#cardinal adeyemi

[nova-asker]

« Hey we saw you from across the cafeteria and we really hate your vibe » (Conclave screenshot redraw)

[voyage-of-the-porn-spreader]

Lucian Msamati absolutely blew me away in Conclave and I just dont see enough people saying it. He really took the character of Adeyemi, on all fronts just a terrible, awful, person, and he acted his fucking heart out - I found myself in moments aghast that I was feeling sorry for this guy. This fucking guy! By all accounts more reactionary then Tedesco, and yet I saw the light leave his eyes as it registers that he will never be pope, never - and I felt his pain as if it was my own, followed by the smarting whip of self-disgust as the memory of his misdeeds crashed back in. Phenomenal. 10000000 plaudits for Lucian Msamati.

[vosklitsatelny]

Conclave (2024)

[dragonsareawesome123]

"My brothers, it's true. But the Holy Father asked me to. I had no knowledge who this woman was, I swear to you."

Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger

[randomfandomss]

Love, peace and homosexuality in the vatican on planet earth 😌🙏

[dontbeallupinmyfriesdawg]

Of course I feel absolutely feral and not at all normal about Conclave as a film. It's an absolute masterpiece and I want to watch it again and again.

One thing I deeply appreciated though. When Lawrence confronted Adeyemi, though not condemning him he didn't let him wriggle off the hook when he tried to explain away his relationship with Sister Shanumi as a lapse in judgement because 'they were young'.

Lawrence's response is perfect "No, no, no, she was young, she was 19. You were 30"

It's important that it isn't just brushed off as a sexual indiscretion born of human weakness. I could be wrong but as far as I can tell Adeyemi was in the ministry when this occurred (because if we was just a free single man it wouldn't have been such a big deal). So it makes it all the more sinister that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 19 year old girl who was likely one of his parishioners and got her pregnant.

I like that the narrative clearly shows his removal from the situation by his dismissive statement "If the child is in fact mine" whereas Sister Shanumi is clearly still consumed by the guilt of it all, she likely became a nun for that very reason and Lawrence mentions the very reason she will stay quiet is to protect her son. A child she has very likely not seen since giving birth to him.

[monsieur-de-challant]

CONCLAVE QUIZ

comes back after months of hiatus posts conclave u quiz PLS TELL ME IF YOU LIKED IT AND WHO DID YOU GET

[rodamned]

✨ Conclave (2024) @ao3org Fic Overview & AWARD SEASON – As of Feb 4, 2025✨

TOTAL FICS:

Conclave (2024) → 208 fics

Conclave - Robert Harris → 52 fics

Conclave RPF → 7 fics (the authors here are braver than the marines)

Fandom Shipping Report

We are a M/M hellhole (in Vatican? who’s shocked? not me) with 159 fics in that category. Gen (56 fics) is holding on like a Victorian child, and Multi (6), F/M (5), Other (2), and F/F (1) are basically cryptids.

Top Ships

Vincent/Thomas (98 fics) – Winning by a landslide. "I can fix him" meets "I can break him."

Aldo/Thomas (41 fics) – They’re divorced, they’re yearning, they’re devastating.

Vincent & Thomas (22 fics) – Oh, you don’t ship them? You just think about them 24/7? Okay.

Aldo & Thomas (11 fics) – Relying on the worst emotional support system imaginable. My boys...

Aldo/Goffredo (9 fics) – This one’s for the toxic, nasty little freaks (respectfully as I'm actively one of you)

Thomas/Raymond (9 fics) – …ok, og book shipers <3

Thomas/Goffredo (8 fics) – Why is Thomas collecting these flawed men like Pokémon?

Aldo & Vincent (7 fics) – YES & "We don’t talk about it."

Aldo/Vincent (6 fics) – Oh, but some of us do.

Aldo/Vincent/Thomas (6 fics) – So you want to destroy three men at once? Good. The Holy Trinity for real!

Ratings & Warnings

General (72 fics) – Congrats, some of you are sane.

Explicit (54 fics) – And some of you really, really aren’t.

Teen & Up (52 fics) – Angst hours.

Mature (17 fics) – "I could make this smutty, but what if I made it devastating instead?"

Not Rated (13 fics) – The wild west. No rules, just vibes.

Warnings:

No Archive Warnings (142 fics) – We are a people of peace.

Chose Not To Use (60 fics) – You don’t want to spoil the suffering.

Major Character Death (7 fics) – But when it hits, it hits. (RIP)

Graphic Violence (7 fics) – Vatican MMA when? 👀

Rape/Non-Con (3 fics) – ...

Character Leaderboard

Thomas Lawrence (172 fics) – Poster boy, poor little meow meow, king of suffering.

Vincent Benítez (138 fics) – Beloved. I will haunt you even in death.

Aldo Bellini (84 fics) – Doing so much and nothing at the same time.

Goffredo Tedesco (36 fics) – Problematic fave, menace behavior, probably gives people ulcers.

Raymond O'Malley (30 fics) – Short king <3

Sister Agnes (24 fics) – "Guys, can you be normal for five seconds?"

Cardinal Sabbadin (11 fics) – Our 🇬🇪 king of "I have three scenes, and you’re gonna make it your entire personality."

Joseph Tremblay (11 fics) – Exists. Oh Canada. Alexa play 'Money Money Money'.

Original Characters (9 fics) – Love a good self-insert. Or just any sorts of unhinged creativity!

Joshua Adeyemi (8 fics) – Sir, you are so underwritten, but we got you.

Top Tropes & Tags

What’s the Conclave fandom obsessed with?

Post-Canon (29 fics) – "So anyway, what happened AFTER?"

Character Study (27 fics) – Read: brain rot with love <3

Hurt/Comfort (20 fics) – It’s never just hurt. We need a little fix-it.

Pining (20 fics) – They will NEVER be normal. They swore not to after all. Collars and all...

Angst (17 fics) – The pain is the point.

Fluff (12 fics) – You’re lying to yourself, but okay.

Pre-Relationship (12 fics) – 40k words of slow burn eye contact.

Pre-Canon (11 fics) – "Before the disaster, before the trauma…"

Religious Imagery (10 fics) – Bible study, but make it ✨gay✨

Religious Guilt (9 fics) – These numbers feel low, honestly.

Longest Fics (Congrats, You (We) Win at Word Count)

Some of y’all (us) are writing entire novels.

1. Crown of Thorns (183,786 words) by rodamned – An actual brick. A thorn in my ass (disrespectfuly).

2. 21 Syllables (49,116 words) by Piersanti - “I have nothing to grieve for.” 👀 I'm still speechless here.

3. Everything’s Alright (44,016 words) by rodamned – No, it’s not <3 Jesus Christ Superstar reference, whoo?

4. Divine Revelations of Love (27,606 words) by Piersanti - We are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God. - Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love 🥹

5. Stories from the Vatican (25,602 words) by Lost_In_Ace – Fic drabbles but make it THE saga 🫶

Most Beloved (Kudos Kings) 👑

Fanart Collection (Kudos: 601) – 1848/YOSB owns us all and we're grateful <3

Canticle (Kudos: 546) – Marie (VampireSpider) supremacy.

Like a Heathen Clung (Kudos: 467) – unrealshrike is making everyone insane.

Oldest vs. Newest ⌛🕰️⏳

📜 Oldest Fic:

Uncertainty by funnybabyvideos (Nov 11, 2024) – They were first, respect, love, thoughs and prayers!

🆕 Newest Fic:

Iliw (longing) by A_Retired_TimeTraveler – We love fresh pain.

🏆 CONCLAVE (2024) AO3 WINNERS (so far) 🏆

🏅 Most Popular Ship (aka ‘Fandom’s One True Pair’)

🏆 Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (98 fics)

You guys saw two old men making intense eye contact, one (1) single date by the turtle fountain, and collectively decided this is a love story now. Good.

🥈 Runner-Up: Aldo Bellini/Thomas Lawrence (41 fics)

The divorced vibes were too strong for you to ignore. The ultimate work husbands. The blorbos of the year!

🔥 Most Unhinged Ship (aka ‘Why Are We Like This?’)

🏆 Aldo Bellini/Goffredo Tedesco (9 fics)

Oh, so we looked at Aldo Bellini, the most emotionally repressed man alive, and said “give him a nemesis with unresolved tension”? Okay.

🥈 Thomas Lawrence/Goffredo Tedesco (8 fics) – same thing, different font.

Special mention to:

Aldo Bellini/Goffredo Tedesco/Sister Agnes (one fic) - literal perfection 🫶

😭 Most Devastating Tag (aka ‘Fandom Pain Olympics’)

🏆 Pining (20 fics)

Half this fandom is just writing 30k of two men not touching.

🥈 Religious Guilt (9 fics)

No one is enjoying their romance here. They are suffering through it.

💀 Most Tragic Fic Trend (aka ‘How Many Times Must A Man Die’ Award)

🏆 Major Character Death (7 fics)

Seven people said, "this isn’t sad enough."

🎭 Most Likely to Be an Accidental Bible Study

🏆 Religious Imagery & Symbolism (10 fics)

"Oh, it’s just Vatican aesthetics!" No. You’re writing 4,000 words about a man standing under a stained-glass window, questioning his faith and his love for another man. This is Bible study.

📈 Fastest Growing Ship (aka ‘The Dark Horse’)

🏆 Aldo Bellini/Thomas Lawrence

Started from the bottom, now we’re here. This ship DOUBLED in the past month. Aldo/Thomas truthers are rising. Hi :)

🥈 Thomas Lawrence/Goffredo Tedesco

I don’t wanna ask why, but I feel like I should. I have some reading to do.

🫂 Most “Just Kiss Already” (or don't) Pairing

🏆 Aldo Bellini & Thomas Lawrence (Gen) (11 fics)

These fics are like "they are JUST FRIENDS," but also, he looks at him with tears in his eyes.

🥈 Vincent Benítez & Thomas Lawrence (Gen) (22 fics)

I know what you’re trying to do, but it’s still fruity (respectfully).

⬇️📚📈

https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Conclave%20(2024)/works

[nobody-is-passing-by]

-"I am the righteous hand of God"

-"And I'm the Devil that you forgot"

The demons won today, I say making an edit of cardinals

[gayiconwaluigi]

[essentialalls]

A new day for a new playlist!

Today I give you a serious vibing for Conclave (specifically, for when you read the book).

Enjoy!!

[horlicks-on-thursdays]

One of the (myriad) reasons why i loved Conclave so much was because i got to see Lucian Msamati on the big screen being so so good! I have loved that man since i saw him as the first Black Iago in Othello at the RSC in 2015 and i fear he is a truly underrated actor!!

[octo-pie]

Me shouting to the void: IF YOU LIKED LUCIEN MSAMATI’S PERFORMANCE IN CONCLAVE GO WATCH HIM AS IAGO IN THE 2015 RSC OTHELLO

[dragonsareawesome123]

"I am the victim of a disgraceful plot to ruin my reputation. Someone brought that woman here and staged this melodrama. She'd never left Nigeria before, and suddenly she's here in the Casa Santa Marta." "With respect, Joshua, how she came here is secondary to the issue of your relationship with her." "I have no relationship to her! I hadn't set eyes on her in 30 years until she turned up outside my room last night! It was a lapse, Dean. A lapse. 'Let God grant us a Pope who sins and asks forgiveness and carries on.' You words." "And the child?" "The child? The child was raised in a Christian household, and to this day he has no idea who his father is if, indeed, it is me. That is the child. We were very young."

Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger

[randomfandomss]

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

[mankadavi]

commission 🕊️