#avatrice deserves better

[avasillva]

my church offers no absolutes she tells me, "worship in the bedroom" the only heaven i'll be sent to is when i'm alone with you

[simplykorra]

ava silva >>>

[hypertic]

I have around 4hrs to kill tomorrow so I’m once again asking for fic recommendations avatrice or clexa hurt!comfort or historical type or just favorite wlw fics ever

[sunshinesickies]

Feveruary Day 4— Herbal Remedy— Avatrice

Set in S2 when they’re chilling in the Swiss Alps

Beatrice sighs, glancing towards the small living room as she hears Ava stifle yet another sneeze, the sound punctuated with a thick sniffle. Even though she had woken up obviously still exhausted and looking dead on her feet, she’d convinced Bea to let her go out on a morning run, something which the nun instantly knew she regretted when 20 minutes later Ava came stumbling through the door of their small apartment completely out of breath, rough sounding coughs the result of her exercise.

Beatrice had rushed to help her breathe properly again, offering water, her heart pounding as hard as Ava’s, worry thick in her chest. Luckily they both had the day off from the bar and after catching her breath, Bea was able to convince Ava to at least take it easy for the rest of the day, claiming they’ve been working hard training and that she deserves a break.

Now it’s afternoon, Bea swears she’s heard Ava sneeze at least a dozen more times, and they’re going on day two of Bea trying to get Ava to admit she’s come down with something, and Ava so stubbornly insisting she’s fines and that Beatrice ‘doesn’t need to make a fuss’. She knows the younger girl is feeling miserable, she can see it, hear it, and with the amount of empathy she has for her, she can practically feel it too.

She understands why Ava has reservations about being sick, being taken care of, being a burden, for that’s what she was led to believe half her life; that she was a burden. But Beatrice also can no longer just sit here, continuing to let Ava not take care of herself. The more she ignores her symptoms, the worse she will feel and the longer it will take to get better. She has a duty to look after the Warrior Nun, to keep her safe. Letting her push herself to the ground is the quite literally opposite of training her to be stronger in hopes of defeating Adriel one day.

After deciding her next move in what appears to be some sort of game to Ava, it doesn’t take long for her to approach the girl who’s been chilling out on the couch all day, reading books, watching old movies on the ancient tv in the apartment, and trying to ignore the utter annoyance of her ever growing symptoms.

“Here, Ava.” Bea’s accented voice gently cuts through the soft silence as she places a box of tissues in her lap. She looks up at her in slight confusion. “Thanks, but I’m fine.” She answers, though at the same time she’s unconsciously wiping her runny nose with her rough sleeve.

“I know you are.” Bea lies, plucking a tissue from the box and holding it out to Ava. “But your nose is telling me otherwise.” She continues, and Ava lets out a little sigh of relief when she uses the tissue, reluctantly admitting to herself it is better than using her jacket or hands. Though the sudden change from harsh to almost silky fabric makes her delicate nose start to burn and no sooner than she’d tossed the first tissue to the ground is she rapidly grabbing another.

“Nhuhhuu’Shhcoo!!” She catches the forceful sneeze into the soft tissue, sniffling her red, runny nose wetly. “Bless you.” Beatrice hums, kneeling down in front of her, lifting her hand to hover before her forehead, only placing it there gently when Ava nods her consent. The nun frowns at the abnormal amount of heat radiating off the younger girl. Ava’s eyes are closed as she soaks in the miraculously cool sensation of Bea’s comforting touch.

“Bea?” Ava’s voice is so low she almost doesn’t hear her as she opens her eyes to meet Beatrice’s gentle expression of concern. “What is it, Ava?” Bea’s words are soft as she sits down next to her on the couch, her hand settling gently on Ava’s leg. “I think I’m sick.” Ava murmurs shyly, unable to look away from the other girl’s soft, emphatic gaze, so intensely caring that it brings a slight blush to her already fever flushed cheeks.

A small smile quirks onto Bea’s lips as she rolls her eyes playfully. “Yes, Ava, I’ve noticed…” her voice takes a more tender tone, “…now can I please help care for you? I-I know you don’t like it, but I want to and…” Ava chuckles, slightly amused by Bea’s ramble as it’s uncommon for the quieter girl who always seems to have every word planned out before she even says them.

“Actually, I wouldn’t mind…” Ava interrupts quietly, her gaze shifting to the floor and Beatrice is momentarily taken aback by the amount of vulnerability in her tone. “…because it’s you.” She adds softly, her eyes flicking back up, and Bea stiffens, pretty sure she’s forgotten how to breathe. Ava’s hand finds its way to Bea’s, which is still resting on her thigh.

“You’ve never made me feel like a burden, Beatrice.” Bea lets out a careful breath, her mind blank, but her senses fully aware of the weight of Ava’s hand atop hers. Finally she snaps back, blinking a couple times before collecting herself and answering, Ava awaiting patiently. “Because you aren’t, Ava. You could never be one to me.” She replies sincerely and Ava sends her a small, grateful smile before turning away to cough lightly into her shoulder.

“So?” She rasps a moment later, trying to lighten the mood. “What are my orders, Doc?” Her words make Beatrice relax enough to let out a small chuckle. “Well, step one was tissues. Now how about you stay here while I make some tea for your throat? And maybe I can talk you into taking some fever reducing meds?” She suggests and Ava nods with tired smile.

Beatrice offers a curt nod back as Ava settles herself back against the pillows of the couch, and in a moment of impulsivity, Bea presses a fleeting kiss to her temple before clearing her throat, and promptly making her way to the kitchen.

Ava sits, quietly stunned by this action, and she doesn’t think much of it, other than how warm and fuzzy it made her feel. Beatrice returns a few minutes later, a steaming mug of tea balanced carefully on a small saucer as she stirs a a spoon delicately through the liquid. Settling back down next to the sniffly girl on the couch, Bea places the mug on a side table, much to Ava’s dismay and Beatrice turns to find her pouting adorably.

“It has to cool a moment, Ava. You’ll burn your tongue otherwise.” She explains and Ava lets out a huff but she still offers one end of a blanket to Bea who tucks it neatly around both of their legs. The two of them silently resume whatever movie Ava had been watching earlier and soon Bea is presenting Ava with the now perfectly tempered tea.

Ava lets out a soft sigh of relief when she takes her first, long sip. Her throat instantly feeling loads better as the hot, sweet liquid soothes it. She can’t remember anyone ever making her tea when she was unwell, let alone take care of her with such gentle kindness as Beatrice. “Is it alright? I know you don’t particularly like tea.” Bea asks hesitantly but Ava shakes her head with a smile.

“It’s perfect. In fact I’m pretty sure it’s magic or something.” Her voice already sounds smoother, less irritated and Bea gives her a soft smile in return. “It’s just a simple herbal tea with honey and lemon, nothing magic about it.” She replies and Ava scoffs as she scoots closer until she’s leaning her head against Bea’s shoulder.

“Nah, I’m pretty sure it’s magic, or maybe you are.” She hums and Bea can’t help when her heart beats a little faster at her words. She does the only thing she can think to in response, putting her arm around Ava’s shoulders and hugging her ever so closer to her. She knows how important physical is to Ava, and it is her job to care for the Warrior Nun, but right now, in this moment, she feels their bond intertwine a little deeper, and she’s more than happy to do anything to make this girl feel better, Halo or not.

[sisterdivinium]

You know, for a show with so many female characters that so many of us love given how they all get time in the spotlight one way or another and they fill that time up rather wonderfully since they are deeper and more developed than what we're used to seeing in general media, it is peculiar (to say the least) to see so few "alternative" ships to the main one.

I'm not saying the canon ship doesn't deserve its attention -- I'm wondering instead why the canon ship and it alone seem to guide the WN fans who just so happen to enjoy writing/reading fic or fanart or whatever.

You'd think all these cool women would inspire more ships or combinations thereof, but those of us who aren't invested in avatrice just... Float along, around one another, ignored (and, yes, mostly undisturbed too; being unpopular does have its advantages and that includes a lot less weirdos leaving you strange or awkward messages -- it does not, however, shield us from people flooding our goddamn tags on AO3 with fic that has nothing to do with our little ships and I do wish such negligence of the pairing itself meant we didn't have to deal with this spam...)

I am also not saying that fandom activity should be based solely on shipping (and recently someone on Reddit was rather confused by the fact that a lot of it is, which is quite an interesting topic to discuss in itself -- after all, there is more to fan creativity than shippy fic... Or there used to be), merely that, here, it appears that a canon relationship can outshine interest in the other, non-canon ones. It's already there and it was doubtless well-done by the show, so it's natural that it should claim people's attention, sure. It's just that being canon was never the parameter for whether people were interested in these or those two (or more) characters maybe being involved and trying to explore what that could mean through fanwork.

There has always been a complaint haunting fandom spaces concerning the minuscule amounts of f/f fic, art, discussion, w/e based on how few (interesting or sympathetic or relatable) female characters there are in media at large. So what I'm curious about is why fan creations made around WN -- a show that finally gives us a whole cast of female characters that are what we have been craving for decades -- don't also reflect its diversity.

There are alternative ships (I'm here, all happy in my tiny Doctor Superion bubble, and I know there are Camila/Lilith, Ava/Lilith, Mary/Shannon, Mary/Lilith shippers out there, so a warm hello to you if you're reading this), but go on AO3 and compare the numbers of things tagged with these proper pairings to the grand total of WN stories. Better (or worse) still, do so with the "otp: true" trick or simply by excluding avatrice from the search to see how many are left.

It's... A considerable difference. And a mystery, at least to me.

[elizabeth-mitchells]

tagged by @sapphicscience (thank you so much! <3) to post 5 otps from 5 fandoms!

1. yellowjackets - LottieLee!!! 100%!!! loves of my lives. underrated fave. deserves much better. the prophet and her priest. stars of the homoerotic baptism. alexa play i, carrion (icarian) by hozier. lesbian situationship so strong that one of you fucking explodes

2. stranger things - ronance ronance ronance robin and nancy nancy and robin. they went to the library together one time and i still haven't recovered. it took four seasons to get here and now they're the most important part of the show to ME

3. the haunting of bly manor - dani and jamie! the blueprint! there's literally no other ship like them! the chemistry was insane there, the development of their relationship was flawless and i'll stand by this forever. their scenes in the show >>>>> so many actual lesbian movies

4. warrior nun - avatrice! okay actually They have the best relationship development ever. it was so subtle in s1 but so obvious if you looked with your gay heart and then in s2 just ep1 was better than most ships out there but then Tragedy™ struck and fuck they were taken from us way too soon!!!

5. fear street - sam and deena! listen there are so many more fandom and choosing one was So Tough but ao3 tells me they're my top 3 fandom i've written the most for so here we are! love lesbians that won't drive 30 minutes for their gf but will and evil ancient curse like it's nothing for her!! and her gf that will die and die and die and die for her <3

i'm sorry i can't shut up about any of them ghsjdfhgjfg

tagging: @natscatorrcio @reesesfastbreak @lesbiantahani @lilolilyr @fayesdiana (no pressure!!)

[emilyskinners]

number 1 with Dick Grayson, Gar, and Jason (classic) - number 12 (which is my favourite from the list), 8 with Nat, Jackie, and Van from Yellowjackets

OH GOD..... okay well, the first one is actually pretty easy tbh, same as you when i asked the same thing.

1. classic FMK:

(and to anyone seeing this, this is based on the titans (2018) version of the characters, so....)

fuck - jason, because.... you know why, you've said it yourself

marry - gar because he's more husband material than the other two (sorry dick)

kill - im saying dick because rachel and gar will throw him in the lazarus pit anyway, and we'll call it a day

12: Basic FMK but it has to be with the last 3 characters you reblogged pictures or gifs of. (You can interpret this however you want. It can be scrolling until you find 3 different characters, or if your blog is basically all one character - you're gonna have an interesting marriage with them.)

well, it's ava/beatrice (they are not to be separated), brooke davis, and lizzie saltzman.... SO.

fuck - avatrice, I guess.... love both of them, dearly but its one and done because I don't wanna further infiltrate their relationship because a marriage with them will have me fucking it up and I don't wanna kill them because my god, they've been through enough

marry - brooke! because I definitely would treat her better than lucas, that's for sure.... like honey, I would never cheat on you with your best friend. she's never my second choice!

kill - lizzie, but she'll come back as a heretic, I just need her to digest vampire blood and then kill her under 24 hours. I'm allowed to cheat, okay?

8. Oh no!! There's only One Bed!!! When it comes to this character you - offer to sleep on the floor so they can be comfortable, make them sleep on the floor, or snuggle up to them as close as possible.

oh..... this is also difficult because you KNOW how much I love my yellowjackets girls, they mean everything to me (I've ranted to you about the lesbian cannibal show a dozen times) but uh...

I'll offer to sleep on the floor for nat.... cause we'll, she's the antler queen, and she gets whatever she wants, and I am not one to argue with her. she knows how to use a gun, and she is not afraid to use it

and as much as I hate this, I'm making van sleep on the floor, I love her. truly, but this is a hard decision, but I don't think she'd mind, hopefully. it depends if it's teen van or adult van

and well, I'm snuggling with jackie because she deserves all the love and snuggles in the world okay? she's my doomed by the narrative baby <3 I can't say no to her

[inthislifewn]

Warrior Nun has my whole heart.

It needs to be renewed! Everything about the show is so perfect; the plot, the storytelling, the characters, their growth and their relationships with each other, the cinematography, and don't even get me started on the detailing. Literal perfection! So well written indeed!

We need to save this show. The divinium sword lighting up in the end gives us hope.

Let's not forget Net-fucking-flix did not want this shot to be there and wanted to end the episode after Ava goes through the portal which- now don't come after me, we would've been okay with. (no I'm actually lying that was so not okay, I was heartbroken to say the least) After all, we know better than to expect a happy ending for a w/w couple, thanks to you-know-who for cancelling almost all sapphic shows to ever exist!

But lighting up the divinium sword in the end like that only to cancel the show?!!? HELL NO! THAT'S NOT DONE!

You don't make the fans feel like home with the show and then snatch the fucking roof off their head!

We will continue to fight for as long as it takes. We have hope. We will save this show.

And have no doubt. After all, like Beatrice says, "Faith is my business"

P.S - I love the artwork tho I'm sorry I didn't know who to credit it to :(

Edit: Thanks to @thegabi182 I now know, that this amazing amazing artwork is by @corvophobia

[clexalab]

The headcanon that won't let me live is that Beatrice has a PAST and SKILLS and Ava has no idea what she's getting into. Like a past where she has done and experienced things that would lead to her parents saying that she's "not falling in line" and shipping her off to Catholic boarding school.

She would have had to be 18 to join any order and then needed at least a year (even on Beatrice's expedited time) to take her vows, which means that there's a chance she was 15 or 16 or older when she "wasn't falling in line" and there's no guarantee she immediately behaved once she was at an all-girls boarding school. This is also sophisticated, educated Beatrice we're talking about and she would have been exceptional at all the sports and academics and activities and any queer woman in her vicinity would have PAID ATTENTION to her and her sharp jaw and dark eyes.

And that's what Ava doesn't know. Ava thinks that Beatrice, restrained, controlled, buttoned up Beatrice, never made out let alone slept with anyone and she thinks she knows what Beatrice is capable of. When in reality Beatrice, strong, competent, intense Beatrice, was also exceptional at being gay. That was exactly the problem. She wasn't blind to the way other girls would look at her and she was great at kissing them and meticulous, kind, dedicated Beatrice was incredible at getting them to fall apart under her. That's the twist Ava doesn't see coming: that OCS's crown jewel and biggest pride, Sister Beatrice, with hands more powerful and lethal than most weapons, can make those hands precise and gentle and more sinful than anything Ava ever imagined.

GIF by @phoebeswallerbridge

[ygsunflower]

We went from Bury Your Gays (2016) to Cancel Your Sapphics (2022).

What a fucking glow.

[giawdyke]

in honor of 2022 being the worst year for lesbians here's a thread of my favorire CANON wlw ships

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

And yet zero announcement about a third season

[alexsshittyworld]

I just realised that Ava from Warrior nun is the same age as my brother and it just hit me just how fucking young she actually is.

My brother isn’t even done with school and she’s already sacrificed her life multiple times, as been betrayed by people she saw as family, etc.

[sydney-liac]

I wasn’t going to share my lil fan art stuff because I use it for art practice but after the news today I thought FUCK IT. So here you go some cute lil Ava and Beatrice! Someone better make me more seasons or I’ll be delivering a lot more than dick waffles to Netflix! If ya know, ya know.

[southern-sunflower]

[thepastisneverdead1966]

Shout out to warrior nun for having AMAZING sapphic romance and the worst fucking hetero relationship I’ve seen