I discovered Wynonna Earp as I was struggling with my identity after my first same-sex relationship ended in divorce. It was already into season 2 at that point, and I had heard about WayHaught. What I didn’t know was that I would find a character I so related to in Waverly. Watching her grow into her feelings for Nicole felt so familiar to my own journey to realizing my feelings for my ex. And while my relationship didn’t have the same happy ending as WayHaught, seeing a bisexual character treated so authentically was life changing for me. I really wish I had something like this as I was growing up – I know it would have helped me understand myself better much sooner.
I am grateful to everyone involved for the part they have played in helping me live my life and be who I am.
Wynonna Earp was the first place that I saw my story represented positively. It's the first real story that didn't focus on coming out. The LGBTQ+ representation has paved roads and opened doorways for thousands of people like me. The show embraces labels in ways that generate positive connotation. It demonstrates love, empathy, compassion, hope, peace, and family. Without Wynonna Earp on my screen, I would not be the Confident lesbian that I am.
I came across this show by accident in 2016. I was hooked from episode 1. I’ve always loved sci fi genre TV shows so I knew I’d fall in love with it. I just didn’t know how much. I made a Twitter account in 2017 before season 3 aired because I wanted to interact with the fandom. Best decision I ever made. It’s made me open my eyes and accept so many things and it’s made me fall in love with the cast and all of their projects. It’s made me fall in love with writing again too. It’s awakened a passion in me that was gone and it’s taught me to fight form what I want and that I have a voice. It’s more than a TV show. It’s home.
Wynonna has helped me so much. From realizing that I'm not defined by my mistakes to finally feeling comfortable as a lesbian to giving me the confidence to put myself back into the world and interact with people. I know that my life is, and will continue to be, better because I watched this show and found this community.
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What do you say about a series that's forever impacted you?
Wynonna Earp is much more than a series, first off.
It's everyone who has a hand it––the writers, the directors, the cast, the crew, the people who championed it behind closed doors, and of course, the fans.
Wynonna Earp is a symbol of hope for those seeking to belong and those who may not always fit the mold.
It's been a creative outlet. It allowed me to find joy in writing again, to pick up a pen and start drawing again, and to reach out to others. Simply put, it's everything that it could be and more to me.
Endless amounts of thanks to Emily, Mel, Dom, Kat, Tim, Varun, Martina, Dani, and so many more heroes that created something so impactful and beautiful.
I started watching Wynonna Earp during the few months I wasn't sure what to do about my career / between jobs. I stumbled upon Kat & Dom's Emerald City Comic Con interview and thought "Hey I recognize this show and these people. They sound so cool!" so I went on Netflix and started watching the show. Next thing I know, I'm resetting my password for Twitter so I can log back in and start following Earpers. I met a lot of friends and found family and the community was so welcoming and inclusive that it really helped me be comfortable of who I am. Because the show and my Earper friends / family gave so much to me, I've even decided to work on an online convention to give back to the community and to give Earpers all over the world a chance to meet the cast that I have been so lucky to have met.
Man, where do I start. The first time I heard of Wynonna Earp was on tumblr, the morning after s1e9 aired, where Nicole and Waverly have their first kiss. This was back in the days where every show that featured gay characters became instantly popular on tumblr, regardless of whether or not it was any good. But Wynonna Earp struck me differently, and I watched every episode up to that point that day. From then I have never looked back, despite these last five years being some of the highest highs and lowest lows I've ever gone through. I am not the same person today that I was when I first started watching the show five years ago, but I am in such a better place, and I think a lot of that has to do with the show that is Wynonna Earp.
I found this show at the beginning of the pandemic last year when I, like many people, were battling depression caused by isolation. This show helped me come into my authenticity, I think I’ve always known I was queer, but I tucked it away because growing up there wasn’t positive representation of seeing two women together on the big or small screen. Seeing how strong the representation was women led power of Wynonna Earp, I finally was able to accept myself for who I am, especially after Dom came out, her story was so similar to my life, that I just became so absorbed into this incredible show. I hope it gets a season 5 (heck even beyond) on a network that it deserves, a network that loves this show as much as the cast/crew, and us!
Wynonna Earp is the first show I've followed through its entire duration.
I lost my father suddenly just before I started college. The season 2 finale aired two days after his death, and was the first thing to make me smile after he was gone. My mother was chronically ill, and her health deteriorated quickly after he passed. I was able to attend NYCC19, where I won a surprise M&G with Kat, Mel, Dom, & Emily. It was- and is- still one of my most cherished memories. My mother was so happy to hear my breathless explanation of the good fortune. She passed that December; I love to remember the unwavering support she had for my happiness that day.
I'm grateful for the light this show/cast has given me during some of my darkest times.
Everything, this show has been there for me when I've been at my lowest point. This show helped me figure out who I am, and I will be forever grateful
Wynonna Earp means everything to me. I’ve been severely depressed my entire life & didn’t smile for a decade. Then I found this show. I smiled, laughed & felt what a little happiness & joy was again. The writers saved my life. I fell in love with the characters instantly, because of the actors & most are strong women, they help me believe in myself. The most important thing I’ve found through the show is positive queer representation, especially through Nicole & Waverly (Wayhaught!). I’d always been ashamed of being gay but finding women on TV who aren’t & the great many people who watch the show as well aren’t either and that helped me feel like I found my family & could be myself. I owe my life to the writers & actors! Not ‘just’ a show!
Wynonna Earp has brought me friends that have been there through more bad times than those that have known me for 20+ years. Wynonna Earp LITERALLY saved my life while dealing with the suicide of my best friend, with one simple quote “I’m Here & I Stay” and my fight with alcoholism.
Growing up as a closeted bisexual teen in a homophobic and heteronormative environment has never been easy. But, Wynonna Earp helped me realize that it was possible for me to be accepted and to find happiness. Additionally, in the Earpers, I have found a sort of family that I know will support me for who I am even when my own family doesn't. I am eternally grateful for the hope and joy Wynonna Earp and the Earpers have brought to my life.
Wynonna Earp first and foremost helped me feel like I’d be okay. I was in such deep shame about who I am, and seeing a queer couple so openly joyful and nonapologetic changed everything. WayHaught sucked me in, but everything else kept me there. A badass and complex female lead, a sister dynamic that mirrored my own, a found family. All of it felt like home.
Wynonna Earp means more to me than I ever imagined. I grew up religious & being gay was a sin. In college, I realized I was gay. I felt alone & depressed.There was no queer representation. Despite that, I met my wife. I never watched TV. I didn’t feel represented & there weren’t stories I related to. My wife tried to get me to watch other shows w/ gay characters, but the storylines were silly & the queer characters were never main characters. Eventually she found Wynonna Earp & convinced me to watch. She told me, the love these women have for each other is real & they are main characters! I was hooked immediately. I would have never imagined what an impact seeing a relationship like ours on screen would me to me. It touched our ❤️s.
Honestly this show means everything to me, it helped me feel better about myself I was closeted my entire life, I knew I had an attraction to women when I was in 3rd grade and kept it stuff down, ashamed. I forced man crushes and forced to act straight, I was even some point of my life homophobic. A phase I went through, denial. I didn’t want to believe what I was feeling towards women, but I came across this show and it had an amazing representation and felt so natural. The natural chemistry Kat and Dom had made me realize how comfortable I was to come out. This show was my awakening, living in a religious household was also a factor, which made me even more terrified. Overall this show helped me find myself thanks to Dom and Kat.
Wynonna Earp came to me in a time I was struggling with depression and anxiety. Through this show I’ve found a fandom who supports me no matter what, and badass actors and actresses to look up to and learn from. I’ve found family.
This show has really made me find myself. Too often we find ourselves trying to compare ourselves to a perfect version of a hero or character, but with Wynonna you can see a bit of yourself in each character. No one is perfect. I also got to see how you don’t just have your whole life planned out at a young age. Things happen in life that may be crazy and scary, but the only way you can learn is by doing them. This show has made me scream and wanna pull my hair out at times, but most importantly it gave me a sense of family and happiness that I never thought I would find on a TV show. The cast really just find a way to make me smile no matter what I may be feeling that day and whatever happens, that impact will never be lost on me.
'Wynonna Earp' is a love story wrapped in a shell of irreverent humor and science fiction. The characters are me; they're my friends; they're joy and comfort; pain and loss - always achingly representative and familiar.
A show with so much heart; a love letter crafted for outsiders and queer folks, was fated to bring people together. It created the space for found family and being a part of the Earper fandom is unlike anything I've ever experienced.
I feel seen, heard, accepted, and I've found a niche to create: writing, art, & the Purgatory Archaeological Survey - exploring how to effectively reach people with history and archaeology through popular culture (i.e. the little sci-fi western with a heart of gold and inappropriate jokes).
Wynonna Earp has changed my life in so many incredible ways. From giving me a place to feel safe, helping me find other people like myself, and showing me that I’m not alone. I gave me a space where I not only finally saw myself on television, but I was able to see bits of myself in the cast and crew as well, which is equally as important to me. From the humor, to the love, to the battles internally and externally, this show has dealt with so many things I believe to be important and should be shown more on television. Wynonna Earp and this casts and crew helped me truly find myself, and I will be forever grateful. This show can’t be over, there’s more story to tell and more battles to face. #BringWynonnaHome
Wynonna Earp has provided me a safe place to be who I am. It has helped me discover who I am and given me the confidence to unapologetically be myself. I have found a family that accepts me for exactly who I am.
I found the show during quarantine in September 2020. This is a show that literally saved my life during a very dark day. The show became a safe haven, something I could consistently turn to during times of need. The show helped me discovery parts of myself that I attempted, and pretty much successfully, buried away years before. The show provided a sense of community with the fandom. Due to the quarantine I was isolated and alone, but with the fandom, even though only virtual, I found a community that understood where I was coming from. I owe everything I have including my life to this show, the cast, crew, production team, and other fans.
I always knew I was into girls. Growing up there wasn't much representation on television or movies that really had an epic lesbian love story. Thirteen years after I graduated high school, I find this weird sci-fi show called Wynonna Earp and my world exploded. This show has become a daily part of my life. I have met many wonderful people and I started writing fan fiction. Words cannot express what this show means to me. It's not just a show. Every single person involved with this shitshow- cast, crew, writers, producers, fans to name a few- have given us our own found family, and for that I am forever grateful. <3
I started watching wynonna since season one it popped up and I thought it was interesting soo I tuned in and I LOVED IT. I relate to it so much because of wayhaught they have helped me be able to be who I am. the story line is amazing and SO MANY AMAZING WOMEN IN THE SHOW AND MEN. i will forever love this show!!
Wynonna has helped me find family and amazing friends! It gave us positive representation and All the feelings. It's so much more than just a tv show. There aren't enough words to say how much it changed my life
As an "older" lesbian all I can say is, no show has ever spoken to me like Wynonna Earp. I rarely, if ever, see myself in a show or movie that makes me feel it's ok to be me. It has made me realize I don't need to apologize for who I am. Something I've done for a very long time. Each character contains a piece of me that I didn't know existed. I've made some wonderful friends in the Chicago Earpers that I hope will continue for a long time. Also my Con Buddy @traceyas88 who took me under her wing to introduce me to cons. No matter what, I'm E4L. Thank you Emily, Mel, Kat, Dom, Tim, Varun, and everyone involved in this show for everything you've done for us and for changing my world for the better.
"Where you go I go" - Nicole Haught
Nicole Haught was the first time I saw myself represented on TV in a positive way. I wish this existed when I was younger, it would have been far less confusing trying to figure out who I am.
Wynonna taught me personally that you can be a hero and still have flaws. That my mistakes do not define me, and that there is always another way to look at and do things. And I can't express in words how much that means to me.
Thank you to all of the cast, crew and writers for the beautiful gift of this show. I could never express how much it means to me, and to all of us.
It meant loving others and myself because of and in spite of flaws. It means that you can have true love with people you may never meet in person but would swim across the ocean in times of need and k ow they would do the same for you. Unconditional love has another name...that name is Earpers.
I found Wynonna Earp at a pretty dark time in my life, I was stressed and felt a little helpless. While my journey with my sexuality has more mirrored Waverly’s journey (another reason I will forever be grateful for and loyal to this show, because I am finally myself), I have always felt a strong connection with Wynonna’s story.
Where Wynonna dealt with the Earp curse and her desire to protect Waverly (and all her friends), I have been equally bound by the financial and social obligations as my own family’s protector. Wynonna’s sacrifices really resonated with me.
Watching the season finale (I refuse to call it the series finale) made me hopeful that someday I will also have the freedom she embraced. To find my own happiness.
This show has done so much for me and I wouldn't be where I am without it. I came out last year because of this show, and the stories the cast have graciously shared with us, I found strength and courage within that. I've also met some of my lifelong found family and I'll never forget this show for bringing us together. This cast, this crew, so damn special, truly a once in a lifetime ride. Thank you so much to those involved in making this show, we all wouldn't be where we are without you.
This show has given me a lot haha, the one I most focus on, is it gave me the strength to come out as lesbian... It has also given me my found family and I am so glad I have found it.
I found WE mid 2019 on Netflix and was hooked by the second episode. The show has helped me so much. I always knew that I was valid and my sexuality was valid, but when I saw the amazing representation that this show has given us, I knew I’d been missing out. I also really loved the found family aspect of the show. It’s something that’s so important to me. Growing up it was only my mom, my sister, and I, so I was also trying to find my group, my family. I got on Twitter and found out about the fandom in late 2019. I finally made a WE account in February 2021 and never felt more at home. Because of this show I found my family and I’ll forever be grateful for Emily, the cast, and rest of the crew for this amazing show.
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I've never been inspired to fangirl over a show, but WE supports everyone & I can't resist. The writers show characters' strength without feeling they have to make others weak. So WE makes me feel courageous. like I can be strong too. Used to be afraid to sing in public, now I post videos without caring if lots of people see, cuz I'm alright & Earpers love each other back. That sign couldn't be more right, everyone is welcome here.
I am a married mother of 3 young kids. Quarantine was tough for us. One of my sons was diagnosed with autism. Accepting his diagnosis and arranging services and everything for him all through zoom was extremely difficult. I was also working full time, taking care of my other 2 kids and doing 20 hours of therapy services for him per week and my mental health started suffering. I started watching Wynonna and it really became my solace. It was something I could relate to and I really needed that. Learning more about the cast and how amazingly honest, genuine, and grounded they are made me feel like I wasn’t alone at a time I really needed it. Thank God for this show. Also, being a queer woman, I have always appreciated positive representation
Wynonna Earp is everything to me. I discovered this show in October of 2020 and have never been so attached to anything like this before. There is no other show like Wynonna Earp out in the world. This show had made me realize who I truly am and I am so truly grateful for the cast and crew for putting in all of their hard work to make this show for so many people around the world.
As a lesbian, moving to Los Angeles from South Dakota was the best thing I ever did! And then discovering this gem of a show?! Brilliant. When I came out, I received a mix of supportive (friends) and unsupportive (family) responses but everyone in the Earper community has been amazing. It is so helpful to watch a show that has so much respect for their queer characters. The look Wynonna gives Waverly when she says “Do chicks?” melts my heart! It reminds me that even though my own family did not respond like that, my friends did!! Found-family is often times more important than blood relation and being an Earper reminds me of that! The Earps, Haught, Holliday, Chetri, Andras, and all Earpers are the best, most inclusive, family yet!!
It's hard to boil it down to one thing but Wynonna Earp has always been a beacon of hope. It gave me hope that no matter how flawed we are, we are still loved. That a love as strong as Wayhaught exists. That a love as complicated as Doc & Wynonna's can endure trials and still find their way back to each other. That mistakes can be forgiven and family can be found as well as biological. Hope is such a strong word but since the show was built and run by strong women, that is the best description of what this show means to me. It gives me HOPE.
I found Wynonna Earp during Christmas holiday 2020. I love SciFi in general. This show has a magic that I have never seen before: a strong female lead, positive LGBTQ representation, a cast and crew that loves its fans as much as its fans love them, and a fandom that imbues kindness, tolerance, and acceptance. Thanks to this remarkable show, I have “met” and interacted with people from around the globe. As much as the Covid-19 pandemic has crippled the world for over a year, I have it to thank for finding this wonderful show and fandom where everyone is welcome. #E4L
I started watching Wynonna Earp in February 2021, and at that moment, my life changed. From watching Nicole confidently walking into the bar and hinting at her interest in Waverly to witnessing the growth of Wayhaught, for the first time in my life, I felt at peace with who I am. I'd always wanted to figure out what exactly my sexuality is because I thought I'd be more comfortable and confident after knowing who I truly am. Ironically, by trying to figure out who I truly am, I gradually was losing my true self as years went by. But then one day, I said to myself, "Screw label!! I don’t need one to define who I am." For the first time, I had, and still have, the confidence to simply live and love in whatever way I want.
I found Wynonna Earp during the pandemic. I worked providing crisis intervention on a mobile crisis team and LGBTQIA hotline. I decided to check it out after several individuals discussed how Wynonna changed their lives. I was emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted and needed something that provided hope. I was a bit skeptical, but there were so many people who said how much it changed their lives, I needed to see for myself. They were right! Wynonna was the first time in my life that I saw someone who was like me on tv and was treated as a regular person. The show also highlights the importance of found family. I have never seen a more caring group of individuals. Earpers exude love and acceptance, which is modeled in the show.
Growing up there were no role models for real strong women and queer loving relationships. As an elder queer non binary woman I have felt a sense of isolation. Then Wynonna Earp and I began to see beyond my cloudly eyes to a love that is possible & true. That we are not alone but connected by the desire to love and be loved even in the messiness that life brings.
Also during the last episode I got it about sisters. I lost my baby sister 19 months ago unexpectedly. I haven't grieved. My life with her was the same as Wynonna & Waverly almost too similar. I couldn't see it until that last time Waverly told her she was not afraid her sister wouldn't come back. I cried and now I can heal. Thank you for bringing me home.
I first watched the show because it was advertised for Buffy fans. I liked the humor and action, and the relationship between the Earp sisters, but as Nicole drew closer to the group and Waverly began to reciprocate her interest, I got more invested.
Back then, it felt like lesbians on TV shows were being killed off in droves. I could list more dead wlw characters than live ones. When Nicole got shot at the end of S1, for a second, I just thought that I should have known better than to care. That bulletproof vest changed everything.
I joined the online community, made friends there, and created fan works. My life the past few years would have been a lot more boring, lonely, and less creative without it. It's been a refuge and a hobby.
I am half of a longtime gay married couple with 2 children. We had no close relationships with any other gay people for many years, leaving us feeling disassociated from our gay identities. By finding the show Wynonna Earp and discovering the fandom we have been able to reconnect with the part of ourselves that was missing. My wife has also been able to find a home with those whose religious beliefs and their sexuality sometimes clash.
I worry that without the show itself, the fandom will fade away and therefore so will all the emotional support we receive from the fandom.
It has been life-changing to have found the freedom and acceptance we have received from being fans of this amazing show. I have experienced this no where else.