#how do nuns work

[unlikely-course]

Anyway since AO3 is down I will tell you all for free that two months ago I had a dream that was just like a weird fully fleshed little yj au in which Lottie is sent to a convent by her parents and meets there Tai, Van, and Jackie who are also postulants (more or less against their wills) and is shown the ropes by “Sister Joan,” (no prizes for guessing that’s Nat) who basically washed up here as a young teenager and ended up taking vows because she didn’t know what else to do and it was pretty chill as far as convents went. Obviously Lottie and Nat have like a connection, and meanwhile Jackie has resigned herself to the whole nun thing in spite of Shauna repeatedly showing up to try to get Jackie to come away with her. Literally there was a “scene” in which they were all out like gardening in a space next to the church and through the gate and across the street you could just see Shauna leaning against a building smoking furiously (in like a really great coat). Everyone was like “so are you gonna go…talk to her?” And Jackie was like absolutely not!!!! and just kept ineffectually going at a raised vegetable bed with a shovel.

[averlym]

litany of the martyrs (click for better resolution!)

[notbecauseofvictories]

though, lingering over that last post....I wonder how easily this trips into horror story? I mean, in this world where there are child-producing marriages and then sisterhoods/brotherhoods for the rest, this obviously allows the family to keep a stranglehold on their collective assets and wealth. Therefore, I bet that family is an even more tightly-locked cage for those born into it.

Oh, you thought that if you could just escape marriage you'd be free, didn't you? You thought you could join the local order and letter manuscripts or tend goats or say prayers over the dying---but no. No, that's for other people's sons and daughters. You have no escape. You will serve your family forever, whether you will or no. You marry who they tell you to and live in your family's third-nicest castle your whole life; you can have as many lovers and bastards as you want, you can earn coin all on your own, if you can, but it will come to naught in the end. You will be cursed with absolute surety of where you fall: res nullius.

As it was and ever shall be, amen.

[necrotic-nephilim]

Please infodump about the JayTimSteph Grotesquerie AU WIP if possible.

OF COURSE i've been thinking about it since i saw the trailer and now it's a little brainworm. (disclaimer i've not watched the first two episodes yet, this is like. solely on the vibes of the trailer. some details might change once i. watch the show depending on if i follow it or just go with the vibes the trailer gave me. which also means there will be no spoilers for the show if you care about that.)

the current idea involves Detective!Tim, Nun!Steph, and Priest!Jason. the vague idea for the plot so far is that a serial killer leaves a *very* artful display of a crime scene inside of the church that Jason and Steph operate out of. Tim is assigned as the leading detective on the case and ends up in a relationship with the both of them as he spirals in madness trying to catch the killer.

for Steph, i want to explore the idea of her father, Cluemaster, being a *very* prolific and artful serial killer who's whole gimmick was sending clues to the police until he was caught when Steph was still a child, and her and her mother were forced to go into witness protection for their own safety, which led her down the path of becoming a nun. it was a defining childhood moment for her to walk in on one of her father's crimes, so when she's the one who finds the crime scene in the church, it *immediately* sends her back to her childhood and she's caught between PTSD-fueled horror and a sick, enticing fascination. she wanted to become a journalist before going into WITSEC but that career was basically all but ruined for her. now she runs the small newspaper for the church and is desperate to write on the first "real" story she's ever had, dragging her into an intense obsession over the crime and trying to prove she can solve it.

for Jason, i want to deal with his history as Bruce. the current idea is that Bruce is Tim's police chief who adopted Jason and Dick from a young-ish age and raised them to be detectives, taking them to crime scenes as teenagers and teaching them the ins and outs of how criminals think. it leads to Dick becoming a detective, but when taking them to crime scenes led to Jason being kidnapped and brutally tortured by "Jack Napier", almost dying. Dick kills Napier to save Jason and it fractures their little family so badly that Dick switches departments to another city and Jason runs away at 17, eventually happening upon joining the clergy. he's the new, young priest in the church who's known for being very pretty but very emotionally distant even if he's nice enough. and he's *pissed* that Bruce is in his church investigating a murder and that no matter where Jason goes, he can't seem to get away from the horrors.

and for Tim, he's the young new detective in his department who is *entirely* unaware that he's been taken under Bruce's wing bc Bruce is treating him as a surrogate replacement for Dick and Jason. haven't fully decided his backstory yet, but it'll likely be similar to canon with losing his mother and father. i kind of want him to be lost and lacking a sense of direction. very gifted in noticing patterns and detective work, but it's clear he doesn't *really* want this job. and when he's assigned as the lead on a case that feels *way* too big for his experience bc Bruce is showing clear favoritism, he's forced to go to Steph for help, which leads to Jason ending up wrapped up with them too.

despite how heavy the plot *sounds*, i honestly want this fic to be like. 40% porn. like the show i want to explore a lot of fucked up sexual interests in Jason who's punishing himself for it, Steph being too interested in things for her own good and desperate for a taste of what "real life" feels like, and Tim just being incredibly repressed. like i want the line between horror and erotic to feel like a jumprope. lots of fucked up sex balanced with like. them actually trying to catch the killer. and then of course the emotional aspect of how Jason's baggage with Bruce works into all of it. also want Tim to have a mild hero worship for "the great Detective Dick Grayson" while being clueless that he's Bruce's son and Jason's brother. i sort of want it to be Steph-centric, but still have POVs from Tim and Jason just to round out their emotional arcs. i haven't fully decided everyone else who'll be in the fic but i know i want Cass to be a fellow nun and friend of Steph's, Babs to also work at the church, Helena to be Tim's favorite coworker, and possibly for Damian to be around somehow. those roles will probably get more fleshed out when i. watch the damn show tho.

anyway TLDR: religious imagery, body horror, kinky sex, and a mystery that might break everyone psychologically once they get to the bottom of it. i have some very specific scenes and dialogue planned out. probably cannibalism as a metaphor for love thrown in there too. idk i just want these three to be as fucked up as possible and unhinged about each other but fighting their repressed side with their unhinged feral side. and since it doesn't exist by god I'll create it.

[froschli96]

you know, i always find it really funny when dudebros complain about syndicate and odyssey being too "jokey" or not "taking its characters seriously" or whatever…

like, did y'all collectively sleep through "it's-a me, mario!", "i meant besides vaginas", ezio inventing the latte, bartolomeo's... just... *gestures vaguely* entire character, etc?

like, it's fine to have preferences of course, i myself prefer a more serious and grounded tone, but these are usually the same people who tout the ezio trilogy as "peak assassin's creed", call ac1 a glorified tech demo and hate on connor for being "too serious and boring", like? make it make sense!

[wildstar25]

G'raha looked so serious while he pleaded his case to venture into the World of Darkness with the Warrior of Light. The sudden conviction in his tone had Arsay at a loss for words. Still, she did not hesitate to meet his request with an accepting nod. He was an important friend and in the passing moons that they'd come to know each other, a strong fondness for him had taken hold of her. The prospect of helping G'raha find the truth behind his mysterious inheritance made Arsay's heart pound. It was the perfect venture for them to embark on. The first of many, she hoped. The two turned towards the impossibly tall spire that dared to pierce the heavens above. Arsay's resolve strengthened in its presence. When they next find themselves gazing at the tower -with their quest completed and the world no longer under threat of total destruction- she'll properly ask G'raha to be a companion in her travels. A grin crept its way onto her face as her gaze shifted to him. If Arsay could find it within herself to bare her heart to others so readily just as he does… perhaps their future adventures will find them together, hand in hand.

[electro-scorpion-moving]

i think there needs to be more of ava & lilith getting to have a fucked up sibling relationship in which they demonstrate the saying that hate and love are opposite sides of the same coin. lilith being the “no one else gets to hurt my sibling except for me.” ava being a cruel reminder to lilith of how she’s strived so long and hard, following all the arduous rules, for acceptance, and family, purpose and belonging. and yet ava suddenly comes in and gets all of that and more dropped into her lap, and she doesn’t even want it.

tl;dr: ava & lilith being wholesome siblings in aus is undeniably cute, but let ava and lilith be siblings with a very complicated and/or bad relationship more too

[redeyye]

i could be the guy who makes up seinfeld episodes but for the golden girls

[cry-ptidd]

Definitely think she killed that innocent nun because she choose god over Laura

Wrong, actually! It's way sadder than that

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

Okay so it turns out the brilliant Tangelene Bolton (creator of Warrior Nun’s stunning soundtrack, including Beatrice and Ava’s beautiful theme) has read Avatrice fanfiction.

Every time I think I can’t love this cast and crew more- 💖

[msadmiral]

Forgive me for the fucking phone shadow-

“Their relationship is complicated…”

Cw: Mentions of religion and underage drinking

Supposedly takes place in contrast to this post by @clownsuu

Dialogue (in case you can’t read my small ass blurry handwriting):

Mob!Cherie: “Another ‘one too many nightcaps’ with Mr. Howdy, I presume?”

Mob!Wally: “Mmh… Very observant.”

Mob!Cherie: “Not observance. Simply stating the obvious, Brother Wallace.”

Mob!Wally: “If you would be so… ‘kind’, sister Cherilyn, and assist me to my quarters?”

Mob!Cherie: “Cherilyn is not my name, Brother.”

Mob!Wally: “Neither is Wallace…”

Mob!Cherie: “Touché…”

Mob!Wally: “You should consider joining us, dear Sister… You were always a lot better at- hic- holding your liquor than Mr. Howdy…”

Mob!Cherie: “And you were always a bit too fond of him, your ‘butler’…”

Mob!Wally: “You aren’t entirely void of those feelings yourself, Sister.”

Mob!Cherie: “Perhaps. But for reasons other than nepotism and manipulation.”

Mob!Wally: “Nonsense… There is no room for bias in a family…”

Mob!Cherie: “Mm-hm. Whatever you say, brother Wally…”

Needless to say, they both favor Howdy in some way…

NOT A SHIP!!! CHERIE IS 14 IN THIS AU!!

Closeup photos below cut👇

[piratekane]

title: let's begin (kissing the old year out, kissing the new year in) fandom, pairing: Warrior Nun, Ava/Beatrice summary: Ava slaps the flyer down on the bar and immediately winces at the shock that ricochets up into her arm. “They’re having a New Years Eve carnival.”

Bea looks up from her clipboard and smoothly slides her pen behind her ear. A single strand of hair drops across her face. She doesn’t bother pushing it back. “Hans mentioned it.”

Her eyes go wide. “You knew? And you didn’t say anything?” Ava sighs dramatically and the paper crinkles under her palm. “We have to go.”

notes: I blame the people. I blame KTY's face. I blame Ava having her oh moment. But mostly I blame @tumblnonymous because she just won't let me rest. You've been warned: this is teeth-rotting, NYE fluff. This is nothing else but that. Fluff without plot. It also follows i don't want a lot for christmas (there is just one thing i need) because why put that down?

(read on ao3)

[ice-devourer]

i’m not too fond of tkd anymore however, the queer kids confiding in me at the training center makes it so damn difficult to leave can i just adopt them T — T

[wildstar25]

How much does your OC's background and origin affect their approach to relationships? Are there specific insecurities or preferences that lead on from their past?

I would say Arsay's background- a sole miqo'te abandoned by her parents to be raised on a tiny lalafell inhabited island in the middle of the south seas- absolutely had a huge impact to how she goes about her relationships.

She desperately wants to feel like she matters to others, that she's someone who can't be easily forgotten about or left behind. At the same time she has a very hard time shaking off the feeling like shes a burden to those around her. She's internalized a lot of guilt over the fact that Emrara Emra had to give up their dreams in order to raise her. It's often without thinking that Arsay to dismisses her own wants and needs in favour of tending to the person/people she cares about. She has to feel like she's of use to them or she doesn't feel like she deserves their time/affection (and fears that they will leave and forget her)

The reason why G'raha and Y'shtola work so well for Arsay is that they both counteract those big insecurities quite regularly.

G'raha proved time and again how much he thinks about Arsay. He couldn't forget her no matter how much time passed in the 8th calamity timeline or in the First. He is always the first to chime in with how valuable he thinks she is and how her skills set her apart from anyone else hes ever met. He wants to be burdened by her, he wants to be as important to her as she is to him. Meanwhile, Y'shtola provides Arsay with assurance honestly just by being there. If Shtola didn't want Arsay around she would have made it absolutely clear. And like G'raha, Y'shtola has always made it clear that she does not want Arsay to hide things from her nor does she want Arsay to take on the world by herself. She's always looking out for Arsay just as much as Arsay is looking out for her.

Beyond that, it's telling that Arsay ended up with two Miqo'te who -like her- was given up by their birth family for one reason or another and raised far from the traditional miqo'te norm. Obviously Raha and Shtola had some early childhood within their tribes but their formative years were outside of that. Arsay always wanted to find someone she could really connect and feel comfortable with and that's what she did!

[charlie-os]

I’ve seen a lot of people trying to figure out the time dilation math in warrior nun and all getting wildly different answers so here’s my contribution as someone who’s in college for math

We know that for every 7.8 seconds that passes 107 minutes pass in the other realm so

107*60 = 6420 seconds

6410/7.8 = 823.077 seconds (per every second that passes on earth 823.077 seconds pass in the other realm)

So using the conversion 1 = 823.077 we can find pretty much any time difference

For 1 day on earth we know that 1 day = 86400 seconds so

86400*823.077 = 71113846.15 seconds or 2.25 years

My theory is that since there was so much jesus symbolism this season ava is going to spend three days in the other realm which for her would be 6.75 years

[bblackamethystt]

Alexa, play "Drama" by aespa