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I was the first anon to bring up JC=Jesus Christ but oh my god I do not want that baby storyline, so sorry to putting that type of energy out there lmao

And another anon:

Lol sorry, years of Catholic school have primed me to see how Catholicism operates and it’s very much w women as mothers or whores and not the heroes of the story. But to be fair this show seems more critical of Catholicism than bound to its premises. But yes, I don’t think a pregnancy storyline is likely. Far more likely that they bring back JC as a savior figure, which I still really don’t want but season 1 was enjoyable so I’ll hope next season stays focused on the women.

Haha, no worries, anons. Hopefully. We’ll know who to blame if it happens… =_=

But yeah, this show seems to be straddling an interesting line where it’s not really condemning religion in itself but is certainly ready to examine the individual humans who follow it. I hope it actually does allow the more devout sisters to keep their faith next season, even if there are huge upheavals along the way. But it definitely doesn’t seem to think that women should be sidelined for men, so hopefully we can count on that.

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Do you think that after the recent interviews with warrior nun creator is Avatrice really going to happen? 

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Me:

I honestly really don’t know. It could really go either way. Obviously they’re super aware of it and hopefully are going to be careful how they approach it, whether or not they do it, but it could come down to anything. Whether someone in the writer’s room is a strong enough advocate for it, if there’s NOT other major f/f they think they’d be repeating while they’re brainstorming, if some Netflix exec thinks they should do it. 

They do seem, in these interviews, to be leaning more and more toward it, but I just really could not say one way or the other till s2 actually airs. 

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Following what the creator said in that interview, I think Beatrice/Ava is gonna be one side. Still is amazing

I’m gonna jump around a bit the remaining asks a bit because I wanted to answer this now, which you sent some days back and I assume are speaking about his answer in the VIFF interview + Q&A? Where he said Beatrice’s feelings are clear but Ava is, well, that’s the drama for next season? And tbh, I didn’t read that entirely optimistically either, it actually didn’t promise anything.

But in today’s interview with Variety, he was asked about the queerness (or lack of it) in this season and this is what he answered:

There’s definitely something there with Ava and Beatrice [Kristina Tonteri-Young] in the sense that, Beatrice openly admits she’s gay and that’s a part of her journey and part of our story. Does that define Ava? Well, that remains to be seen. I mean, we have more seasons hopefully to tell the story and that will be an ongoing journey, not something that is easily defined in one scene with one life, you know? Um, and I don’t think we want Ava defined by a singular thing any more than we want Beatrice defined by a singular idea. In regards to a queer character or whatever, we don’t want them to be defined by that. We want them to be defined by who they are and let their sexuality and let their relationships and let their journeys be included in that. We never tried to paint any character with just one defining characteristic. By defining Ava and Beatrice too quickly or too irresponsibly, we could kill it and ruin it. And I don’t want to do that either. So for now, let’s just say we are open and exploring, much like the characters are.

That seems more optimistic, tbh? Like, as much as he can’t give away the plot, he’s implying more. Of course, he could still mean nothing at all, in which case, lol, I hope whatever they do decide is handled really incredibly well, considering we’re not the ones creating polls about the ship name. 😛

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boocita I’ve been bingewatching WN on your recommendation and when ava made it through the training wall after facing her fear bea really looked at her like she was ready to break her sacred vows ?. also i thought shannon / mary was legit canon from the first ep i thought it was so weird nobody explicitly referred to it bc it seems hella obv and intentional??

I don’t know anyone by that name. =_=

My recommen–I did wh–it was no such thing! Unless you’re liking it? Then yes. 🙂

Haha, yes, after the training, that was the closest thing we got to anything canon. I mean, it IS canon one-sided at least, for now. Break her vows, lol. I’m kind of tickled at what research must be going into writing the fic for them. “Does a kiss–does another woma–does it have to be…hmm.”

Yeah, Shannon and Mary, I think all the viewers were like, uhhh, that’s clearly something, but it seems the writers weren’t intending for it. Just ended up a combination of the writing needing to sell that friendship as transformation for Mary and then Toya really leaning into the physicality We might still get some flashbacks next season that elaborate on that, now that they know people are reading them that way, and also, Mary was a lesbian in the comics, and I LOVE Beatrice, of course, who doesn’t, but I also don’t like the idea that lesbian characters are interchangeable or that they removed a Black lesbian. It’s not as if all the characters are completely new for the show, Shotgun Mary was a character in the comics. Just something I’ll be looking to, though I don’t know which way they’ll go and it won’t be a deal breaker if they don’t stick with it, I’ll just be disappointed.

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What most funny for me is that sometimes Ava looks like a toddler and is very, VERY cute; but in other moments she is ultra hot(see the scene when she takes off the habit)

Yes, all jokes about her resemblances to other actresses aside, Alba Baptista did an amazing job embodying all the different parts of this character. Honestly, I think we do kind of get distracted by how hot she is, she is very much the typical pretty thin white lead, for sure, and as you said, when she dresses up or is all serious like in the cool girl walk after taking off the habit, it’s right there, BUT, Ava is a freaking dork. 

Everything she thinks and feels is right there on her face, and a lot of that is just curiosity or naivete and she’s just cute in those moments. And come on, nobody who makes those puns and then like, wiggles her eyebrows to make sure she gets a laugh is a Cool Girl.