#mike being a former altar boy who is now an atheist but not a shitty reverse evangelical about it means he is uniquely qualified here imo

[knowlesian]

whenever i watch midnight mass i am always struck by the contrast between bev and annie in their last moments

annie who meets the sun with faith and leads what’s left of her congregation in song, even knowing what they’ve done and that she is about to die because of it

and bev, who finds no fellowship and no forgiveness because she has never actually wanted to cultivate the first and she doesn’t think she’s done anything in her entire life that she might need forgiveness for, not even from god