Blessed ❤️

If you like Vincent angst,, may I present my Vincent POV fic?

Focuses on how his time in war zones impacted him, with undiagnosed PTSD, food issues and general angst.

Also he’s in love with Thomas🙏

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65218507

"He didn’t feel like he fit in with the polished marble buildings, and despite not having access to a mirror, he could guess that his dirty clothes, bloodstained shoes and unwashed hair didn’t quite seem fitting of a cardinal."

or

Vincent arrives at the Vatican sleep deprived, hungry, and with a feeling of wrongness. He doesn't realise how used he has become to war.

The newly elected pope watched Conclave (2024) before the conclave (2025). We are witnessing strange yet beautiful times

Mom won’t let me watch conclave again (for the third time today) ((autism)) so we’re watching the two popes instead,,, bc I’m not sure what I feel about Leo XIV

Aperol spritz,, conclave rewatch and writing chap 7 of Oh, good god, let me give you my life,,, can life get better?? (https://archiveofourown.org/works/65218507)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65218507

madonna and child // the lamb of god

"Sargon was enormously advanced, Captain. I shall... consider it."

The Omega Glory

"Did Christ, a carpenter's son, smell the wood of the cross and think of home?"

Yes, and Vincent hears a tourist speaking Pashto, and thinks of home-

and lights a candle to pray when the power goes out, and thinks of home-

and is served Kabuli Palau by a sister who thought he might appreciate a familiar meal, and thinks of home-

and he can never go there again. just FYI!!

I HAVE CONCLAVE MOVIE THOUGHTS

so, unlike every single other cardinal, when Vincent arrives, he’s dressed simply. He’s not wearing those freaky church garments, just jeans and a shirt and jacket. Right from the get go, his costume is telling us what he will say later ‘the church is not tradition, the church is what we do next.’ Vincent only cares about whether he can help people through his faith, and is uninterested in all the other parts of being a cardinal. Right before his announcement as pope, we see him dressed simply again- even after gaining the highest post possible in the Roman Catholic Church, Vincent’s priorities haven’t changed. They never will.

But he’s not the ONLY cardinal we see wearing normal clothing…because we also see Lawrence wearing normal clothes. In his case tho, it’s in private, and it only happens once. It’s also shown during a scene where Lawrence is frustrated with the curio and with his managerial duties. Lawrence is also, in some ways, only concerned with his moral duty- but unlike Vincent, for Lawrence his moral compulsions also include maintaining the cardinals and the sanctity of the church. And when he’s frustrated and disillusioned with this work…we see him outside his cardinal garments.

Either way. The only cardinals we ever see outside that robe and cross- are the only ones in that council with integrity and a drive to do what’s right before doing what’s right for the church. Ain’t that something.

Mother (Protestant Lutheran rector in a Swedish parish) left to take a phone call about the new pope so I got to watch conclave anyways 🙏🙏

Anyways read my conclave fic (literally just adding this because I JUST realized how to add links on here…)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65218507

Mom won’t let me watch conclave again (for the third time today) ((autism)) so we’re watching the two popes instead,,, bc I’m not sure what I feel about Leo XIV