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•●♥

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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 ~~~

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❦ 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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