Samson he is a character in the Bible who killed 1,000 members of the Philistine army with a Donkey's jawbone.
Best religious character
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To answer the question: I'll reiterate Wolfwood, and I love that Sazed from Mistborn was mentioned.
Also, I'd mention Captain America. It's silly, but I loved the line from the Avengers: "There's only one God, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that". It made me think that it's been a long time since I've seen a movie portray a character as a Christian (or at least a monotheist, but I'm pretty sure it's meant to be Christian with Captain America) without feeling the need to present it as a character flaw, or make a big deal about it one way or the other.
I don't mind when people poke fun at the religious, honestly. But when a book that's ostensibly making jokes about video games spends more time bashing religion than making video game jokes?
Also, I'd mention Captain America. It's silly, but I loved the line from the Avengers: "There's only one God, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that". It made me think that it's been a long time since I've seen a movie portray a character as a Christian (or at least a monotheist, but I'm pretty sure it's meant to be Christian with Captain America) without feeling the need to present it as a character flaw, or make a big deal about it one way or the other.
I suppose it's not surprising given that I am religious, but I really disliked Yahtzee's attitude towards the religious throughout Mogworld. I picked up the book thinking "I like his show, I like video game jokes, I like funny fiction (Terry Pratchett, for example), this should be good", and was simply not prepared for the enormous amounts of religion bashing. Both Thaddeus, the completely unsympathetic sidekick, not to mention the villain are terrible representations of religious people.Dangit2019 said:
I don't mind when people poke fun at the religious, honestly. But when a book that's ostensibly making jokes about video games spends more time bashing religion than making video game jokes?
Justin Law from Soul Eater was pretty badass. Particularly when he was just killing people while barely paying attention to them.
I am also religious, but I learned to stop giving two shits when people made jokes about it.Retsam19 said:
As I said in my post, I really don't mind jokes made about religious people. It happens. I realize that, honest, I do. I expect it anytime I browse the internet. But to have it comprise almost the majority of a book ostensibly about something else was frustrating, as much from the feeling of false advertising as much because I really care that other people don't all like us.Dangit2019 said:
But thanks for your rather condescending sounding post about how much more mature you are than me, it was really constructive.
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These two, definitely. Religious people have an unnerving tendency to be cast in antagonistic roles in fantasy and sci-fi, so it's so very refreshing to see characters that are openly religious but good people at the same time, not to mention very much badass.Blackmagic1515 said:
Hmm, well there is Solomon Kane. A character written by Robert E. Howard. Just started reading his stories recently and they are pretty cool. He's a 16th century swordsman dressed in black who goes around kicking the arses of demons and shamans and shit in Africa, as it seems for the most part, all in the name of God and justice.
Not religious myself, but I can admire badass stories like this.
Not religious myself, but I can admire badass stories like this.
Hellsing OVA looks great at least. I thought of Alexander Anderson as soon as I saw the title of the thread, but I don't know anyone else.
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Best fictional religious character? That "God" guy is kind interesting. He's a bit retarded at times and isn't very believable, but he does have some DAMN cool superpowers.
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Constantine.
Keanu Reeves with a fireball shotgun will always be amazing.
Best fictional religious character? That "God" guy is kind interesting. He's a bit retarded at times and isn't very believable, but he does have some DAMN cool superpowers.
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Constantine.
Keanu Reeves with a fireball shotgun will always be amazing.
While by no means a major character, there's an Irish Catholic priest in Borderlands that has a few hilarious echo recordings in the zombie DLC.
Oh, and of course the token "God" response. Best fictional religious character, yada yada.
Oh, and of course the token "God" response. Best fictional religious character, yada yada.
While not overly badass, the main character from Prometheus, Elizabeth Shaw, was a fantastic representation of an intelligent, rational, religious character. I was greatly impressed with the way she was portrayed and how she responded to the unfolding events while still maintaining her beliefs. It's just nice sometimes to see that kind of faith in a movie, rather than being used by a villain as justification for an atrocity or reason for a character to act irrationally or something (and I have a pretty low opinion of religion in general, but Elizabeth Shaw actually put me in mind of the majority of my religious friends, while most media tends to make me think of the one or two ridiculously fanatical people I know).
Hmmmm not sure if he counts as religious, but he is involved to some point:
Guts from Berserk. The manga mostly, I haven't seen the anime/movie. I could also throw in Griffith from the same manga.
And Book. Also, Fujimoto from Ao no exorcist (godfather to main character, basically a badass priest exorcist while seeming like your kind-hearted, philanthropic priest).
Guts from Berserk. The manga mostly, I haven't seen the anime/movie. I could also throw in Griffith from the same manga.
And Book. Also, Fujimoto from Ao no exorcist (godfather to main character, basically a badass priest exorcist while seeming like your kind-hearted, philanthropic priest).
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From what I remember, Sisko wasn't all that religious, and sometimes got quite sick of all that Emissary of the Prophets nonsense.
That's not what he looks like!
*Sobs in the corner*
Beast Machines never happened!
Beast Machines never happened.
shiny gold star and a cookie to whomever(WITHOUT CHEATING!!)can tell me who this kickass religious figure is.
Thaddeus from Mogworld. Simply because he would not shut the god damn fuck up about his religion for the whole book and then turned around at the end and badassed his way to victory.
Either that or Sheppard Book from Firefly. He was nice and had no problem with kneecapping someone.
Either that or Sheppard Book from Firefly. He was nice and had no problem with kneecapping someone.
Berserk was absolutely stunning in how it managed to use Western style fantasy in a mashup with Japanese myth in manga, without getting preachy or over-loading it's own willing suspension of disbelief with ridiculous fight scenes or invincible characters so it held it's suspense. Truly everything I look for in manga and more. Also, when a character is named after entrails, you know he's gonna have be able to rip off demon's heads with his bare hands.Azeal said: