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Thinking once again about how canine motifs keep showing up in Nico's characterization and how I can't decide on the definitive one because they all fit her:

The she-wolf, the symbol of Rome itself, a protector of the weak. A caregiver with sharp teeth. Something soft and deadly all at once.

The Canaan dog of the Levant, a wolf-like sheepdog used by the Judeans and Galileans in the times of Jesus to guard their flocks. A creature loyal to those it trusts, vocal and unrelenting. Clever, confident, and territorial.

The red fox, symbol of cunning. A patient creature that is able to manipulate and maneuver around its foes to get what it wants. Extremely intelligent and shrewd, preferring to use wit instead of force, preferring to strike in the dark and out of sight

#[ ✞ | temet nosce // 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 ] #just me rambling

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Miriam/Anna

Miriam's hand

#[ ✞ | luctor et emergo // 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 ] #[ ✞ | temet nosce // 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 ] #SHE-

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Ruth Awad, from “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion”

#[ ✞ | memento mori // 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 ]

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Not me playing with the idea of Nico being a direct descendant of St. Longinus, the centurion who lanced Christ on the cross, through Ferro.

Not me thinking of how the legend goes that Longinus was cured of severe cataracts after some of the Christ's blood spattered into his eyes and playing with the idea that his descendants tend to have extremely good eyesight despite their age and ailments (e.g. Ferro has never had to get glasses despite being in his late 50's) but they're not sure why

I’m kinda glad I didn’t make Nico the reincarnation/direct descendant of a major saint/Biblical figure like I originally planned but I do still headcanon she does have a Roman ancestor who was also present in Jerusalem at the time of the crucifixion

#[ ✞ | ut incepit fidelis sic permanet // 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 ] #maybe????

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Not me reconsidering this.

I’m kinda glad I didn’t make Nico the reincarnation/direct descendant of a major saint/Biblical figure like I originally planned but I do still headcanon she does have a Roman ancestor who was also present in Jerusalem at the time of the crucifixion

#[ ✞ | the scribe speaks // 𝐎𝐎𝐂 ]

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#[ ✞ | igne natura renovar integra // 𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 ] #[ ✞ | memento mori // 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 ]

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What form of love do you embody?

love as devotion

[ devotion: love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause ] when ruth said to naomi "where you go, i will go, and where you stay, i will stay. your people will be my people, and your God my God" and when hozier sang "i'll be the dreadful need from the devotee that drove [orpheus] underground" and when deathcab for cutie sang "if there's no one beside you when your soul embarks, i will follow you into the dark"

#[ ✞ | temet nosce // 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 ]

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La Dama Velata | 1x07

#[ ✞ | luctor et emergo // 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 ]

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Anaïs Nin, from the short story “Elena”, Delta of Venus (published posthumously in 1977)

#[ ✞ | temet nosce // 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 ]

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PROMPTS FROM THE EXORCIST *  assorted dialogue from the 1973 film, adjust as necessary

they've found something. small pieces.

this is strange.

i wish you didn't have to go.

there is something i must do.

i sure do love you.

it's okay. i got it, thanks.

why are they tearing the building down?

has there been enough killing?

i think i'll walk home tonight, [name].

take that, and drop it by my house.

hi, how'd your day go?

what have we got here?

you got an invitation.

i'm so happy to see you.

you can't keep going up and down those stairs.

you are not happy. tell me. what is the matter?

hey. where'd this come from?

you've been playing with it?

maybe he's sleeping.

why are you reading that?

what are we going to do on your birthday?

what would you like to do? got any ideas?

you're not going to marry him, are you?

where'd you ever get an idea like that?

i want out of this job. it's wrong.

you're the best we've got.

why do people have to die?

my bed was shaking.

you should have called me the minute it happened.

do you have an appointment?

i'm gonna take you home.

i think that's the answer.

wait a minute. what are you talking about?

i'd say her vocabulary's rather extensive.

the best explanation is always the simplest one.

listen, if you ever go up there again, will you take me along?

bastard! i will kill you!

i think we have a guest.

what made you say that, [name]?

make it stop! what's wrong? i'm scared!

i don't want it!

you fucking bastard!

i suppose you've heard.

is there someone inside you?

if he talks to me, i think he'll leave you. do you want him to leave you?

yeah, it's true. you do look like a boxer.

is that a threat?

it has worked, in fact, although not for the reason they think.

please go away.

how do you go about getting an exorcism?

i'd like to help you.

now kindly undo these straps.

nothing you could do would make it any worse.

i thought you were supposed to be an expert.

what an excellent day for an exorcism.

it would bring us together.

you keep it away.

you're convinced that it's genuine.

i'll call you as soon as i know.

i cast you out! unclean spirit!

the power of christ compels you.

are you tired?

let's rest before we start again.

i think the point is to make us despair. to see ourselves as animal and ugly. to reject the possibility that god could love us.

will you excuse me, [name]?

somebody fell at the bottom of the steps here!

i'm gonna miss you.

i hope to see you again soon.

i came to say goodbye.

do you like films?

#[ ✞ | carpe diem // 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 ]

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Sant'Andrea della Valle. x

#[ ✞ | omnes viae romam ducunt // 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀 ]

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@viagothedandy asked “  I still don’t understand what you’re doing here.  ” (:

❝ Ah- well... that is- that is a great question. ❞ Nico replies, sidestepping ever so slightly to subtly discard the wooden stake behind her back. Surely there was a sufficient explanation as to why she was here in a semi-abandoned bar in the middle of the night. ❝ I'm... actually very embarrassed to answer. ❞

Nico places her now free hands on her hips, and wonders how just how she'll be able to spin why she. She decides on playing the human naivety card when she produces a small flyer for an "A Very Human Party".

❝ These started showing up around Victoria University. A few of us came and it was very much not that. I don't know where the rest of them went. ❞ Not totally untrue, except she'd come alone, and armed.

She subtly sweeps some stray ash out of view with her foot, before tilting her head inquisitively. ❝ What exactly are you doing here, Viago? ❞

the exorcist prompts

#viagothedandy #[ ✞ | carpe noctem // 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 ] #a comedy of errors with these two

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i have already chosen. them, above me. i do not need to think about it.

#[ ✞ | temet nosce // 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 ]

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#[ ✞ | luctor et emergo // 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 ]

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Jo.hn Ward: everyone died horrifically on the first exorcism i was assigned to and the worst part is that I feel personally responsible for a particular death that occurred during it and its been haunting me ever since

Nico, choking back tears: same here, man

Not Faith: The Un.holy Trinity resurrecting my Nico muse after all these months

#[ ✞ | the scribe speaks // 𝐎𝐎𝐂 ]

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Not Faith: The Un.holy Trinity resurrecting my Nico muse after all these months

#[ ✞ | the scribe speaks // 𝐎𝐎𝐂 ] #finally some good fuckin ex.orcism media

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George Seferis, tr. by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard from, “Stratis Thalassinos among the Agapanthi.”

#[ ✞ | memento mori // 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 ] #[ ✞ | temet nosce // 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 ]