Tulip O’Hare Meta & Fanworks Masterpost
I’ve written a lot about the peerless Priscilla-Jean Henrietta O’Hare so I thought I’d put it all in one place. I will add to it as I sift through my blog and find other related posts, as well as throughout the duration of season 2 and beyond.
General Tulip Meta:
TV Tulip vs. Comic Tulip - Why the Former is Superior
Tulip’s Complexity
Tulip’s Complicated Relationship with the Societal Concepts of Good & Bad
Tulip as a Leveller
Tulip’s Relationship with Emily & Each Wanting What the Other Has
Why Cassidy Loves Tulip
Tulip’s Arc Moving Forward
Jesse/Tulip Meta:
Tulip and Jesse’s Relationship & Backgrounds as a Reflection of the American Experience + An Addendum on Their Relationship in the Larger Cultural Context of the Show
Tulip and Jesse’s Chemistry
How Tulip Confronts the Past while Jesse Hides from It
Tulip as a Symbol of Jesse’s Past & Why He Can’t Deal with That
Jesse’s Physicality Around Tulip & the Cinematographic Use of Negative Space Between Them
The Beauty of Tulip & Jesse’s Relationship & How It Defies Cliché
Young Jesse Saying Tulip is “Good” vs. Present-day Jesse Implying She’s Bad
The Tulip v. Cassidy Trivia Contest & How Tulip Knows Jesse Better than Anyone
Tulip is Right About Jesse as a Person & Cassidy Acknowledges That
The Nature of Jesse’s Mistreatment of His Friends & in Particular of Tulip in Season 1 & How I’d Like the Narrative to Deal with It (it already is in s2!)
My Individual Episode Analyses for Season 1 (lots of Tulip!!! and I’ll be continuing these for s2)
Other Resources
My tag on Preacher cast commentary on their characters - lots of quotes and interviews with Ruth in there
My tag on Preacher showrunner commentary - lots of Tulip discussion in there too
Even more character commentary from the Insider Podcast
Great article on Jesse & Tulip & the Jungian Shadow
my Preacher podcast, in which we discuss Tulip a LOT
my Tulip fics
my Preacher fanmixes (mostly Tulip-related)
my general (and veeeeery long) Tulip tag