#jake slicker

Where Michalea was moving:

Vs

How she rocked up:

Michalea: I'm medically trained & want to help you

Colorado Springs:

Sully: *still clearly mourning his wife & child*

Loren Bray (who abandoned his daughter):

Hank: *is a bastard*

Also, Hank:

Michalea: I've got a job, a house & children who love me

Her mum:

Loren Bray with everyone else:

Vs

Loren Bray with Brian:

Michalea: *practically sweating to death*

Sully:

Jake:

Sexuality Headcanon: Heterosexual

Gender Headcanon: Cishet.

A ship I have with said character: Annie. But for Jake in canon, I wish they had paired him with the teacher in One Lullaby, not forever, but for that episode. I do wish they had given him a good love interest in the show that wasn't as forced as his eventual love interest was.

A BROTP I have with said character: Hank obviously.

A NOTP I have with said character: Both Teresa and Dorothy. I like the idea for both of them, but the writing for them was horrible. With Dorothy, it seemed like they were both just doing it to spite Loren and it went on too long. 

For Teresa, it was just like ‘it’s the last season. Better shove this in somewhere.’

They could have done the story arc with Teresa so much better if they had just developed it a little more. 

A random headcanon: I have two. 

One: He had a soft spot for Loren because Loren treated him more like a son than his real father ever had. 

Two: He’s never spent the night with any of the women at the saloon because he doesn’t want to take advantage of their desperation. Having grown up on the streets, he knows how that desperation feels. However, he doesn’t object to Hank employing them because they are going to do it regardless and at least working for Hank offers them some protection and safety that they wouldn’t have on their own. He also tries to talk Hank into letting Myra out of her contract when she wants to marry Horace. 

General Opinion over said character: I think he had a lot of potential for character arc and growth if the show hadn’t been written in a way that made it so that Dr. Mike and her family could only be the only right or progressive characters. I’ve talked about this before, but there are lots of scenes where he acted in ways that showed he was changing his bigoted ideas only to have the writers reverse that in the next episode so that there was someone for Dr. Mike to argue with, like calling for Dr. Mike to treat Cloud Dancing to keep the soldiers from being able to imprison him in another territory when he would have been more than capable to treat him on his own.

Annie:

Sexuality Headcanon: Heterosexual

Gender Headcanon: Cishet.

A ship I have with said character: Jake, but also, under different circumstances, she and Roger could have been a good match for each other. 

A BROTP I have with said character: Abigail before her death, and Clarice to a lesser degree, also before the death, but I hope she’ll take over Olive’s place as the friend willing to call Dr. Mike out on occasion. 

A NOTP I have with said character: Slight spoilers, but Martin and even though I said above that she and Roger could be good for each other, I’m going to put Roger on this list because they just aren’t right. 

A random headcanon: Annie had internalized so many of Maude’s comments about her looks and relationship prospects, that had she not met Jake in the way she did, a way that forced her to have a real, meaningful interaction with him, she would have never had a relationship with him or anyone else. She subconsciously protected herself from being hurt by projecting an air of disinterest and detachment that few could get past. 

General Opinion over said character: I created her, so I like her a lot. LOL. So I’ll just talk some more about her. She’s smart, loving, and kind, but also can be cold and distant. I would say more, but it might be spoilers.  

Jake: What’s myrrh?

Reverend: Well, myrrh was a -- it is a... it’s a thing that kings have.