#swags not dead

[chriswillmakeyousmile]

I don't care if it's out of date..

I still say SWAG

[pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong]

this headline is sending me into the stratosphere

[sharkylad]

DONNIE SWEEP DONNIE SWEEP!!!

I need him to take this home, you don't understand

HE MUST WIN THE @autismswagsummit PLEASE I NEED THIS

Anyways I sketched this before the poll was over but it still applies.

[cursedxwt]

Yi Sang's rizz is unstoppable

[punkeropercyjackson]

Love it when they do this

[recapitulation]

Hou Minghao as Zhao Yuanzhou / Zhu Yan in Fangs of Fortune / 大梦归离

[ID: gifs of the character Zhao Yuanzhou in the series "Fangs of Fortune." He is shown swinging his umbrella while fighting Zhuo Yichen, looking indignantly at Wen Xiao after taking a bite of fruit when she says "You really are a monkey," and smiling gently as he heals Zhuo Yichen's hand. In the next gif, Cheng Huang says, "I can help you die." Zhuo Yichen smiles and says, "That won't do. I've already promised someone else." Next, he is shown smiling and taking a bite of fruit. Then, he is shown shaking as he looks down at the blood on his hands after being possessed. Next, Zhuo Yichen says to him, "You think I'll forgive you just because you look pitiful? Is that what you think?" Zhao Yuanzhou responds tearfully, "No." He is then shown turning his face into Wen Xiao's hand, tearing up as Zhuo Yichen says "I understand you now," and hugging Wen Xiao goodbye. /end ID]

[generalmusicmadness]

from iii's instagram story

[scalpho]

post-patricide grief counseling

(original post here)

[searchingforserendipity25]

exorcising my list of unwritten conclave concepts from a few weeks ago i haven't written much since, in case the list is all there ends up coming out of it or anyone wants to welcome any of them into a good home:

cardinal lawrence and sister agnes won each other’s respect and trust during ratzinger’s papacy (liberals who leak church scandals to the justice system and the press stick together). everyone lowkey thinks they are having an affair. they are not, but they do keep sneaking into corners to gossip during the conclave. leaning fully into the reading of sister agnes as the late pope’s intelligence expert. incredibly jaded vatican spy. aldo is not jealous. benitez finds lawrence with the yellow canary eating from his hand and going back to his side after short flights, and has a number of franciscan emotions about it. the whole thing would ideally be about their friendship, different views and thoughts on power, what it looks like, what it ought to look like. responsibility, and doubt. also: how horrible it is the only non smokers in an european workplace.

(does this change anything materially? possibly the adeyemi and trembley situation is revealed much sooner with lawrence and sister agnes working together earlier and sharing intel, which in its turn makes him seem more competent and aggressive in taking down competitors, ergo more votes, ergo more influence? maybe bellini supports him more overtly earlier idk.) 

cardinal lawrence is dead. as a matter of fact, cardinal lawrence has been dead for a few days after the pope dies; unlike the pope, he keeps coming back to do his job. the curia covers up his death, because the dean of the college of cardinals is a ghost who apparently hated his job enough that is it his very literal purgatory is both hard to explain, and bad for the press. the fate of his unliving soul is very much at risk when steering the conclave, which is, uh, fun. cardinal tedesco's vape smoke now strongly smells of sulfur to him, which is probably not satanic in origin but then again might be. people keep voting on him and their belief in him corresponds directly to how much he can interact with the world, which is a very straightforward way to test one’s moral limits and otherwise a great torment. the one silver lining is that he can walk through walls and scoop out corrupt dealing easily, and no one can really tell he is dead. well, barely anyone. cardinal benítez and his ability to walk easily between the liminal spaces and certainties of the world is an outlier, and should not be counted.

dean lawrence keeps getting kidnapped, poisoned, blackmailed and otherwise threatened. this is an unfortunate if occasional part of being the vatican’s manager of two increasingly liberal and unorthodox papacies. it is considerably less fine and unfortunately far too normal for innocent xiv, who has a non-zero number of experiences with friends being kidnapped, poisoned, blackmailed and otherwise threatened. 

bellini/lawrence full on established relationship nonsense. as in, they have been together for thirty years and counting. conclave rewrite?? 

innocent xiv’s phone messages get leaked. innocent xiv’s phone messages consist of selfies with turtles sent to various friends and family, a good deal of memes in the santa marta groupchat, and daily jokes, complaints and affectionate messages to dean lawrence. the media has thoughts. aldo bellini, newly in charge of the papal media strategy, also has thoughts. and prayers.

a glimpse at all the people that Did vote for benítez from the start, and how much his work is or is not known outside the hermetic sphere of the vatican. he's kind of famous in religious activist circle probably! he has fans! he has a wide network of people he regularly approaches for information, resources, mutual aid and donations to his clinics and dioceses! he keeps dropping insane facts about horrifying personal experiences with unnerving serenity!

vincent benítez soft doms cardinal lawrence into taking a rest during the conclave. this incidents turns into a habit and gains new dimensions, as per the forthcoming changes in job status

pope john has an ongoing crisis of faith and also a gigantic imposter's syndrome. unrelatedly, pope john would really really really rather vincent benítez did not die in kabul and/or cause a diplomatic disaster. how convenient, then, that he is now a benevolent religious dictator who can arrange (read: wholesale invent) a number of postings and duties only benítez can accomplish. if anyone ask, this is a long-delayed move on part o the church to develop a deeper connection to on-the-ground aid organization. this can’t possibly last forever, though, can it? 

friar lawrence has shed all politics and chosen an abbey who keeps a vow of silence. friar lawrence is genuinely having a lovely time of things in his little abbey post canon. for like, uh, two months? friar lawrence keeps accidentally gaining more and more influence. manager-guy who cannot not manage. six months in he’s in charge of shelters and social associations. one year on, and he’d be archbishop again, if he were not aggressively trying to clamber down the church hierarchical rung. his friend, innocent xiv, who went from being a non-entity to one of the most famous men in the world, is sympathetic but also thinks this is very very funny. epistolary fic?? email epistolary? there is a little cat in a friar's habit and this is the most important part.

possibly related: cardinal lawrence comes back from his enforced sabbatical in a peaceful retreat freckled, healthier and smiling. people have thoughts on this, and emotions also. 

turtle pov of benitez/lawrence. literally: turtle pov. is the turtle an angel?? unclear if the turtle is an angel.

cardinal tedesco must die au.

[comvi]

me when my horrid messengers all parallel each-other

[oldbutchdanielcraig]

dead ringers, 1988 // queen of the damned

[chriswillmakeyousmile]

Is swag coming back?

I sure hope so

[mr-urple]

i made a new sona ref sheet but got a little carried away with the doodles .

[clowningcrows]

trying Very Hard to be normal about neil perry today

[t00thpasteface]

i miss my brother but i love getting weird little updates from him

[western-llemonsoda]

drawin john is so difficult