anotherler replied to your post āWOW if people get that freaked out by Biblical references then man do...ā
Serious question: Why do you put Biblical references in your fics? Just curious. Thinking back on it, I know a fair amount of writers in the past and to this day have used them but I would like to know what your personal reason is for it.
Well, ācuz Iām a Christian and itās kinda natural for my faith to show in the stuff I do. (Or it should be, anyway.) Of course I donāt have references in all my fics but I do in a fair number. In a few of my fics I have Wheatley quote (and mis-quote, I think? been a while since Iāve read my own fics) Bible passages, since thatās a thing he does in canon. (Like, in This Thing Like Seeing he tries to quote a Bible passage to dissuade GLaDOS from something, which backfires spectacularly.) He also talks about Christmas in Ace of Fours because that was a Christmas fic so why not. I had the Oracle Turret quote the Bible in my crow!Wheatley game too, since that particular verse worked for the situation.
Also, if I see a chance for a reference to be used as part of the central theme, you can bet Iāll take it. I mean, I did that for A Few Repairs (lots of heaven/hell/purgatory references, though the āpurgatoryā part is Catholic and not something I personally believe in, but it worked out for the theme of the story) and The Rodent and the Robot (I had the Oracle Turret make references to like three different Bible passages because they all fit perfectly with the story and one of the major themes).
Iām sure Iāve used references in other fics and stuff Iāve done but itās been so long since Iāve read my own fics that I honestly canāt remember.
I guess like, because my faith is such a major aspect of my life, I like to show it through my writing whenever I can. Kinda like how my orientation (aro/ace) is also an important part of my life, so I like to have aro/ace characters in the things I write, or headcanon different characters as aro/ace, if that makes sense.
