#bellini to thomas and thomas to vincent!!!!!

[chez-sad]

I wanted to draw a whole bunch of them

[paviss]

lets have a conclave !!

[internerdionality]

Highly recommend Sanguis Christi for a fantastic presentation of this exact dynamic! Such a brilliantly delightful fic that really focuses on dynamic and tension between Aldo and Vincent.

My own My Sense of Wonder’s Just a Little Tired also gets into this dynamic a TEENSY bit but given that I’m almost 40K in and have only gotten twelve hours out from the events of the movie, I’m sadly not going to be able to flesh it out all that much 😂

I just finished reading Conclave, the book, and I was surprised at how many bitchy Bellini moments were left out of the movie, particularly when Bellini first meets Benitez. He is a bitter prickly little shit. There's a moment where Thomas/Jacopo is worried that Bellini might refuse to shake Benitez's hand. That is the level of pettiness we are dealing with. He makes it very clear that he believes that Benitez shouldn't be there, tries to mansplain the dangers of being a Christian in Iraq to the archbishop of Baghdad, and tells him he'll never be able to go back to his congregation. Benitez says that he understands the risks and that this decision isn't up to Bellini. It's going to be up to the next pope. We never see the two of them directly interact again.

This got me thinking about what their relationship would be like immediately after the conclave. Bellini would want to keep his position because it's deeply tied to his crumbling sense of self. But he'd be an overly sensitive neurotic mess, due to the aforementioned crumbling sense of self, so he'd keep having mood swings and randomly acting like a pedantic killjoy or a patronizing git. Meanwhile, Benitez didn't ask for any of this and would refuse to waste his energy on Bellini's nonsense.

Poor Thomas/Jacopo would be stuck in the middle. He needs his best friend and his crush to get along! He's already going through a lot. He can't deal with all this tension between his two favorite people. I keep imagining him talking both of them up to each other and trying to set them up on little playdates. It makes me giggle.

[offwegointothewildblueyonder]

a little sneak peek of the Aldo Bellini work…

[blinkiedog]

Self-indulgent Conclave stamps!!

[owl-nerd-13]

Benitez: How bad is it?

Lawrence: Well, the doctor says the assassin missed your abdominal aorta artery.

Benitez: That’s good.

Bellini: No, your Holiness, you were stabbed. You needed emergency surgery. That’s the opposite of good.

[jolie-goes-rome]

Eight Moves Ahead

A Conclave (2024) fanfic by Jolie_Black

Thomas Cardinal Lawrence has prayed for a new Pope who doubts, a Pope who sins and asks for forgiveness and carries on. Instead, he gets a gentle, otherworldly saint who is far above the troubles and failings of ordinary men. Or is he?

The first twenty-four hours of Innocent XIV's pontificate turn out to be the best of Thomas's life, and the worst, and then the best again, and then the worst again… Because sometimes the Holy Spirit sends you certainty, and sometimes he sends you a rollercoaster.

As the wolves snarl and maul, the sheep quail and the sheepdogs scramble to retain control, Thomas learns that still waters run deep, and that friend and foe alike will underestimate this new shepherd of theirs at their peril.

Angst, Whump, H/C, Trauma, Guilt, Secrets and Mind Games. (And of course it's an assassination attempt.)

Gen fic or early days Lawrenitez, as you prefer.

Now posting on AO3!

Thank you to all you guys who are already on board, and to everyone who may still join the ride. Love you all!

[zazou-aha]

This makes me so happy!

Officially, the Papal Household has yet to recover from the Filipino Carbonara Incident.

There were exactly two people who actually liked Pope Innocent XIV's Filipino carbonara.

One of them was Cardinal Thomas Lawrence - to no one's surprise. He was, of course, initially skeptical, the Italian half of his heritage protesting in abject horror. However, all of his Italian ancestors fell silent at the first bite.

He actually had seconds and the pleased, beaming grin Vincent directed at him had nothing to do with the happy butterflies making his heart beat faster.

Somewhere in his subconscious, one of his Lomeli nonnas smiled wisely and said, "L’amore si misura in piatti cucinati." (Love is measured in cooked dishes)

The second person who actually enjoyed His Holiness' carbonara, was, of all people, Cardinal Goffredo Tedesco.

He shrugged as he ate the whole thing up with relish. "What? He never said it was a proper Italian carbonara! Let Sua Santità cook what he wants in his own cucina, eh?"

(This last remark may or may not have sent Cardinal Aldo Bellini composing his proposal to nominate the Pope for sainthood. This had to be a genuine, heaven-sent miracle.)

Sister Agnes had wisely set aside a corner in the kitchens for Pope Innocent and the sisters cheerfully kept the cupboards and fridge stocked with Filipino grocery and market staples. They smiled and greeted His Holiness whenever he wandered there. There were constant exchanges of recipes and kitchen tips.

There may or may not have been some candid shots uploaded to social media of a certain Supreme Pontiff believing himself incognito, wandering off to market with the sisters and at least one slightly nervous but still amused Dean.

A Twitter/X user basically tweeted this reaction: OMG THEY ARE SO DOMESTIC SEND HELP 😭😭😭

It was only a matter of time before someone took videos of Pope Innocent cooking (and making sure a certain Dean was well-fed, because honestly, mahal, it's no trouble at all, someone has to keep you from looking like a perpetually exhausted and hungry pigeon...).

Yes, there were actual videos.

Yes, they were uploaded.

Yes, Monsignor Ray caught the culprits but nobody got excommunicated since they all had the sense to edit the videos, clearly taken with a lot of affection for the parties involved.

Several things happened:

The videos, obviously, went viral. The entire planet adored seeing the tiny figure of Pope Innocent XIV cooking. Usually, he was out of his normal papal whites and was instead wearing the light blue barong favored by Filipino priests with the clerical collar and an apron.

A certain Secretary of State may or may not have watched a specific video several times, blushing like an infatuated schoolboy. Said video featured Cardinal Tedesco showing Pope Innocent how to cook "a proper Italian carbonara" and generally acting like actual siblings from another mother.

Sister Agnes revealed a complete diabolical streak when she commented that "This is Thomas' favorite - something his nonna used to make" when it was her turn to "guest star" in what the Internet now referred to as "Heaven's Kitchen." The blush on a certain Supreme Pinoytifex's face was meme-worthy.

The video of Pope Innocent teaching Cardinal Lawrence how to use a rice cooker got a reaction from YouTube's Uncle Roger, who commented: "Ohhh.... Pope Innocent true Asian. He teach Cardinal well. Yes, you wash the rice two times and use rice cooker, very easy. Fui-yoohhhh. Now you teach Cardinal Lawrence how to cook garlic rice. Don't forget MSG!"

TBC

@frogguchi this one's for you

[cardinalcucciolo]

I gotta put on my thinking zucchetto

[conclaveconfessions]

is anyone else endorsing in the nightmare polycule of Lawrellinitezsco/Bellescolawrenitez/Lawrescobellinitez/whatever-the-hell-their-ship-name-is?

~

[conclavebrainrot]

some addictions because I'm bored and some are funny af:

thomas lawrence x vincent benítez: thoment (or thorment for funsies) , thonitez, lawrent

thomas lawrence x aldo bellini: tholdo, thini, masini (actually an Italian surname)

thomas lawrence x ray o’malley: tholley, rayrence, lalley, masray

thomas lawrence x goffredo tedesco: thesco, tesco, goffmas

aldo bellini x goffredo tedesco: tedellini, tellini, goal, goldo, teddo

vincent benitez x goffredo tedesco: gont, tedent, vinted (lmaooo)

can someone come up with ship names for conclave already please because I’m getting real tired of typing out thomas lawrence x vincent benitez every time or cardinal tedesco x whoever. like get on with it people. i would but i hail from an era of “creative” ship names and do not know how to mash together last names and call it a day. so someone else just come up with them alr. pls.

[randomfandomss]

Sequestered cardinals spin the bottle truth or dare sleepover LETS GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[wolfythewitch]

She conc on my clave till I pontificate idk

[scurvyboy]

the plot of the film i believe

[meanodeano]

the pope's war dogs

[yosbin]

liking conclave a normal amount <3

(back/front of the conclave zine!)