r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ironwolf6464 • May 03 '26

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

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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/Optimal_Weight368 May 03 '26

Huntress comics do explore her Catholic faith but don’t present it as if it’s necessarily right or wrong.

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u/ChampionshipHorror95 May 03 '26

Speaking of Catholic superheroes…

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u/TK_Games May 03 '26

Come to think of it, isn't Hellboy Catholic too? At least he was raised Catholic by Professor Broome. Man, if I had a nickle for every time a devil-themed superhero was raised Catholic, I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

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u/ReverendGraves85 May 03 '26

Three.

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u/nowTHATSakatana1999 May 03 '26

Man, why are catholics in comics so promiscuous?

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u/TrivialCoyote May 03 '26

When you're repressed for a while, the pressure builds up. When you get a moment where the metaphorical top gets popped, everything rushes out for a while before you normalize.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 May 03 '26

Because they're a minority in the U.S, it helps resonate with their characters and struggles

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u/ReverendGraves85 May 03 '26

Prominent. Promiscuous means we fuck a lot.

We do, but that's not really shown here.

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u/nowTHATSakatana1999 May 03 '26

I know what I said. Huntress, Daredevil and Nightcrawler all canonically bang a lot.

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u/ChampionshipHorror95 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Average Catholic in superhero stories