#call the midwife

[appear-interest]

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[shelaghdette]

the mischaracterisation of shelagh turner

this post will be a bit of a ramble, and i promise im not directly attacking any one person or group! i've just seen a few things over the course of my involvement with the fandom that trouble me a bit.

as a disclaimer: i LOVE shelagh intensely. she's perhaps my favourite fictional character in ANY piece of media. of course i have my own fixed opinions, so this makes me inherently biased. take whatever i say with a pinch of salt, im just an internet lesbian.

damselification

there's a common take in the fandom that shelagh left the order just for patrick. i'd like to argue this isnt true. patrick was a massive part of her reason, and i'd even agree that falling for him gave her the final push, but we have evidence to suggest she was considering it LONG before we first saw the turnadette plot.

shelagh wanted to hang out with the GIRLS. shelagh saw jenny, trixie and cynthia's freedom and she wanted it. in the beginning, it had very little to do with a man. when she takes her wimple off and stands in front of the mirror, shes trying to find herself.

shelagh had a desire to be a free woman. being in love with patrick was a part of it, but not the whole picture.

even when she did choose to be with patrick, she made those decisions all on her own. she didn't read the letters he sent her until she was already certain of her choice. she wasn't going to be begged, and she wasn't going to beg him, either. shelagh would have left the order whether patrick really wanted to be with her or not.

in fics, shelagh is often portrayed as a helpless baby who needed patrick to save her from her indecision paralysis. i don't think this is true.

stupification (sex mention ahead!)

shelagh is a MIDWIFE. not only that, she's confirmed to be the most accomplished and talented in her field at nonnatus house. i would argue her intelligence and competence in her job is equal to, if not greater, than her husband's. she has an extensive knowledge of the female anatomy. she's studied it for years. she works with it every single day.

SO PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE SHELAGH TURNER WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT A BLOODY CLITORIS IS! the amount of smut fics ive read that have been instantly ruined by patrick mansplaining her own anatomy to her is not ridiculously high, but it isnt zero either. and whenever it happens, it does my head in. i'm not saying shelagh's going to leave the order and immediately become an absolute sex goddess, that's also unrealistic. but dear god, she knows what her own bits are called. it's just another way she's infantilized and turned into a weak little angel baby who patrick has to smother and save.

on a less nsfw note, i just feel like some fics don't give shelagh's intelligence the credit it's due. it's hard to fully explain without giving examples (which i don't want to do bc i feel like that's unfair and really mean), but in general, patrick just hand-holds her a lot and explains basic things she'd have no trouble understanding on her own. girly is CLEVER. let her be clever.

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #roo speaks absolute shite

[perioddramasource]

CALL THE MIDWIFE (2012 - ) Zephryn Taitte as Cyril Robinson in the Season 13 Christmas Special

#call the midwife #ctm spoilers #zephryn taitte #cyril robinson #*gifs #ours #kraina #ctmedit #perioddramaedit #periodedit #onlyperioddramas #weloveperioddrama #pocfiction #diversehistorical #usertreena #userrobin #tuserjen #supervalcsi #tuserhan #usersjoy

[samaritanpoledancing]

If Call the Midwife continues into the 80s they should have Sister Monica Joan kill Margaret Thatcher

#call the midwife #margaret thatcher #sister monica joan #this came to me in a dream #it was a good dream

[impossiblyizzy]

Call the Midwife presents a fantasy that has nothing to do with the miracle of childbirth and everything to do with the idea of having a tight-knit group of female friends who love and support each other. and a little bike to ride around on.

#i'm binging christmas specials #and remembering how much I like this show #call the midwife

[spacedace]

Hey was anyone gonna warn me that Call the Midwife has Jane Austen levels of quiet yearning between a widowed doctor and a nun and that now when they're just on the verge of telling each other how they feel the nun got sick??? How am I supposed to cope with this??? 😭😭😭

#call the midwife #sister Bernadette is my favorite how am i supposed to cope if she dies in season 2 of a 12 season show?? #i was emotionally prepared for the sad things that can happen with babies in this show #i wasn't at all aware i had to be prepared for THIS

[mg-bsl381]

In 1962 Timothy Turner's explanation is simple (6.1)

In 1969 medical student Timothy Turner has more detailed reasoning (13.8)

Poplar residents please aware -

Timothy Turner will NOT dispense antibiotics over the telephone.

(No one would dare ask this of Miss Higgins!)

#call the midwife #call the midwife spoilers #timothy turner #ctm parallels

[morallyinept]

I've got Dieter brain today... 🥴 I blame @chronically-ghosted and @seratuyo for starting me off earlier... but how I have never seen these pics before??

Like, I'm sorry... what?!

The Dieter sass. Even out of character.

The earring. The hair.

JFC... 🫠

I think I've just had a midlife crisis... 🫠

#dickin' around with dieter #dieter bravo #i am not okay #call somebody #call the doctor #call the midwife #I'm not pregnant but call the midwife anyway #the earring #don't mind me just losing my mind at 2am

[smcganns]

#TEN YEARS??????? #christ im old #also i still love them so much #FAKE DIVORCE #lmao #they’re children #call the midwife #smcganns #stephen mcgann is a human disaster #laura main #stephen mcgann

[ilovemushystuff]

What the Turner family got for Christmas

#call the midwife #ctm christmas special #turnadette #turner kiddies #mushy-caps

[ctmwidower]

"Women help each other"

"Women are family, even when they're not related"

Call the Midwife summed up in two sentences.

CtM Christmas Special 2023 (1968)

#ctm #call the midwife #brenda shelby

[shelaghdette]

shelagh + holding her babies for the first time ♡

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #timothy turner #angela turner #teddy turner #may tang #*mygifs #reupload bc of quality issues

[alovethatkilledme]

—Brides need mothers.

#absolutely love the small detail between these two scenes #sister julienne ends up fixing her veil even if she doesn’t walk her down the isle #honestly just lovely #sister julienne #shelagh turner #call the midwife #shulienne #so I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole that is call the midwife

[miss-ute]

"You have made us happier than you will ever know."

#call the midwife #turnadette #angela turner #stephen mcgann #laura main #alice brown #s03e08 #s13e08

[neroushalvaus]

Call the Midwife is truly a show that gets depicting consent as sexy. Because consent is just the most basic thing you should have when engaging in romantic activities, what makes it sexy is if a person is very extra about it. Like there is a reason everyone thinks Patrick Turner is sexy. That scene where Shelagh turns away from Patrick and says that she can't let him kiss her hand even though she wants to because she is devoted to God, what is Patrick's answer? "If I didn't accept that, I wouldn't deserve to live". Wow. That sure is a thing you can say. Go off Doctor Sexy.

#ctm #call the midwife #patrick turner #shelagh turner

[mg-bsl381]

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)

#call the midwife #shelagh turner #patrick turner #timothy turner #trixie franklin #cynthia miller #rip - the unswept frame #my glasses definitely don't last 11 years