in many ways Saint Helene was the VaatiVidya of her day
it was taken as widely accepted fact that the wood for the True Cross came from the original tree of knowledge, that had been preserved by Solomon specifically for crucifying jesus on
it's a lot like how every bit of A New Hope is now the source of huge amounts of insane lore because no one ever thought it'd get that big
a peasant soldier famously found the lance of longinus in Antioch during the first crusade, which impressed everyone except for the papal observer who was like 'we passed two separate churches who have a lance of longinus on the way here'
reading about catholic relics is always so fun. apparently the ottomans tried to give the Pope the lance of longinus in the 15th century and the Pope was like 'come on dude we have like three of these'
camera panning over an old timey photo of four white guys playing halo reach
last night was a civil war documentary
see also the marketing behind 'new adult' fiction vs. just encouraging those looking to branch out from YA to move to the regular fiction shelves
going 'oh beans! well, we gave it the old college try' as our opponents start pulling trans people out into the streets to be shot