Fucked-up Jesus
10 Dec 2009 22:14![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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
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
Well there you go.
Date: 2009-12-11 08:09 (UTC)Yeah... he's a pretty straightforward Jesus, really. But you're right. I could. If he had a personality.
no subject
Date: 2009-12-11 08:12 (UTC)*sneeeeeeerk*
no subject
Date: 2009-12-11 08:14 (UTC);D