Transcript by MrsBlueBacon EFA Episode 211- Hurts So Good [ph] – Indicates preceding word has been spelled phonetically [sic] – Indicates preceding word has been transcribed verbatim MUSIC : Write My Story by Olly Anna ANNOUNCER GUY : You've tuned in to the Earp Fiction Addiction, a fan podcast all about Wynonna Earp fanfiction. Join our intrepid host DarkWiccan and Delayne as they dive deep into the sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy, and always varied world of fanfiction for the Wynonna Earp fandom. MUSIC : A Proper Story by Darren Korb DARKWICCAN : Thanks announcer guy and welcome everybody to another episode of the Earp Fiction Addiction, the podcast dedicated entirely to Wynonna Earp fanfiction. I am your host, DarkWiccan, and with me, hastily compiling all of her gift receipts so she can return those things she didn’t want from the holiday, is my delightful cohost-- DELAYNE : [snicker] Hi, it’s Delayne. DARKWICCAN : And happy new year. DELAYNE : Oh, yeah. Wow. Like my concept of time. [laughter] DARKWICCAN : Well, our concept of time is screwy anyway because for us recording right now, it’s still twenty-eighteen, and technically... DELAYNE : Right, but the idea of it being twenty-nineteen. DARKWICCAN : Yeah. DELAYNE : Blows my damn mind. DARKWICCAN : Ok, that’s fair. I know, it’s nuts. It’s absolutely nuts. I don’t know that I’m ready for twenty gayteen to be over. DELAYNE : [laughter] I need just a couple more months, please. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] Just one or two. [said over Delayne] DELAYNE : There’s so much shit I didn’t get done. [said over DarkWiccan] DARKWICCAN : Give me an extra, give me an extra fourteen days at least. Uh, but yeah, we should have actually said happy new year last week, when our episode aired because it was already into twenty nineteen, so we’re still a little late, we’re still a little late. But happy new year everybody. I hope that so far it’s shaping up to be an enjoyable one, and that we haven’t, um, experienced thermonuclear war [laughter] by the time this posts. DELAYNE : [laughter] Way to be positive. DARKWICCAN : Well, ya know [laughter] I’m trying to like, um, dig into the kind of dark recesses because this week we’re talking about a very angsty fic. DELAYNE : Yes. [laughter] Valid point. Ok. DARKWICCAN : Yeah. Yeah yeah. I mean, it’s an angsty fic with a happy ending, but woof. What a ride to get there. DELAYNE : Oh my gosh. I [laughter], this one hurts. DARKWICCAN : It hurts so good. DELAYNE : [laughter] It does. DARKWICCAN : It’s one of those stories where as you’re reading it, you feel your chest constricting ever so slightly each chapter. And your throat gets a little tighter and you’re just like “oh god this is so painful, but I can’t stop reading it because it’s so well written.” DELAYNE : Exactly. When it’s that well written you have to keep reading. Not only ‘cause you need things to get better, but because it pulls you in that much. DARKWICCAN : Absolutely it pulls you in and you’re just strapped in and along for the ride and can only cross your fingers and hope that it’s gonna turn out ok in the end even though the author has promised you at the outset that it’s gonna be ok. You just keep waiting. You keep waiting. DELAYNE : [laughter throughout DarkWiccan speaking] So, should we mention what one we’re talking about? DARKWICCAN : Well, if we have to. I mean, should we subject our listeners to this pain? DELAYNE : [laughter] DARKWICCAN : Of course we should. Yes, of course we should. DELAYNE : Ooh. Let’s torture you just a little bit more. DARKWICCAN : Yes. DELAYNE : As we were tortured. [laughter] DARKWICCAN : Yes. Draw it out. So, this story is called “Dawn at the Homestead” it is by the author Sayda [ph][Seda is correct spelling], or possibly pronounced Seeda. We don’t know. DELAYNE : I was wondering that myself, actually just before we started recording. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] DELAYNE : Like, I would say Seeda, but it’s probably Sayda. DARKWICCAN : It’s probably Sayda because I was thinking like Sega, ‘cause it’s S-E-D-A and Sega is S-E-G-A. So, the say [ph] sound before the consonant. I’m probably overthinking it, or maybe I’m underthinking it, I don’t know. DELAYNE : [laughter] DARKWICCAN : Maybe it’s pronounced George. Maybe it’s just... DELAYNE : [laughter] DARKWICCAN : ...completely other. DELAYNE : [laughter] Uh, yes, that’s a, my name’s George. That’s spelled S-E-D-A. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] Yeah. Hey, these days parents are coming up with some pretty creative spellings of names. So, ya know. DELAYNE : [laughter] As a Delayne with a Y in the wrong spot. I, well, that’s my own spelling but whatever, yeah. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] But, ya know I don’t, I don’t. Ok, to go off on a slight tangent. I don’t buy into the whole notion of like ya know, “well, parents should have known when they named their child that, that they were going to catch heck.” It’s like, no, actually maybe we should try to be better people and learn how to pronounce someone’s name even if it has a strange pronunciation. DELAYNE : Thank you. Thank you. [sing songy] DARKWICCAN : Or a strange spelling. Just take that extra second and be like “oh and how do you pronounce that?” Ya know. DELAYNE : Oh, I had some fun pronunciations in college. Like, I, that’s not French. Like, what? Where is that even coming from? DARKWICCAN : [laughter] Where do you think I am from? [laughter] ‘Cause it sounds far more exotic and interesting than where I’m actually from. DELAYNE : [laughter] Like, no, just Americanize that up a bit. You got it, there you go. DARKWICCAN : Take everything interesting out of it. DELAYNE : [laughter] Oh. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] Anyway, let’s get back to this fic. Let’s get back to this fic by the author... DELAYNE : It’s like we don’t wanna talk about it ‘cause it’s so painful. DARKWICCAN : ...I know, right?! By the author formerly known as George. DELAYNE : [laughter] We’re gonna get so much crap for this already. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] Ok, so, no seriously, let’s talk about this fic. This is a fantastic masterwork of tension and release. It is, you are kept on a tight wire almost from the beginning and when you finally get that release in uh, around chapter thirteen or fourteen. I think it’s thirteen. DELAYNE : Right. Out of fifteen. DARKWICCAN : It is like. Not fifteen, it comes before the end. DELAYNE : No, yeah I was saying thirteen or fourteen out of fifteen total. That’s how long you have to wait. [said over DarkWiccan] DARKWICCAN : Out of fifteen, yeah. [said over Delayne] But in all fairness, the chapters aren’t heinously long chapters. DELAYNE : That’s true. DARKWICCAN : I mean, the whole piece is only about thirty-one thousand words, so it’s not that, it’s not really that heavy of a read word count wise. DELAYNE : Right. DARKWICCAN : It’s really just the incredible work and sculpturing that this author, Seda, has done um, in laying out every scene, and uh, and how she really, and I did confirm pronouns [laughter]. DELAYNE : Thank you, I was just about to ask. DARKWICCAN : Yeah, but how she really does draw you in and hold you there and uses the canonical imagery from the show to really build that clearer picture and really catch you and keep you in that moment. Um. DELAYNE : Yeah, ‘cause this is a retelling of canon with some major key differences. DARKWICCAN : Ooh boy. Yes. DELAYNE : [laughter] DARKWICCAN : Major, major differences, and also, this was written prior to season three. DELAYNE : Yes. DARKWICCAN : And there are some bullseyes that Seda hits as far as things that happen within canon that she could not have had any clue about. DELAYNE : [laughter] Because this finished posting, I just, um, I think the last chapter had notes, and so the first episode had been seen, and even Seda was surprised at the happy scene of them watching, in the morning, and um, I think she said “this chapter has kind of a similar scene” and was completely blown away. DARKWICCAN : [laughter] Yeah, yeah. DELAYNE : [laughter] DARKWICCAN : But let’s, ok, so let’s talk about the similarities. This is a largely canon, would you say, adjacent, canon... DELAYNE : See, I use the word retelling and I think that’s the one I’m gonna stick with, ‘cause. DARKWICCAN : I think that’s a good word. I think you’re absolutely right. Yeah. DELAYNE : Yeah. DARKWICCAN : Yeah, yeah. So, all the stuff about the Earp curse, that’s still in play. All the um, like, monsters of the week from seasons one and two are all in play. Um, so ya know, I mean it really is kind of taking almost, almost episode by episode. Not really, but almost, kind of key moments from each of the seasons, and playing those scenes out. DELAYNE : Yeah. DARKWICCAN : But with the twist, and the twist is... DELAYNE : [laughter] DARKWICCAN : ...Nicole is married. Now wait a minute, you’re gonna say. That’s not a twist because... DELAYNE : [laughter] We learned about that twist, what are you talking about? DARKWICCAN : We know about that. Well, the twist is, she is married happily to someone not Shae. She is married to a woman by the name of Chris, and they have been together for a long time, it was not a Vegas wedding.