#Cardinal Lawrence

[paintdriesfaster]

Truly the wildest blind date

Conclave 2024 in my head.

[steblynka-draws]

Conclave deleted scene 😔

[horlicks-on-thursdays]

free my man Thomas from the drama (he secretly loves it)

[theprotagonistisdead]

save me certainty is the greatest sin monolgue. save me with certainty, there is no doubt. save me with no doubt, there is no mystery. save me without mystery, there is no faith. save me conclave (2024)

[turkwriter]

Bellini/Lawrence this, Benitez/Lawrence that, where my Ray/Lawrence girlies at?

[kaphkas]

Turn my haters to consumers / I make vets feel like they juniors 📿⛪️🕯️

[staud]

Cardinal Lawrence and Cardinal Benítez CONCLAVE (2024)

[space-blue]

absolute gem in the Conclave BTS

[the-winchester-s-guardian]

Lawrence randomly doing this to Tedesco to piss him off

[mxdzin]

worth holding on

[grabyourpillow]

I've been thinking about the moment Lawrence tells Bellini about his papal name "John. I would choose John".

On one hand the words of Conclave writer Peter Straughan bounce around in my head like a windows xp saving screen: "Lawrence admits he has harbored that ambition, that he has prepared his name. It's true what Bellini said about him. It's true about all of them -- except for one person, of course."

And on the other hand it's such a tender little moment. Lawrence could just, not say it and retain the moral high ground literally forever. And as always, always, he chooses to step down, and comfort his longtime confident and friend by looking at him, holding his hands and telling him "look. I'm down here in the muck with the rest of you. With you." And also, perhaps even more importantly "you did not read me wrong. You do, know me."

Going insane

[steblynka-draws]

Conclave 2024

Poor Lawrence just can't catch a break 😔💔

[annakarenina]

Conclave 2024, dir. Edward Berger

[thestarsarewinning]

everything cardinal lawrence does in conclave is iconic. he’s so good at his job that he’s the pope’s chosen bureaucrat and he hates it. the homily that isn’t a campaign speech. the cunty intelligence briefings in hallways. he’s dean of the college of cardinals and he hates all but like. two of them. “but it did happen”. the intense mental breakdown sobbing in the pope’s room only to be back to investigating two minutes later. the photocopier. he wants to quit and doesn’t want to be pope but he would be pope john. voting for himself and then the explosion occurs and the roof nearly collapses on him. his immediate and irrevocable affection for cardinal benitez and that fucking smile when benitez accepts his position.

[stopaskingme]

A Note on Watches

was watching Conclave with my friend and being a watch nerd, he notes:

Lawrence

Lawrence was wearing something like an Orient Bambino (possibly passed down). Watches like that are from the eighties.

Clearly, it's not embellished, and worn over time. A used Orient Bambino exudes decorum without being flashy. Pragmatic and cultured.

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Bellini

Bellini's watch was quite simple as well.

Potentially an Omega De Ville or more likely a classic Seiko Dolce. Also an old model, implying that he's worn it for some time.

(Apparently, the Omega De Ville doesn't have the same angles) Regardless, people who opt for tank faces (square watches) tend to be ambitious. Simultaneously, they want to project humility.

'He's been doing all the right things to get what he wants,' says my friend. 'He's been curating his image.'

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Benitez

Benitez's Casio f-91w is a functional watch.

'It exists just to do its job,' says my friend (Nate). 'No fanfare. It tells time and like [Benitez's] character, it's not trying to show up anybody. It just does its job.'

Considering this Casio costs 12 TIMES less than Bellini's Seiko Dolce, you might think this is a humble watch.

But it's not even that. It's an 'I exist' watch.

Additional note: Some people have said Benitez is wearing a Casio F-105, but my friend disagrees. Benitez’s watch face is too large (sorry for the typo) SMALL to be the F-105. Regardless, both the Casio models tell us the same thing about Benitez's character.

Additional note 2: Casio f-91w is apparently considered a god-tier watch, which is above luxury watches. It's earned that ranking because:

It's battery lasts for 10 years

It keeps time accurately

It has alarm & date function (both 12h or 24h)

It has a backlight

Water resistance for up to 30m

It can stand a tough beating.

It's versatile. You can wear it with a suit or overalls. Anything.

It's cheap, i.e. easily accessible. Just like God.

It has an annual sales of 3 mil units per year, making it the most sold watch in the world.

Side note: The current Pope (Francis) wears a Casio MQ-24-7bldf, which has similar connotations as Benitez's. The only difference being that Pope Francis's Casio is analogue while Benitez's watch is digital, showing the role age plays in preference. Both watches are hella cheap, but Benitez's watch is a tad more expensive by virtue of being digital and having more features like an alarm and backlight function, which better fits his situation in Kabul.

🐢 Conclave watches part 1 / part 2

[dragonsareawesome123]

"You have to understand, when I was a child, there was no way of knowing my situation was more complicated. And life in the seminary is as you know, a very modest one. The truth is there simply was no reason to think I was physically different from the other young men. Then, in my late 30s, I had a surgery to remove my appendix. And that was when the doctors discovered that I had a uterus and ovaries. Some would say my chromosomes would define me as being a woman, and yet I'm also as you see me. It was a very dark time for me. I felt as if my entire life as a priest had been lived in a state of sin. Of course, I offered my resignation to the Holy Father. I flew to Rome and I told him everything." "He knew?" "Yes, he knew." "And he thought it acceptable for you to continue as an ordained minister?" "We considered surgery to remove the female parts of my body, but the night before I was due to fly, I realized I was mistaken. I was who I had always been. It seemed to me more of a sin to change His handiwork than to leave my body as it was." "So, you are still, erm…"

Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger