Hi. I'm the new guy, Jerry. I'm 19 years old, and try my best to please God through my actions and fellowship to others.
What I want to portray hereis what I think my fantastical heroic version of myself is. This is only a fantasy, but when I at least get to heaven, more than half of these "powers" will be at my disposal.
My favorite movie hero:
None other than Thomas "Neo" Anderson from the Matrix movies.
Once Neo finds out the truth, everything about him and everything around him, he cracks. Some Christians "crack," or have a temporary little break down before taking on their full responsibility as a full-fledged Christian, just as Neo took on his new responsibility after being unplugged from the world. (Just in case you didn't notice...I think the Matrix movies are a non-Christian analogy for Christianity-minus the fact that Jesus never had sex with anyone, and Neo did. If you are curious, I have even more ways to defend this view. Ask me later. But anyways...) Neo begins to learn of ways to bend the "natural" laws that he's lived with all of his days. He gains superfast reflexes, and by the push of a button in the Nebuchudnezzar, he's a martial machine, knowing every trick in the book. Since I'm a martial artist, this is REALLY kool! The way Neo flies puts Superman to shame. When Superman lifts off, he doesn't leave ripple marks whenever and wherever he leaps up. And the way Neo rears up then throws his body forward like a catapult is just plain SWEET (You can see this in Reloaded while he's doing his "Superman thing" and in the last DBZ-like fight with Smith in the rainy sky in Revolutions.) ! Although, I think dodging bullets rather than stopping them would be more kool looking, but not practical. That's why I like Neo so much. I want his powers when I get to heaven. If I would really want them now, there would be something wrong... (Lord, )
My favorite...well, uh...other hero:
The well-made in-depth powerful character none-other than Sephiroth of Final Fantasy VII.
I haven't even beaten the game, but his character intrigues me much. He was a powerful and knowledgable warrior, but one who questioned his purpose. I was like that for a while. There was a time where I knew God existed, but I just wasn't sure what I wanted with my knowledge. Even though Sephiroth read too many books and opinions of others to throw his mind off, I see it as looking to the world around you for answers, instead of looking to what you find out to be true by yourself. That's the spiritual/mental likeness I had with him. A lot of potential, but just misguided. The physical aspects are way kool too. I'm growing my hair out to at least the middle of my back, and dying it pure white, or metallic platinum, whichever I find first. This isn't just for conventions, but for a more permanent state, until I get tired of it. I love his sword, the Masamune. I would love to be a swordsman. I know I have potential, I just have to have my potential sharpened into raw skill. I like his black fassade as well. Liking to wear black doesn't make me any less Christian than I am.
Sephiroth's magic potential is, of course, phenomenal. Do I want magic now? I wouldn't really think so. God didn't mean for us to have certain things for a reason, so I really don't see the need for it. What my point is with this, is this...Sephiroth, having so much power and potential used it for the wrong things in the end. I was like this. I used my martial arts wrongly at one point. But at the same time, recooperating from that (with God's help, of course) I feel for Sephiroth's character. Squaresoft does an excellent job at letting the players connect with the characters and feel their pain or feel their joy. I feel that there are people out there like him who need to find out the truth for themselves, and when I look at Sephiroth's decision to believe what the world/secret library told him, I feel a responsibility to show the world what I have learned in the past few years from searching for myself. That is why I love Sephiroth's character.
So, no...I'm not nuts like him... (maybe)
From
Neo