About Me!

Welcome to my blog - a place for me to expand on ideas about the tv show When Calls the Heart (and maybe others, eventually). I'm a shipper at heart, and have spent many years involved with fandoms of all shapes and sizes, and in various genres. Usually, I'm content to lurk and enjoy the creative pursuits of other members of a fandom, but once in a while, I'm inspired - usually to write one-shot fanfics - but something about WCTH recently has grasped me and held on tight. I feel like I have lots to say about the show, and there isn't enough space on socials to expand, so I figured I would start a blog - not sure what you are going to see here beyond some of my theories and reflections on the show, but hopefully you'll enjoy!

As I said before, I identify as a shipper - I love TV romances and can usually spot my ship of choice within a few interactions (I pride myself on calling Anna/Mr. Bates from Downton Abbey while watching their first scene - and I sill adore them). I've been an avid fan of a variety of shows and romances for the past 25 years (I'm in my 40s lol), including M*A*S*H, CSI, Castle, Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge, Star Wars, and of course WCTH.

I started watching WCTH I think in season 3. Netflix recommended it to me, and I was intrigued by the idea of a show focusing on a teacher and a Canadian Mountie - some of my friends in high school were fans of Due South, and the references stuck with me I guess. I will admit - WCTH is an absolute guilty pleasure show for me - I don't take it very seriously (time and distance do not exist in the world, nor do all the storylines make the most sense) - but I love nearly every character on the show and fell in love with Jack and Elizabeth early on. One of my friends and I watched the show religiously together, until they killed off Jack's character. 

To say I was devastated was an understatement. I realized in season 4, after Jack left for the the NW Territories, that it was his and Elizabeth's romance really keeping me engaged. And then it was gone. I watched the Christmas Special when she gave birth to Little Jack and decided to call it quits. That decision was only reinforced when I heard they were bringing in *two* men to replace Jack and I could only imagine the mess a love triangle storyline could create.

And I was 100% correct. I would occasionally see an article about WCTH during seasons 6-9, and would read it to keep tabs on what was happening. I was curious as to which eligible bachelor would ultimately get Elizabeth in the end, but not invested enough to watch the show. 

Last summer, before season 10 aired, I was unemployed and figured it couldn't hurt to try to watch beyond Jack's death - I knew Elizabeth was engaged to Lucas at the end of season 9, so my perspective is a little different than those members of the fandom who weathered the storms of seasons 6-9. While watching those seasons for the first time, I was a little confused as to how she would end up with Lucas, as I noticed her interactions with Nathan were much deeper, but I will admit that not having the emotional connection to either one of them allowed me to rejoice for Elizabeth once she was engaged again (the woman deserves to be married for more than a week - please let her get married soon). 

I started watching live again in season 10, and what a season to return to the show. I spent the whole season wondering if  Elizabeth and Lucas would break their engagement, once the cracks started forming, and wondering if Hallmark would even allow something like that. I was here for the chaos - again, no emotional investment in either character - and it delivered. And once Elizabeth had a panic attack about Nathan's safety and Nathan walked into that schoolhouse and asked Elizabeth what she wanted? I was sold on Nathan and Elizabeth being together. Season 11 brought obsession -  I couldn't think about anything else beyond this show (I'm usually an avid reader - my reading has STALLED since April lol). I got inspired to write a couple of fics, create an instagram account, and now a blog to write down my many gripes and thoughts about the show. So welcome! I encourage healthy discussion - and I actually refuse to tolerate any notion that any characters on the show are truly bad people. Hope Valley has good people, with good intentions, and most of their conflicts arise when they don't agree on how to accomplish something good.