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im usually #4 

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do you ever look at a man and think i need you in the most disgusting, vile, pathetic, animalistic, disturbing, vulgar and morally questionable way possible

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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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To all my fellow friends living in the USA: please stay strong and stay here. Don't give the twisted motherfuckers in our government the satisfaction. I know it's much easier said than done, but we need to fight, and we have to be here for that. I love you all.

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Sophie dearest you slayed too close to the Sun

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RIP Sophie Longerbane

Men really do hate to see a girlboss winning

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Gods I miss Carnival Row. My favorite show ever.

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There isn’t enough Carnival Row content on here!!

What’s going on!! Not even fics?? Come on people!

Rycroft Philostrate?? Half Fae brooding detective? Get your acts together people, a new blorbo is literally RIGHT THERE.

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I really wish Carnival Row had been based off something, because the world building is so complete and so fascinating I would hardcore read an entire comic series and 12 part book series set in this world, and it kills me that this wasn’t more popular because it means it’s really going to die with a whimper and get none of that massive franchise it deserves

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The Storybook Tarot

help the kickstarter here!

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All I'm saying is Jayce Talis is a bisexual polyamorous man who has a type and that type is just, Higher Beings. His type is just Jesus Christ. Bro straight up wants to fuck God

Edit: damn bisexuals found this post hello y'all hope you have a nice day the post reached its target audience

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I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Harding and Emmrich go camping in the Hinterlands during the events of the game and I need everyone to be aware that Harding and Emmrich go camping in the Hinterlands during the events of the game (there’s a conversation but I don’t have screenshots)

You know the Hinterlands? It’s in the place that’s being absolutely destroyed off camera?

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Why is the Butcher Like That? I'm having arishok flashbacks

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I can't stop drawing from this game

anyway Spite is my son now

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they're both doing their best and love their weird lil sons so SO much