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WE BUILT THIS CITY💥

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human pain tastes different

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rejoice!! something cardinal tedesco and bellini can agree upon😄

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Not me scrolling through the Conclave tag only to see no one talk about the deliberate positioning and framing of the women in this movie.

Pulling up this movie I completely expected to only encounter Sister Agnes as the one woman we see in the trailer, the conclave a space that has been kept from the female members of the church. Now, color me surprised when I started the movie and most of the establishing shots we got were focused on all the women working in the Vatican.

And it is such a deliberate choice, it does the film a disservice not to talk about it.

Because while Cardinal Lawrence is having his fifteenth breakdown during sequestering and Bellini finds the ambitious asshole within himself, Ray does all the leg work, and Bel---- we see the women work.

We see the kitchens, we see them cook, we see them stand aside. Most of the time when the Cardinals are conspiring it is the women who interrupt because they are busy working, walking, running errands.

And there is power in that.

I think it is very deliberate how often (and with such lingering gaze) the camera shows us the lives of the other half - partially to connect to the wider themes of the movie, on how Bellini asks for women to get more power but never thanks them, and how Benitez stumps them all by thanking the women preparing their meals when asked to say the prayer (considering his own probably tumultuous relationship to gender within the church).

But it also stands in direct opposition to a long tradition in story telling: servants don't exist. How often the heroes of a regency romance are "alone" because the two hand maidens and three maids don't really count.

Conclave doesn't do that.

It doesn't let us look away.

Between all the petty drama, the politics, and the real life consequences of the conclave, we never stop looking at the people doing all the work.

Yes, we follow the ups and downs of Lawrence and Co, but in doing so the movie reminds us again and again of the women working the kitchen.

And that was just such a powerful artistic choice in a movie about a famously misogynistic church... I loved it. And I had to talk about it.

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thomas lawrence truly the cardinal of all time. he hates himself and wants to die but is too english and catholic to commit to it. he crashes out 24/7 and is so so tired all the time. he has blue eyes and a receding hairline. he is going through a crisis of faith. everyone in the vatican needs to fuck him so bad and desires him carnally but he's none the wiser.

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Twenty million breakdowns for this guy

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Second chance

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I should post stuff on this account too but I'm afraid all I've made is cringe yume art

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Happy birthday (03/15) to Hokma, congratulations on time and surroundings no longer being a stagnated mess. Whatever goes askew - this, too, shall end and prosperity awaits. Have faith.

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Two sides of the same coin.

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Fan art de emma y William!!

Me lei el manga, como amo estos romances de epoca y con un amor casi inocente, puro.

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idk why people said william jones is a weak character. william might be a bit scattered, timid, and indecisive but when the time's right he's a good man. he's caring brother to his siblings. he's also helped richard with jones family' business. and, even though he's complain a bit about the networking aspect of his job, he has never run away from his responsibility. in short, before he meets emma, he's already a dutiful son and doted elder brother to his family.

not to mention his friendship with hakim atawari might gave an edge to his character as an english gentleman who saw people from england's colony as his equal. william's 'unique' character (mentioned several times in manga) also combined with his amicable persona, proven by ernest reeve (eleanor's new man) saying in emma bangaihen that william jones has many friends during his eton years. considering ernest was william's underclassman at eton, i bet that william befriends with his classmates, seniors and juniors as well.

emma's presense just strengthen his core character while also reveal unexpected side of him. emma's abduction to america was solved simply by william noticing emma's unusual sloppy penmanship on her farewell letter and the stamp indicating where the letter was sent from. no more than those two clues yet nevertheless, he's able to find emma. he would be a terrifying detective or at least a feared boss lmao

his action after his separation with emma also shows that regardless of him throwing himself at work as an effort to mend his brokenheart, you can't denied how capable william is as upperclass gentleman. it was also implied that he didn't became a prefect during his school year simply because he didn't find it interesting. it means that if he's as serious as arthur in his academic, there's a very high chance william would be a prefect in eton

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Emma and William ( manga: Emma - Mori Kaoru )

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Emma Vol 4