History Headscratchers / Preacher

*** According to wikipedia it was the Angel of Death that created him not God. He was returned to Earth to collect the souls of those who died by violence because his hatred was enough to freeze Hell, which was probably causing problems. Why he felt the need to melt down Michael's sword into a pair of guns that would kill anything, never miss their target, never leave the Saint's possession, and never run out of bullets is anyone's guess, but I guess foresight and common sense are things Death lacks.

*** According to wikipedia it was the Angel of Death that created him not God. He was returned to Earth to collect the souls of those who died by violence because his hatred was enough to freeze Hell, which was probably causing problems. Why he felt the need to melt down Michael's sword into a pair of guns that would kill anything, never miss their target, never leave his possession, and never run out of bullets is anyone's guess, but I guess foresight and common sense are things Death lacks.

* That guy sentenced to count sand. Nobody looked for him? Nobody found him accidentally? And the phrasing was really off. Just look at the entire beach and say 'One two, skip a few, two million'.

* Cassidy's self destructive cycle bothered me. He totally builds up an awesome life and then despite all the talents he has, kicks it all over and mopes.

** Ennis himself has mentioned that he would have changed that scene, if writing the book again. The undead excuse is a pretty weak handwave.

** Jesse's opening salvo blinded Cassidy and took out his sense of smell. From there it was mostly Jesse playing keep away from Cassidy's flimsy attacks and striking when he had an opening. It should be noted that despite the severity of the beating that he took Cassidy pretty much no-sold all the damage he incurred, while one punch from him pretty much crippled Jesse to the point that he couldn't stop Cassidy's apparent suicide.

* When [[spoiler:the Saint kills God, God never thinks to simply use the Word to stop him. Or that God was able to give others immunity to the Word, but not the Saint]].

* When we first see the Allfather, his plane was just trashed because he's to heavy for it and the runway can't handle bigger planes. So why don't they just build a bigger runway? This is the Grail we're talking about, surely they have the money and the manpower to put up some more asphalt. It couldn't possibly be more expensive than buying/reparing new planes every time the fat fuck arrives.

* Why the hell did Jesse sentence the very likable and pretty much reformed former Nazi spy to death? Yeah, he did bad stuff, but that was 60 years ago. He tried to atone for his sins and he showed sincere remorse for his past actions. Okay, he lived a lie under a false name, but what's he gonna do? Why doesn't he get his second chance? Cassidy got his. Starrs helper-guy (the one who was forced to count sand) got his. Hell, even the child rapist got to live (if with a death-threat). Why did the spy deserve death? That just bugs me to no end.

** Why doesn't he go and gets some cosmetic surgery for his penis-head? Or a latex-cap that looks like his old bald head? Admittedly, the hat works fine, but it still looks ridicoulus underneath it and it seems to bother him greatly, so .. why not do something against it?
** Same with the Penis-Thing. With the ressources of the grail behind him, it should not be a problem to reconstruct his wang or at least make a prosthesis to let it look less freakish.
** Also, minor thing here.. in his origin story, he asks the grail-guy if he can get him a woman for some no-strings-attached-sex ... okay. Why doesn't he just go to a brothel? It can't be the money, he probably paid more for that dinner-evening than what a hooker would cost. Can't be a question of morals, either, since he frequents hookers and brothels regularly after that..

* When we first see the Allfather, his plane was just trashed because he's to heavy for it and the runway can't handle bigger planes. So why don't they just build a bigger runway? This is the grail we're talkin about, surely they have the money and the manpower to put up some more asphalt. It couldn't possibly be more expensive than buying/reparing new planes every time the fat fuck arrives.

* Why the hell did Jesse sentence the very likable and pretty much reformed former nazi spy to death? Yeah, he did bad stuff, but that was 60 years ago. He tried to atone for his sins and he showed sincere remorse for his past actions. Okay, he lived a lie under a false name, but what's he gonna do? Why doesn't he get his second chance? Cassidy got his. Starrs helper-guy (the one who was forced to count sand) got his. Hell, even the child rapist got to live (if with a death-threat). Why did the spy deserve death? That just bugs me to no end.

** Okay, i read it again - been a while. But still, he showed remorse, he wanted redemption and he had a point about his orders, at least from what we know and what Jesse knew. I mean, he was the fucking sheriff - how about dragging this thing to a proper court with a judge? And evidence, preferably. Of course, that would've ruined the "Spy"'s reputation, but somehow i doubt that Jesse cared that much about him. It still bugs me.

**** As did this troper. The handwave didn't even make a lot of sense since regardless of how much skill you have, a single punch from someone as strong as cassidy should still have put Jesse out of a fight, if not killed him outright.

** In regards to [[spoiler:God not using the word to stop the Saint,]] that's reasonably in character, because without time to prepare, he's shown as being a bit of a dumbass, resorting to brute displays of force or running away whenever things don't go his way. [[spoiler:As for God being able to give immunity to the Word, when he protected the L'angelles he was physically present for a number of events in the house, and since god isn't omniscient or omnipotent when not sitting on the seat of creation, it can be reasonably inferred that instead of granting a passive immunity from the word, He was in fact physically in the house the entire time, actively protecting the L'angelles each time Jesse used the Word. This means that God has a limited sphere of influence, or at very least a limited sphere of awareness when not on His throne. Assuming this is the case, He may have either been devoting his attention to Cassidy at the time Jesse used the word, or simply physically elsewhere and hence unaware that Jesse was using the Word at all.]]

*** In addition to the above troper's entry, God had actually left heaven by the time the Saint was woken up and sent after Jesse, so the Saint technically isn't under God's personal direction. And since god has shown a willingness to spare Jesse (and others) who pose a threat to him on the off chance he'll be able to convince them to come back to him, it's entirely possible he just didn't want Jesse deader than dead yet. That, or God didn't interfere because he has nothing to do with the Saint being after Jesse.

* It bugs me that the Saint of Killers gun's were lethal to God, but not Cassidy who he shot near the beginning of the series in a bar. Yeah, Cassidy is technically undead, but he can be 'killed' by sunlight so you'd think the guns which always inflict a lethal wound would be able to do that too.
** An angel is shot in the brain and still lives enough for a few words, so it's not insta-death for everyone. More, those are the weapons of the Angel of Death, retooled. Maybe being already dead nerfs their effect.

* It bugs me that the Saint of Killers gun's were lethal to God, but not Cassidy who he shot near the beginning of the series in a bar. Yeah, Cassidy is technically undead, but he can be 'killed' by sunlight so you'd think the guns which always inflict a lethal wound would be able to do that too.

**** So God does not possess the Word, only Genesis does?

*** In addition to the above troper's entry, God had actually left heaven by the time the Saint was woken up and sent after Jesse, so the Saint technically isn't under God's personal direction. And since god has shown a willingness to spare Jesse (and others) who pose a threat to him on the off chance he'll be able to convince them to come back to him, it's entirely possible he just didn't want Jesse deader than dead yet. That, or God didn't interfere because he has nothing to do with the Saint being after Jesse.

** In regards to [[spoiler:God not using the word to stop the Saint,]] that's reasonably in character, because without time to prepare, he's shown as being a bit of a dumbass, resorting to brute displays of force or running away whenever things don't go his way. [[spoiler:As for God being able to give immunity to the Word, when he protected the L'angelles he ws physically present for a number of events in the house, and since god isn't omniscient or omnipotent when not sitting on the seat of creation, it can be reasonably inferred that instead of granting a passive immunity from the word, He was in fact physically in the house the entire time, actively protecting the L'angelles each time Jesse used the Word. This means that God has a limited sphere of influence, or at very least a limited sphere of awareness when not on His throne. Assuming this is the case, He may have either been devoting his attention to Cassidy at the time Jesse used the word, or simply physically elsewhere and hence unaware that Jesse was using the Word at all.]]

** In regards to [[spoiler:God not using the word to stop the Saint,]] that's reasonably in character, because without time to prepare, he's shown as being a bit of a dumbass, resorting to brute displays of force or running away whenever things don't go his way.
[[spoiler:As for God being able to give immunity to the Word, when he protected the L'angelles he ws physically present for a number of events in the house, and since god isn't omniscient or omnipotent when not sitting on the seat of creation, it can be reasonably inferred that instead of granting a passive immunity from the word, He was in fact actively protecting the L'angelles each time Jesse used the Word. This means that since God clearly has a limited sphere of influence, or at very least a limited sphere of awareness when not on His throne, He may have been devoting his attention to Cassidy at the time, or simply physically elsewhere.]]

* When [[spoiler:the Saint kills God, God never thinks to simply use the Word to stop him. Or that God was able to give others immunity to the Word, but not the Saint]].

* When [[spoiler:the Saint kills God, God never thinks to simply use the Word to stop him. Or that God was able to give others immunity to the Word, but not the Saint]].
*** Well... yeah. I acknowledged the hand-wave in the paragraph you're responding to. I just found it entirely unconvincing.

** ...as pointed out in ''that exact sequence'', Cassidy has always relied on his brute strength over anything approaching skill. Jesse uses his strength ''and'' personal skill in a fight, so that's why he had the edge.

**Pshh, like that's an isolated incident? Jesse is one of the most BoringInvincibleHero characters I've ever seen. In 'Salvation'' he beats up FOUR other guys simultaneously without getting so much as a bruise or a black eye to show for it. Completely fucking absurd.