![]() ![]() Time was short, and Langdon wasted none of it scanning the dimly lit room for a book catalog - a bound encyclopedia that cataloged the library's collection. ![]() She stood beside him staring mutely at the giant transparent cubes. In the blackness of each cell, Langdon sensed the phantom giants, row upon row of towering stacks, laden with history. The vaults were dark, ghostly even, faintly outlined by tiny dome lights at the end of each stack. something about entering an airtight container where the oxygen was regulated by a reference librarian. Langdon had been inside hermetic vaults many times, but it was always an unsettling experience. He was not surprised to see them humidity and heat eroded ancient vellums and parchments, and proper preservation required hermitic vaults like these - airtight cubicles that kept out humidity and natural acids in the air. Langdon knew of course what the glass-walled enclosures were. He had imagined dusty bookshelves piled high with tattered volumes, priests cataloging by the light of candles and stained-glass windows, monks poring over scrolls.Īt first glance the room appeared to be a darkened airline hangar in which someone had built a dozen free-standing racquetball courts. The images he had held for so many years of this room could not have been more inaccurate. He realized what a callow romantic he was. One of his life dreams.Īs Langdon's eyes took in the sacred chamber, his first reaction was one of embarrassment. The space, however, was deserted.Īrchivio Vaticano. Jaqui Tomaso was the toughest librarian on earth.Īs Langdon pushed the doors open and stepped through the vaulted portal into the inner sanctum, he half expected to see Father Jaqui in full military fatigues and helmet standing guard with a bazooka. Since Jaqui Tomaso's reign had begun, Langdon had never met a single non-Catholic American scholar who had been given access to the Secret Vatican Archives. Langdon, It is with regret that I am writing to deny. Langdon recognized the curator's name from the rejection letters at home in his desk.ĭear Mr. Beside the arched ingress hung a small bronze plaque.įather Jaqui Tomaso. The decor in the colonnade was an incongruous mix of wall-to-wall carpets over marble floors and wireless security cameras gazing down from beside carved cherubs in the ceiling. The boobs being emphasized is to show that the aging happened as we don't see them at any point otherwise.Langdon and Vittoria stood alone now outside the double doors that led to the inner sanctum of the Secret Archives. Other viewers appeared to share this perspective regarding Demon Slayer, including who wrote "She's physically aging up to like 17-18 so she can fight. She can develop her body in any way possible and yet the moment you see boobs you start showing a tantrum?" They also pointed out, effectively, that the presence of cleavage does not necessarily mean that the studio or creator are oversexualizing the character. wrote that "She literally turns into a toddler too. disagreed, writing that "it's shown early on that she isn't just "getting big boobs." Her body is physically aging." Some viewers even responded with anger to the initial post. A Twitter user called sympathized with view, stating that "people rarely criticize Demon Slayer's female cast because of great characters like Shinobu but I think we need to acknowledge even female authors make these mistakes." They also point out that the demon, Daki is another questionable female character, as her stated age is 13, despite having the body of a mature woman.ĭespite objections, many viewers also defended the episode because it aligns with Nezuko's established character lore. A Twitter user named openly voiced their disgust with Nezuko's adult form, calling it "weird and gross." The subsequent thread reveals many viewers shared similar feelings about the episode.
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