The Way The Papas Don't Have A Clear Native Tongue Despite Their Accent (except Maybe Secondo Based On

The way the Papas don't have a clear native tongue despite their accent (except maybe Secondo based on Papaganda, all of this obviously caused by TF who is sort of a language genius and adds a lot of cultural/cinematic influences to his portrayals and actually *tries* to speak languages of country's the band visits on stage but also naturally having his own accent he can't magically get rid of) makes me imagine that they a) were taken from their initial homes upon discovery that they exist (depending how you think Nihil handled that), in the way that you lose parts of your language when you don't get to speak it regularly anymore, something you can see in immigrants who left their home country at a young age (them being taken from Italy perhaps and to the main abbey in Sweden considering Terzo seems to speak Swedish OR being raised in English speaking countries like perhaps Copia who has a stronger American touch OR them being sent around the world during their educational years + clergy duties like Terzo in Poland) or b) might have grown up around Italians (and other nationalities) speaking English because of the international, multi-cultural nature of the clergy and were so shielded that they did not necessarily get in touch with the world outside of the Ministry where kids might naturally pick up on the language.

It's fascinating as a concept, considering how language is such a big part of our cultural identity and therefore shapes our perception of the world around us, the media we consume, creating dialects and language barriers, that I would love to know what growing up in the clergy, especially as a part of the bloodline, could look like. I imagine it's hard to find a sense of personal identity or perhaps make you cling to the bits that you do know about (Secondo speaking Italian in Papaganda despite it being promotional) but it also serves to make you more sensitive to the way other people might be shaped by their upbringing (which I think we can see in Terzo).

Terzo only sang "Deus In Absentia" at his last 2 concerts...

A GHOUL WRITER: Lyrically, this song is where the ambitious modern person is at his or her hour of dying. Or perhaps at one of those crossroads in life where it feels as though you are facing the end. Promotional materials for Meliora (May 2015)