#adeyemi

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Lucian Msamati absolutely blew me away in Conclave and I just dont see enough people saying it. He really took the character of Adeyemi, on all fronts just a terrible, awful, person, and he acted his fucking heart out - I found myself in moments aghast that I was feeling sorry for this guy. This fucking guy! By all accounts more reactionary then Tedesco, and yet I saw the light leave his eyes as it registers that he will never be pope, never - and I felt his pain as if it was my own, followed by the smarting whip of self-disgust as the memory of his misdeeds crashed back in. Phenomenal. 10000000 plaudits for Lucian Msamati.

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sketch of them all smiling for my own therapy purposes

(except tremblay coz i hate him he goes to the simony corner)

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sister shanumi - web weave

non conclave sources:

Interview of the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the flight to Africa // Meeting with the youth in Nakivubo Stadium in Kampala // Nigeria, Health & HIV (UNICEF) // A review of current trends in HIV epidemiology, surveillance, and control in Nigeria // HIV epidemiology in Nigeria // Women: the face of AIDS in Africa // HIV epidemiology in Nigeria // In the Closet of the Vatican

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Adeyemi's The Tower tarot card, digital sketch

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CONCLAVE, 2024

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going absolutely crazy about the meanings behind the characters' names in conclave. benitez means "son of benito", and benito ends up meaning "blessed" as you look into the name. vincent means "to conquer", thus saying that vincent benitez is the blessed conqueror. thomas lawrence is going through a crisis of faith, similar to st. thomas after jesus rose from the dead and couldn't believe it until he had touched christ's wounds. additionally, thomas means "twin", and lawrence means "laurel", and laurels symbolize triumph and victory; he is the twin victor(y) alongside benitez. aldo means "old" and "noble", and bellini means "beautiful". adeyemi has a meaning of "the crown suits me". raymond means "advice, counsel, decision" and "protection". funnily enough though, goffredo means "peace of god" and tedesco means "german", but we all know our wonderful tedesco is… not so peaceful, and very not german.

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Of course I feel absolutely feral and not at all normal about Conclave as a film. It's an absolute masterpiece and I want to watch it again and again.

One thing I deeply appreciated though. When Lawrence confronted Adeyemi, though not condemning him he didn't let him wriggle off the hook when he tried to explain away his relationship with Sister Shanumi as a lapse in judgement because 'they were young'.

Lawrence's response is perfect "No, no, no, she was young, she was 19. You were 30"

It's important that it isn't just brushed off as a sexual indiscretion born of human weakness. I could be wrong but as far as I can tell Adeyemi was in the ministry when this occurred (because if we was just a free single man it wouldn't have been such a big deal). So it makes it all the more sinister that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 19 year old girl who was likely one of his parishioners and got her pregnant.

I like that the narrative clearly shows his removal from the situation by his dismissive statement "If the child is in fact mine" whereas Sister Shanumi is clearly still consumed by the guilt of it all, she likely became a nun for that very reason and Lawrence mentions the very reason she will stay quiet is to protect her son. A child she has very likely not seen since giving birth to him.

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CONCLAVE PARODY MUSICAL SCENE