History Fanfic / SisterFloriana

''Sister Floriana'' is a fanfiction on Website/{{Wattpad}} by Robert Mitchell chronicling the lives of young novices in a Spanish Monastery during the [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar war.]] The story is based off of and takes inspiration from ''Webcomic/LittleNuns'', a series of drawings by [[https://twitter.com/hyxpk Diva]] which depict nuns in an {{Animesque}} style, getting into hijinks and misadventures. (With the exception of the cover, which is by [[https://twitter.com/ulith_style SHIHO]].)

Oh, and it's set during the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar and all of the main characters are diehard supporters of UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco. This is mostly irrelevant to the plot aside from a few chapters dedicated to [[AuthorTract how great and heroic Franco is.]]

[[ProtagonistTitle Sister Floriana]] is a 17-year-old novice, living in the Cristo el Rey (Christ the King) Monastery, along with her friends; the [[OnlySaneMan only sane woman,]] Sister Eulalia, who is also her best friend; CuteBookworm Sister Pacifica who loves drawing and painting; BrainlessBeauty Sister Carmen, who's incompetent at most things that don't involve domestic housework; the {{Meganekko}}, Sister Marisol; and Sister Diana, who [[DudeWheresMyRespect resents being treated like the novices]], despite having taken her Temporary Vows.

* SpotOfTea: Defied. In [[https://www.wattpad.com/965616112-sister-floriana-the-tea The Tea]], the Sisters hear that an Englishman is visiting the monastery, and start preparing some tea for him, only to learn that he has no taste for it whatsoever.

--> '''Leo''': It's not like you think. It's bad out there. I would feel differently if we were fighting another army. A real army. Not whatever the Republicans have scrounged together. They're barbaric, and what they make us do is barbaric. [[note]] The Republicans recruited women and adolescents to fight for them in the trenches.[[/note]]

''Sister Floriana'' is a fanfiction on Website/{{Wattpad}} by Robert Mitchell chronicling the lives of young novices in a Spanish Monastery during the [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar war.]] The story is based off of and takes inspiration from a series of drawings by [[https://twitter.com/hyxpk?lang=en Diva]] which depict nuns in an {{Animesque}} style, getting into hijinks and misadventures. (With the exception of the cover, which is by [[https://twitter.com/ulith_style SHIHO]].)

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Nuns don't show their hair underneath their habits. They also don't usually accept anyone under the age of 18.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the original drawings, whenever a character would be referred to by name in writing, they are instead identified with a drawing of their face. (They're most commonly referred to in comments on the drawings by a notable feature; Sister Eulalia is "Half-Bang", Sister Marisol is "Glasses Nun", Sister Diana is "Beauty Mark", and so forth.]]

** [[https://www.wattpad.com/953052275-sister-floriana-the-cold The Cold]] has one to [[https://www.wattpad.com/943344771-sister-floriana-the-birthday The Birthday]], as Floriana remembers [[spoiler: to avoid giving Sister Diana painful reminders of her mother, and instead cheer her up in their own way.]]

%%* NamedByTheAdaptation: Every single character that appears in the stories. Some haven't yet been covered.

Helping the monastery run, while making sure it doesn't fall apart at the seams is [[GoodShepherd Father Alvadeo]], almost never seen without his LennonSpecs, and the Mother Superior [[FirstNameBasis Maria]], who can't help but spoil the girls under her care.

Each story is tailored to the drawing, and can be found in its entirety [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/238616411-sister-floriana here]]. It's currently on an indefinite hiatus, to allow the author to work on his original projects. A compendium of the original drawings is being published through Kickstarter and can be found [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diva01/litttle-nuns?ref=3f9592 here.]]

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* WrongNameOutburst: In [[https://www.wattpad.com/953052275-sister-floriana-the-cold The Cold]], Floriana goes to cheer up a sick Sister Diana. As she dozes off and falls asleep, she calls Flori [[spoiler: "mama".]]

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[[caption-width-right:450:Her puppet show has an [[RightBehindMe unfortunate visitor]]. [[note]] Clockwise from top right: Emmie, Isabel, Pacifica, Eulalia, Marisol, Floriana, Diana. [[/note]] ]]

''Sister Floriana'' is a fanfiction on Website/{{Wattpad}} by [[https://twitter.com/Wr1t1ngIsHardXD Robert Mitchell]] chronicling the lives of young novices in a Spanish Monastery during the [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar war.]] The story is based off of and takes inspiration from a series of drawings by [[https://twitter.com/hyxpk?lang=en Diva]] which depict nuns in an {{Animesque}} style, getting into hijinks and misadventures. (With the exception of the cover, which is by [[https://twitter.com/ulith_style SHIHO]].)

--> "There's a difference between forgiveness and mercy," said Benita. "I pray for every man's soul on either side of the war. I pray that they could see the error of their ways and turn to Jesus. But at the end of the day, we're fighting this war for a reason. The death of this person means there is less sin and suffering in the world. It means that we're one step closer to ending this bloody war. And I don't think it's unchristian to celebrate that."

* BigEater: Sister Isabel, specifically for sandwiches in [[https://www.wattpad.com/976579585-sister-floriana-the-picnic The Picnic]].

* CallBack: [[https://www.wattpad.com/948578926-sister-floriana-the-birds The Birds]] has one to [[https://www.wattpad.com/944911657-sister-floriana-the-crossing The Crossing]]. The three boys responsible for [[spoiler: trying to steal all the ducks from the monastery]] come back, and Father Alvadeo is ''not'' happy with them.

* CharacterFilibuster: Sister Benita gets one in [[https://www.wattpad.com/955517539-sister-floriana-the-window The Window]], talking about why she doesn't feel guilty about celebrating the death of a Republican soldier.

* ChristmasEpisode: [[https://www.wattpad.com/1000053417-sister-floriana-the-cross-christmas-day-special The Cross]], placed directly on the series' 75th chapter. The author even posted an extra chapter to make it land on Christmas day.

* {{Dedication}}: [[https://www.wattpad.com/974219570-sister-floriana-all-hallows%27-eve-chapter-50 All Hallows' Eve]] has one at the end for all Christian martyrs, especially those who were killed by the Republicans during the war.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Sister Benita's prank in [[https://www.wattpad.com/958378535-sister-floriana-the-dogs The Dogs]].
** Also, Floriana hanging her pinata right in front of her birthday cake.

* FlyCrazy: [[https://www.wattpad.com/958619595-sister-floriana-the-fly The Fly]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* GenkiGirl: Floriana fits this to a T.

* GreaterScopeParagon: [[UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco Francisco Franco]], as the leader of the Nationalist war effort, enjoys the support of the Church and the Vatican. The Sisters are no exception. It turns out that he [[spoiler: wrote the letter seen in different sections of [[https://www.wattpad.com/1000053417-sister-floriana-the-cross-christmas-day-special The Cross.]]]]
* HalloweenEpisode: [[https://www.wattpad.com/974219570-sister-floriana-all-hallows%27-eve-chapter-50 All Hallow's Eve]] doubles as both this and the MilestoneCelebration for the 50th chapter.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Floriana and Eulalia, as well as Diana and Emmie.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Sister Pacifica's brother feels this way after returning home from war.

* IntellectualAnimal: Eulalia suspects the ducks might be becoming a bit too much like this trope in [[https://www.wattpad.com/984861923-sister-floriana-the-bath The Bath]].

* {{Iyashikei}}: The whole series to a certain degree, but most exemplified in [[https://www.wattpad.com/977704389-sister-floriana-the-ducks The Ducks.]]

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Every single character that appears in the stories. Some haven't yet been covered.

* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Sister Eulalia to Sister Floriana in [[https://www.wattpad.com/958668974-sister-floriana-the-pinata The Pinata]].
* PrayerIsALastResort: Averted, considering this is a story about nuns, after all. Defied by Father Alvadeo, who says that the power of prayer allows the people of Spain to vastly outnumber the communists.
* ProtagonistTitle

* SherlockHomage: Floriana becomes one in [[https://www.wattpad.com/987718379-sister-floriana-the-detective The Detective.]]

* TeamPet: Pablo, the Monastery's favorite duck, certainly counts, appearing in almost every drawing (and thus, every story) to date.
* TearsOfJoy: All over the place in the appropriately [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments sappy]] ChristmasEpisode [[https://www.wattpad.com/1000053417-sister-floriana-the-cross-christmas-day-special The Cross.]]

Each story is tailored to the drawing, and can be found in its entirety [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/238616411-sister-floriana here]]. It's currently on an indefinite hiatus, to allow the author to work on his original projects.

Each story is tailored to the drawing, and can be found in its entirety [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/238616411-sister-floriana here]].

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In very early drawings, long before the fanfic begins, Floriana and others are drawn with habits that don't cover their legs, with no stockings underneath. This was possibly due to Diva simply being uninformed on Catholic modesty standards.

* GreaterScopeParagon: [[UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco Francisco Franco]], as the leader of the Nationalist war effort, enjoys the support of the Church and the Vatican. The Sisters are no exception.

* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Sister Diana's]] mother is stuck in a hospital with Polio, over 20 years before there was a vaccine for it.

* UnclePennybags: In [[https://www.wattpad.com/952028156-sister-floriana-the-rollerskates The Rollerskates]], Sister Isabel's uncle buys her and her friends a dozen pairs of roller skates after finding out she liked to skate as a child.