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Hollywood Nuns
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In Hollywood, people expect certain traits of nuns: Dress Code: They will wear the full "penguin suit" habit most of the time (though there are a few exceptions; e.g., an all-white habit, or much more rarely, the occasional plainclothes nun). Young nuns-in-training might wear just the wimple (the headpiece and/or veil, hence why it's called "Taking the Veil"), to let the audience know they're still in the pupal stage. (Postulants are rank beginners: they become novices after about six months in basic training.) Temperament: They will either be terrifying spectres of discipline, able to strike fear into even the toughest men, wielding yardsticks like samurai wield katanas, or sweet and nurturing with overtones of forbidden sexuality. Young novices may be fresh-faced girls-next-door; old Mothers or Novice Mistresses may be sweetly wise and saintly, setting an example reminding you of why you wanted to join up in the first place. Those who are relatively young may be overly Wise Beyond Their Years. Age Group: They will either be old and super-traditional or young and naive (most of them old, except in most anime, where they tend to take on the role of Miko, right down to being high school girls). Names: They will often have "Sister Mary..." (referring to Mary, the "Holy Mother") as part of their name (but not always). Many of them will have a male saint's name. Nun vs. sister: Most of them will referred to as nuns even though most orders in which the women are out of their community are of religious sisters, with nuns living in cloisters. In real life, of course, there are as many varieties of nuns as there are branches of Christianity. For one thing, most modern nuns seldom wear the full habit anymore. The exceptions are mostly old-fashioned contemplative orders, and even they don't wear them all the time; habits are expensive and difficult to clean, and thus a nun might have only one formal habit for special occasions. They usually just wear the wimple and a plain grey or black dress, and some orders don't even require that much and have their sisters wear modest street clothes (usually the teaching and/or service-oriented orders, for example, the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of St. Joseph). Every order also has its unique habit, and not all of them are black and white. Carmelite nuns wear brown, for example. Nuns also vary in temperament, but many viewers who grew up in Catholic schools (particularly before The '70s) may remember the "scary nuns" most vividly. Furthermore, not all nuns are Christians (nor Catholic and Orthodox-there are Protestant nuns of the Anglican and Lutheran churches). There are nuns in Buddhism called Bhikkhuni or Dge long ma, as well as Hindu and Jain nuns, but these are almost never shown in Western media. Recordings of Buddhist nuns singing were very popular with New Age devotees and space music fans some years ago: the sound is hauntingly enchanting. A sister trope to Nuns Are Spooky, Nuns Are Funny, Naughty Nuns, Nun Too Holy, and Stern Nun. Contrast: Nuns Are Mikos. |
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The monstrous Sociopathic Hero Marv, of Sin City, claims to have feared and respected the nuns at his school, to the point where he named his Hand Cannon after one of them and claim it's almost lived up to its namesake. One of the possible reasons why he mostly never hits women. | |
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