So I was calling this ellie John Bridgens, but then I started doing this
Re-naming him Jirv, obviously.
On my Terror rewatch and Jirv is just so happy when he meets Koveyook & companions. So grateful. I feel like it's the purest emotion we see from him. Also, I didn't notice before that while it's Hodge who meets original Mr Hickey, it's Irving who meets imposter-Hickey! I wonder how much a role Jirv's evangelicalism/non-conformist Christianity made him accept impostor-Hickey at face value even though he's clearly sus af. That born-again instinct to accept people wanting a 'fresh start'. I think it makes the betrayal (that it's specifically Irving gets murdered by impostor-Hickey) more poignant than if it were one of the other Lieuts.
They’re gonna find you dude, they can smell your fruity ass.