I want Warrior Nun season 2 as much as the next person, but part of me is worried about what happens to my creativity if Ava/Bea becomes canon canon (for realsies). Because I live for the subtext. I'll happily watch shows and movies with the big ships, but they just don't inspire me to write in the same way. I know Ava/Bea is almost canon, but it's not yet. So in my head I dream about all the moments in between, the words unsaid, all the potential first kisses or tear-filled confessions that might happen. And I know canon doesn't stop us from writing all of those things anyway, but it will feel different to me. It's about the longing, and the yearning, and the almost touches that just might be.
This show has made me feel like a writer again. Which for me means stopping at random times to take a note of an idea, and the shower epiphany being a real thing. I have a bunch of files with random snippets in them again. I get fic titles popping into my head about random things. I like feeling this way.
I just worry that if "my" ship becomes canon, I won't feel the same way anymore. So I don't mind a long wait in between seasons. Even if this show ended on the S1 cliffhanger I would still love it for all the potential fic it would generate. So let me have this hiatus, where we can bask in the glow of the Halo-Bearers and all their shippable glory.
(You want cliffhanger ending, go check out the TV show Popular from 1999-2001, and all the wonderful fanfic that came out of that.)
