Antoinette

[antoinette111]

This fanfiction was inspired by Wendy Makkena’s iconic appearance on the podcast 'You Might Know Her From', where she confirmed what we gay '90s kids already knew or somehow sensed, even before we had the words for it. God bless her!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/88056781/chapters/233435121

[imaginemyhappyplace]

Nunsense - a queercoded musical 🏳️‍🌈

It makes me so sad that so little people even know about this gem! One of the best musicals ever in my opinion. And one pairing stands out: Reverent Mother Superior Mary Regina and Sister Robert Anne! Played by Rue McClanahan and Christine Anderson❤️

If you don't know them (shame on you! 🤪), here's also a picture "behind the veil":

Regina and Robert Anne are this type of couple who constantly tease each other, are very different and get on each others nerves but also wouldn't want to spend a single day without the other. (which they would never dare to admit ofc)

Some Quotes from Nunsense 1, Nunsense 2 and Nuncrackers:

Regina: "Robert Anne's a good egg, if a bit hard-boiled at times. In fact, you might say she's an entire breakfast"

Regina: "Robert Anne, I'm gonna Un bel di, your vedremo in about one minute. Robert Anne: "Don't ya love it when she talks dirty?"

Regina: "Robert Anne, I'm gonna throttle you"

Robert Anne: "I'm melting!" Regina: "If only she could."

In Nunsense 1 Robert Anne writes a fictional (and naughty!) story featuring Regina under the name Sister Kitty. At the end, there's a photo of Regina in her underwear - which raises the question: How did Robert Anne get that picture?!

Robert Anne: "You gotta understand that you, you're, you're.." Regina: "Yes?" Robert Anne: "Different. You've got to give yourself some more credit. I mean, you've got that indescribable something that no other nun in the universe-" Regina: "It's getting awfully deep in here, Robert." Robert Anne: "I'm serious."

Robert Anne: "I got pizazz, and razzmatazz and all that jazz that every star has. What do you say Rev, shall we give it a whirl? And, you're never gonna believe the tricks I still got up my sleeve. You show yours and I'll show them mine. So whadda ya think, huh Rev?" Regina: "I think you should take your pizazz and razzmatazz and all O' that jazz and you should stick 'em up your.. sleeve"

Robert Anne: "Hey Rev, I could do it, come on. It's my big chance." Regina: "Robert Anne, what we need is a sugar plum fairy, not a dancing ham." Robert Anne: "Give me a break Rev, hey, we can't disappoint those kids. Somebody's gotta be the sugar plum fairy." Regina: " Yeah that's right, somebody's gotta be, but Ill go out there before I let you go out there." Robert Anne: "But look I've been practicing. Look I can-" Regina: "Robert, Robert, Robert Anne, in the words of my sainted mother, don't make me kill ya so close to Christmas."

Regina: "Oh, Robert, Robert, get off of that thing. Robert Anne: "Hey, it's fun, you oughta try it. Here." Regina. "Oh, Robert, I'm gonna smack you in a minute." Robert Anne: "You heard it, folks. Habit abuse."

Robert Anne: "..before they screw you." Regina: "Sister! Robert, you know that's not true. Robert Anne: "Hey I'm teasin' you."

Robert Anne: "It's all because of Sister Rose Francis. She was the head of Saint Clairs and boy oh boy, she... she was something else!" (Robert Anne telling the story of why she became a nun. It's because of Sister Rose Francis and Regina may or may not be a little jealous. There's also a scene where Robert Anne jokingly flirts with someone from the audience and Regina gets all mad and tells her to stop.)

Robert Anne: "Is this cool, or what?" Regina: "You're worse than third-graders."

and many more...