Novus Ordo Watch Needs Improvement

 

I remember Novus Ordo Watch circa 2018-2022. While a few of their articles had a repetitive nature, visiting the blog was pretty much a guaranteed blast. Novus Ordo Watch provided defenses against many of the most common arguments against sedevacantism. Their commentary against the Novus Ordo Church was either cutting edge or useful for everybody. 

Perhaps this had something to do with the influence of Jorge Bergoglio. The sixth apostate had a significant amount of energy. This meant that there was always something to comment upon or complain about.

To be fair Novus ordo watch was never a perfect website, but at the time there was enough fresh stuff to keep it going even if some of the topics became a bit repetitive for long time readers of the blog. 

The quality of the website started to drop however as Frankie lost his health and stamina. Novus Ordo Watch had a brief breeze of vitality with Bob Prevost, but this breeze has faded away nevertheless. 

Now, the majority of articles (and podcasts too) repeat themselves, talking almost exclusively about the next points: 

+ The Novus Ordo Church naturalizes the Gospel by focusing on the material needs of man 

+ A German Bishop promoted blasphemous art in a Cathedral 

+ The SSPX and akin groups can't resist the “Pope” if they insist on their validity 

+ Novus ordo bishop approves of rainbow people / adultery / ecumenism 

+ Ecumenical meeting in some random place in the world

+ Rinse and Repeat refutations of the same arguments against sedevacantism that were used in the past. 

Considering the age of the blog as it appears today (14 years), I think it's time to talk about some new things. 

I think many of the people who want answers regarding sedevacantism would benefit if the following topics were talked about:

1: Whether the sede bishops can be said to have supplied jurisdiction 

2: Whether the orders of the sede bishops are valid or not 

3: Which groups who reject the Vatican 2 Pope's are nevertheless not Catholic (cough cough the Palmarian Church)

4: Arguments against newer attacks towards sedevacantism. 

5: Articles on the basics of Ecclesiology & The 4 Marks of the Church 

This is the kind of information we would all benefit from.

Ignoring controversies between the different individuals who hold to the sedevacantist doctrine isn't productive and it reminds me of those Muslims who try to get new converts by lying about the politically incorrect aspects of their religion. 

Let's also not forget the You Tube Videos. Casual conversations about theological matters often take a lot of time but offer little information to the viewer. More concise, well prepared documentaries like the ones produced by Catholic Crusader Films would be an improvement for the blog. 

In short, Novus Ordo Watch has huge potential, but it remains stuck with the same discussions of the past. If this situation doesn't improve, this website will inevitably become a sedevacantist slop machine. 

This Movie is Purebred Woke

Big confession: I am a huge hater for the 2025 movie K-Pop Demon Hunters. It's popularity drives me to madness, for indeed, I am unable to fathom how would anyone think it's cute that a half-demon and a demon love each other in a family movie about the half demon accepting their demonic side. 

But this isn't the first time a movie like this was released. Back in 2023, Netflix gifted the masses with a visually impactful, heart-throbbing, and terminally woke animated movie for families. From my perspective, this film walked so that K-Pop Warriors could fly. It's got everything: gays, rainbow subtexts, demons, entities, catchy songs and a taste for subversiveness one wouldn't expect from an alleged family movie. Behold, the movie that broke the game: 

Nimona (2023) 

Based on the webcomic of the same name, Nimona tells the story of a shape-shifting entity and her friend, Ballister Boldheart. 

Brought to you by both the now defunct Blue Sky Studios and Netflix, the movie was well received and even got an Oscar nomination. While it never exploded like other Netflix originals, it did enjoy some popularity and a Nimona-themed filter was present in some social media apps. 

When Nimona came out I was fairly shocked by its bold, unapologetic wokeness. Despite not gathering as much attention as the infamous 2022 classic Light-Year, Nimona isn't just a woke movie - it is the woke movie. And today, in the Pasture of Knowledge, we will see why. 

Synopsis 

There are many ways in which this film is woke, but first, let me lay the cards on the table. 

In a world that mixes aspects of medieval Europe and a high technology city, Ballister Boldheart is preparing to be made a knight. In his nation's foundational myth, the heroine Gloreth had defeated a big black monster, founding for her descendants the Institute for knights. Ballister studied there. 

Boldheart is struggling with public acceptance, since he is quite literally a diversity hire (the first peasant to be a knight) and people are skeptical about him. 

During the knighting ceremony, Ballister's weapon lasers the Queen against his wishes - it was activated by someone else. The guy's arm is mutilated by his friend Ambrosius and he is dumped in prison after a short escape. 

Nimona, a shape-shifting entity who wants him to become a villain, says she will help him to prove his innocence. Since Ballister is between a rock and a hard place, he accepts reluctantly. The prison break ensues. 

Ballister and Nimona manage to prove his innocence using the later's abilities. They discover the Director for the Knight's Institute is guilty of the crime, and cause chaos by posting it online. 

But all is not well. Ballister is told by Ambrosius that Nimona is the monster that Gloreth defeated long ago. He confronts Nimona. 

This triggers on the entity a massive mental health crisis. You see, she was the entity that Gloreth had defeated. Both had been friends, but when the people saw Nimona as a threat, Gloreth learned to hate her former friend. 

Nimona is taken over by a dark energy rage and becomes a gigantic black monster. This ancient beast slugs through the city, causing destruction. It marches towards Gloreth's statue - her mighty sword pointing towards Nimona's heart. The entity wants to commit suicide. 

However, Ballister stops her at the last moment and tells her that she will never be alone. Nimona breaks from the black goo curse and reconciles with her friend. 

This triggers The Director really hard and she attempts to destroy Nimona with a weapon of mass destruction. Why? I don't know, I guess that's what villains do. Nimona takes the shape of the Phoenix and absorbs the impact of the weapon - seemingly dying in the process - and saving the city. 

In the end, Ballister and Ambrosius kiss (yes, they were a gay couple through the entire movie. I reserved the big surprise for the end), and he learns Nimona is still alive. 

The Gay Stuff

"You're gonna die in this closet!" - Nimona

Let's get rid of this real quick. Yes, this is *the* gay family movie. It has a gay protagonist (Ballister) who is allowed to show his relationship for important character moments. Most "gay" Disney movies only have a 2 second kiss cameo or downplay the gayness in exchange for other topics.

Furthermore, Nimona's shape shifting abilities are used as an analogy for the queer gender identity. Queer people feel they have a fluid personality. Just like Nimona, they imagine themselves as some sort of boundless entity with no defined identity. 

I am rather shocked this didn't cause the massive scandal that would have happened if Disney had released the film. Apparently, everyone has just accepted Netflix as the St Fransisco cousin, only receiving punishment if they involve franchises from the 70's.

Indeed, with Nimona we can learn about the hypocrisy / ignorance of the lamestream right-wing media (cough cough Fox News, Daily Wire and Blaze TV) 

The Demon Stuff 

"METAL!!" - Nimona

Sometimes, Nimona takes shapes of demons: 

Wings, pointy tail

Whatever. 

Also noticeable is that she tries to seduce Ballister into being more of a villain. Puny little demon things do this kind of stuff too. 

I'm not shocked some people think Nimona is a demon. While the movie doesn't define her as such, it doesn't really try to make you think she isn't  one.

I would spare any shape-shifting entity as long as they can prove they are not demons. Unfortunately for Nimona, I'm not so sure about her. 

The Violent Stuff

Let's move to stuff that's actually interesting. And that's Nimona's tendency for violence. 

While Boldheart is still constrained by  moral boundaries, Nimona seems to have a sadistic side. For example, she tries to convince Ballister to kill /harm people: 

Nimona: Who do you want to kill first?

Ballister Boldheart: I'm not killing anybody.

Nimona: This one. This guy looks extremely punchable.

Ballister Boldheart: You're right. He is actually extremely punchable. 

+++ 

Nimona: We are villains. Embrace it.

Ballister Boldheart: No. We're doing things my way this time. No one gets hurt.

Nimona: I was going for the hurting people version.

She fantasizes about slashing the knights in a scene were she and Ballister are playing board games. Pressing a box of juice, squirting forwards as she pretends to be dying. 

Keep in mind some revolutionaries will glorify violence as revenge for whatever abuse (real or perceived) they see. This is a belief found in Punk-Rock, a musical style from which the movie draws some inspiration. 

To be fair, I think that her taste for violence is likely just a bad cope for being enemy NO. 1 for so long. Her theatrical hatred is just her pretending to be strong and tough - when she is just a puny entity with no friends. Am I Right? 

Or maybe not. Her hatred is real. She actually wants to hurt people. Her vengeful viciousness is quenched only after Ballister apologizes. This motivates her to give humanity another chance. 

Anyone who is resentful enough to be impressed by her chaotic cartoon- hatred will certainly imitate her. After all, if they see themselves as victims of violence, what's going to stop them from defending themselves violently?The woke want you to accept them or else you will get broken knees. 

Nimona Unalives Herself 

"Kids. Little kids. They grow up believing that they can be a hero if they drive a sword into the heart of anything different... And I'm the monster? I don't know what's scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart... or that sometimes, I just wanna let 'em." - Nimona. 

There's also the suicide part. When this movie was released, nobody had dared to portray this pathology of the human soul in such a bold manner in a supposedly family friendly movie. 

I have a series of negative comments to make about this. Firstly; this is supposed to be a movie for families. Secondly; considering which kind of kids are more likely to see this movie, I think it's a terrible idea to portray suicide in any way. 

You see, self-harm is contagious. When you see suicide in a movie (specially when you are a minor), you are more likely to fall for it. That's why 13 Reasons Why was so controversial. Many suicide experts said the way self-killing was portrayed wouldn't work to protect teenagers from it. 

While Nimona doesn't manage to fulfill her dark intentions, there's something quite sinister behind her actions. It sells the message of "accept me as I am or you will miss me when I'm gone". In my opinion, not much different from 13 Reasons Why's "don't bully me or you'll miss me when I'm gone". 

It turns out, that even though I would be considered homophobic, I don't happen to want rainbow people to kill themselves. 

Considering all of this, I am actually kind of glad Nimona didn't die. Indeed, the ironies of woke movies. 

The Dark History Stuff. 

An important part of woke history consists in rediscovering history through different perspectives. For example, while some consider the American Revolution as a glorious phenomenon, the woke only see that African Americans were not freed from slavery. This, what they formerly saw as a glorious past is suddenly modified into a useless conflict between white people. 

This is present in the movie too. Gloreth wasn't a hero: she was just a scared confused girl who learned to hate her friend. The big black monster was just a depressed thing who wanted friends. The doctrine is that if History has changed, you should change too. Nimona integrates this belief successfully without forced race-swaps and condescending speech. 

Conclusion 

Nimona opens to us the gate to the woke mentality in ways that very few movies have done. Their desire for love, their unstable emotions and their vengeful desires are opened to us like a forbidden door. And this includes whatever family of normies let their kids watch it. 

Nimona is the wokest movie of them all 

It's rainbows everywhere, the gays are enthralled 

The Daily Wire didn't saw her sneaky schemes 

Disney's a distraction from it's bold queer themes 

She's a menacing rebel, a blood-starved phenomenon 

A fantasy most fearsome, a grimy pinky pawn 

With her scaly demon-wings, she's the blast of a temptation 

For a most disgusting taste - and a painful transmutation! 

Hey! Nimona, I can feel your inner weakness 

Behind your bloody Punk-Rock taste I feel fear and stiffness

What's with you people, why so hungry for deletion? 

From here the pit of hell doesn't show a tasty extinction. 

Nimona tells the rainbows to execute themselves 

If you dare to feel repulsed when they spay their selves. 

Mill Stone Revival Chapter VI: Pagan & Occult

It is very important to be careful with the kinds of movies we let our children consume. Many family movies are written by people whose basic morals are limited to virtue signaling and hypocrisy. 

Many parents pat themselves in the back for not letting their kids watch movies with "woke indoctrination". Some of them sign petitions on Life Sites News or akin sites whenever Disney makes an attempt to include esoteric religions or pagan mythologies. 

However, I am yet to see "conservative" influencers actually attempting to dismantle the real problem with some of this films. Instead of focusing on fake moral panics and anti-woke slop content, they should give to this movies a serious analysis. 

This would allow them to find whatever might be erroneous on this films, assess the extent of the damage and permit the viewers to find this questionable messages for themselves. So today, in the Pasture of Knowledge, we will discuss a surprisingly common family movie trope that should be questioned and held accountable. 

What is a Pagan Religion? 

Any religion is pagan that: 

1: Worships multiple gods (polytheism). 

2: Worships gods that are not omnipotent or whose omnipotence depends on something else. 

3: Worships gods that dwell within nature, or are one with nature. 

4: Worships ancestors or items on the natural world (stones, trees, animals)

This gods are weak, and unworthy of worship. This hasn't stopped Hollywood from integrating pagan worldviews in their movies. 

After all, paganism is fairly old, and within every single culture, the  daughters of paganism can be found.  

How can a Movie be Pagan? 

There are many ways a movie can be pagan. The easiest way to find pagan movies is to see those that are produced in Japan or India. Since many of this movies are made by pagans, it's to be expected that this beliefs dwell within the films. 

Hollywood, too, integrates paganism in their films. The following are some of the different ways in which this happens.

1: Movies were there are many gods; are movies that have polytheism. 

2: Movies were there is a divine energy dwelling within all of us, are movies that have pantheism. 

3: Movies were one can contact ancestors for guidance, are movies with ancestor worship. Movies were one can pray to stars or stones, are movies with item worship. 

Many movies are based on mythology, but the pagan elements are only to be taken seriously where this elements have a significant role into the world and setting of the story. 

Case Studies for Pagan Flicks

The following studies provide us with examples as to different ways in which a movie can express pagan beliefs. 

Please keep in mind however, that since people in Hollywood are superficial and play with pagan beliefs for fantasy purposes, many of this films have stuff that might not be theologically accurate to the real-life types of paganism that inspired them. 

Kung Fu Panda (2008, 2012, 2016)

Kung Fu Panda is a saga of films telling the story of Po, a panda who learns Kung Fu. He is chosen by Oogway, a tortoise, to become the dragon warrior and protect the weak. 

As of today (April 2026), the franchise has multiple shows and 4 movies. Today we will only focus on the first 3 films. 

Kung Fu Panda starts fairly normal, slowly incrementing the pagan stuff on its world as the franchise progresses. 

+ Kung Fu is a Chinese martial art with Buddhist roots. While the movies do not ask the audience to pray to Buddha, they involve other forms of Chinese myths. 

Different aspects of Kung Fu have been involved here. For example, Po's companions, the Furious Five, use different techniques of Kung Fu based on the animals they represent. Po himself uses the technique of the bear. 

+ Thrice in Kung Fu Panda 2, the taoist symbol Ying-Yang appears on the film. The Ying-Yang represents equilibrium and duality, and is used to represent Po recovering from trauma and achieving inner stability. 

On the first film, we see Master Shifu attempting to meditate while reciting "Inner Peace". 

+ In Kung Fu Panda 3 we are introduced to Chi. This energy is believed by the Chinese to flow through the universe. It is the  principle behind many practices of oriental medicine, like Reiki. 

In the movie, Po is told by master Shi Fu that he must learn to master Chi, an energy "that flows through *all* living things". 

This energy will be used to fight against Kai, an undead water buffalo who absorbs the Chi of Kung Fu masters and turns them into jade mind-slaves.  Kai has defeated Shi Fu's master, Oogway, and is preparing to invade the world. 

Po visits a panda village were pandas practice different forms of Chi healing, and attempts to teach them Kung Fu to defend themselves against Kai. 

During the final battle, Po attempts to kill Kai, but isn't able to do so. Po forcibly sends himself and Kai to the spirit realm to continue the fight. 

At some point Po is overpowered by Kai, but his friends back in earth held their paws up and feed him with their own Chi. Po then becomes super energized, shapes a golden dragon and defeats Kai by obliterating him with Chi. 

Reuniting with Oogway, Po is told that the reason he was chosen as the dragon warrior was that pandas (being black and white like the Ying-Yang) had a special ability with Chi and he knew Po could defeat Kai in the Chi wars. Po is given a Ying-Yang shaped spectre and returns as a spiritual master to the living. 

In this case, the beliefs that inspired the lore and fantasy of the movies are overt and everyone can see them. It's a common trope in Kung Fu / Karate movies to explore oriental spirituality and new age beliefs. 

The Lion King (1994) 

The Lion King is a classic animated family movie were we can find some sort of ancestor worship. 

Cub Simba learns from his dad, Mufasa, that if he looks up the stars he will receive guidance from the ancestors. And I quote: 

"Mufasa: Simba, let me tell you something my father told me. Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars. 

Young Simba: Really?

Mufasa: Yes. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I."

After Mufasa dies, Simba is exiled from the land of his Pride and lives with a pair of hedonist nihilists: Pumbaa and Timon. Simba tries to forget everything about Mufasa's death; but as he reunites with his pride's hippy witch doctor / guru Rafiki, Simba is able to communicate with his daddy. This spurs Simba to defeat his tyrant uncle Scar. 

While the scene can be interpreted as Simba having a dream, there is little doubt that this lions believe their ancestors are stars who can guide them. Thus, this movie has a not-so-subtle presentation of ancestor worship. 

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Released in 2009, this movie is a retell of the classic German tale within a 1920's New Orleans setting. 

The Princess and the Frog has two different voodoo practitioners living in opposition to each other. 

The first one is the villain, Dr. Facilier. A cartoon voodoo warlock, Facilier makes sells the souls of people to disturbing mask demons. Facilier sings about his occult scams in the song "I've got Friends In the Other Side." 

When Facilier is defeated, the demons come to reprise the song, killing the scammer and presumably sending him to hell. 

But the second one is portrayed positively. Mama Odie, dressed in a white candomblé suit, helps Tiana realize that her dreams of opening a cafe are empty if she doesn't have someone to share it with. Mama Odie has a pet snake, a charming eccentric personality, and lives on a tree house in the beautiful bayou. 

Bonus: What is an Esoteric Religion?

Esoteric religions are those whose doctrines remain hidden or secret. Some of this are also secret societies. 

I am also counting here religions that indulge in magic (the using of mysterious forces) like Wicca and Voodoo. 

There are many esoteric religions and sometimes their practitioners syncretize the different doctrines. Some examples of esoteric groups involve the Kabbalah, the Ordo Templi Orientis, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Anthroposophy and some Satanic associations. 

Case Studies

While many family movies have magic on it, I think only those movies that are connected with real esoterism should be a treat. Thus, the "True Love's Kiss" films with a superficial magic system are not included. 

Wish (2023)

Released in 2023, Wish was supposed to be special; it was made to celebrate Disney's 100th year anniversary. This didn't prevent the movie from flopping hard at the box office and being universally hated online. 

Despite all this, Wish is still an interesting movie. 

Wish portrays a young woman named Asha, who lives in an utopian village named Rosas. Here, on every 18th birthday, King Magnifico grants a wish to his citizens. 

However, Asha realizes the King isn't who she thought. She is distraught to find out Magnifico only grants the wishes he deems to be ordered and consistent to the welfare of Rosas. Those wishes he considers unhealthy, he stores them in his castle, away from the people who eventually forget them. 

Magnifico is an actual demiurge figure. The demiurge, in the gnostic religion, it's an entity that created the world with malevolence. He captured spirits into the physical world, keeping them from the knowledge and freedom of their ethereal forms. It's therefore relevant that Magnífico created Rosas. 

While most demiurge figures are tyrannical, it's noticeable that Magnífico is actually benevolent, kind of like the Christian God. 

The girl runs off into the woods and throws a temper tantrum. She wishes upon stars, and they listen: A cutesy, star-shaped entity descends upon her and that's when things become really interesting. 

 The Star Falls from the Sky like Satan 

The star draws itself as a pentagram-shaped symbol. 

It recruits Asha while offering her an apple-like thread ball. 

The fruit of Eden represents, in some gnostic communities, knowledge that the demiurge wants to hide

It's first action is to teach animals to speak. They all sing that they are all one and that they are all made of stardust. It's almost like the star is freeing the spirits within the animals. 

Every time someone shows skepticism towards the star, it touches their nose and they become eager to follow it's desire: to free everyone's wishes from Magnifico. Their mind's eye has been opened. 

Notice the goat behind this guy. One of the goat's symbolisms is Baphomet, an hermaphrodite demon associated with satanic religions. 

Ironically, the only character to remain unaffected by the star is a youth named Simon. Simon's wish is being held by the King. This is a star of a decidedly Mephistophelean character, for it can't influence those who have no wishes. 

The star incites a rebellion against the King. While Magnifico manages to kill it, the entity rises again, helped by the wishes of the people who desire to be free from the King. 

In short, Wish is a gnostic fable. While some of its symbology may not be consistent with gnostic doctrine, the essentials stay. 

Conclusion

To prevent the harm from this types of films, the following could help: 

1: If you don't teach your children to love Jesus, they will never learn to hate the other religions. Make sure, however, that this hatred will not expand to them who worship weak gods. 

2: Make sure they *know* their religion well, and love it. 

3: Knowledge about what this religions entail is not superfluous. Once they are old enough you should teach them who believes in this doctrines and their refutation.

4: Give them plenty of wholesome entertainment. 

How the Trump Cult Imitated Jesus

This isn't the best time to be alive for Orange Man. As Trump's reputation slowly shatters away, the real surprise is not that the Big Don is receiving a tidal wave of hatred. The surprise is that some people will support the Orange Tyrant no matter what and hope that he will save them from "the left" if they just "trust the plan" harder 

What kind of madness do this people suffer from? Well, I have reasons to believe that the entirety of Trump's political career has been cleverly manufactured to resemble the life of Jesus. In the minds of his worshipful followers, Trump is only a slightly meaner carbon copy of the Messiah Himself. 

This is one of the multiple reasons why they feel such never-ending loyalty towards him. 

So today, in the Pasture of Knowledge, I will take you to the insanity of the Orange Cult as we compare Trump's political career to the life of Jesus Christ. 

1: A Savior that Was Promised 

While the founding fathers never promised the rise of a millionaire savior in the constitution, many people look to Trump as if he was a promised messiah. 

Many of this people lived under Obama's presidency moaning for a republican candidate that would save them from the likes of Mitt Romney and John McCain. 

The desire to extirpate the American nation from both the kenyan menace and the Rhino's was finally relieved when Orange Man came into scene and promised to Make America Great Again. 

Just as Jesus came to minister to the hebrews at a time were they were struggling with the Romans, Trump came when his people thought they needed saving. 

Even some of the neoconservatives at the time could be compared with the pharisees; this are the so-called "never-trumpers" who associated with the Lincoln Project and clutched their pearls at the insulting, poor mannered behavior of the orange millionaire. 

Unlike them - so did the MAGA cult believed - Trump would return to the essence of the american ideals;  avoiding the distractions of lesser things like protocol. 

2: A Savior that Was Hated by the Establishment 

The savior narrative wouldn't be successful if Orange Man was received with open arms and love by the enemies of American ideals.

Therefore, Trump was received with the acrimony of an old, rotten establishment afraid to have their power snatched from their hands. 

All the global media with the exception of Fox News held to the pitchforks of propaganda against this menacing rebel. The newscasters and commentators revolted against him like he pinched their nerves. The celebrities chanted against him with the monotone buzzing of an insect hive. The cartoonists produced attacks on him with the precision and predictability of a factory line. 

Just like Jesus was criticized and even condemned by the angry Pharisees and Sadducees - to the point that most of the Gospels narrates the controversies between them - Orange Man was condemned by many in power as soon as he stepped in, and kept doing so even as his popularity increased. 

3: A Savior Loved & Saluted by the People even as His Enemies are Plotting.  

The later part of 2020 wields multiple similarities to the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. 

At this point, the rivalry between the Savior and the Pharisees had reached a significant climax. The Jews plotted to slaughter the Messiah, and yet the people received him with triumphant apparels and worshipful statements. 

During Trump's direst time - the stealing of the election - The people were there, saluting him with flags, MAGA caps and weapons as a triumphant king. January 6 was an imitation of Palm Sunday.

4: A Savior Betrayed, Judged, and Put to (Political) Death 

While Orange Man was never Crucified, the narrative of persecution against him reached its peak during the time of Joe Biden. 

He was betrayed by his fellow republicans, specially Mike Pence and (for a short while) Fox News. Jesus was betrayed by Judas and the general population of Jerusalem. 

Orange Man was lied about, politically crucified (the phony impeachment of 2021), arrested and exposed to the masses of haters for hilarity and contempt. Jesus was lied about, actually crucified, judged and smitten with spittle. 

5: A Savior Returning 

The Resurrection of Jesus was imitated when Orange Man returned to the voting boxes despite of the disgraceful punishments imposed upon him. 

What could have destroyed the career of any other politician, didn't stop Orange Man. 

The idea of Trump resurrecting was only emphasized by the shooting attempt of 2024. It imitates the attempts of the Pharisees to destroy Christianity as soon as Pentecost was over. 

Orange Man shifted his head like a boss and the bullet "grazed" the man's head. Nothing happened, but a perfect opportunity for a photo op. 

Conclusion 

With all this said, I still don't understand better why Orange Man is still being worshipped. 

It doesn't matter if he were to be crucified by the democrats next Friday; MAGA (or, should we say, MIGA) values and Christian values are not the same. 

Orange values are the values of Herod, and if Trump's worshipful servants don't realize it, they will be harvested by Iran, abused by the Jews and ripped apart by the forces of Hell. 

I hate This Movie

Pocahontas (1995)

Based on the real life Powhatan teenager known for saving a settler from execution, Disney's Pocahontas was both a financial failure and a critical success, earning it an Oscar for best original song. 

Nevertheless, I have multiple reasons for hating this film. I am aware that many people hate it because they don't like it's portrayal of the Powhatan and the English. Well, those people were right, even if it is for the wrong reasons. Today, in the Pasture of Knowledge, I will explain to you why I hate this movie. 

1: It's insulting to the real Pocahontas 

Making a fantasy musical about a real person is very low, even for the Walt Disney Company. They could have made a movie about any imaginary person if they wanted to, but no; they insisted on writing fan-fiction about a woman who had been dead for centuries.

What would she feel if she were to see this movie? Did Disney thought her descendants would approve of this?

After the event with John Smith, Pocahontas was held hostage by the settlers. The woman travelled to Britain, were she died of an unknown disease before 23. Her story is quite harsh, turning it into a stupid princess cartoon with tree people is insulting. 

2: The Pocahontas + Smith Relationship is Creepy 

As if this wasn't offensive enough, there is a detail that is pretty gross. You see, when Pocahontas met John Smith, she was a teenager. Disney literally shipped together two real life people who were never in a relationship. And if they were, that's creepy and scary. 

3: The Powhatan are literally Orange 

Disney Executives like patting themselves in the back for having multiple races of princesses. However, what is the point of painting Powhatan people with orange skin? 

They're literally Orange. 

It's ridiculous. Living in Mexico I see "copper skinned" people all the time and they are not orange. Their color varies between dark copper, light coffee and in-between,  but that color is not orange. 

I feel they wanted the Powhatan to look more white, which is stupid and contradicts the way this movie portrays whites. If you can't tolerate the looks of other people, why make a movie about them in the first place? 

Pocahontas isn't divisive because of modern wokeness. Pocahontas is divisive because it handles a serious story with the expectation of selling dolls and theme park rides. 

4: The whites are portrayed exclusively as greedy and blood thirsty. 

If you are going to speak about history, you should portray the virtues and crimes of each people as they happened, not as you wanted them to be. 

The whites in Pocahontas are generally portrayed as greedy, bloodthirsty, effeminate thumbtacks who need to be patronized by the Powhatan, who off course are portrayed as magical, nature loving orange elf people. 

As soon as they arrive to the new continent, they are desperate to kill "Injuns", as if a bunch of derelict Brits could successfully defend themselves against the entire Algonquin nation. 

Part of the conquest of America would never have happened if the colonizers didn't try to make alliances with the people they found. 

Many of the actions of the Anglo-Saxons through the conquest of America were greedy and bloodthirsty. There is nothing wrong with condemning the general crimes that the different ethnic groups have committed. 

But Pocahontas is just a cartoon and real history is portrayed with immaturity. The viewer is never made to consider that, under similar circumstances to those of the British colonizers, they too would be perfectly capable of acting similarly.

5: After demonizing whites, the movie then proceeds to condemn the Powhatan for wanting them out of their lands. 

At the mid point of the movie, Disney wants us to believe that suddenly, not wanting white people in your territory is bad. 

Why? You went out of your way to portray them as the true savages who have been corrupted by capitalism and can't wait to kill indians. 

At this point in the movie, the villain - Governor Ratcliffe - has killed a member of their community. They have a reason to be afraid. They have a reason to be angry. They have a reason to want to defend themselves. And yet, suddenly the movie wants to me believe their intolerance is bad? 

6: The Song "Savages" is Hideous 

Now, on a more personal note, "Savages" - the villain song of the movie - is absolutely hideous. It's anxiety inducing, it's rhythm has no rest, and melodically, it's the worst song Disney has ever made. 

I will reproduce some of the lyrics below, and add some comments. Those parts sung by the Powhatan are orange (because Disney has told us this is what Powhatan look like) and those sung by the British are pink.

What can you expect / From filthy little heathens / Their whole disgusting race is like a curse / Their skin's a hellish red / They're only good when dead / their vermin, as I said / and worse

Yay, let's have kids sing along to racist lyrics to prove that racism is bad 

Behind that milky white / there's emptiness inside / I wonder if they even bleed 

If they can't bleed, the Powhatan are done for.

They're not like you and me / Which means they must be evil

Again, it's merely black and white (or, should I say, orange and pink) in a movie about "dialogue" and "diversity". 

They different from us / Which means they can't be trusted

At this point, the movie Powhatan aren't mistrusting them because they're pale. They mistrust them because they shot one of them and started cutting down trees without even establishing contact with them. 

7: It has a Pug 

One of the (multiple) pets in the movie is a pug. Firstly, pugs weren't a thing back then. Secondly, pugs are an ugly, malformed breed who live with breathing problems - and yet, people think they're cute because of movies like this. 

Conclusion

I hate Pocahontas, and you should too 

It's a stupid film / It's ravening with filth 

And it will make a fool of you 

I hate Pocahontas, I like the hate it gets

Their Powhatan are orange / They're Hollywoodian cringe 

They're treated like the writer's pets 

I hate Pocahontas, it's just a dumb cartoon  

Their white men have no wits / They're just the bad on Brits 

We are supposed to hate this goons 

I hate Pocahontas, its riddled and insane 

The race we had to hate / Are just friends at the gate 

Superior elves are suddenly mundane 

I hate Pocahontas, in hatred I'll remain

She lived and saw the world / Now she's a plastic doll

The selling of a person's name 

Mill Stone Revival Chapter V: Toxic Environmentalism

It is very important to be careful with the kinds of movies we let our children consume. Many family movies are written by people whose basic morals are limited to virtue signaling and pretending to care about the planet. 

Many parents pat themselves in the back for not letting their kids watch movies with "woke indoctrination". Some of them sign petitions on Life Sites News or akin sites whenever Disney makes an attempt to include LGBT people or message the masses about climate change. 

However, I am yet to see "conservative" influencers actually attempting to dismantle the real problem with some of this films. Instead of focusing on fake moral panics and anti-woke slop you tubers, they should give to this movies a serious analysis. 

This would allow them to find whatever might be erroneous on this films, assess the extent of the damage and permit the viewers to find this questionable messages for themselves. So today, in the Pasture of Knowledge, we will discuss a surprisingly common family movie trope that should be questioned and held accountable. 

What do I mean with Toxic Environmentalism? 

On principle, there is nothing wrong with taking care of the planet; specially if motivated by charity towards others (by not polluting their water, for example). 

In fact, I would argue that some movies with toxic environmentalism might actually be detrimental to the cause of planet welfare. 

By focusing their might into unrealistic scenarios, poor biology, human-hating narratives, hypocrisy and stupidity, this movies help to foster in the ecologist the immature, manipulable mentality we are all familiar with.

The signs of toxic environmentalism are the following:

1: Using the planet to promote cosplay pagan communism 

Because many pagan tribes live a fairly green life, environmentalists seem to believe that paganism is the answer to the ecological problems of the world. 

To this I respond: There is nothing wrong with living like they do. It's a humble and austere life.Thats how the monks lived.

If the tribes of the world choose to keep their simplicity of life, they are entitled to do so. Even if they should do away with their gods and shamans. 

What I object to is the ideology behind movies like Pocahontas and Avatar. This movies have not been directed by people from tribes, they have been written by white / Jewish individuals. Therefore, their perspective is different. 

This people promote the "noble savage" myth. This is the idea that people from tribes are very good, intrinsically virtuous, elf-like beings who are incapable of violence or other forms of evil. That is a lie.

Even though tribes lived closer to nature than modern civilization, they were still able to impact the planet whether they realized it or not. 

The people who believe this are often communists, who believe civilized society is monstrous not because of the inherent vices of humanity, but because "capitalism corrupted people". To this I respond: if people weren't corrupt from the beginning, all the evils of usury, greed and worker exploitation (what Marxists call capitalism) would never have happened in the first place. 

So it's basically preaching the absurdity of weak gods and the idealistic trumpets of communism because "the planet". Considering that even old european civilizations were greener than our oh-so-diverse society, I don't think we need Pachamama to know that deforestation is bad. 

2: Antropophobia 

Many environmentalists think they are good people because they love animals and plants, but their hatred for people is quite intense. This is unacceptable. 

Many "ecological" movies focus all their might in demonizing humanity as if the writers didn't had a larger impact on nature than most of the people in the planet. The result is that anyone who attends to the message becomes an antropophobic hypocrite while others just smirk and laugh and feel offended.

Case Studies.

The following case studies tell very similar stories, and yet their approach is different enough for you to be able to distinctly recognize each feature of toxic environmentalism. 

Pocahontas 

Released in 1995, Pocahontas was a (well-deserved) financial flop. Yet, as many Disney movies, it was able to make its way into the common consciousness, specially because it received good reviews by critics. 

Pocahontas tells the story of a Powhatan woman who has a relationship with an English colonist. While both the Powhatan and the English fight against each other for the land and to defend their way of life, Pocahontas & John Smith try to impose dialogue and diversity to their people. 

The movie also has an environmental side to it. You see, the colonisers are looking for gold and their first action consists in chopping down trees. The natives, in contrast, are presented as  magical elves who speak with tree entities and live in contact with nature.

The song "Colours of the Wind" has some phrases that evoke this, as Pocahontas chastises her lover for his greed and insensitivity to both nature and the elven protectors Powhatan. 

You think I'm an ignorant savage / And you've seen so many places / I guess it must be so / But still I cannot see / If the savage one is me / How can there be so much you don't know - you don't know 

You think that you own whatever land you land on / The earth is just a dead thing you can claim / But I know every rock and tree and creature / Has a life, has a spirit, has a name 

Property, the final boss of communism, is criticized; it's criticism is applied to our relationship with the planet. 

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest / Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth/ Come roll in the riches all around you / And for once never wonder what they're worth. 

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers / The heron and the otter are my friends / And we are all connected to each other / In a circle, in a hoop that never ends.

This part suggests pantheism - the belief that all things are essentially, the same thing. And that thing is divine. 

For whether we are white or copper-skinned / We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains / We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. 

I am rather confused by "paint with the colors of the wind", but I think it's a metaphor for paying close attention to nature's beauty and "becoming one" with it. 

You can own the earth and still / All you'll own is earth until / You can paint with all the colors of the wind. 

This final phrase doesn't really fit with the rest of the song, in which land is not something to be owned, but something to be one with. No offense to Steven Schwartz, but how can you own the earth by painting in the wind when painting in the wind implies you don't see nature as your property? 

Moana 

Released in 2016, Moana tells the story of a messianic Polynesian princess who saves a Pachamama-type goddess, Te Fiti. 

Moana is sad because she feels called to the ocean - a living entity that played with her once - but her father prefers to stay in the island Motonui. 

However, as the fish and plants of Motonui start dying, Moana decides to embark on an epic quest to return a green jewel (heart) to Te Fiti. 

Moana learns to sail from the entity Maui, a polynesian demigod. Shortly after a fight with a giant, greedy lobster who loves gold, they split up; Maui had stolen Te Fiti's heart, and was the cause of the environmental decline of Motonui. 

Moana is then contacted by her Grandma's ghost and is given a pep talk about how she is the Polynesian messiah. 

Moana resolves to return the heart, but first she needs to fight against a giant volcano monster. As they face each other, Moana discovers the monster is Te Fiti, and sings to the entity to return the heart. 

As Te Fiti receives the organ transplant, she becomes a green lady with flowers on her hair. A Pachamama figure for the masses. 

To be specific: Unlike other ecological films, Moana doesn't preach you in the head about how bad pollution is. It is a metaphor. 

Also, Moana doesn't teach you to respect and worship Polynesian gods. In fact, if I were Polynesian, I would be appalled by Maui's portrayal by The Rock. 

It is simply a subtle, fantasy introduction to earth-type Goddesses.

Avatar

Released in 2009, Avatar was widely loved for it's beautiful graphics and creative world building. Skip over to the year of the Lord 2026 and Avatar is often mocked for it's cartoonish antropophobia. 

While the recent sequels try to redeem humanity with a new character - Spider -, the original wasn't like this. 

Our main character, Jake Sully, is a paralyzed marine struggling in a nasty, overpopulated, energy-deprived planet earth. Sully is then contacted to replace his dead brother in the remote planet of Pandora. 

Upon arrival Sully is given an alien body to posses. The paralyzed man is thrilled to recover his physical abilities. Later on, he infiltrates the alien locals - the Nav'i - in a quest to learn about their culture and get their permission to mine a precious mineral conveniently named Unobtanium. 

As the movie progresses, Sully learns to love the Nav'i and their planet, and turns against humanity to protect his new found family. 

In the movie all humans are either evil or reject their humanity to save Pandora. It's no coincidence that Sully was paralyzed; after so many years of being trapped in his useless body, Sully is allowed to leave it. He is symbolically freed from the prison of humanity; free to feed from the wisdom of Pandora and it's hive-mind goddess, Eywga. 

Indeed, Eywga is an entity connected to all the beings of Pandora, and all the beings of Pandora connect with each other psychically. This - together with the "tribal people" texture pack of the Nav'i - is the way in which James Cameron introduced many to some sort of sci-fi paganism.

Conclusion 

In order to avoid the problems with Toxic Environmentalism, the following could help: 

+ Good catechism. Good apologetics. Good philosophy. 

+ Nuanced ecology. Children should know how the system works and why it is difficult to get solutions. 

+ Teach them to love their fellow human beings, and notice the patterns I mentioned above for themselves. 

+ Give them plenty of wholesome entertainment 

Finally, I will dedicate my final words to encourage my readers to live as ecologically friendly as possible.

Austerity, not stupidity, is the key to solve many of this problems. 

Mill Stone Revival Chapter IV: The Low Brow Moments

 

It is very important to be careful with the kinds of movies we let our children consume. Many family movies are written by people whose basic morals are negligible. 

Many parents pat themselves in the back for not letting their kids watch movies with "woke indoctrination". Some of them sign petitions on Life Sites News or akin sites whenever Disney makes an attempt to include LGBT people. 

However, I am yet to see "conservative" influencers actually attempting to dismantle the real problem with some of this films. Instead of focusing on fake moral panics and anti-woke slop you tubers, they should give to this movies a serious analysis. 

This would allow them to find whatever might be erroneous on this films, assess the extent of the damage and permit the viewers to find this questionable messages for themselves. So today, in the Pasture of Knowledge, we will discuss a surprisingly common family movie trope that should be questioned and held accountable. 

What is a Low Brow Moment? 

With "Low Brow" moments I mean every single scene on a family movie that includes references or jokes about breeding. 

Unfortunately there are many movies and cartoons that follow this unfortunate trend. This is specially true of the movies from the 1990's to the year of 2026, and even more applicable to the animation studio Dreamworks. 

Case Studies 

While I will not make an exhaustive list of every vulgar joke in movies, I will use as examples those I found to be the most egregious. 

Any Low Brow Moment is pretty bad, but the conditions to verify the nature and seriousness of Low Brow Moments, were the following: 

1: Matter at hand. What kind of activity is the joke about? It's always worse if it deals with weird activities and always worse if it implies violence. 

2: Relevance to the Plot. Can the scene be edited out / ignored / forgotten without the plot losing coherence? This is specially important for parents who have the time to censor the movies they own.

Zootropolis 

Also known as the movie were, in the context of a city of anthropomorphic animals who wear human clothes, we are presented to a group of animals in a weird new-age spa were none of them are dressed. 

Judy Hopps reacts horrified when she realizes her investigation has brought her to a, let's, say, adamite club. Nick, the fox, replies sarcastically: "Zootopia is the city were anyone can be anything." What the little canine didn't realize is that the directors  wanted us to believe this slogan is virtuous. 

Further low brow "jokes" can be seen during the scene, which we will not describe. As for myself, it is hard to not consider Zootopia as furry bait when a scene like this was made relevant to the plot. 

Bee Movie

Also known as the movie that has some uncomfortable jokes about a bee dating a woman. 

Madagascar 

Madagascar is a more classical example. Released to appease both adults and children, the movies contain a surprising amount of Low Brow jokes that make me think someone actually way to make a movie for an older audience. 

On 2016 this saga saw a prequel: The Penguins of Madagascar. Here we see the origin story for the penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. 

For some reason, through the movie, the penguins are always slapping each other's rears, even Private's who is younger than the others. It is very uncomfortable. 

Show Dogs: The Final Boss

Released in 2018, Show Dogs is the final boss of Low Brow Moments. The matter of the joke is extremely serious and the relevance to the plot is significant. While the scene was removed from (most) video releases, avoiding this movie in my opinion is a necessity. 

Long story short, the "joke" is literally a grooming technique, when the abuser suggests to their victims they can "imagine to be somewhere else".

This is told to a police dog who doesn't want to be touched in certain areas during a dog show were he is undercover. "Max" must permit this unsanitary practice or else he won't be able to save a panda victim of trafficking. 

And that's why my blog is named the corner of madness. 

Bonus: Glorified Bad Relationships 

Aside from the movies with low brow moments, we have films whose relationships are unhealthy or dangerous but the movie portrays them as desirable. 

Belle & Beast 

I base my criticism of the film's main couple on the possibility that their relationship might be the result of Stockholm Syndrome. 

In the movie, Beast was cursed by a malevolent fairy. He needs the love of a maiden to save himself and his servants from death. After Belle's father is captured by Beast for trespassing, the girl agrees to be captured in his stead. Eventually, both Belle & Beast develop a relationship and marry after Beast recovers his humanity. 

Belle presents many symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome. This include: 

+ Developing feelings & empathy for her captor. This increases when Belle is told she can save the Beast from it's curse. 

+ Refusal to leave. After Beast saves her from a pack of wolves, Belle decides to stay and help him despite the fact she could have escaped in her horse. 

She has started to see her captor in a better light, despite the fact that if it weren't because of Beast, the wolves wouldn't have attacked them. 

+ Anger with those who oppose the kidnapper. When the village people want to kill the beast, Belle's immediate response is to help it. 

The songs of the movie even ridicule a group of people who are (whether they realize it or not) marching to lynch a kidnapper: 

"We don't like / What we don't Understand / In fact it scares us / and this monster is mysterious at least."

Many of the things that cause Stockholm Syndrome are also present in the story: 

+ Amiability. If the captors show their kind side, the victim will eventually learn that befriending them will keep them alive. 

The first kidnappers to show their nice side are the furniture servants. They offer a huge party in the honor of Belle and frequently bring her consolation. 

The Beast starts with violence: it threatens Belle and even strikes her. But as the movie progresses, Beast shows kindness, gifting her dresses, books, and dancing with her. 

+ Belle is separated from her social circle (her father) for months. 

+ Belle endures the first moments of the hostage situation by feeling intense fear. She is comfronted with something she doesn't understand (The Beasts) and she nearly dies / gets seriously injured in a few occasions. This leads her into survival mode. 

Now, other (real) psychologists might disagree with my perspective, but I still think we can criticize this relationship whether there is Stockholm Syndrome or not. 

Beast is a kidnapper but he also is in being held by something. He and the furniture have been pressured by a morally questionable Fairy into a life or death situation. 

Both, in their own way, have been pressured into loving each other out of fear. 

K-Pop Demon Hunters

With K-Pop Warriors my  problem is based on symbols, not in actions.

Consider that in this film our protagonist is a half-demon (Rumi the demon huntress) whose love interest is a literal KPop demon (Jinu). 

Many of the defenders of this movie claim that the demons in K-Pop Warriors are "Korean" and therefore different from "absolutely evil" western demons. This didn't stop Sony from referencing western culture (ie., the devil's sing in latin). Plus, the demons are, let's say, demonic enough. They eat souls. 

In therms of their love, both Jinu and Rumi have a fairly friendly (so to speak) relationship. 

This one however includes a fair deal of manipulation. Rumi wants Jinu to help her defeat the other demons and Jinu has leverage against Rumi, since he is aware of Rumi's secrets. 

Strictly speaking, this movie has a symbol subversion - your boyfriend is a demon now. 

Many women get involved on relationship with complicated guys with the excuse of "saving them", only to be hurt by them. 

Jinu and Beast are characters who feed into this unfortunate temptation. 

This type of relationship shouldn't be glorified on an animated family movie, specially if it is mostly aimed at children. 

Conclusion

I was not willing to talk about this but I had to do it. Even movies that are mostly harmless have this types of moments and I can't accept it. 

To avoid the problems of Low Brow Moments, the following can help: 

+ Checking family-review sites can help to prevent this moments. 

+ Pause and Advance can work with  low brow moments you suddenly remembered about. 

+ Apparently, it is possible to censor DVDs and VHS tapes for yourself. If you have the time and the will to do this, you are welcome. My belief is that if any movie is worth watching, it should be from physical media, and not from streaming services. 

+ Avoid the movies where the jokes are relevant to the plot. 

+ Be a good parent, or else your children will run away with creepy motorcycle guys and girls from the asylum.