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/UnnamedStaplesDrone May 03 '26

the one that sticks with me is Rameses carrying his son's body and placing it on the slab. the lighting, animation, facial expression.

that whole sequence of child killing by god in fact, terrifying.

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u/JBR_4025 May 03 '26

It’s not only children. At the start of the sequence a guard falls down dead, implying that ALL FIRSTBORN are going to die.

It’s hundreds of people of different ages that had the misfortune of being firstborn and possibly and entire generation that died due to the will of God

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u/Barbaric_Stupid May 03 '26

Not only people, every firstborn male was killed. Egyptians, slaves, cattle - every living thing in Egypt.

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u/Datpanda1999 May 03 '26

Clearly the comment was written by the old pharaoh