I like the idea of affection between kids and parents
Affection -- good. Degree of affection -- variable impact.
Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 1:56:16 pm PST #2972 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ginger - Feb 01, 2005 2:00:11 pm PST #2973 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
God, that's an awful song. I keep trying to forget and then ita brings it up again. I need a "Block Butterfly Kisses" function.
When you have a low tolerance for sappiness, something can be sappy enough to bring on nausea. It's the sugar overdose.
Betsy HP - Feb 01, 2005 2:04:11 pm PST #2974 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I am going to do the ghoulish and tasteless thing.
Supposing the Pope does die this time, he's apparently appointed so many of the College of Cardinals that his successor is bound to be like-minded.
Does it work that way? Or is it possible that a JP2-created Cardinal could go against his mentor?
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 2:06:37 pm PST #2975 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or is it possible that a JP2-created Cardinal could go against his mentor?
What is realistic for "against"? I admit, I don't pay much attention, and couldn't tell you the impact of one pope as distinguished from another.
Betsy HP - Feb 01, 2005 2:09:00 pm PST #2976 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
JP2 is staunch on, among other things, priestly celibacy, disapproval of contraception, and Mary as co-Redemptrix with Jesus.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 2:10:24 pm PST #2977 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In my naivete, the first two are things I just thought of as Papal.
Interesting.
Betsy HP - Feb 01, 2005 2:11:02 pm PST #2978 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Okay. As of 2001, JP 2 had appointed 125 of the 135 cardinals who were then eligible to vote. Because you have to be under 80 to vote, some of the remaining 10 may have aged out since then.
Betsy HP - Feb 01, 2005 2:12:53 pm PST #2979 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
ita, I'm not clear on the theology, but I *think* it is possible for one Pope to reverse encyclicals put out by a previous Pope. Humanae Vitae (the anti-contraception one) wasn't officially promulgated as being infallible, so another Pope could in theory reverse it. Don't hold your breath.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 2:17:39 pm PST #2980 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't hold your breath.
That way lies breathing crisis?
Betsy HP - Feb 01, 2005 2:22:29 pm PST #2981 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
That way lies breathing crisis?
Yup. But probably without the CNN headlines.