#Osmund Priest

[elester01]

I made a meme

[frenchfriedgiraffe]

the scene with bart and priest is one of my favourite moments in s2. the guy gets his face sliced open and is still shouting at the blackwing soldiers to stand down. really drives home how much power bart really holds, and how priest knows it.

[urlocallesbiab]

headcanon: in blackwing, bart never let anyone brush her hair because she didn’t like the feeling, the tugging and tediousness, and no one could force her — because she's bart. in order to manage her hair somehow, they would shave it off every month, keeping it in a short buzzcut; the only person ever able to get close enough to do that was osmund priest. the low buzzing and the steady hand movements were one of their older brother & little sister rituals. she never cared for looks, so she took it fine, but the adults cringed (only a little bit, because they never cared for bart) at how it made her look even more like a prisoner than the others.

after getting out she stopped having it cut, mainly because it's a hassle and she can't be bothered; she hasn't done it once in all of sixteen years since. sometimes, when she finds a knot in her hair big enough to be annoying, she cuts it out with the nearest sharp object, and that's why the hair hasn't gotten past her shoulders in length.

[auughhtm]

Old sketch of Mr.Priest and my Blackwing oc....

[miryel89]

Probably the saddest thing you'll see today 💛

Icarus - Bastille

Credit to @atlantis_ace on TIKTOK

[miniminidi]

Oh, Alan, what are you doing to us I stumbled upon a TV series from 2016-2017 called 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' and couldn't remain indifferent to this man who appears in the second season.

[mournwatches]

❝ YOU KNOW… YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT THEY CALL ME IN FOR VIOLATIONS, NOT PROTOCOL. YEAH, IF MY NAME IS IN THE LOGBOOK, THEN ETHICS IS NOT A PRIORITY. I'M A… LISTEN. I'M A VERY BAD PERSON. I'M A SCARY MONSTER. I'M A… I'M… I'M NO GOOD, HUGO. I'M TROUBLED. ❞ / MR. OSMUND PRIEST.

[velichorus-k]

Mixed feelings about s2 Ken but glad they kept the theme of him being like a lion tamer for the murder-inclined

[crucifiix]

[clauderains]

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Alan Tudyk talks about Mr. Priest

[neeturnal]

YALLLLL ALAN TUDYK IS GOING TO TORONTO FANEXPO :DDDDD

[dragonborndigitalart]

Some old doodles of Priest from Dirk Gently. I like the theory among fans that he’s a Blackwing project turned employee. I’ve seen some great theories but my personal favorite is that he can’t be killed. He’s like Frankenstein’s monster and can be put back together no matter the damage to him. There’s supposedly a file at Blackwing that’s redacted except for the words “child” and “beheading”. My personal theory is that the child was Bart and she beheaded him then he was just put right back together. This would explain why she doesn’t even bother trying to kill Priest anymore despite him definitely being evil (and also likely holistic). I don’t believe project Prometheus was ever revealed in the show either so I just think it’s all fitting.

[hanitje]

I really want to talk about the scene where Panto, Bart, Priest, and Ken were in front of the portal house (Ken was on a Zoom call, technically). I thought it was such a brilliant and intense scene, I still remember the tension to this day.

Here we have Bart prattling at Ken while Priest is warily looking at her and his eyes dart at this pink-haired tall glass drink of water, Panto. He sees that the silent pink-haired man is holding a giant scissor sword in his holster, like a gun. He doesn't know this man, he doesn't know his power, he doesn't have his file, he doesn't know his ability.

He knows Bart. He knows that he doesn't have a chance to face off against Bart because she can't be killed. He knows her so well, that in order to subdue her is to be manipulative with her.

Mr. Priest is never afraid to face off against all of these people with powers. He gleefully peppered Suzie with bullets not knowing that she can turn him into a frog or other magical item. In fact, it makes him happy that she disappeared like Michael Myers after falling from a building. It was a challenge for him.

So WHY is he looking very nervous when he sees Panto?

Panto on the other hand is very relaxed but attentive. He stares at Priest, smirking a little. His hand is on his weapon, ready to draw when necessary. He observes the situation, knowing that the soldiers are ready to pounce at both him and Bart.

Panto KNOWS that Priest cannot be trusted. He sees the Blackwing soldiers are menacing, and this smiling, manipulative man named Mr. Priest is trying to get her back to Blackwing HQ. But he doesn't say anything, only waiting for Bart to end her conversation with Ken. He even waves and smiles at Ken when she introduces her friend to him. But his smile doesn't reach his eyes. He knows that these people are bad and he can't let his guard down. However, he doesn't look threatening at all. He is so chillaxed with his posture.

What makes it so memorable is the way Panto watches Priest and the rest of the soldiers. His body is relaxed, but he never takes his eyes off Priest. One wrong move, he would take some action.

When Priest offers Bart his friendship and ice cream, and she refuses, Panto looks at her and knows that is her final answer - she will not return to Blackwing. He understands that Priest's sweet talk is poisonous and lies.

Now, I feel like the audience at the time kinda underestimate Panto. Because he's a fantasy prince who speaks in prose and chivalry language and has pink hair. Sure, he can fight and probably slay a lot of dragons and villains. He's in love with his boyfriend and doesn't fit this macho masculinity of a knight or a prince unlike, say, Aragorn from LOTR. But I feel like Panto has so much in common with Aragorn. Even when looking at an alpha man (from society's POV), Panto is still considered not as macho. They are so wrong.

Panto may not be a rough-looking prince, but he's a goddamn Silent Killer. The moment Priest touches Bart, he immediately orders him to unhand her and he draws his sword. With a calm and meticulous precision fighting style, he butchered the soldiers when one of them tries to sneak up on him -- surprisingly he doesn't kill them.

I feel like the reason why he didn't kill them is that he realizes that this is not his world. He is only a guest in Montana, and he only obeys Bart. He protects Bart, even when he knows that she can take care of herself, and he doesn't add more problems or look for trouble more than necessary.

When Panto finally faces Priest, he doesn't even try to kill him. He waits for Bart's instruction. Bart grunts at him, and he just SLICES Priest's face with his scissor sword. When he walks away, he apologizes. The job is done, it's over. and he walks away with Bart. He doesn't do overkill. He doesn't seek killing.

I really want a season 3 so Panto and Priest can face off again. I reckon that Priest wants some revenge after Panto decorated his face. Especially the complicated connection with Ken and Bart, I feel that Panto definitely will also face them too.

But my question still remains: why Priest is so nervous facing off Panto?

[gremlin-den]

Like a Phoenix I rise... with more memes.

Less RA revolving, but Alan Tudyk revolving!

[deweydecimalchickens]

I do like it when you're watching a show and without warning the nice Hawaiian-shirts, dinosaur-toys, dodgeball-pirate, chicken-noises man shows up as someone who's pure chaotic evil on roids. It's great fun. Always extremely surprising. Dude's got RANGE.*

This post was brought to you by Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and to a lesser extent Dollhouse.**

*And apparently he's a lot more than "semi-muscular"; who knew?

**A show with two (2) good episodes, both of which were set outside the main continuity.