#cursed: accepted

[searchingforserendipity25]

it's a good thing conclave didn't waste any time on making the stories about catholic orders and their in-fighting. and probably i shouldn't either because i am not informed enough about it to go on at length. pls take all of this w a grain of salt.

but i know in my heart of hearts that aldo bellini is a progressive liberal jesuit, the holy father's specialest most progressive liberal italian-american jesuit.

look at him. look at his glasses. those are the glasses of a man who did his dissertation on reinterpreting loyola through a contemporary reformist lens. academic wunderkid. has sooo much beef w the editors of american jesuit weekly. possibly the events of conclave are occurring in a better more beautiful world where aldo bellini is the editor of american jesuit weekly.

the late holy father for sure was a progressive jesuit also. vr pope francis coded. and low-key set him up as a successor. for a while, that seemed nearly a sure thing in some circles.

but there is the fact. well. the fact that everyone is tired, done and tired of jesuits, progressive or otherwise.

this among other factors meant he couldn't consider him the best option, besides whatever character judgement and uncanny machievallien prediction he came up with.

adeyemi has that benedictine swag which makes his potential election particularly seem like a breath of fresh air + reliable + lots of influence. tremblay is giving dominican drip and dominican corruption. and dominican flop. his nespresso machine? it's giving dominican also.

tedesco has to be an italian-founded order member. most hypocrital salesian of all times maybe?? this is unrelated to the fact that i was nearly enrolled in a salesian primary school and the weirdly panopticon-ish playground didn't pass the vibe check. and also because: consider tedesco rising in the ranks of an order created to help migrant workers...someone kick him in the head for me pls.

who even knows about benítez. i want to say franciscan but that might be just too on the nose. cistercian?? honestly it would work well if he is also without affiliation.

this lens does make lawrence's homily being interpreted as a campaign speech more understandable (and particularly funny).

because, as far as anyone can tell, he's fully running as an independent candidate. zero platform besides - if i fuck up i'll apologize and do better and be held accountable, which is more than any of you probably would.

and because he stands alone, he can be held accountable. he can belong to all, and not one faction only. as far as anyone can tell, he's burning bridges with bellini and rocking the status quo.

he is speaking to/from a place of frustration with institutional inertia and factionalism, he is using his position as dean to bravely promote a platform for internal change in the curia, he is offering doubt as an alternative to certainty, he is pulling an absolute wildcard move.

pity he didn't mean it.

pity the the only order lawrence is interested in joining is the most hardcore discalced carmelite experience possible.

you know how some people look into luxurious real estate listings like it's porn? that's lawrence w tiny monasteries. the sort of minuscule organization with not enough people for management to be necessary. too small for politics. as close to erasure as you can get in this world: no need to be useful.

serving god by existing only to meditate on him. a narrow slant of a life, at that. barely taking up space, barely casting a shadow.

his favorite is a decrepit wreck of a place in the middle of southern spain, nowhere. no wifi no speaking aloud no possessions. no shoes no food. no nothing, only prayer. and a big big sky overhead.

maybe that will fix his issues with reaching god. if that doesn't work he'll probably just wander into the tabernas desert and become an hermit. works for some people, supposedly; plenty of order founders seem to believe so, anyway.

[ahkaraii]

baby faced Stone back when he was first assigned to Robotnik 😇

[maggie44paint]

I find it so funny how badly movie adaptations of Iliad always potray Helen's and Menelaus' relationship, cuz it's literally just:

Helen, according to movie directors: "My husband is so old, evil and ugly, I wish I could run away with hot young Paris who treats me like his queen"

Helen in Iliad:

[rorydrawsandwrites]

So we've all been having fun giving him bug wings right

(I gotta mention that this post in particular inspired me here... they're so little. His ass is not flying anywhere unless he's thrown)

And I do see the logic here. He has the li'l antennae after all (and him being a lightning bug would be especially fitting). But I'd like to point out that as a Fleischer-esque mix-and-match creature, he does also have a pig nose... therefore I suggest:

Pig. Hoofs.

I rest my case.

Also a little bonus... the touch-starved Luxposting has gotten to me. Pet the creature

[nenoname]

ford's canon appearances in season 1

[olasketches]

love is embracing what was a curse

[team7-headquarter]

HE WAS SO MAD

[voidedtea]

[ID in alt]

my pieces for @strawberrij's thespius fashion zine!! quite the endeavour and adventure that turned out pretty neat i think :]

special thanks go to @ratchetclankarecute for posing/cloth references + the bulk of the image descriptions! that first image would Not have happened without them <3

[littledemo0n]

In honor of killer of killers finally out (and my brokeass not planning on buying any supscriptions anytime soon which means imma have to wait to pirate it) here's more of my Yautja's OC crew + the kids of red boy

[images-that-are-only-cursed]

[azurem]

Idk if I've said this idea before but I think it'd be funny if inkmare Nightmare feels legit offended the moment he realizes the crush™ is happening to him. Hed lowkey see it as a personal attack. I imagine he had a phase where he was like "theres NO WAY ink didn't do this to me on purpose. No way. NO WAY...." before it finally gave away to "HUH. Okay. Okay. No. Biology books. Psychology books. This is. A normal. Thing. HMMMM. Hmmmmmmm. Hm. I gotta speedrun marriage now"

Like. He knew Ink's way of approaching him was kinda off. Like Nightmare was blackmailing him, there's no reason why Ink would be that friendly when they both know Nightmare very much could destroy his social standing. So hes like. "OH they played me THIS WAS THEIR PLAN ALL ALONG....." but then he realizes he finds the thought kinda attractive and he has a moment of. Blank staring at the ceiling. And yea

[petz5]

happy valentines day!!!

[aousboom]

Are you okay? No, I'm not.

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO (2024)

[looooofa]

the king and the hoard

[here-comes-the-moose]

Crosshair: *chugging milk because Wrecker dared him to*

Echo: Aren’t you lactose intolerant?

Crosshair: This isn’t lactose, it’s milk.

Tech, facepalming: You’re a fucking idiot.

[whotfelsewantedtobelynnyx]

Definitely real deleted scene from the Agatha All Along Finale (it happened in my heart, okay?)

⚠️‼️Warning: SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT! ⚠️‼️

Billy, after tracking down Jen: So…that’s how it happened.

Jen, sipping her wine: Mmhm.

Billy: Aaaaaandddddd now Agatha’s haunting me. Somehow she’s become MORE annoying as a ghost.

Jen, finishing her drink: That sounds about right.

Billy: You’re…surprisingly not surprised by any of this. Did you figure it out already, or…?

Jen, pouring herself another glass: I had an inkling.

Ghostly Lilia, poking her head into the room: We helped.

Billy: *chokes*

Bonus:

Billy, eyeing Ghost! Lilia: So, uh…you said we, right? Where’s Alice?

Jen, sighing: She’s outside. She gets all poltergeist-y when she’s upset and my house’s electrical system can’t take it.

Ghost! Alice from out the window: YOU KILLED ME FOR MY POWER AND THEN DIDN’T EVEN USE IT?! YOU LITERALLY THREW MY LIFE AWAY FOR A KISS, YOU ASSHOLE OF A LESBIAN!

Ghost! Agatha, poking her head out the window: So…no hard feelings?

Ghost! Alice: *glaring at her*