the conclave fandom is nott beating the racism allegations because what do you mean you're making edits of the racist fascist and calling him cunty (which he is! his politics is part of why he's such an interesting character!) but going radio silent on joshua adeyemi, one of the most interesting characters. the way that he sobbed after lawrence found out about sister shanumi and still asked him to pray for him, the fact that he denied it's his son until the very end, him calling tremblay "judas" (comparing himself with jesus christ in that moment) EVEN KNOWING WHAT HE'S DONE lives in my mind rent free.
like there's so much about him as a character!! he's risen this high in the vatican ranks and yet he's still seen as an outsider by the white conservatives because of his skin colour. he has reactionary views on sex and yet exploited shanumi himself and still refuses to admit it after all these years. he's a supposed champion of traditional catholic values yet breaks every one of them himself. adeyemi's exertion of power over shanumi and refusal to admit it contrasts benitez's acknowledgement of the nuns from the start and bellini's performative centrist view of women's roles. there's legitimately so much to be said about how adeyemi sees himself as a worthy candidate and how his popedom would've inherently been groundbreaking just for existing, and the way he begs for forgiveness at the same time as denying his crimes. tesco and adeyemi are both legitimately interesting as reactionaries in the church but people can't deal with nuance in poc.
"tabasco is my worstie <3 he's my problematic fave <3" look i think the vaping grandpappy is as cunty as the next person but can we please talk about the equally interesting black character and not just the racist character this way
"adeyemi is a bad person" AND TOBACCO ISN'T????
"but tedious serves cunt" ADEYEMI SERVED AS MUCH CUNT IN THE SINGULAR WORD 'JUDAS' AS ALL OF TEDTALK'S VAPE SHOTS COMBINED
