My first real girlfriend made me watch Wynonna Earp with her 4 years ago and I instantly loved it. That relationship is LONG over but I watched the show religiously throughout highschool. And now both Highschool and Wynonna are almost over and honestly I feel pretty emotional about both.
Nicole, age 16: *smokes out side of churches* *DEFINITLY FAILING MATH*
ALSO Nicole, age 16: *definitly standing up to bullies* *flirting with all the sweet smart girls who help her with her homework* *Driving girls home from parties to make sure they are safe*
IM PRO-DUMBASS NICOLE. HER STRENGTH IS FROM HER KINDNESS AND LOYALTY AND THATS GOOD!
(ALSO you cannot tell me that this doesnt just ADD to the friendship between Nicole and our favorite WYNONNA-no-impulse-control-EARP.)
(Nicole always wanted to help people but i firmly belive it took YEARS and big HUGE mistakes to teach her that she needs a plan to actually help people)
Throughout Wynonna Earp, the show doesn’t really reveal a lot about Nicole when she was younger. Many people write her as a straight-A student, but there is far too much evidence to the contrary for this to be plausible. Instead of fitting into the ‘top-student’ trope, she falls into the classic ‘dumbass’ mindset. Nicole Haught has canonically asked how fast trees grow, threw a very dangerous ring into the woods randomly, cannot comprehend the concept of ‘Yahtzee’, and admitted that she failed college. Not dropped out - failed, an unmistakable tribute to her innate dumbassery. However, dumbassery is not inherently a bad trait for a character, and Nicole tends to use her dumbassery to add to her charm. In this essay I will -
Nicole: And we’re constantly trying to better our communication!
Jeremy: Gosh haha you’re so cute
Robin: Says you, cutie-guy…man
Nedley: *Pointing to the next room* And over here are our disaster hets
Kate: SO GET IT TOGETHER! IM YOUR WIFE AND YOURE STILL SEEING SOME RANDO GIRL WHO HAPPENS TO BE WYATT’S GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER? I KNEW YOU HAD A THING FOR HIM
Doc: BUT WYNONNA AND I HAD A BaBy AND THATS WHAT MATTERS AND WE NEVER HAD A CHILD AND I DONT KNOW WHO I LIKE I HATE THIS
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how Nicole went from rookie cop who was a potential love interest to being half of the healthiest relationship on the show and the fucking SHERIFF of purgatory.
Y’all I don’t think you realize how important it was that even in the midst of panic and wanting the attention off of herself and Doc, Wynonna did NOT out Waverly. Instead she says “Waverly’s schtupping a cop” because she knew that was enough detail to surprise her mother and shift the focus off of herself.
She left the responsibility of telling Mama Earp that Waverly was dating a woman in the hands of the only person it should be in: Waverly’s.
Also the fact that Nicole is a cop is still the worst thing about her in Wynonna’s eyes and I love that :)