#historically it's actually not very uncommon for popes to expire relatively quickly after they're elected
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What do you think would have happened if (somehow, idk how but somehow) Machete rose to the rank of pope?
To be perfectly honest? I think most realistically he would've ruled maybe six months at best and then keeled over from stress and exhaustion.
#seriously he wouldn't want to be the pope papacy is for chumps but if he had to#he would've kicked out so many cardinals#his former colleagues riddled with corruption nepotism incompetence and moral decay#it would've upsetted so many elite families but what are they gonna do#pope's power is absolute he could totally do that#just excommunicate the whole lot#do something to get Holy See's finances in order he's been crunching numbers they aren't looking good#build sturdier foreign relations probably he's a diplomat I think he'd likely be extremely done with superfluous wars and useless bickering#maybe commission some extravagant artworks art is nice he knows to appreciate beauty when he sees it#become the senselessly rich patron to a handful of top notch artists although I think he already does that in canon timeline#I'm not sure how he'd handle the ongoing counter-reformation I guess it depends whether this was before or after the inquisition times#minimal public appearances because lord that's way too many people too many eyes being a figurehead is not his strongest suit#develop stomach ulcers get sepsis#historically it's actually not very uncommon for popes to expire relatively quickly after they're elected#they don't even have to be particularly old stuff's just tiring they get frazzled out#answered#anonymous#Machete
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