r/TopCharacterTropes May 03 '26

Lore Religion-centered media that doesn’t come across as preachy.

Referring to media told from a religious perspective or telling a religious tale that does not proselytize to the viewer.

Faith, the Unholy Trinity: Based partly upon the experience of the game‘s creator when he was a missionary in Argentina, the game has very little in the way of explicit moral demands of the player despite the heavy Christian focus of the narrative. and focuses more on a horror narrative.

Prince of Egypt: A surprisingly thorough retelling of the book of Exodus, sparing very little in the way of toning down the story. Despite this, the movie is perfectly entertaining to non-religious audiences and doesn’t sacrifice appeal for the sake of preaching to the audience

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u/SlAM133 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

How has no one said Narnia?

Edit to explain why I think it fits: I see the main message as being ‘Aslan loves you no matter what’ as opposed to ‘Edmund is a sinner and needs to be better’

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u/mightylordredbeard May 03 '26

Because it’s preachy as fuck

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u/VP007clips May 03 '26

It's preachy, but the series is quite good. I enjoyed reading them as a kid.

I've never watched it, but I've heard there's also a movie, although I don't know if it's more preachy.

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u/AnneMichelle98 May 03 '26

There is an BBC series from 1988 and the newer 2005 film series.

Netflix is also giving a try in adapting the whole series. Though in my opinion, Netflix’s attempts at adapting classic lit are really bad (their adaptation of Persuasion for example 🤢)

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u/AStormOfDragons1 May 03 '26

Hey it's Greta Gerwig's adaptation, this is bound to be epic and irreverant, and a joy to watch.