Thoughts and Suggestions from the Fandom.
Several issues have been brought to the attention of the fandom during the past few days regarding the Warrior Nun Trilogy. From Simon Barry’s non-involvement, Ben Dunn’s statements, to the #ThisHaloOrTheNext contest and the #WarriorNun fandom has many feeling.
Here are some THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS from the fandom.
#SaveWarriorNun #SaveOURWarriorNun
Dear Perfectly Productive Media,
Hire Simon Davis Barry.
Buy the Netflix rights if you don't have them.
Hire a PR Agency.
Warrior Nun is a show about female empowerment, friendship, faith, religion, science, and love. But the Halo competition was a misstep and should have awards proper compensation and rights to the owner. The contest would have been a great way to engage the fans if 2 things had happened.
1) You had hired Simon Said Barry the very next day following the WGA strike stand-down.
2) You had FAIRLY compensated the winner.
Additionally, while there are likely legal considerations involved, the exclusion of every location of every Warrior Nun fan n outside of the USA and CA was a betrayal of the global network of fans.
As the unofficial representative for USA based fans we are appalled that fellow Americans/Canadians would ever disregard the work of our dearest friends and allies.
Do better.
Warrior Nun USA
Dear Perfectly Productive Media,
I don’t really know how to start this message. I don’t want to sound angry so I’ll try to keep it rational. I will please ask you to consider how the Warrior Nun fandom is feeling right now. It’s not only the noise and outrage on Twitter, it’s also thousands and thousands of people that are currently feeling mislead, used, and reaching a limit point. We fought for OUR show, not for just a name to put on some stuff as a fashionable brand. I think we understand that legal stuff is hard to manage and Netflix is maybe still a pain in the ass, but we fought for the characters we learn to love, for the story that held us together, for the actors that portrayed the complexity of the subjects that were talked about, for the creators that made this world (or at least, their vision of it) come to life. Including Dunn is not a bad idea in the sense that we still owe him the spark of the idea, but we all fear, as a mostly queer and feminist fandom, that his views on the movies might spoil the Warrior Nun we love. We don’t want sexy nuns with guns, we want OUR sensitive and badass and queer nuns. We want the story Simon Barry and Co created. If the movies keep them out, and do not include our characters and our actors, the movies might still be great, but you will lose the fandom as a whole, because we fought for the show we love.
Kavi
Dear Perfectly Productive Media,
Not that you will likely read these... but on the chance you do and desire to same your investment and money and continue to like the high life on the beach...
Hire Simon Davis Barry!
The lack of response, now days later, is unprofessional at best. If it was your intention to sink the Warrior Nun franchise for financial gain, may God curse your business into financial ruin for those you took advantage.
Lily
Dear Perfectly Productive Media,
We will not stop until we get what we want.
Anonymous
Dear Perfectly Productive Media,
I am incredibly disheartened by the choices you have already chosen to make with the "renewal" of Warrior Nun. I use renewal very lightly, as it has become apparent to us all that no one involved is interested in renewing the show all of us fell in love with. Instead, you are using a fan base that worked tirelessly to get the show back for your own personal agenda. Not hiring Simon Barry and any of the original writing crew is a slap to the face for them, as they are the ones who created a show that so many love and relate to. And to not involve the actors who brought their writing to life is just as bad. Warrior Nun is an incredibly unique and special show to so many people. Which should be evident by how hard people fought to save it. It was empowering to women and the theme of sisterhood made the show what it is. In addition to that, the slow burn romance between Ava and Bea was a big draw to the show. Hardly do sapphics get to see themselves represented on a screen. But this show provided a genuine and positive relationship on screen which is incredibly important to see in the media. If you take away these things from your adaptation you are ruining what made the show special. You will have 0 support if you continue in the direction you are. This is not OUR Warrior Nun.
CH
Greetings and salutations fellow Halo Bearers,
After letting the news sink in and cooling off a bit I want to share my thoughts on the matter.
After being disappointed by the art contest (please, always compensate your artists) I screened a bit through my Twitter feed to see how the rest of the Halo Bearers were doing I saw... let's say... some questionable artworks on my timeline. The artwork in question was from the comics Warrior Nun: Areala which was the source material for the TV show Warrior Nun. And the comic itself seemed extremely sexualised. Then people on my timeline were sharing that the maker of the comics wanted this version for the movies.
And... I felt anxious. Angry. Betrayed. And over all... tired.
While we don't know what the movies will be about, the silence from the company (whoever that is) is deafening.
Did we save OUR show?
Our representation as queer people? Our representation about faith? Our female empowerment?
Or did we save something else entirely?
Did we save a version of Warrior Nun with over-sexualised woman in revealing clothes?
And this question is what is souring the mood.
If we worked so hard only to get objectified as queer woman... It's like getting slapped in the face. We already face this enough in real life. And if they turn OUR Warrior Nun into this... Then it shows that representation doesn't matter for them, it shows how the media views us, it shows that they think we only matter as long as we can make money for them.
And this hurts.
And it is making me tired.
At this point I believe we have to be loud again. Extremely loud. Telling them what we want. And what we don't want. Showing them that if we don't get OUR show back with the cast, the writers, the director, everyone who worked on it... then we will not back them up. We will not support some questionable version of this. We will only support OUR show. We will only support the representation we deserve and not what others think we should get.
That being said I don't believe sending hate to anyone (especially the poor intern who has to read through all our e-mails) is the way BUT we have to get our point across.
I believe in this fandom and I have faith we can get OUR show back.
In this life. Not the next.
Kay