Ironhold Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 This is a thought that came to me while tossing around some ideas in my head. For a sci-fi series, I had the idea of a character I have tentatively dubbed "The Undying One" During a major space war, the character, who was born and raised on another planet, became cybernetically-enhanced to better fight the war during a critical period when it looked like the bad guys would win. This turned the tide, but it was his recovering a powerful and potentially magical / divine artifact that won the war... seemingly at the cost of his own life. Mortally wounded in the effort, he set his ship on a collision course for what at the time was a planet few even knew existed, let alone knew the coordinates of... Earth. But while his body did cease to function, the combination of the cybernetics and the artifact did something even he doesn't understand that preserved his consciousness and spirit on Earth, and before long he found himself "reborn". He crashed in the desert, but it was near enough to a city. In the city was a woman who was pregnant with an infant that died in the womb and would have been stillborn. Instead, he took possession of the infant's body in a process that initially blanked his memory. Thus, he was born again, slowly remembering who he was and realizing that he was living a second life. As much as I want to tell a story with implications that'll leave the readers scratching their heads and debating, I do wonder what this would mean for church theology. He himself didn't actually die per se, but he has been literally reborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laronius Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Whenever I read sci-fi or fantasy I personally don't read anything into it. I appreciate reading good principles being taught but that is the extent of it. I guess you could have him convert to the gospel and that would ease any dilemmas. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 THINGS THAT DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Seasons Wind Sun Rain mirkwood, NeuroTypical, LDSGator and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) I’m not a fan of epics that end up as prequels to biblical events Edited December 13, 2021 by Fether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Vort said: THINGS THAT DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Seasons Wind Sun Rain We can be like they are. LDSGator, mirkwood and Vort 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 2 hours ago, NeuroTypical said: We can be like they are. The only good thing about the 1994 Stephen King miniseries “The Stand” was that they played this song at the beginning. NeuroTypical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikbone Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 2:19 PM, Vort said: THINGS THAT DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Seasons Wind Sun Rain I’ve gotta have more cowbell! Highlander 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 11:19 AM, mikbone said: I’ve gotta have more cowbell! I came here for this reason as soon as I saw the words "fear" and "reaper" mikbone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhold Posted December 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 The reference is "Transcendence" by Crimson Glory, a pioneer in the progressive metal genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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