She has a name now.

 

Amore Joveah Wiggins

born 2006, died c. 2011, found 2012, identified 2023

I don't know about you, but I've had this case in my mind for quite a while.
And I don't know why, but it still seems unreal that this poor innocent child, a little girl who had her life stolen from her at a tragically young age, now has her name back.

She was formerly known as the "Opelika Jane Doe". 

I remember first finding about her case through a YouTube video made by the now-deactivated channel "Cayleigh Elise" (reuploaded here). I have no idea why her case particularly stuck with me, but I mean... any true crime case involving a murdered child just haunts me in particular, and especially if that child suffered a horrible, tragic life of abuse before being killed.

Her remains were discovered on January 28, 2012 - the day I turned twelve years old. It's chilling to know that while I was celebrating another year on this Earth in a stable home with caring parents, this little girl would be discarded like trash by people who were (as far as we all knew at the time) supposed to care for her, never to see another year in the world.

Her death was determined to be a homicide and, based on the state of her remains, it was believed she died between the summer of 2010 to 2011. She was discovered to have been abused a great deal, having been malnourished and suffering an injury in one of her eyes that left her blind. The eye injury in particular was of key interest since it should have been very distinct and anyone who knew the girl would have likely been more able to identify her based on this detail.

The problem was, nothing would really come of this case for about four years after the little girl was discovered. 
In 2016, there was a light of hope in the case: an employee at the Greater Peace Church came forward with photos showing a child resembling the Opelika Jane Doe. This child appeared in photos taken during a Vacation Bible School session in 2011, and she bore quite a jarring resemblance to the Jane Doe. She appeared to have the same eye deformity as the Jane Doe, but unfortunately, the church employee did not remember her name. The child reportedly had an unkept appearance and kept to herself, which supports the investigators' findings of the Jane Doe being malnourished and neglected. Though we now know the Jane Doe's name, it is still unconfirmed whether she is indeed the same child in these photographs.

In late 2022, after several years of DNA testing and releasing facial reconstructions to try and identify Opelika Jane Doe, investigators were able to narrow down several locations where she could have been from, leading to them tracking down her father. He was enlisted in the Navy though was born and raised in Opelika. When he was notified of his daughter's death, he apparently didn't even know who she was or who her mother was.
But just last month (December), Opelika authorities found the child's biological mother. She was a native of Norfolk, Virginia, and gave birth to a daughter in January of 2006. She named her daughter "Amore Joveah Wiggins".
In 2009, legal and physical custody of Amore was given to her father and his new wife, and visitation rights from her biological mother were suspended. 

Despite never enrolling Amore in school or even reporting her as a missing person, her father and stepmother still received child support from her biological mother. The father and stepmother have since been arrested for felony murder and failure to report a missing child.

Amore's case still remains under investigation, including her relationship with her father and stepmother as well as what exactly happened to her in Opelika.

Take one more look at this precious, innocent child.

Her mother clearly loved her. She looks no more than three years old in these photos (the age when she would have been sent to her father and stepmother) and appears happy and healthy.

Even her name means "love".

She would have - no, should have turned seventeen years old this year.
She should have been in her junior or senior year of high school, ready to go on to college if she wanted.

Her mother must have waited so long for her to turn eighteen, when she would have been able to reunite with her mother if she so chose to.

Her mother diligently paid child support despite being estranged from her spouse and prevented from seeing her child due to the custodial arrangements.

Amore's mother loved her. She kept and willingly showed all the documents related to her, and remembered her name nearly eleven years later.

Rest in peace, Amore Wiggins.

May her beloved mother find peace and solace.

There is a reason I follow true crime, and that is to see justice given to those who tragically lost their lives as well as those who have otherwise seemed to vanish off the face of the Earth.

Cases involving children unnerve me the most.

Children deserve a stable home with loving, supportive parents and friends, but unfortunately, that's not always ideal.

These children could have grown up to potentially become someone who'd be able to make a difference in this world, but their lives were snuffed out far too soon.

In recent years, I've seen a lot of breakthroughs in decades-old missing and murdered people's cases. The Boy in the Box case has also stuck with me for a while, and he was identified just last month (December). There are quite a few other cases I hope will be solved, including those that have been deemed unsolved cold cases: the murders of JonBenet Ramsey, the St. Louis Jane Doe, and the disappearances of Timmothy Pitzen, Anthonette Cayedito, and Relisha Rudd, to name a few. Heck, Joseph Zarelli (the Boy in the Box) didn't get his name back until 65 years later. Who's to say that technology will be further developed in the future which will enable us to finally solve these cases?

The Tragic Tale of May Autumnsong

 

Believe it or not, Pandora Mae May Autumnsong used to be a bad character. I mean, an AWFUL one. She was nothing more than a teenager who was neglected by her family and bullied at school because of it, and then she ended up dying (I think I implied she was killed by the same kids that bullied her by pushing her off a bridge) and becoming a ghost who haunted and just looked to get revenge on the people who wronged her. Believe it or not, she also used to be part of this weird haunted summer camp where she hung out with other children/relatives of mythical creatures and monsters (à la Monster High). Groan, CLICHÉD.

Isn't this how, like, 95% of these wannabe creepypasta writers write their OCs' backstories?? lmao

Thanks to the Sims 4, however, I've been able to tweak this character a bit. 

Love that ghostly smoky reaper trail, lol

As you can see, Pandora's still a ghost. Technically, not an actual ghost in TS4, but hey, cheats!!
Specifically, she's now a reaper. I imagine she actually trained under the mythical Grim Reaper himself to ferry the newly dead to the afterlife. She happens to call herself the "Gentle Reaper", as she often says, "Some people are terrified of death. They deserve a comforting presence in their final moments".

In life, she was a young woman (probably in her early 20s) named May Autumnsong (I thought "Pandora" was too edgy and snowflake-ish, lol). I'd imagine she wasn't really "neglected" by her family, per se, but considering the overly-high standards and restrictions imposed upon women at the time, she was usually pushed aside in favor of what her father/brothers wanted. Ironically, I'd imagine she'd be mockingly called "Pandora" due to her being somewhat clumsy and not as "prim" and "perfect" as other women her age.

It wasn't until she was engaged to be married that May's family finally seemed to warm up to her. A well-to-do man had shown interest in her despite all her insecurities, and now her parents were devoting all their time into making sure their daughter was prepared for her wedding.

Unfortunately, a month or so after she and her fiancé announced their engagement, May fell ill. It started with an annoying cough she thought she could shrug off, but eventually, it worsened to the point where she was coughing up blood. She lost weight rapidly and was bedridden. Her worried parents and fiancé summoned a doctor, who confirmed their worse fears: May had tuberculosis.

Her parents didn't have much hope for their daughter's recovery, so they seemingly went back to their distant ways in an attempt to distract themselves from her impending demise. Her devoted fiancé, however, wrote letters to her family almost daily, begging them to tell him when she was feeling better (he'd been sent away to live somewhere else so he'd avoid catching tuberculosis as well).

Within less than a year later, May was dead. She suffered slowly and painfully with no one to physically comfort her, leading her to practically fear dying even though it was inevitable. She woke up seemingly healed, but she was now in a world beyond our own. It was none other than the Grim Reaper himself who would be the first to greet her and attempt to guide her to the afterlife. Still frightened, May wouldn't budge. She was just devastated she wouldn't be able to return to the world of the living.

Funnily enough, that's not even her own gravestone. She's not actually dead in the game, remember?

The Grim Reaper reluctantly decided to make her an offer: she could return to the living world but only to visit those who are about to pass on and later bring them to the underworld. May agreed without hesitation, and she was trained to be a reaper herself.

Clad all in white in contrast to the Grim Reaper's dark robes, May would dutifully carry out her role as a reaper. Whether a terminally ill person's family was there with them or not, May would assure them she would stay with them in spirit to keep them company. The moment they were about to die, May comforted them and promised their suffering would be over soon and they would be at peace. Her angelic appearance also helped the deceased feel more accepting of their passing. 

Her caring nature has led May to call herself the "Gentle Reaper".

I hope you enjoyed reading May Autumnsong's backstory and think it's (at the very least) more decent than her old incarnation, haha.

i made a japanese school idol group because i can (rip elouai)

l-r: Tomoko, Motoko, Kazumi, Aika (in seat), Hanako, Kyoko, Chiyoko, Hotaru, Gina, and Mizuki

Let's talk about some of my new characters for the World of Majestica!

In case this is the first time I have established this, I've revamped my original universe a bit so that it's a blend of life in the modern world and another fantasy world. The main characters (mostly girls) live in a privileged American community and each has ties to various regions of the fantastical universe of Majestica. 

Tomoko Itō is one of these main characters. She spent the first couple of years of her life in Japan before moving to the United States. In Japan, she had several friends who would form an "idol group" in school where they would perform for their classmates. I imagine they'd be pretty popular, but not as much as to the point where they'd be doing gigs all over the world or any of that.

Oh, and that idol group's name?

Well, specifically, it's formatted "♡COLORBLAST!♡". Y'know, because Japanese idol groups are kawaii like that.

Tomoko actually started this group with her cousin (and best friend), Motoko Koizumi! Like her cousin, Motoko is outwardly prim and proper, presenting herself as the model child of a well-to-do family. Unlike her cousin, however, Motoko is secretly into a more grunge and edgy subculture (hence why she decided to form a band in the first place) and is actually slightly power-hungry. She isn't "jealous" of her cousin's influence in their group, per se, but once Tomoko moved to America, she couldn't help but jump into a more domineering leadership role and is determined to maintain the perfection of their performances.

I chose their names unintentionally, but the first three letters of their names are basically switched around!
"Tomoko" means "friendly/knowing/wise child" while "Motoko" means "resourceful child". They have different last names ("Itō" meaning "wisteria" and "Koizumi" meaning "spring, fountain") as I'd imagine Tomoko's father has a brother (her uncle) who married a woman (her aunt) and had Motoko before they divorced and Motoko took the last name of her mother as she was placed under her custody. 

Both girls have dark brown hair (Motoko's hair is slightly darker) and medium brown eyes.

Shortly after Tomoko left Japan, she met the following six girls who just so happened to have their little own friend group. Now, I know in the image above, they have natural hair colors for the most part, but because I've been binging Lucky Star (one of my childhood animes lmao) recently, I think they're going to have unnatural hair/eye colors. I mean, it's probably a good way to explain how they came up with the group name "COLORBLAST!" anyway.

Kazumi Mochizuki is the most musically-inclined in the group, spending much of her free time listening to music on her phone and info-dropping the latest songs and gossip about her favorite band members to her friends. She just so happens to LOVE 80's music for some reason. She also can't live without this one pair of groovy glasses she received from a family members of hers.

"Kazumi" means "harmonious beauty" while "Mochizuki" means "full moon".

She has indigo-colored hair and blue eyes.

Aika Hidaka comes from a particularly well-off family and is practically spoiled by her parents. She dislikes her school's uniform and has always wanted to wear one of her more glamorous outfits she likes to put together when she doesn't have to go to classes. Strangely enough, she doesn't really act like a stereotypical "spoiled brat". She does like to show off her wealth to others (and constantly tries to invite her friends to hang out at her home where she can just show off everything she has), but she doesn't actively put down others for having less money/possessions than her. That's probably why she actually has good friends in school and not cronies to just tag along with her because they want some of her riches...

"Aika" means "love song" and "Hidaka" means "sun, day/tall, high".
As her last name implies, she's one of the taller members of the group.

She has pale purple hair and red eyes.

Hanako Hamasaki is the resident "gyaru girl" of the group. She is obsessed with makeup and jewelry and always has her eyes on the latest trends so she can jump right on them in the hopes that she'll end up on a magazine one day. That's kind of also why she decided to be a part of the band, knowing that their fans will have their eyes on her as she performs. She's also constantly on the lookout for gigs and is often the one to take initiative and get in contact with managers who will hopefully let her group perform with them. She's bubbly and optimistic and just wants to do what's best for everybody, really.

"Hanako" means "flower child" and "Hamasaki" means beach, seashore/cape, peninsula".
As her first name implies, she helps run a flower store with her parents in her spare time.

She has blonde hair (dyed as part of the "gyaru" look - no one really knows what her actual hair color is) and aqua eyes (contacts - again, no one knows what her actual eye color is).

Kyoko and Chiyoko Shimamura are twin sisters who are accustomed to the city life. They love touring and traveling and dream of exploring the world. They are also avid souvenir collectors! This is where their similarities end, however, as Kyoko has a sweet tooth and wants to just sit and eat all the candy she can get her hands on while Chiyoko is an athlete by nature and always wants to be on the go.

"Kyoko" means "child of the city" (I happened to use this name for an old OC of mine but now I've decided to recycle that name for this character since I couldn't figure out how to really revamp her initial design), "Chiyoko" means "child of a thousand generations", and "Shimamura" means "island/town, village".

The Shimamura sisters have light green hair and green eyes.

Lastly, Hotaru Maki is the resident artist of the group. She's a quiet person who knows how to see the beauty in things that no one else could possibly notice. In fact, she is responsible for creating many of COLORBLAST!'s costumes and stage sets. She has a budding talent for graphic design and can often be found creating various things on her computer programs.

"Hotaru" means "firefly, lightning bug" and "Maki" means "shepherd, tend cattle"/"real, genuine"/"tree".

She has salmon/light red hair and purplish-magenta eyes.

A while after Tomoko moved to America, someone from that country would make a return to Japan... in the form of Gina Nishikawa, a highly-trained ballet dancer. Her parents were originally from Japan themselves but eventually decided to move back there once their daughter was ready to enroll in high school. She's responsible for teaching the COLORBLAST! members new dance moves.

"Gina" means "silvery" (in English, the name also means "earth worker, farmer") and "Nishikawa" means "west"/"river, stream".

She has light brown hair and olive eyes.

Lastly, there's Mizuki Furukawa, the standard "girl next door". I actually conceptualized Mizuki (and her family) after watching the Ju-on films (the original Japanese Grudge movies, mind you), believe it or not. She lives with her loving but overworked single father and much younger brother in a modest house and doesn't really get out a lot. She's often picked on at school for being kind of a doormat, and Motoko Koizumi kind of looks down on her too, if she's being honest. But for the most part, COLORBLAST! has welcomed Mizuki into their group with open arms. Now, only time will tell if Mizuki will open up more when she expresses herself through dance...

"Mizuki" means "beautiful moon" (similar to Kyoko, her name was recycled from an old, now-defunct OC) and "Furukawa" means "old"/"river, stream".

She has black hair and dark brown eyes.

making some sims based off these christmas village sets i have because i can

 MERRY EARLY HOLIDAYS!!!

So I'm graduating from university in a little under a month. Ain't that something.
One more week of student teaching to go!!

Okay, remember that Sims 4 wishlist post I made basically celebrating the release of the Sims 4 for free this year?

I've already got nearly 200 hours invested into the game. Yeah.

In the game, I've made a handful of sims modeled after my own original characters. 
Now, this is going to sound completely random, but the whole reason I decided to make this post is to basically create a master list for a set of characters I want to make in the game in the future.

Every year after we celebrate Thanksgiving, my family always decorates for Christmas. Some of the things we set up are these mini Christmas village houses along with this Animated Village Skating Pond from Department 56!

If you see this, tell me in the comments if you have this skating set too! 

My family has had this set ever since I was really young, and Christmas overall is a super nostalgic holiday for me. I figured it'd be a neat idea to bring these little figures to life!

Sidenote: the particular set of Christmas village houses my family appears to be modeled after real-life houses in Germany, so I've figured the following characters will be of German nationality (or they've otherwise moved to Germany from other European countries). I've always imagined they'd be neighbors who all live right next to each other.
I'll also include pictures of the skaters and their homes, so excuse any crusty ass photo qualities (and my equally crusty fingers)!

I've always imagined this first skater to be the youngest of the group. I think she'll be from England, specifically the city of Wells in the district of Somerset. I always imagined her as a shy person, so maybe she'd be the least familiar with the German language (although she'd probably know enough to communicate basic needs and feelings with others). I think she'd be the youngest of several siblings - let's give her three!

Let's call her Paige Seymour. She'll be eight years old and lives with her parents (Mr. and Mrs. Seymour) and her older siblings, Breanna (ten years old), Leonard (often called "Lennie", thirteen years old), and Allen (seventeen years old). Paige doesn't have the greatest relationship with any of her siblings, as they treat her (in her view) like a "servant" - hence, she prefers to hang out with the other kids in her neighborhood.

Here are the front, back, left, and right side views of the Seymour house. I'd always imagine it'd be a slightly crowded but warm home. Mrs. Seymour would definitely be the kind of mother to bake the tastiest treats and the smell would easily drift through every room! Let's call the home Potter Place. Ha, alliteration.

I've always seen these two skaters as siblings. They'll probably originally be from Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux, France, a small but beautiful city. They'd probably be the typical caring, well-meaning-but-strict-when-she-needs-to-be older sister and playful, gets-on-your-nerves younger brother.

Let's call them Vivienne and Gaspard Thibault. She'd probably be twelve years old and he nine.

Here are the front, back, left, and right sides of the Thibault house. As the nameplate on this house indicates it's a printing "business", I'd imagine Mr. Thibault to be self-employed as one of those newspaper writers/printers who receives calls from all over the village regarding notable events. Furthermore, their mailbox would probably always be full of letters and photos of said events. There's probably a whole room in this house that's solely been converted into a work office for Mr. Thibault's business, lol.

Given their father's business, the Thibault siblings would probably be fairly popular among their friend group. Gaspard would definitely be the kind of person to stick his nose in other people's conversations then proceed to run home and tell his father about everything in the hopes he'll put it in his newspapers. Vivienne, on the other hand, would be more concerned about making sure the news tells the truth and only the truth; to her, fake news is no news! She'd be the one to correct everyone's grammar and make sure to get all sides of the story, things like that. Let's call the home Magrath Cottage (and in turn, the newspaper would probably be published by Magrath News).

I've always seen this particular skater as the oldest kid in the village (by that, I mean "main" kid in this cast of characters - I know I've said Paige's oldest brother Allen is seventeen but he's not, like, part of the main cast). I think he'll be a native German and he probably moved to this little village from a larger city. Being the oldest in his neighborhood, he's likely prone to bossing everyone else around (which is kind of awkward knowing most of his neighbors are girls).

Let's call him Karl Busch. He'll be fourteen years old.

Here are the front, back, right, and left views of the Busch house. Karl lives here with his parents and two younger brothers, Erwin (ten years old) and Jakob (six years old) - I always imagined he'd be the eldest in his family. I actually looked up the name "E. Staubr Bärker" and found this exact home being sold online! I believe the approximate translation of the name is "the dusty baker", or something like that. Therefore, I think he and his family would run this whole mini bakery out of their home. Similar to the Thibault family and their newspaper business, I'd imagine Karl to be fairly popular with his friend group despite his bossiness, lol.

I think his home would be called Kirkham Lodge. I may or may not keep the "E Staubr Bärker" as the name for their bakery.

Last but not least, the skater that I always saw as my favorite of the group! I think she'd be a Norwegian national, specifically from the town of Flekkefjord. I always saw her as a prim and proper young lady who's a little hesitant to try new things at first, but once she gets into them, she'll let her enthusiasm be made clear. Her name will be Vendela Hall and she'll be thirteen years old.

Here are the front, back, right, and left views of the Hall house. Vendela is an only child and just lives here with her parents. Inspired by the "Tassy's Mittens" sign on the front, I'd imagine Mrs. Hall would be an expert knitter who's been accustomed to sewing clothing for her daughter. She doesn't run a business out of their home but is willing to sew anything for anyone in town, with or without charge (she insists her services are free as she especially wishes to help those who are in need but doesn't mind tips!). 

The home will be called Langhorne Terrace.

AYO?? 🤨

DISCLAIMER: There's a (depending who you are) creepy image featured in this post. I'll warn you again when I'm about to show it, but if you don't want to see it, feel free to just click away.

So earlier, I had this creepypasta iceberg video playing in the background while I was doing an assignment (and also slacking off from said assignment), and one of the stories they mentioned was called "Anomaly". It's basically an image creepypasta centered around several cryptic photographs and their corresponding equally cryptic captions.

Now there's a certain character in this story named... get this:

Lily Palmer.

I was lowkey surprised. I HAVE A CHARACTER NAMED LILY PALMER!

For reference, here's what my Lily looks like:

(This was made with a dress up game. Click the image to go to the source!)

And here's the "Lily Palmer" mentioned in the "Anomaly" creepypasta:

LAST WARNING: I'M ABOUT TO SHOW THE CREEPY IMAGE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IT, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO CLICK AWAY.

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Now before you say anything, I was completely UNAWARE my character's name was being used for a creepypasta character. The story itself was written in 2012, maybe earlier - LONG BEFORE I even conceived the idea of my own Lily. So of course, it'd be totally wrong to accuse the author(s) of this story of "stealing" my character's name.

But yeah, that's pretty much all there is. My OC is now a creepypasta character. 🥴

What a nice early Halloween surprise!!

rookie scares 👻

For context, I'm a student teacher. I work in a second-grade classroom in a suburban neighborhood where quite a bit of these kids come from not-so-great homes where their parents may or may not supervise them all the time properly.

There are two particular boys in my class who appear to be REALLY into scary things. Despite being like, seven or eight years old, they already seem to be in that edgy teenager mindset where they seem to be not scared of things and actively choose to look them up. I'll call them "Doodles" and "Swiper". You know, for funnies. And to keep their identities private, of course

Doodles seems to be super into the Trevor Henderson monsters, particularly "Cartoon Cat" and "Siren Head". No joke, he... well, doodles those things on almost EVERY loose-leaf paper he gets his hands on (even assignments). Now, yeah, I know these things do look scary at first glance (depending on who you are), but it gets less scary when you see/learn they're used in Elsagate content.
Funnily enough, I already knew about Trevor Henderson's work before even walking into this classroom. I even casually mentioned one day, "yeah, I know them", when Doodles talked about the monsters he drew.

Swiper, on the other hand, seems to be into the SCP monsters. Whenever he has the opportunity, he'll look up images of some of them (particularly the plague doctor) even when he's really not supposed to.
Again, I already knew about SCP beforehand and even casually mentioned that I knew about them one day. Similar to the Trevor Henderson monsters, the SCP franchise has probably been milked to death my this point (*cough cough Elsagate got them too*) and has progressively become less scary to me over the years.

It'll probably never happen (considering it'd probably inappropriate for an adult to expose kids to this kind of stuff), but I'm just WAITING for the day when I'll be able to show these kids the true horror that is CREEPYPASTA. 
The kind of things Doodles and Swiper are obsessed with? Those are rookie scares. You've never experienced true horror unless you've stumbled upon things like Jeff the Killer, Slenderman, Candle Cove, and Ben Drowned back in the day. 
Now THOSE things kept me up at night.

Bonus points if you've ever listened to MrCreepyPasta, CreepsMcPasta, and other narrators back in the day as well. 
None of that clickbaity garbage where YouTubers would be all quirky and overdramatic just to be engaging and put more than half their faces in their thumbnails. Just straight-to-the-point narration with little to no visuals. 

Again, that's TRUE HORROR RIGHT THERE.

Update (10/17/2022): I can't believe I forgot about those random "ghost caught on tape" videos I used to look up back in the day. I got so spooked by those creepy photographs (even though a lot of them are probably fake 🙃)

i never thought i'd make a shrine dedicated to a fictional character that may or may not be problematic but here we are

whaddaya know, Gabriel from THE MANDELA CATALOGUE has been infesting my mind lately ˙·٠•●♥

╔═══*.·:·.☽✧    ✦    ✧☾.·:·.*═══╗

i never thought i'd revisit the idea of an 

angel and a devil fallen angel being together 

but i've decided it will be a thing and i don't care 

if people think it's cringeworthy ~~~

╚═══*.·:·.☽✧    ✦    ✧☾.·:·.*═══╝

❦ Father Gabriel and Caelus Cælia Fidem ❦

PSSSSST: click on the artwork of Priest!Gabriel for its 

original source (and artist?). I'm not sure what the original source 

of the artwork on the right is, I found it on Pinterest.

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You know, I didn't initially plan for them to have human "disguises" or whatever, but maybe they indeed will. After all, Gabriel needs a way to deceive mankind and they need some way to meet, anyway.

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CAELUS FIDEM   

 BELOVED SERAPH OF GOD 

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Caelus Fidem, alias "Cælia Fidem"  as a human,

is perhaps one of the only remaining seraphim

left in this world... and in the next one as well.

They are many, many years old and have 

witnessed, well, quite a lot, to say the least 

thanks to the doings of humankind.

By chance, they find themselves torn between

their allegiance to the Almighty and their

inner feelings... especially those toward a

certain archangel 

ẁ̷̬̱̮̖̗̬̩̯̰̦̭̤̉̓͌̆̒̾̇̿̎̓̎̀͠ͅͅh̵̢̢̹͈̜̰͓̯͈̲̦͈̙͒̀̊̑͐͘͝ͅo̶̭̣̣̼͕͓̠̥̳͉͔̥̰̞̐̋̂̎̉̆̔̃̄̀ ̸̘͂͜͠w̴̅͆̀̄͐̈͂͊͛̂̀͜ȉ̸̛̲̦͕̜̱͙̦̊̀̀̍̌̉̅̂̍͛͝͠l̸͎̩̠̳̪̫̻̹̀̒̓̀̓͐l̷̻͇̟̩͓̦̀̓͋͒̌ ̴̧̛͉̅̇̀̏̈́̌́̉͆͆͘͠͝b̵̨̛̮̯̜̼̟̱͉͗̍̐̇́ȩ̵̘̖͍̥͍́̔ͅç̶̱͈̯̠͔͐͂̂̓̒̀̃̀̈̆̏̍͝͝ͅo̵̡̨̖͈̺͎̰͖̫̲̞͕̦͂͆͂̍́̅̽͋̓̚͘͘ͅm̵̧̛̝̦͔̬̥̃̀͋̈́̓͑͒͋́́͐̽͝e̴̠͉̫̘̬̦͈̭͖̝͍̺̥͋̌̈́́̾́́̚͠͝͝ ̴̗̼̱̞͇̺̊̽̊̈́̈́͛̈̇͠ţ̶̡̨̛̰͉̖͍͓̤̂͛̉̑̐̕͠h̸̪͇͖͊ȩ̴̧̗̰̣͎̤͙͇̝̲͇̹͋͐̌͘͠ȉ̷̤̤̻̩͓̲̜̤̤͉̩͎͚̲͆̕ř̶̗̟̭̦͔̿̂̈͂̎̌̆͘͘͠ ̷̹͔̝̓̒̔̅Ȯ̸̡̧̝̳̯̪̰͚̱̓͂͗̾͊N̷̢̳̝̥͓̺̙̟̙̜̼͈̋̽̾̔̾̀̎̃͊̐̕͜͠E̵̢̙̾̅̿̾̈́̚ ̸̣̠͚̲̪̙̜̔̾̿T̴̜͉̏̇̾̋̑̋̿̀̑͋͋̕͠͝R̸̟̗͓̜̼̩͈̣̬̺̼̹͇̈́̀̐́̾̕͘̕͝Ŭ̸̡̙͠Ę̵̏͆̓̋̏́̏̆̆̀̚͘̕͝ ̴̨͈̹̼͖͙̳͕̈́͛̐̌͝S̴̢͉͍͓̘̰͚̗̼͓̠̙̘̐͛͒́̃̇͝͝A̶̡̮̠̼̝͓̣̒̊̽̈́͗͛̑̽̌̚͝ͅV̷̨̡̹͖̹͓̬͆I̵̢̡̦̱̪̭̲̥̥͆̃́̅̃O̶̢̢̙̫͚͇̗͚̙͌̇̈́̃̓͑́͗R̴͓̱͍̱̦̲̿̌̑̃̅̑̄͊̀̚͠

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we all know what gabriel's creepy sus true form looks like, well i'd imagine caelus' "true form" looks similar to one of those biblically accurate angels

ok but srsly

In all honesty, I'm running out of graphics to use in this "shrine" thing.

Although I might add a bit more after this little blurb

So I'm really into analog horror, right?

I've watched things like "Harmony and Horror", "Monument Mythos", and "The Walten Files", so it was inevitable that I would stumble across "The Mandela Catalogue" in my feed.

I admit I haven't delved a lot into the Mandela Catalogue as of writing this, but I do know for a fact that almost right away, I found myself weirdly... "enamored"? "Intrigued"? Not sure if those are the exact words to describe my fixation for the character of the (false) Archangel Gabriel, but his physical appearance and backstory is just so... interesting. And disturbing, of course.

Rather than straight up shipping myself with him (given my demisexuality and cringeworthy experience as a teenager shipping myself with a certain composer who inspired my screen name), I decided to rehash one of my original characters and repurposed them into Gabriel's romantic interest. That character is Caelus Fidem - they're actually a relatively old character of mine who was conceptualized all the way back in 2015. They're modeled after "actual" seraphim depicted in the Bible (and I guess general fantasy as well?). They're meant to be genderless, hence why I refer to Caelus by they/them pronouns. Their physical appearance leans more to the feminine side, though, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're a straight up biological female.

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𝖂𝖊'𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖞 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊.

"Good evening, my child."

"Ah..."

"I'm sorry, did I disturb your prayer?"

"Oh, not at all, Father. It's quite alright."

"Good, then. Still, pardon me, my child. I'm sure it must be nice being in such a place, having it all to yourself, where you are able to be closer to..."

"...God."

"...Yes. With the most omnipresent being."

"Father, I..."

"Gabriel. Father Gabriel, please."

"I am Caelia, Father Gabriel."

"Lovely, my child."

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"I don't know if I can ever go back there, love. I 

barely even recognize anyone, not even the 

Almighty Himself. Besides, you very well know 

what happened to His Son."

"You of all people should know what it's like to

fall from grace."

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❝ HUMANITY DESERVES NO SAVIOR! ❞

That's when "he" stopped... and listened.

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"I was never supposed to fall for such a being as yourself, my little lamb.
Yet here I am.
I will be your  o n e  t r u e  s a v i o r."

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