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Warrior Nun Fans Keep Fighting For Renewal & Release A Short Doc
The #SaveWarriorNun campaign continues.
Fandom is a powerful thing. When someone truly connects with a piece of media, be it a film, a series, a book, and so on, that connection can run deep. The short-lived but very beloved Netflix series Warrior Nun is one of those shows, as evidenced by the die-hard fight to get the show renewed since its shock cancellation in February.
The latest salvo in that battle is a short documentary shared by Twitter user @Leah_WarriorNun.
“I’ve never seen such an uprising as I have with the Warrior Nun fandom,” reads the caption. “Whether someone be LGBTQIA+, or just generally feeling displaced in this world, Warrior Nun brought us together. We are not a small audience!” reads the caption on Twitter.
The documentary sees fans of the show speaking movingly about what it meant to them — and the impact of its cancellation.
\u201c\u201cI\u2019ve never seen such an uprising as I have with the Warrior Nun fandom.\u201d\n\nWhether someone be LGBTQIA+, or just generally feeling displaced in this world, Warrior Nun brought us together. \n\nWe are not a small audience! \u270a\ud83c\udffb\n\n#SaveWarriorNun #WarriorNun \nMADE TO ORDER WARRIOR\u201d— Leah \u2694\ufe0f SAVE WARRIOR NUN \u2694\ufe0f (@Leah \u2694\ufe0f SAVE WARRIOR NUN \u2694\ufe0f) 1682111797
“There’s just such a big community behind Warrior Nun now pushing for it. It spoke to a lot of people through the religious trauma it portrayed and the representation that it showed,” says Jess in the documentary.
“Warrior Nun is a collection of different stories that need to be told, like queer relationships shown authentically and portrayed well. A well-written story [like] with Ava, especially in the first season. Watching someone fall in love with life was really beautiful. It's like inspiring, kind of. It gives you hope. When you see characters like Ava who have all the reasons to not be hopeful and to see them happy and thriving. The same with Beatrice coming out of her shell, opening up to people, and embracing who she loves,” added Maia.
She continued, “When shows like Warrior Nun keep getting canceled it's like telling people that their stories aren't important, that they don't deserve to be heard and they basically don't matter. So when you get it all in a show and it's done really well and it's a really enjoyable show aside from all of that, you have to fight to keep it.”
While there’s been no (public) movement on Netflix’s part, the show's creator has kept hope alive. Following an online campaign to save the series garnering more than 100,00 likes, Simon Barry retweeted a post seemingly confirming that there was reason to keep fighting.
\u201cCONFIRMED BY SIMON YALL DONT LOSE HOPE #SaveWarriorNun #WarriorNun NETFLIX REVERSE YOUR DECISION\u201d— haya | MET AVA MAX (@haya | MET AVA MAX) 1675188930
Only time will tell if the fans can win this fight, but we can’t help but be inspired by them.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
