#gernot

Chapters: 10/? Fandom: Pentiment (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Father Gernot of Munich/Andreas Maler, Father Gernot/OMC - a past relationship from eons ago Characters: Gernot of Munich (Pentiment), Andreas Maler, Paul Müller, Martha Pfeifferyn, Karl Pfeiffer, other various characters from Tassing, And some OCs Additional Tags: Period Typical Attitudes, these men cannot get out of their own heads for more than three seconds combined, flagrant misuse of Ficino, bad catholic theology, faith and spirituality are complex as are people's relationships to both, post Act III, a hundred years of a slow burn my god, these men do not fuck easily, Minor Character Death, long and overwrought, apologies in advance Summary:

Two years after Act III and a certain one-time Abbot of Kiersau, now a mere Bother Gernot of Saint Aubet's, has been sent back to Tassing to collect a few books that survived the fire. Naturally there is nothing smooth or easy about this journey and old faces and new faces bring about many emotional turmoils and conundrums.

Mostly, Gernot did not expect to ever see one Andreas Maler of Nuremburg ever again.

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Obligatory excerpt: 

It is a wretched sort of kindness that Andreas is extending as they walk their slow way back up from the aqueducts. Gernot does not know himself in this moment. He has not spoken Tristram’s name out loud to another soul in decades and here is he saying the name to Andreas of all people.

They near the house. Gernot dreads going inside. He needs the quiet of sanctuary. The stillness of God’s house, but there is no parish church at the moment and he is loath to bother Father Elias in the rectory. It is why he had initially sought nature that day. Pray as Christ prayed, as the early monastics prayed: in the wilderness. If he were to go inside it would be loud and he cannot do loudness.

Which he half-says to Andreas: ‘I can’t go in, yet. I would like a moment or two for prayer.’

Andreas murmurs, ‘Of course, brother. Would you care for company?’

A beat. Their eyes rest in each other’s gaze. Gernot’s lungs twist.

‘No,’ Gernot breathes out. ‘Thank you, though. I – I need some time to myself with God.’

Andreas holds Gernot’s attention for a moment longer then bows his head, tells Grenot not to be too long about God’s business or all the dumplings will be eaten. Gernot, slicing a smile over his face, ‘I’m sure you’d rescue one or two for me.’

‘I might even rescue three or four,’ Andreas replies. ‘If I’m feeling generous.’

Das Nibelungenlied aus Hagens Perspektive. Aventiure 24 // The Nibelungenlied from Hagen’s Perspective. Adventure 24

Nibelungenlied Parody-Comic

my monks are all MORONS!!!!

And another thought on the younger Nibelungs, just from the Norse material, I imagine Gernot has the iron stomach of the family and is willing to eat almost anything. Even Hagen's cooking, if he ever cooks.

It's the main reason I ship Giselher/Dietlinde. Do we get a lot about them? No, even if what little we do get is pretty cute imo. But do I think there was happiness and warmth and hope in their meeting, and that Giselher was probably thinking about coming back to Dietlinde and enjoying something safe and peaceful and far away from all the tensions and angst in his family with her? Yes.

And then, ofc, he dies a brutal death. And so does poor, honorable Rüdiger, his father-in-law. And thinking about Dietlinde and Gotelinde hearing the news after always kills me.

... and I wasn't expecting that Gernot headcanon after thinking about all that, but I love it. XD Just like I love the idea of Hagen being a terrible cook. XDD

Tbf, that last one is partly because, in Modern AU scenarios, I can't help but see Hagen as someone who would probably try to subsist mainly on black coffee and cigarettes if not for a vague, disgruntled awareness that he has to eat at least sort-of healthy to keep himself in shape. Tho that still doesn't stop him from being kind of hopeless in the kitchen. XD