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.