I've only seen a couple of episodes but I got the Renner vibe too--I think it's the "military hairbrush" haircut.

As a general rule, fans in small fandoms adore New Souls for the Faith. I mean, they wouldn't want you to come in and tell them their fandom sucks and they're idiots, but a) more squee = two cakes; b) a chance to renew that excited New Fandom feeling; and c) fun to see what you're going to say when Surprising Thing happens and whether you guessed it.