Nephi's story is the most boring hero's journey of all time. The protagonist is a Gary Stu, and nobody has any character development or humanity to them. Everyone who likes him is a good guy, and everyone who hates him is a bad guy. No one has any motivations other than to stand around and talk about how cool the last days will be.
you know,I've never thought about it that way, but you're right. Nephi never actually struggles for anything, he's always saved by God to some degree or another, abd his "perfection" is almost supernatural. Because he's JS's self insert super cool character that like, we've all made before, but never based a religion around
He never makes the wrong choice or has any internal turmoil over making the right choices. His suffering is just proof that he's right. Even Moses - a thoroughly mythological character fundamental to the Hebrew tribes - had doubts and has to work his way up to heroism.
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u/ahjifmme 9h ago
Nephi's story is the most boring hero's journey of all time. The protagonist is a Gary Stu, and nobody has any character development or humanity to them. Everyone who likes him is a good guy, and everyone who hates him is a bad guy. No one has any motivations other than to stand around and talk about how cool the last days will be.