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My choice for threesomes I’d like to have with fictional couples. This is coming from a bisexual who attaches herself to fictional couples way too much.

#call the midwife #turnadette #shelagh turner #patrick turner #phantom of the opera #christine daae #opera ghost #bisexual

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My two favorite dilfs

#call the midwife #patrick turner #sound of music #stephen mcgann #captain von trapp

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I know this is normally @miss-ute’s forte, but I rewatched the s2 Christmas special on a different streaming service today, and there were extended turandette scenes???? And different wedding music???

Also, sir, please…

“He’s counting the days till you move in…and so am I.”

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I know this is normally @miss-ute’s forte, but I rewatched the s2 Christmas special on a different streaming service today, and there were extended turandette scenes???? And different wedding music???

Also, sir, please…

“He’s counting the days till you move in…and so am I.”

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Please read this fic if you haven’t already. It’s so amazing and beautifully written!!

For the Nonnatus Besties, who demanded a pregnancy fic!

@queenkenzo24 @deepdowninmybones @shelaghdette and the rest!

Scar Tissue (9K) (E)

Call the Midwife

Hope is a heavy thing to bear. But hope has wings, too.

It's a long, long road for Shelagh through infertility to eventual pregnancy, but she's not walking it alone. Even when she needs reminding.

This will add on to the end of "My Fortress Be", when that story catches up.

I had no idea what shape this would take. This turned out rather more gritty than I expected, but infertility and pregnancy losses are not light content.

This went rather psychological as well as being a story of a partnership. Shelagh is determined to be self-sufficient and reliable, and is utterly calm in a crisis, but still liable to come unglued when anyone in her own family is in peril, or might be hurt. She's so used to handling everything alone that she forgets she's never alone - and that means learning to trust people to help shoulder the load.

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #sister julienne #turnadette #ctm fic #a03 fanfic #fanfic

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everyone after S13E04:

#throw him in the trash Trixie #call the midwife #trixie franklin #kenz agrees with roo

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Greetings to all you call the midwife fans. I wanted to give some clarification on the poll I created about Miss Higgins. I’ve spent a long time thinking deeply on how I wanted to word this in a way that makes my opinion clear in a meaningful way without sounding mean.First of all, thank you to everyone who gave thoughtful and detailed responses to my poll and their insights on the character Miss Higgins. I wanted to clarify that my dislike of this character in no way is me trying to discredit Heidi Thomas and all the beautiful things she’s created. This will however provide some criticism on how she’s written and how I think her character could be improved. Before my poll, I genuinely thought Miss Higgins was a character that was intended to be disliked. I thought the point of her character was that she was constantly being made fun of to the point where no one liked her. Obviously I was wrong in that assumption. I understand my generalization of just calling her annoying and rude in my poll was an overstatement made when I thought that was obvious. Since it isn’t obvious, I want to go into my reasoning for disliking this character.

A lot of the reasons I don’t like Miss Higgins actually boil down to the fact that I think her character has shown little growth in her time on the show. Someone on my poll commented that she was only mean to Shelagh at the beginning of her time on it because they had disagreements about record keeping. I don’t see this hatred as something that is only limited towards her first few episodes, or something that is only directed towards record keeping purposes. To be fair, a lot of their disagreements do seem to be record keeping based, but I don’t think Miss Higgins handles these nicely. There’s a polite way to ask for your policies to be respected, and then there’s what she does. She’s constantly scowling any time Shelagh wants to look at records, rudely telling her that her way of handling the Asian records were ineffective, and scowling when anyone asks for Shelagh’s organizational help(she got so upset when Sister Julienne went to Shelagh for help typing up and printing satisfaction questionnaires). Shelagh isn’t stupid, untrustworthy, or bad with records. She was Dr Turners receptionist for years before Miss Higgins came along. Miss Higgins also seems to have a disdain for Shelagh and Patrick’s relationship. When Patrick gave Shelagh flowers after seeing the Sound of Music, Miss Higgins practically scowled at them. In season 13 episode 1(Spoilers I guess) Miss Higgins looked pissed off just because she walked in on them being all cute as they ate lunch together. It feels as though whenever Miss Higgins sees them being a normal couple doing cute couple things, it makes her angry. Here’s where the growth element comes into it. I was expecting after a while of her being on the show of someone talking to her about this issue she seems to have with Shelagh. I was expecting that Phyllis, or maybe even Timothy, was going to pull her aside and ask her what her issue was with Shelagh(and also her relationship with Patrick) I saw an excellent fic once where this happened and Phyllis figured out that Miss Higgins was judging them because of the rumors she heard years ago about Shelagh being a nun and the improper things that might have happened between her and Patrick. I saw another fic where Trixie pointed out to her how hard Shelagh was working raising 3 young children(and obviously Timothy but he’s older) at the same time as she’s working so hard as a nurse and it changed her whole perspective and attitude towards Shelagh. A conversation like this would certainly be uncomfortable, but it would provide growth.

Another opportunity I feel they missed out on showing growth was when Miss Higgins stayed at Nonnatus house. She seemed to make everyone uncomfortable and had several habits that made her hard to live with. I wish a conversation had taken place where Phyllis pointed out to her that she was being horrible. Demanding your friends make you special meals(which you then complain about), taking long baths when there’s a roster, and forcing everyone to listen to your instruments when no one asked to listen to them are not polite roommate behavior. Her music is another opportunity where growth could be shown. She seems to have no concept of peoples lack of interest in her musical abilities( when that’s even obvious to the girl with autism that’s embarrassing). Phyllis really seemed embarrassed by the fact that Phyllis wanted to do a history of woodwind instruments for the talent show and yet at no time did they show her having a conversation where she voiced that concern. These conversations are really hard. Trust me, I’ve had more than enough hard conversations about social cues and polite behavior as someone with autism. It’s never fun. But those conversations would provide growth to a character that I don’t feel has changed very much in the time she’s been on the show.

Now let’s talk about things that don’t excuse her behavior. I don’t think her being raised in India changes how her behavior should be seen. Do you know who was also brought up in India? Chummy. While being a little socially awkward, Chummy doesn’t have any of the same issues with being a nice, polite, courteous human being. I’ve seen a lot of people say that her personality flaws can be looked past because she grew up in India. Growing up in India doesn’t give you an excuse to be a jerk. The other excuse for her behavior I’ve seen is that she’s just a quirky character that a lot of people in this fandom can relate to. Being quirky also doesn’t excuse you being rude. We should hold everyone to the same standards of being polite and kind people no matter what. Other characters in the series get backlash for their objectivity rude behavior. Chummy had Sister Evangelina to(sometimes unfairly) call out her behavior and push her towards growth. When Patsy was first on the show, she was shown to be not very conscious of the feelings of the mothers she was treating. She was a bit brash and wasn’t very comforting to them. She was quickly told that her behavior wasn’t great, and it was uncomfortable, but she learned and grew from that situation. That’s what I really want for Miss Higgins. For someone to push back against her behavior and cause her to change and grow.

In conclusion(I legit feel like that’s such a high school English paper thing to say but it works) I feel like Miss Higgins actually has potential to be a decent character, but she has too many flaws that have been overlooked and remained unchanged to the point where it’s made her an unbearable character for me to watch in Call the Midwife. I hope her character can improve, but I’m honestly loosing hope of that at this point.

I hope that this all made sense. I tried so hard to keep this concise(obviously I failed at that but I have lots of opinions) and well thought out. I really don’t mind if anyone likes Miss Higgins. It’s simply a difference of opinion that I know I can’t change. I just really wanted to show why I feel the way I do.

#call the midwife #miss higgins #shelagh turner #patrick turner #timothy turner #ctm #heidi thomas #turnadette

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A little tier list for all the call the midwife characters. @shelaghdette and I were talking and they gave me this idea: btw the two behind the logo are Sister Frances and Valerie

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #turnadette #sister julienne #ctm

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It’s me. I’m the autistic friend who agrees with her. Shelagh having autism is one of my favorite theories for ctm

headcanon with evidence: shelagh turner is autistic/neurodivergent!

intense interests: shelagh's special interest is obviously the science of midwifery. she's only 30 years old at the beginning of the series, but already her expertise is virtually on par with the older nuns. her deep knowledge is very well respected by her patients and colleagues. she also LOVES to talk about it, you can see her face light up every time she has a chance.

hyperfocus: when shelagh is completely absorbed in a task, she struggles to notice anything else around her. for example, in the very first episode, she doesn't even notice jenny is in the room when she comes to inform sister julienne about her latest delivery. when sister julienne introduces her to jenny, she only very briefly acknowledges her, and then goes back to talking about work, which ties into -

struggling with social cues: in scenes with lots of shelagh dialogue, notice how she struggles to make prolonged eye contact. a notable exception is sister julienne and, later, patrick, but this makes sense. a lot of autistic people struggle to make eye contact generally, but have a few "safe people" with whom it's a lot easier. shelagh also struggles with boundaries, indicated by her lack of ability to ask for help when she needs it or say no when she's asked to do something. she can also be very blunt and forthright about her opinions, such as when she tells jenny to "please stop wittering on about vegetables, i could not care less." she wasn't trying to be rude, she was just indicating her disinterest in the subject in a very to-the-point way. also, when she was infodumping about the bri-nylon nightie, and CLEARLY misunderstanding cues that patrick thought she was extremely sexy in that little get-up 😳😏

stimming: shelagh is CONSTANTLY stimming. most notable are her hand movements, she fidgets with her hands a lot, and when she sits at a table, she often keeps her hands below the surface. i believe this is so she can subtly stim without attracting attention. oh, and you know the autistic stereotype of velociraptor arms? well, i give you...

masking: she's a social chameleon. her speech mannerisms were much more formal and clipped while she was still in the religious life, because she was holding herself to a certain standard, even though it's not necessarily required (look at sister evangelina). i think she was trying to model her behaviour and mannerisms on sister julienne, which is SO COMMON for autistic women to copy the behaviour of someone they admire in order to blend. she also "mirrors" body language, seen here. (both have their hands in their pockets, their legs are the same width apart. also peep my babygirl not making eye contact AGAIN while he's directly looking at her face!)

exaggerated facial expressions and emotive tone of voice: it's a common misconception that autistic people always have monotonous voices and flat facial affect. some do, but just as many are the complete opposite and actually have really varied expressions and tones. ctm fans who don't like shelagh tend to point this fact out about her, but to me it just makes her relatable, because i'm a really emotive autistic person too!

also, this is just anecdotal, but all of my autistic friends who watch ctm agree with me that shelagh is most likely autistic. and we're really good at identifying autistic traits in others.

these are just my observations from watching the show, as an autistic person. if you don't share these views, that's fine! but please be mindful of what you say if you aren't neurodivergent ♡

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #ctm headcanon #autistic representation #turnadette #patrick turner #my otp #autism #actually autistic #my autistic queen

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@shelaghdette and I were talking about Miss Higgins and how we can’t believe anyone actually likes her. I personally don’t like her because she’s annoying, overbearing, and needlessly rude to Shelagh. Let me know if you like her or not, and why.

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #ctm #miss higgins #patrick turner #turnadette

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If you haven’t checked my friends fic out yet you really should. There are 12 chapters now, and it’s so amazing!! I’ve had the honor of being able talk with them and we’ve been bouncing ideas off of each other.

We Decide What Is Unforgivable

Fandom: Call The Midwife

Rating: M

Category: F/M

Pairing: Sister Bernadette/Patrick Turner

Chapters: 4/?

Words: 7.7k

Complete/Incomplete/Hiatus/Abandoned

"Who is it who decides what is forgivable and unforgivable?"   The question wasn't even really directed at him. It was more of an accusatory prod at the Lord himself, as she begged Him to let her understand what she was to do.   The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.   "I suppose, in this case, Sister..." Dr. Turner stepped gently towards her, like one might approach a wounded animal, with the utmost care and caution. "It's you who decides."   She had already made up her mind.   A reimagining of the hand-kiss scene in S02E05, and beyond!

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You’re telling me this man(who is obsessed with his wife) didn’t notice his wife’s new glasses for 2 days!!!

#turnadette #come on call the midwife at least make it realistic #Patrick is in love with his wife and her eyes #call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #my otp #i love them your honor

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Shelagh's new glasses (13.1 & 2.1)

The differences between men and women or maybe just the inattentiveness of the Turner men!

Also Shelagh had the same glasses for 11 years

(the upswept frame 1958 - 1969)

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I just wanted to apologize for not updating my fic/ writing the Christmas fic I wanted to. I’ve been dealing with some medical stuff that’s made mentally focusing on writing really difficult. I did just think of an idea for a new fic that takes place in an alternate universe where Shelagh is able to get pregnant right after they get married. Hopefully I’ll be able to write that soon, but I’ll see how it goes.

#turnadette #shelagh turner #patrick turner #call the midwife #my otp #fanfic #ao3 #prompts

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Am I going crazy? I originally watched call the midwife on Netflix in October of this year, but now I’m rewatching it with my mom. Starting in season 10, I’ve noticed something strange. The Netflix edit of the show seems different from what I watched before. There are scenes I remember watching that are no longer there, and there are scenes I don’t recall ever seeing. I would think I was crazy if the same thing hadn’t happened several episodes in a row. Does anyone know what’s happening? Am I going crazy?

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #turnadette #netflix #pbs

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I’m so excited!!

watch here

#is it christmas yet #call the midwife #turnadette #laura main #stephen mcgann

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I think I’m going to write a Christmas fic where Bold Shelagh forges Patrick’s signature to get a pregnancy test shortly before their first Christmas as a married couple. This will be my first fic where I explore the possibility of Patrick and Shelagh being able to have children, but I plan to write more.

#turnadette #call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #my otp #fanfic #she was a nun! #ao3 #prompts #i love them your honor #bold Shelagh