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1. why humans invent god by ladybird (leyendeckerian)

   Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
   • Aldo Bellini/Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Raymond O'Malley/Giulio Sabbadin (Conclave)
   • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
   • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
   • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
   • Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Giulio Sabbadin (Conclave)
   • Sister Agnes (Conclave)
   • Raymond O'Malley (Conclave)
   • Joseph Tremblay (Conclave)
   • Joshua Adeyemi (Conclave)
   • Previous Pope (Conclave)
   • Janusz Woźniak (Conclave)
   • Inspired by The Secret History - Donna Tartt
   • Author Is Not Religious
   • Author Is Not Catholic
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Crack
   • as our lord and saviour donna tartt taught us: the line between catholicism and whatever dionysus has going on is very thin
   • Humor
   • Dubious Morality
   • Original Character(s)
   • Alternate Universe - Seminary
   • (i NEARLY put the ‘alt universe - priest’ tag b4 going ‘wait a minute’)
   • Seminary | Theological School
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period Typical Bigotry
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Mutual Pining
   • Pining
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Murder Mystery
   • Mystery
   • yes the title is a reference to TSH’s og name
   • tags will be added as chapters update to prevent spoilers
   • Not Edited
   • Not Beta Read
   • let’s all pretend that modern day vapes existed in the 80s okay i couldn’t deprive tedesco of that
   • slightly inspired HTGAWM
   • do not feed to AI!!! (i’m unlocking this fic from ao3 accounts only—i’m putting trust in y’all don’t make me regret it)
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Discussion
   • dancing the fine line between heretic and catholic

   Summary

   The snow in the mountains was melting (or what little of it we had here in Italy) and Tedesco had been secretly vaping in the sacristy for the past two weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. 

   // or; basically donna tartt’s the secret history except set in a catholic seminary in the 80s and instead of dionysus, it’s the holy father.

   (theres still a murder, as that’s the usual consequence of putting a bunch of twenty-year olds in the same room together for months on end) 

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   676

   Chapters:

   1/?

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