Fucked-up Jesus

[shichahn]

... I wish I could just leave that title there and leave the body of this post blank because I think it's a very silly statement to just make with no explanation (and an excellent band name, as well) but I think instead I'll say this:

I realized today that both of my main RP characters are of the Fucked-up Jesus type. Which is like a more specific version of TVTropes' "Messianic Archetype" I suppose. Now, I know Burnie has said he didn't intend the Christian symbolism that sort of wrote itself into Church's story, holy trinity and all. I suspect the writers of Sonic 06 deliberately played up Shadow's Fucked-up Jesus role by crucifying him, however. That one's kind of blatant. Anyway, unless someone really wants me to go in-depth and elaborate here, I'll just leave you with that. Because when I realized I played two Fucked-up Jesuses today, I had a bit of a laugh.

(And yes, I know at one point I was going to write up a post on the Taoist and Christian symbology that surrounds Shadow's games/roles in games, which yes, is just as ridiculously pretentious, not to mention way nerdy overboard, as it sounds, which is largely why I didn't actually write it.)

... If I thought I could play Ten, I would, just to have three Fucked-up Jesus characters.

Edit: Also, Jesus was a Jew! +1 points to Church being the Jewish one. ;D

Comments

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

You're like the queen of fucked-up Jesuses. Maybe you should get a therapist to check that out. ;D

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

I do seem to enjoy them. I wish I knew why. Though I guess it's one of those stories that's deeply ingrained in the human psyche or something, since it goes back way before Jesus.

Batman's fucked up, and I worship him, so...

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha wow, I didn't think of that either. Wow, Lauren. ...But seriously, they crucified Shadow? Wat?!

...You could always play Neo. He's a little less fucked-up and more Jesus, but you know.

Well there you go.

[ghost_bullets]

Yeah... Sort of. Mephiles claims that some 200 years in the future, the humans will decide to pin what's basically the apocalypse on Shadow, because they fear his power, need a scapegoat, etc. So they somehow manage to imprison him in this glowy force-field thingy and I wish I had a convenient screenshot, but he is literally crucified, just with a glowy pink force-field instead of nails. I wish I didn't find it as funny as I do.

Yeah... he's a pretty straightforward Jesus, really. But you're right. I could. If he had a personality.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Lol ohmigod wow. That's fucked up.

*sneeeeeeerk*

[ghost_bullets]

That whole game, man. That whole game. They went for epic and waaaay overshot.

;D

[hyper-amychao.livejournal.com]

Oh 06... I'm almost done with that game finally. XD

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Good work. XD I must say I enjoyed playing it like a maniac for the three or so days I had it as a rental. Well... okay, no, I enjoyed playing the parts that weren't glitchy/poorly designed/just generally screwed up. But you know.

[hyper-amychao.livejournal.com]

Yeah, same here. I've actually enjoyed it, save for the glitching and loads and loads of loading. Me and my sister just started co-op 2 weeks ago. It's a lot of fun.