there are so many different cults on this blog, let's distinguish them some.
content warning for cult activity.
GLASS affects kieran (so by extension cullen), fernanda, and cain (so by extension gabriela).
far-left ecocult run by a malicious malignant narcissist.
on top of the blackmail, drugs, forced emotional catharsis, kieran was also doing some woowoo nature-loving bullshit out in upstate new york. borderline pagan worship of nature deities practice.
KNIGHT affects mackenzie, elijah, cass, and jm.
extremely evangelical southern baptist offshoot run by a pretty good candidate for an ancient times dictator.
occupied a large tract of land in south georgia.
formed when idris married rachel, the daughter of a well-respected preacher in a small town dominated by its baptist church. idris agreed with rachel's dad on a lot of things, such as the importance of jesus christ, but he wanted to take things a little further and live a more austere life in order to rebuke sin.
the murders perpetrated by shipley and idris are not part of idris' belief system. he incorporated shipley's violent tendencies into his religion to justify them so he didn't want to kill his son all the time. he convinced himself and shipley that these murders are noble by focusing on killing virgin girls/women so that they see heaven before being exposed to the sin of premarital sex.
CAMP GREEN PINE affects lottie.
frankly fairly similar to glass—ecocult, woowoo nature-loving bullshit. the similarities arent my fault i came up with glass forever ago and i didnt come up with lottie at all
run by an extreme charismatic and sincere schizophrenic woman
partially rooted in lottie holding onto what she experienced in the canadian wilderness, though she is more consistently medicated in adulthood and after receiving brutal electroshock treatment in switzerland.
also lots of blackmailing and forced emotional catharsis. how else do you think she makes any money
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