My latest post on AO3 is not a fic but an overview of labor statistics for Call the Midwife Series 1-12. You can get a quick look at the mums, birth locations, if it was on screen, nurses/doctors present, baby number and gender, and any other medical notes. I was doing this for my own fic writing but thought I would share for any others who might find it helpful.
Watching Call the Midwife on your periods is a whole new experience... I am crying so much my cat's come to sit on me. And she hasn't done that in months omg.
I want to write about each character, I love all of them :') 🦋
(if anything happens to Sister Monica Joan I will riot; a piece of me will wither away.)
I’ve been rewatching Call The Midwife and I honestly forgot how amazing this show is! It’s so heartfelt and can be so heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time! I absolutely adore this show and its characters and so many of my recent evenings have been spent sobbing over this beautiful show!
All is not well (736 words) by alovethatkilledme
Summary:
Jane is concerned about one of the Sisters and asks Jenny Lee for help. What they find is much more concerning than they thought.
I recently commented on a FB post in one of the CTM groups. The post was advertising an unofficial podcast for the show about three “super fans” doing a rewatch.I was excited and began listening this weekend.
I could not make it 10 minutes. I had to turn it off. In my comment, I gave an honest and respectful review. Guess what! It was deleted and I was tagged for breaking the rules of the group.
I have since messaged an admin expressing how wrong this was. No different than disagreeing with someone about an episode or character.
What did I comment? I wish I had copied it but here’s about what I wrote: (I was relying to someone asking if it was a podcast)
“Yes, it’s a podcast. I have to be honest, I was disappointed. I listened this weekend and couldn’t make it 10 minutes. I don’t want to be disrespectful to the women who do this, but they didn’t know the names of characters and their commentary seemed very insensitive for the issues for the time period. After all, it is based on real life events. I appreciate them putting this together, but I didn’t like it”
That’s not exactly what I wrote. I feel that it was even more respectful than that. Either way, it was honest.
I was going to give a break down but no. Here’s a rant instead:
Don’t say you’re a “super fan”! That’s misleading. You don’t even know characters or actors names! Don’t make fun of how difficult the times were. These were real people. They couldn’t just replace their mattress after a birth. (Mind you this is the first episode they are reviewing. 1957 so it was very bad situations compared to how things have become)
And leave Sister Monica Joan alone!! She’s not a selfish bitch! WTH?!
Do your research! Take time to understand the true meaning of this show. I believe a podcast like that should have much more meaning than poking fun. I guess my brain in wired a different way when it comes to critiquing movies and television since I was studied film.
I have watched every episode multiple times. I just did a second watch of this last season. I’ve watched as many docs as I can, plus been a part of this community for a while. I feel everything I have come to understand either they didn’t try or if just went over their heads.
I have so much respect for Heidi and all of the research they all do for this show.
I think the show deserves a podcast that brings something like that to light in each episode. Information about the times and links to the books for the earlier seasons. General knowledge at least about the people you speak of.
Love is to die, love is to not die
Love is to dance, love is to dance
Love is to die,
Why don't you not die?
Why don't you dance?
Why don't you dance and dance?