So You Want To Be An ALMSIVI Devotee: Arcadia Nova and Three Hearts Sanctuary

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So You Want To Be An ALMSIVI Devotee: Arcadia Nova and Three Hearts Sanctuary

Roughly three months after the ostensible fall of GT,
President Raven creates some Wiki pages for Arcadia Nova, "a
cultural reconstruction group dedicated to the adaptation and
resurrection of the positive aspects of Gallifreyan civilization
from Doctor Who" that is "inspired by the best parts of both the
GT and New Gallifrey" (Raven, 2018 November 18). GT's collapse
is, naturally, discussed in only in the most euphemistic of terms:
"disbanded due to misconduct and internal disagreements." I
suppose that's one way to describe the hurricane of cult and
abuse accusations, threats of violence, and art theft.

Within a month, people catch wind about Arcadia Nova
being GT under another name, and the Wiki is abandoned
stillborn. But it'll be back, I'm sure.

As for Panopticon, even before their fght with me, things
were getting grim, fnancially. Not long before I request no
contact, Panopticon announces that they will become homeless
in August: "I adore my roommate [Isa] and would never say a
single word against her. However, there are limits to even what
she is physically able to do, and that limit is 1 August" (2018, July
2). Friends stage two GoFundMes to raise money for Panopticon
to move in with one of their remaining followers (Redacted, 2018
August 19 and 26) and scrape together a new household.

Both gofundmes and the homelessness announcement are
misleading. In the homelessness announcement, Panopticon
states, "I'm currently in college, but it's doubtful when or even if
my fnancial aid will be approved," but I have no evidence this is
true, and afterward the college thing seems completely forgotten.
And in the August 19th Gofundme, the follower writes, "Tali [of
Panopticon] is also employed," which needless to say is
completely untrue, unless one includes "founder of an apparently
no-longer-extant coercive Doctor Who group."

During this time, they purge and abandon all their old
accounts, including over two dozen tumblrs. They then reinvent
themselves as ParagonTali/Taliesin/Tali'Zorah, a Mass Effect fan
making fandom essays. I track their new screen names for a week
or two, then post publicly about them, and they abandon those
as well (2018 August 30).

Panopticon then reinvent themselves once again, this time
in the Elder Scrolls Online fandom under the name TZ or Tilanay
Vondrasal... which is an anagram of "Tali vas Normandy," with the
stray letters forming "ALM," the canonical abbreviation for
Almalexia, the Elder Scrolls dark elf goddess of compassion--
more on her in a moment. Panopticon creates a dozen new
tumblr accounts to try and completely divorce themselves from
their old identities, avoiding any reference of their headmates,
Doctor Who, their old friends and enemies, or their previous
screen-names. I keep tabs but say nothing publicly, and they don't
disappoint me; within short time, they're building a new religious
group, this time without the "cultural reconstruction" trappings.

Back in February 2018, Panopticon claimed to know
nothing of Elder Scrolls Online pop culture paganism
(talosdevotee, circa 2018 February 19). However, by September
they're claiming to worship the ALMSIVI, specifcally Almalexia,
the Goddess of Compassion, who they refer to as "Mom" (2018
September 23). In November, they're already vagueposting that
"Ayem [Almalexia] fans on Tumblr are Doing It Wrong" (2018,
November 28) and roughly a week after that, they post, "There is
something slowly forming in my mind. Not quite a fully formed
idea yet, but an egg that may soon hatch into one. I’ve been
thinking a lot about initiations and ritual and experimentalism
and psychospirituality and the concept of being called to
something. About the weird new direction my path has taken
recently [...] There’s no telling what this is going to turn into. But I
look forward to seeing the end result" (2018, December 5).

Sum total of time since the fall of their last religious
group? Less than four months.

A week and a half later, TZ declares, "I’m happy to
announce that I’ve ofcially started work on the 'So You Want To
Be An ALMSIVI Devotee' guide" (2018, December 15a). They
rejoin Dreamwidth, under the name enigma_enemy_teacher
(2019, December 26). Around the same time, they found the
Three Hearts Sanctuary, "an inclusive community for those who
have any type of spiritual involvement or devotional relationship
with Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec, from the Elder Scrolls
universe, as well as those who are curious [...] a safe space for
followers of ALMSIVI to learn from one another’s experiences, to
compile resources, to answer questions, and to counsel and
encourage those in need of it" (Three Hearts Sanctuary, 2019
January 11). They are recruiting new members (Panopticon, 2019
February 20) and have a publicly open Discord, though I'm sure
it'll get locked up once this write-up goes public.

And the cycle begins again. I wonder how long it will take
for Almalexia to start fronting? If she hasn't already...