#save me conclave. save me.

[masked-and-doomed]

I have compiled every single available Conclave clip within Vastedge XT

(at least, I think so.)

Where I got these, one folder is of Tillman's Google Drive, and the other folder is Solradguy's archive of it (animations taken from Tillman). Some animations are more 'cut up' in Tillman's Drive compared to the latter.

Here is the link. (Flashing lights warning for a lot of these btw. There's so much.)

Hooray to. What. The 6 more hours I've spent the past few days. Yay. I've spent 20 hours for fucking Vastedge. Whatever. Man.

Conclave has not given me any compensation for all my woes. Frowning emoji. ☹️

Edit: if there's duplicates (I think there's some in the SRG folder). Apologies. I am tired.

[saulesart]

Innocentius blessing turtles

(Inspired by icons of St Francis of Assisi)

[guanuji]

[cocomoraine]

me to thomas lawrence: my beautiful princess, first lady of the vatican with a disorder

me to ralph fiennes: i think men should start in jail and prove their way out

[vonlipvig]

meet me @ pope innocent xiv's christmas eve mass tonight if you want a hug and a blessing

[maudlin-st]

thinking about benitez….

[femalefemur]

anyways i need to smoke with tedesco, i need to be off in some corner late at night, the two of us huddled together so we don't get caught and passing the joint between us, giggling at something stupid

[vampiresinthedaylight]

has anyone tried emailing the director of the vampire film carlos diehz was in........

[lokh]

i feel like i would just have to tell you 'my favorite film is the invitation (2015)' and youd be like. you would enjoy conclave wouldnt you

[just-anotherrandomartist]

i think writing cover letters and answering ten billion short answer questions about myself and my goals for internship and job applications actively drains my life force

[cocomoraine]

[masked-and-doomed]

Fucked up that most people's first time seeing the Conclave (in Sign rather than Vastedge) they're there. For some time. And then fucking die. Like yeah you're relevant to the whole fucking world of guilty gear. Skill issue tho, should've planned this better after nearly 200 years. Bye bye. Now let's move on !

At least Chronus has that one moment in Rev where he broke out Asuka... He did play a good background support role. Claps for Chronus. 👏

I wonder if Libraria would have done the same thing if she followed Chronus' words and took the Conclave's dream on her shoulders, being the one to live through it....

[crossdressingdeath]

Actually Alaris getting caught trying to assassinate the Divine at the Conclave is taking up so much brain space right now. He was so sure he was dead, all he could think of was completing his mission and then dying in a way that didn't leave a recoverable body and if at all possible implicated the Templars. And then the Conclave explodes and he's physically in the Fade and even more sure he's about to die, but hey, at least this definitely won't leave a recoverable body! And then he doesn't die. He should be dead but he isn't and frankly to him if that's not a sign from the Creators that he and his people were right to act as they did then he doesn't know what is.

[flame2ashes]

"Veilguard is about Some Guy who gathers some friends and saves the world" isn't that every Dragon Age game

[imakemywings]

Thinking today about Lavellan as the lone voice in support of reasoning with Solas and how that must feel. Even her own team, who had known Solas themselves, strongly disapproved almost to a man--with the exception of Cole--of the idea that his mind could be changed or that he could be "redeemed." As the climax of DATV approaches, she stands amid an army of people with no direct connection or loyalty to her or Solas discussing how they can kill or physically force or otherwise trick Solas into binding himself to the Veil, theoretically trapped forever into sustaining it with his life force. She alone suggests he can still be reasoned with, and this is met with slight derision from Morrigan ("Speaking from the heart, inquisitor?") and wariness or outright opposition from Rook, the leader of this army.

Rook knows about their relationship--and it is palpable that at least some of the people in this room think Lavellan is being overly swayed by her feelings for Solas and her desire to avoid doing him harm. She is walking on a tightrope here of trying to nudge Rook towards the idea that Solas can be talked down without violence without making Rook think she's wholly enthralled to her love for Solas and not seeing the situation clearly.

How scary it must be, to stand in a room full of people who have, she knows, very good reason to want to or feel they have no choice but to kill or imprison someone she desperately wants to save. I wonder if it makes her feel at all like those first days after the Conclave, when she was the one everyone wanted to kill, and no one was on her side.

It makes me think back to what she tells Solas in one of their earlier flirts, that she would protect him "however she had to" and it does make me wonder what she would have done if Rook refused to even try to reason with Solas. It has to be something she's thinking about herself, as she stands in what is effectively Rook's territory (her authority as inquisitor, whether or not the inquisition still exists, is really limited to southern Thedas, whereas Rook may be from Minrathous itself), surrounded by Rook's army, knowing her pleas for mercy and reconciliation may be the only shield Solas has.

[antonivs]

Aldo Bellini's cross: an analysis

As we know, each cross in Conclave has a unique design and meaning that reflects the character they're designed for.

The main symbol on Bellini's cross is the pelican. According to many ancient legends (pre dating Christianity) the pelican was believed to pierce its own breast with its beak to feed its offspring with its blood, so early Christians adopted it as a symbol of Jesus Christ sacrificing himself for mankind.

The most immediate explanation is that the pelican represents Bellini: he's the righteous cardinal who doesn't want the papacy, who sees it as a burden that will most likely destroy him, but who, at the same time, feels like he has to become Pope in order to prevent Tedesco from winning. In other words, he feels like he has to sacrifice himself in order to save the Church.

However, the quote engraved on the back of the cross reveals something more, something deeper. The quote comes from a hymn written by Thomas Aquinas in 1264, titled “Adoro te devote”.

Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine, / me immundum munda tuo sanguine.

Good pelican, Lord Jesus, / clean me, the unclean, with your blood.

It's a prayer TO the good pelican from the point of view of a sinner who feels unclean, impure.

And that's how Bellini constantly sees himself: as unworthy, as dirty. His whole character is built around this sense of shame, self loathing and self-doubt, which he must shoulder alone and which is at the centre of his (torturous?) relationship with God.

The quote is hidden on the back of the cross, it's private, it's for Bellini's eyes only, his shame is between himself and the Lord, the only one who can save him, who can clean him.

And of course you can read this however you like but it's definitely one more thing to be added to the list of gay undertones in Bellini's character.

One last thing (and this is probably my biggest reach but indulge me): I noticed that in the scene where Bellini finally admits his shame to Lawrence his cross is facing backwards.

This movie is so meticulous with its details and symbolism that I'm almost 100% sure that it was made (or left like that) on purpose.

In the scene Lawrence (and the audience with him) is finally given access to Bellini's inner turmoil. Bellini is baring those parts of himself he's so ashamed of to the person he cares about the most, so it's only fitting that his words and actions are accompanied by this subtle, yet powerful symbolism.