Voices of the Fandom

“This Is a Mirror, You Are a Written Sentence" - Original art by Luis Camnitzer - Photography and Testimonial by Sophia Estrada

Warrior Nun me quitó un peso de los hombros al hacerme reír con la inocente impaciencia de Camila, al hacerme llorar con la hermosa historia de Beatrice, pero sobre todo al hacerme sentir esperanza con la nueva perspectiva de vida de Ava.  Me habían pasado un espejo y me estaba viendo por primera vez bajo una nueva luz.  Estas mujeres y sus historias, con sus diversos orígenes y diferentes idiomas, me hicieron sentir que finalmente pertenecía a algún lugar.

Warrior Nun lifted a burden from my shoulders by making me laugh with Camila’s innocent eagerness, by making me cry with Beatrice’s beautiful coming out story, but especially by making me feel hope with Ava’s new perspective of life. It handed me a mirror, and I was seeing myself for the first time under new light. These women and their stories, with their diverse backgrounds and different languages, made me feel like I finally belong somewhere.

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Testimonial and Cover Art by A

When Warrior Nun was canceled, I was studying for my exams. I had been streaming it while making my formula sheets for Spacecraft Design, and I dreamt that night that if I could just find the right equation of power, intensity, currents, and noise, I could  bring the show back. But after the cancelation, I did not feel alone. In fact, I felt, and still feel, more connected to an amazingly huge group of people than I ever have before. People who care so much that they make amazing art, music, videos, and writing.

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Testimonial by Elise (@elisedchn); Cover Art by Justine (@/justhustina on Twitter)

I started to watch the series because I knew there was sapphic representation. But as Camila said: "I found much more: peace, love, acceptance". This fandom has literally been a godsend for me, as has this show. I could finally see myself represented in the most beautiful way I've ever seen. Kristina and Alba both gave their all to give us the representation we desperately needed, and they really care about what they put into their roles.

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Testimonial and Cover Art by Padre Captain

When your entire existence embodies a middle space, finding a home for yourself is incredibly tiring and you often arrive on unfamiliar shores which are missing key ingredients for your own survival. However, you carry on.

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Testimonial by Lilia Gancheva | Cover art by Sofia

"My art speaks for itself, I write with my heart and all emotions appear. The love I have for Warrior Nun gave life to my words and I dedicate them all to you!"

The beauty of a thousand stars, Oh how you glow! Creating a trail of kindness And saving the world. You shaped me, Led me astray of my ignorance, Held my hand in the dark, Wielded the sword with resentment. Oh you, you impatient soul, May we meet again tomorrow Or In the next…

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Testimonial and cover art by @alex6502

Warrior Nun is the show that gives a life lesson to those who don’t see how much they hurt the people around them by saying a few words. Warrior Nun is the show that should continue sharing the stories that are so much alike. Religious or not, queer or not, we are all people who love. And loving somebody shouldn’t be a crime.

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Testimonial by V Artwork by Sofia

It’s been almost three years now, and I can finally look in the mirror and see myself. Me. Not the anxiety ridden shell of a person I’d been these past few years. I see my hopes and dreams on the horizon, something to run towards with excitement instead of something to dread and hide from. I look forward to the day that I can run across my beach and sink into the sand grateful for how far I’ve come knowing that there’s so much more of the world to see. I, like Ava, want to live my life.

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Testimonial by Kate Artwork by @/kidmeep (Twitter) / @/crw.png (Instagram)

While digging through that internalised shame over the last few years, I threw myself into queer media & books. Reading all the fiction books I could with queer characters. Watching all the queer shows. Warrior Nun was the first show I truly connected with. It wasn’t the first show with sapphic representation, but it was the first one where I truly felt seen; Beatrice carried around her internalised shame for years just like me. Hearing Ava say “What you are is beautiful” and Camila say “There’s no shame in it” reaffirmed to my inner child that we no longer carry that shame around.

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Art and Testimonial by Jen (@rainymonday126)

Watching Beatrice’s coming out scene didn’t miraculously heal me of all my religious trauma, but it did lay before me a path of forgiveness and self-compassion. I am still learning: that my worth does not hinge on a set of achievements; that my queerness does not need to be watered-down to make it easier for others to swallow; that being gay is not a flaw for which I need to compensate. My queerness, my love, my strength–they are what make me wholly and wonderfully me.

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Art and Testimonial by Sofia

Watching Warrior Nun meant that I constantly saw depictions of Catholic iconography being used not in the context of the Church–and its often hardline, homophobic and transphobic messaging–but rather in the context of a narrative about acceptance, found family, and the meaning we find in the life we live and the sacrifices we make.

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