Nonnatus House, Midwife Speaking

Fandom sideblog for AO3 user Bluestocking_Under_Glass. Call me Bluestocking! I follow from @fairglassbird. I’m an adult. Blank blogs get blocked.

[bluestocking-under-glass]

Hello friends!

After a long-ish hiatus, I’ve gotten (still somewhat spottily) back into fandom. It’s time I made a dedicated space for that!

My favorites are:

Sister Julienne (Call the Midwife)

Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)

Lin Beifong (Legend of Korra)

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

General Froc (Discworld)

Viktor (Arcane)

the occasional Mycroft Holmes

I also love The Hunger Games, Six of Crows, Gentleman Jack, and more!

Please do reach out! I would love to connect. 💙

[bredalot]

It's hardly surprising that Call the Midwife is pretty much running on autopilot 14 seasons in, but I do kind of wish they hadn't settled so much of the autopilot on the completely uninteresting home lives of the Turners & the Buckles

[littledeviantsworld-deactivated]

Did you ever just feel so lucky for knowing someone you met online? Like.. I was one click away from not following you. I was one second away from never even knowing of your existence.I would never have been this happy!!!...

[salomeslashes]

It's so funny to me that the term "whump" can easily mean anything from "this character has a cold 😦 but here's another character taking care of him 🙂" all the way over to "this character is being viciously tortured to death" and sometimes those two creators are following each other.

[angel-of-the-redacted]

Reblog if you've found friendship because of your fandoms.

[ross-hollander]

I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.

[bebx]

[lemonwrap]

[linguini17]

Call the Midwife fic: Cleft for Me (G, gen)

My first fic in years. Please be gentle.

Title: Cleft for Me Rating: G Summary: Sister Julienne is very brave about being replaced by Sister Ursula. Until she can't be anymore. Link to AO3 is here

[emptinesstomelodyao3-deactivate]

It’s always

“When will fanfic writers update their stories?”

And never

“Does this fanfic writer have adequate enrichment to engage in writing behaviours?”

Fanfiction writers (Scriptor fictus) are intelligent animals who need plenty of enrichment as well as encouragement! If they’re stuck in poor conditions (e.g. have studies, work, have to actually write to have something written) then they require the proper enrichment to engage in more healthy behaviours, like writing. Remember, due to poor breeding and socialisation, over half of all fanfic writers suffer from low self confidence and executive dysfunction so take care of them!

Give your fanfic writers proper care. Fanfiction writers are a life long commitment.

[floretissogay]

loveee reading multiple fics by the same author and seeing little nods and references among them like yes! this is a multiverse to me!!!! i giggle and squeal everytime i catch a reference!!!!!!!!

[searchingforserendipity25]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Conclave (2024) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave), Vincent Benítez & Thomas Lawrence (Conclave) Characters: Vincent Benítez (Conclave), Thomas Lawrence (Conclave) Additional Tags: set after lawrence and sister agnes’ night of plotting and printing, Trauma, Grief/Mourning, Mentions of Past Major Illness Summary:

After he held Vincent’s hand for support, and he was sitting upright again with some effort, he asked, “Do you think our saintly dead come to us to remind us of our tasks?”

He seemed surprised, to have said it at all. But that happened often, when people spoke to Vincent; all his life, it had been so.

“I think our saintly dead come to us to remind us of their love,” Vincent said. He cupped Lawrence’s hands in his, close, to try to lend them some of his warmth.

[shaneholeander]

She would have run amazing fan websites 🥺♥️

@thisweekinfandomhistory y’all would love this

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

I love this so much it made me burst into tears! Thank you for the tag!

[ahighlyfunctionalfangirl]

I think the magic of Call the Midwife is that you have a group of women all in different stages of life, who support each other and have fulfilling careers that they love.

Like you can see and feel the passion for what they do on every call they go on.

Bonus is that they aren't struggling to survive doing what they love

[silverslipstream]

worst part about the Internet is knowing that there are finally people who both match and complement your freak. the nearest one is 2,318.4 miles away and your time zones are awkward

[queereads-bracket]

SEMIFINALS: Queer Fantasy Books Bracket

Choose a book:

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Voting ended onOct 19, 2024

Book summaries below:

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and others) by Tamsyn Muir

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier.

Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead.

Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, humor, series, adult

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Polly Perks joins the Discworld army to find her brother Paul. "Ozzer" cuts off her blonde braids, dons male garb, belches, scratches, and masters macho habits - aided by well-placed pair of socks. The legendary and seemingly ageless Sergeant Jackrum accepts her plus a vampire, troll, zombie, religious fanatic, and two close "friends". The best man for the job may be a woman.

Fantasy, humor, war, secondary (disc)world

[through-a-historic-lens]

Sisters In Cigarette Break, England, 1960s