i’m tired and i’ll write a more elaborated and Fancy version of this later, but i want to talk about Baptiste’s faith. about Vodou.
Baptiste rejects the syncretism of Catholicism and Vodou; although he can’t fully snip out catholicisms’ influence over the latter due to the one of many lasting effects of colonialism, he tries
he knows someone’s been looking out for him, especially during tough times. he equates this to being protected by Èzili Dantò; a lwa / senior spirit in his faith.
Èzili Dantò is a woman of anger. a woman of vengeance. her possessions are known to be quite violent. while she’s angry, while she’s vengeful, she’s also extremely protective of her own.
while Baptiste escaped Talon, as he country- and city-hopped, he made makeshift altars to Èzili Dantò and prayed to her on tuesdays; her reserved day of worship.
he wouldn’t always remember to practise worship on tuesdays, sometimes forgetting for weeks at a time, which he does feel guilt over. especially since he knows she’s been looking out for him and he’s trying to show that he won’t put that to waste; that he’s worthy of her protection.
he does believe he’s been possessed by her in critical times, and that she’s saved his life.
after finding stability in Overwatch, he sets up a stationary altar to her in his room in the major Overwatch base. it’s coloured in bright greens, blues, and red; it sports a small, commissioned crosshatch metalwork of Èzili Dantò’s vevé, a statue, candles, and various offerings / sacrifices for her. these sacrifices often consist of dislodged, petite jewels or golden rings.
these offerings can also spur guilt for Baptiste. he doesn’t have the time nor money to make consistent offerings, so he’s hoping that being more consistent with his solitary prayers will suffice to show that she hasn’t chosen ill.
Baptiste can become nervous while speaking about his faith to others. mostly because of widespread reputation amongst the Catholic believers in Haiti, that Vodou is bad, sinful, and a source of evil magic. outside of Haiti, not many people know of his strain of Vodou, and he then reverts, mentally, into thinking that people won’t understand and will speak negatively of his faith
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