstrate these ideals are worth fighting for. Actions you can take range from learning more about the AAPI experience and history to using any privilege we have to push back against racism and violence.

One way to learn more about AAPI history and experiences is to visit the Libraries’ Readings on Race guide. This guide includes a page for general information about racism in America and how to have conversations about it to pages specifically addressing the experiences of marginalized communities in the United States such as Asian America Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous. Take some time to familiarize yourself with lived experiences beyond your own race or ethnicity so we can stand together and become a more inclusive Knight community.

If you witness or experience incidents of discrimination or violence, report them to the university. If any of these incidents have impacted you, UCF has resources that can help. For more information, visit UCF Cares, Student Care Services or UCF Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) if you are a student, and the Employee Assistance Program if you are an employee.

 For 2021 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, UCF Libraries faculty and staff have suggested these 20 books from the library’s collection by or about Asian Pacific Americans. Click the link below to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links. There is also an extensive physical display on the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library near the Research & Information Desk.

A Burning by Megha Majumdar After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free - but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions and Collection Services

 American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders by Gary K. Okihiro A survey of U.S. history from its beginnings to the present, this  reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. In so doing, it is a work of both history and anti-history, a narrative that fundamentally transforms and deepens our understanding of the United States. This text is accessible and filled with engaging stories and themes that draw attention to key theoretical and historical interpretations. Gary Y. Okihiro positions Asians and Pacific Islanders within a larger history of people of color in the United States and places the United States in the context of world history and oceanic worlds. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 American Panda by Gloria Chao A freshman at MIT, seventeen-year-old Mei Lu tries to live up to her Taiwanese parents' expectations, but no amount of tradition, obligation, or guilt prevent her from hiding several truths-- that she is a germaphobe who cannot become a doctor, she prefers dancing to biology, she decides to reconnect with her estranged older brother, and she is dating a Japanese boy. Can she find a way to be herself, before her web of lies unravels? Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Asian American History: a very short introduction by Madeline Y. Hsu Madeline Y. Hsu weaves a fascinating historical narrative of this "American Dream." She shows how Asian American success, often attributed to innate cultural values, is more a result of the immigration laws, which have largely pre-selected immigrants of high economic and social potential. Asian Americans have, in turn, been used by politicians to bludgeon newer (and more populous) immigrant groups for their purported lack of achievement. Hsu deftly reveals how public policy, which can restrict and also selectively promote certain immigrant populations, is a key reason why some immigrant groups appear to be more naturally successful and why the identity of those groups evolves differently from others. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment. This powerful, poetic picture book will resonate with readers of all ages and is a celebration of diversity. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Frankly in Love by David Yoon High school senior Frank Li is caught between his parents' traditional expectations and his own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance: ‘Date Korean.’ But Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful-- and white. Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. It seems like the perfect plan, until their fake-dating maneuver leaves Frank wondering if he ever really understood love- or himself- at all. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Ghosts of Gold Mountain: the epic story of the Chinese who built the Transcontinental Railroad by Gordon H. Chang The long-lost tale of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning historian Gordon H. Chang recovers the stories of these "silent spikes" and returns them to their rightful place in our national saga. Drawing on recent archaeological findings, as well as payroll records, ship manifests, photographs, and other sources from American and Chinese archives, Chang retraces the laborers' odyssey in breathtaking detail. He introduces individual workers, describes their hopes and fears, and shows how they lived, ate, fought, loved, worked, and worshiped. Their sweat and blood not only fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States, but also laid the groundwork for a thriving Chinese America. A magisterial feat of scholarship and storytelling, this book honors these immigrants' sacrifice and ingenuity, and celebrates their role in this defining American achievement. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 Good Enough by Paul  Yoo A Korean American teenager tries to please her parents by getting into an Ivy League college, but a new guy in school and her love of the violin tempt her in new directions. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Everyday Willis Wu leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy-- and he sees his life as a script. After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he has ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family, and what that means for him in today's America. Suggested by Ying Zhang, Administration

 Last Witnesses: reflections on the wartime internment of Japanese Americans edited by Erica Harth To the writers in this book - novelists, memoirists, poets, activists, scholars, students, professionals - the World War II internment of Japanese Americans in the detention camps is an unfinished chapter of American history that mars the nostalgic glow that often surrounds the World War II home front years. Former internees, like John Tateishi and Robert Maeda, and children of detainees and of camp officials join with others in challenging readers to construct a better future by confronting this dark episode from America's World War II scrapbook. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 Minor Feelings: an Asian American reckoning by Cathy Park Hong With sly humor and a poet’s searching mind, Hong uses her own story as a portal into a deeper examination of racial consciousness in America today. This intimate and devastating book traces her relationship to the English language, to shame and depression, to poetry and female friendship. A radically honest work of art, it forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche—and of a writer’s search to both uncover and speak the truth. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services, and Ying Zhang, Administration

 Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, Liu tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions and Collection Services

 Paper Son: the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist by Julie Leung An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon Alisak, Prany, and Noi--three orphans united by devastating loss - must do what is necessary to survive the perilous landscape of 1960s Laos. When they take shelter in a bombed out field hospital, they meet Vang, a doctor dedicated to helping the wounded at all costs. Soon the teens are serving as motorcycle couriers, delicately navigating their bikes across the fields filled with unexploded bombs, beneath the indiscriminate barrage from the sky. In a world where the landscape and the roads have turned into an ocean of bombs, we follow their grueling days of rescuing civilians and searching for medical supplies, until Vang secures their evacuation on the last helicopters leaving the country. It's a move with irrevocable consequences--and sets them on disparate and treacherous paths across the world. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions and Collection Services

 Searching for Sylvie Lee: a novel by Jean Kwok A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women--two sisters and their mother--in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother-- and vanishes. Amy is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie, who was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place. Amy flies to the last place Sylvie was seen, retracing her sister's movements. It seems Sylvie kept painful secrets that reveal more about Amy's family than she ever could have imagined. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

 Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo Told from two viewpoints, teens Lucky, a very famous K-pop star, and Jack, a part-time paparazzo who is trying to find himself, fall for each other against the odds through the course of one stolen day. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Strangers from a Different Shore: a history of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate and culture, and Asian American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the “model minority.” Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge, engaging in dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the children. A classic Lisa See story—one of women’s friendships and the larger forces that shape them—this book introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 What We Carry: a memoir by Maya Shanbhag Lang Lang grew up idolizing her brilliant mother, an accomplished psychologist who immigrated to the United States from India, completed her residency and earned an American medical degree while nurturing young children and keeping a traditional Indian home. Her mother's stories motivated her, encouraged her, offered solace when she needed it. When Lang becomes a mother herself, her mother becomes a grandmother who is cold and distant. Reexamining the stories of her childhood, Lang realized that being able to accept both myth and reality is what has finally brought her into adulthood Suggested by Ying Zhang, Administration

 Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it's been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. Shawn has already had enough of politics and protest after an act of violence shattered his family years ago. But when another shocking crime hits LA, both the Park and Matthews families are forced to face down their history while navigating the tumult of a city on the brink of more violence. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions and Collection Services

[serenecalamity]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Wynonna Earp (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught Characters: Waverly Earp, Nicole Haught, Wynonna Earp Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, cop nicole, Bartender Waverly, Nicole has a crush, Kisses Summary:

Nicole has had a thing for her friends sister for a while now...She was just taking a while to make her move.