#preaching

-Saint Gregory the Theologian

+100. The association with the cray-cray priest is spot on. And where before there was “God's will”, now there are pseudo-progressive lectures. The fixer's cope is also based on some “faith”, there are ‘dogmas’ - their headcanons, which are presented as some “truth”. Oh yes, and “soul”, “lose his soul”. Even this religious concept is presented specifically in a religious context, in complete isolation from the game's story and DnD lore. There's a reason they're sometimes called the “Church of the Spawn”, lol. And the main “message” of their narrative is to keep Astarion from being free. And the church needs the concept of “sin”, what's better than ‘sex’ as a “stigma for the sinner”? And after the Ascension, Astarion gets to enjoy life, and in the UA path there is suffering of the flesh and forced “asceticism”. But usually fixers gloss over this, devalue it, call it a more convenient word for them “restrictions”. Redemption. And let's not forget the devil… You know, it's generally interesting how those, who call themselves progressive, have taken a terry conservative ideology, in all its worst manifestations, made a gender flip and voila! The Church of the Fixers opens its doors - redeem yourselves, sinners.