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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    “Tengan el coraje de nadar contra corriente. Y también, tengan el coraje de ser felices.” Papa Francisco

    Vincent ha tenido que aprender a mantenerse firme ante la adversidad, a no dejarse llevar por el miedo y a buscar un rayo de luz que le permita ser feliz incluso en los momentos más oscuros; como Papa empieza a ver que se enfrenta a otro tipo de adversidad, aquella que nace de su corazón y paraliza su cuerpo en contra sus deseos.

    Vincent quiere tener el coraje de ser feliz, pero entre la burocracia vaticana y las peticiones incompletas de su decano no sabe cómo se supone que debe enfrentar al mundo como Inocente si Vincent está siempre detrás de él, haciéndole anhelar algo o alguien que no sabe si tendrá permanentemente.

    O Vincent anhela y Thomas no sabe comunicarse

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    21 May 2025

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    Finally, they arrive at the homily. Benítez is much briefer than his predecessor. And yet, his speech feels fuller, somehow. He pins them all under the darkness of his gaze. When his eyes land on Aldo, he feels as if Benítez has stripped him bare, that he can see the horrible, green monster that writhes beneath his breast. He speaks of love and light, a desire to move them forward into the future while paying homage to the past. Aldo feels trapped in that damned vote, watching the world crumble under his feet.

    The morning after Vincent Benítez is elected Pope Innocent XIV, Aldo Bellini attends morning mass. He tries to grapple with the scale of everything he's lost to Benítez: his role as Secretary of State, the Papacy, and Thomas Lawrence.

    Or, the one where Aldo is still sore about the conclave, and he has to navigate his new place in the Curia while trying to sort out his feelings for Thomas and Vincent. They all have feelings about this, separately, and then together.

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    19 May 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 18

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    Tras los eventos del Conclave, con la victoria de Inocencio, los involucrados siguen su curso, adaptándose a los cambios. Un corazón se rompe pues lo perdió todo en el Conclave y otro se castiga por los sentimientos que han empezado a florecer en su interior.

    Aldo Bellini tiene que decidir cual será su camino ahora que ha perdido toda oportunidad.
    Thomas Lawrence enfrenta un nuevo destino sirviendo al papa cuyo secreto guarda.
    Goffredo Tedesco declara una vez más la guerra.
    Vincent Benítez busca conservar la humanidad pese al puesto que le han otorgado.

    Nunca es demasiado tarde, pero siempre se es demasiado humano.

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    11 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 29

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    At the end of the world, when the streets of Philadelphia were scorched and flooded, the only things left standing would be Twinkies and cockroaches and Charlie Kelly. Because he wasn't a prince and Dee wasn't a princess. That's for damn sure.

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    19 Feb 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 73

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    Mac and Charlie are bored of how things are, so they fulfill their age-old dream — to run away to Arizona together.

    ***

    "Why don't we just... go?"

    Charlie blinks in confusion, squinting across at Mac. He's a bit too stoned to process that for a moment, cocking his head. "Huh? Go? Go where, dude?"

    "Anywhere," Mac shrugs. "We could just go, there's nothing stopping us. We could get in a car and drive and escape this empty bullshit and just... go. Together."

    For a moment, Charlie doesn't know how to respond, his mouth open like a goldfish in slow motion.

    "Like we used to say we would, remember? When we were teenagers. We'd always go on about getting in a car, one day when you can leave Philly, and just going somewhere. And now you can. So, why don't we?"

    "We're not teenagers anymore."

    "I know," Mac implores. "Doesn't it suck?"

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    18 Feb 2024