Thought for the Day

[kerravonsen]

God is not a writer of Mary-Sues.

Comments

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Yes, but Catholics write the biggest Virgin Mary-Sue around.

Should I even ask?

[kerravonsen]

Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."
Matthew 27:39-40

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

?

[kerravonsen]

Comparisons of Doctor!Sue and Jesus irritate me.

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Hmm yes that would irritate me too.

To expand...

[kerravonsen]

I mean, it's not that I get irritated by all comparisons between Jesus and the Doctor; I've made such comparisons myself. But the times when the Doctor is most like Jesus is when he is least like a Mary-Sue.
Reading the passage I quote above reminded me that Jesus doesn't take the shiny easy glowy way out, but the hard, difficult, humble and self-sacrificial way. No snapping fingers and having Angels carry him: that was a temptation he withstood. So having the Doctor being carried by "angels" and then having people say "the Doctor is like Jesus" because of that imagery... completely misses the point. Hence, "God is not a writer of Mary-Sues."

Edited to Add: Note, that I am not saying that I consider the Bible to be fiction; when I refer to God as a Writer, I am meaning God is the Author of all things, that the universe is His manuscript, and we are his Story.

Re: To expand...

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. I can see where you're coming from now.

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

It's true.