#OUCHIE

[plaguewormart]

Okay look I don’t have the energy to write a full one shot about this rn but I had the idea and I need to post it here so I’ll remember it later but ,,

Aldo as a young priest in New York during the AIDS epidemic - his friends dying around him, suffering. The pain and fear and anger. Praying over bodies in black bags. The conservatives calling it the gay plague - a punishment from God.

Vincent working in the Congo during the same time. This who get sick there aren’t primarily homosexuals. It’s sex workers, young women. Babies born to infected mothers.

The sentiments expressed by conservatives are similar. Both Aldo and Vincent are looked down upon. People spit at their feet as they enter the HIV/AIDS wards to pray. They both hold the hands of dying patients, they wipe the tears from emancipated cheeks - even as doctors and nurses refuse to touch the bodies of the sick.

Aldo has a hard time trusting Vincent at first. He was close to the late holy father, and Vincent is so inexperienced, so naive. Despite Thomas’ insistence that Vincent is the right man for the job, Aldo cannot help but to question him.

The stalemate only ends when Vincent holds mass on December 1. It’s one of his first sermons. Most popes would stick to non controversial statements this early in their pontificate.

Vincent doesn’t.

He speaks about World AIDS day. Not only that.

He speaks of the men and women affected by HIV/AIDS he’s met. He speaks of teenage sex workers, of those given contaminated blood transfusions. He speaks of children born with the disease in the same breath as he talks about the gay and bisexual men who died in masses. He doesn’t place blame on any of them.

Aldo hasn’t cried at a sermon in years. But he can’t keep the tears from falling as Vincent speaks of victims by name, as he keeps the love in his voice and how his voice doesn’t waiver as he speaks of a gay man he once knew. Aldo has to put a hand over his mouth to silence a sob when Vincent casually mentions still being in contact with the dead man’s boyfriend.

They don’t speak about it. Not for years. But from that day onwards, Aldo stays at the pope’s right hand. There’s a connection between them, a shared history of love and mourning.

[lobstercity]

sorry danny 😿

[thegallerypiece]

wip from the recent short clip because... ouch

[sofitai28]

jmart doodles bc I missed them :(

[papayawatermelon]

[greenblings wip] They make me so sad man

Tragic siblings yeahaha

[undercity-rat]

[corpsecandyyy]

The original TV head oc

[lesbian-thesbian]

behold my collection !!

🎥 @medium-observation

[uisgeart]

“fuck it, we ball” - Hua Cheng probably

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

[miraisentai]

Welcome home, Jotaro.

[lilbrattythoughts]

If Anyone Would Like To Do This To Me...

And preferably just like...let me do some cathartic crying, I'd be 100% down.

Let's go.

[relaxedstyles]

[dragonbound3996]

How it feels to hit your funny bone

[mystic-warriors]

Shoutout to Eyepo, what a real one

[elovestowrite]

HC

Sweetheart and David became quick and close friends when Milo first introduced them.

They liked his loyalty to his friends and his stoic nature.

He liked their commitment and how they loved Milo.

The two could often been seen at pack meetings or parties, chatting quietly.

In the short time Gabe was around, Sweetheart grew to love him and learned a lot about the pack and how Gabe adored David.

When Gabe died, Milo and Asher rushed with Sweetheart to David’s home. When they all arrived, Sweetheart booked it inside, staring at a broken David.

He stared back at them and tried to speak before the boys rushed in and he broke into sobs. Sweetheart held him with Milo and Asher.

The day of the funeral, the boys were trying to be helpful by cleaning up after the pack had gone to David’s house.

Everyone else was gone and David was sitting outside, out of sight. Sweetheart found him and sat with him. They held his hand while he cried.

They have never spoken about it, but every now and then they get together to talk about Gabe.

(inspired by Gigi Perez’s song ; Fable )