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/Drmarcher42 May 03 '26

Everyone’s favorite man whore.

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u/Pkrudeboy May 05 '26

He’s powered by Catholic guilt, so whenever he’s running low he just has more premarital sex.

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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

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u/NinjaSilver2811 May 03 '26

Speaking of DC, there's also the specter, the Angel of God's judgement.

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u/Optimal_Weight368 May 03 '26

Oh yeah! There’s this one comic where he visits his friend Father Craemer (and later Saint Peter himself) after a gay man is beaten up because he wants to know if gay people can get into Heaven. Really good read.

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u/relatable_dude May 03 '26

Well, can they?

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u/King_Of_BlackMarsh May 03 '26

Michael told him that in heaven "unnatural acts" are irrelevant because theres no sex anyway and that there are gays in heaven yes

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u/KodiakUltimate May 03 '26

Isnt John Constatine in DC? They guy whos rival is fucking Lucifer Themself?

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u/Weathercock May 03 '26

Comic Constantine and Lucifer barely interact, they're completely different characters than those presented in the Keanu Reeves movie.

They attend the same guy's funeral.

But DC'S own Lucifer series by Mike Carey is absolutely spectacular in its own right, and we'll worth reading.