My Weekend (Vengeance) Crush

Aw, man. Look at these two. I almost forgot what it was like to be invested in a long-term, healthy queer couple on screen. Anyway, happy Return to Purgatory Day for all who celebrate. Go figure out how to access Tubi and let’s go kick some demon ass. This “Wynonna Earp: Vengeance” special isn’t going to watch itself. Like, WayHaught hugs await! Happy weekend, all.

My Wynonna Crush

*unintelligible gurgling noises*

If perchance you didn’t hear all the joyous lesbian squealing yesterday afternoon, you might have missed the news. But just like you can’t keep a good bad Revenant down, you can’t keep a beloved Wynonna Earp canceled. Yep, our favorite heir to a generational curse is returning for a 90-minute special on Tubi. Yes, I hear the delayed squealing now.

Series Creator/Executive Producer/Mother of Unicorns Emily Andras announced the news in a Vanity Fair exclusive yesterday, and before you ask yes all of your favs will be back. Melanie Scrofano/Wynonna, Dom Provost-Chalkley and Katherine Barrell/WayHaught and Tim Rozon/Doc are returning for to face off with a “revenge-driven female villain” in “Wynonna Earp: Vengeance.” We get WayHaught AND a female villain? Be still my heart.

The action will pick up “some time after” we last saw them embark on their own happily ever afters. Per Emily:

“Doc and Wynonna have been on an adventure, and Waverly and Nicole have been at home in [the Earp hometown of] Purgatory, doing their thing. I think it’s going to be really interesting to see, hopefully, what gets everybody home—maybe facing a challenge they’ve never faced before, something pretty intense. It’s all your favorite—hopefully—character moments, but also a little bit about growing up and sort of, like, being who you are now and earning all your choices.”

They will apparently start filming “soon,” and the special will premiere later this year. THIS YEAR, Earpers. THIS YEAR! Well, at least one good thing will come out of 2024 then. So there’s that.

Now, I know, we’re all frantically trying to figure out if we get Tubi - which we should because it’s a free ad-supported streamer. I can’t wait to strap back in with this wild crew. Earpers remain undefeated as the hardest fighting fans in fandom. Happy weekend, all.

My Weekend Crush

You might have heard a mighty whoop on Jan. 15. It was Earpers the globe over rejoicing as filming started on the new, long-delayed fourth season of “WYnonna Earp.” As know all too well, financial troubles threatened to torpedo the show’s new season. So the #FightForWynonna campaign was launched and, damn, if fandom didn’t get things done.

Now, finally, the show is shooting. Production is expected to last through May in Calgary, and then will air in the summer on Space in Canada and Syfy in the U.S.

Show Creator/Lead Unicorn Emily Andras told the Calgary Herald:

“We tried to incorporate some of the values and feelings of the #fightforwynonna journey,” she says. “I think a lot of themes for Season 4 centre around the idea of fighting to protect what you love and your home and feelings of rebellion and resistance and the idea of being underdogs and fighting both bureaucracy and also evil seen and unseen. It’s that feeling of finding your people and making sure you are willing to go to war for the things you love and the people you love. If anything, I think those things have been reinforced thanks to #fightforwynonna.”

At least three new actors are also joining the cast this season: “Kim’s Convenience” star Andrew Phung, “Fortunate Son” actor Ty Olsson and 18-year-old actress/singer Martina Ortiz-Luis. I have absolutely no idea what characters they’ll be playing, but you know I’m excited to find out.

It’s been a long, fraught time for fans. And by the time we get new episodes it will be close to two years since Season 3 last premiered. But as they say, good things come to those who wait, and especially to those who fight for what they love. So welcome back, show. Can’t wait to see you. Happy weekend, all and Earpers.

I Want My Unicorn T V

Well now isn’t this amazing news to come back to? Emily Andras of “Lost Girl” and “Wynonna Earp” fame and adoration has inked a new deal for a new show with Syfy. And it’s not just any show. It’s a super-duper mega about, and I quote form The Hollywood Reporter:

“Axeholes follows a mismatched bunch of comic convention attendees who inadvertently get transported into the real-life world of their favorite fantasy TV series, Blue Bar’Bara. In the worst role-playing game ever, the unequipped party must learn to navigate a dangerous land of profanity-spewing battle axes, sociopathic fairies, disturbingly sensual dragons and a chainmail-bikini-wearing shield maiden as they struggle to find a way back home.”

All of this is amazing and I want to watch this immediately if not sooner. Emily said the series is a “an adoring, tongue-in-cheek love letter to fandom in general, and fierce barbarian princesses in particular.” She also said she was thrilled to be working with Syfy for being “endlessly supportive of the hilarious, moving, action-packed feminist genre shows.”

As if that wasn’t enough, Andras has already lured “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star and bisexual shero Stephanie Beatriz onto the project to play a, and again I quote, “barbarian shield maiden.”

IM IN IN INNNNNNNN

— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) August 19, 2019

So buckle up lil unicorns and unicorn lovers, we’ve got some watching to do.