Mitch and Arem

Kris Doyle · Post by **Kris Doyle** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:46 am

Has anyone noticed the parallels between the Mitch/Arem storyline and the story of the Gospel?

Jesus is God who became a man to save us and stop the devil, but most people thought of Him as a bad guy and tried their best (with no permanent success) to stop Him because they didn't understand who He is. Arem was Mitch who went undercover to save people from Novacom and stop Andromeda's evil scheme, but everyone was against him and did their best to block him because they didn't understand who he was.

Jesus laid down His life for us, but came back from the dead and conquered satan, death, and heck! Everyone thought Mitch had been killed in the battle to protect the world from Andromeda, but behind the scenes he was still working against the powers of evil--then one day, the news came that he was still alive. After that, he went on to testify against Andromeda and was a key witness in destroying their evil scheme.

What do you think? Am I just looking for parallels where there are none, or do you think the AIO writers were trying to make a parable? I would love to know what other people think.

God bless.
Kris

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:04 am

I don't think that the writers were trying to do that; the whole "Mitch is dead" thing was working the dramatics.

Interesting that you would see that there though.

poWerbOy · Post by **poWerbOy** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:32 pm

yeah i don't think the parallel was intentional, but it is an interesting thought.

Post by **Catspaw** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:22 pm

Wow, I had never thought of that!

That's an interesting parallel! While I doubt that the writers meant to do that, it is a nice connection!

Mr.Whit · Post by **Mr.Whit** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:25 pm

i never thought about that kris interesting thought

Kenric · Post by **Kenric** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:12 pm

Wow. I never saw the parallels. Btw, funny story. My brother, a 2nd grader in Gifted & Talented Education is learning about parallels

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Shad Lexer · Post by **Shad Lexer** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:21 pm

A very interesting thought!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:35 pm

If you were to analyze the "parallel" carefully, you would probably find a lot of differences in the two stories. I'm pretty sure that it was never meant to be a parallel and any parallel one may see is probably coincidental.

Dave

wooton_bassett · Post by **wooton_bassett** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:42 pm

That was awesome...and I could never think of that

SivartM · Post by **SivartM** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:44 pm

Wow...

Kris Doyle · Post by **Kris Doyle** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:40 am

I guess it wasn't intended, because just the other day I read Shadowpaw's article about it at the AIOSF. He said that the writers didn't actually know they would bring Mitch back. He "died," and then they voted on his return later.

That said, I still like the parallels. I think it's neat to see what we can find in good, wholesome stories--even if it's not what the authors intended.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:56 am

Kris Doyle wrote:I guess it wasn't intended, because just the other day I read Shadowpaw's article about it at the AIOSF. He said that the writers didn't actually know they would bring Mitch back. He "died," and then they voted on his return later.

I'd be interested in seeing who voted for which option.

Shadowpaw · Post by **Shadowpaw** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:13 pm

Kris Doyle wrote:I guess it wasn't intended, because just the other day I read Shadowpaw's article about it at the AIOSF. He said that the writers didn't actually know they would bring Mitch back. He "died," and then they voted on his return later.

Oh did I say that? I might have worded it incorrectly (or maybe I was just confused)... I believe the writers did vote on bringing Mitch back, but I believe the vote occured while Plan B was being written. I think they wrote the "death" episode with the full knowledge Mitch would return at some point in time...

At least I think so. Maybe Nathan can help me out here.

Kris Doyle · Post by **Kris Doyle** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:55 pm

Sorry, Shadowpaw. Maybe I just misunderstood your article.

Samwise · Post by **Samwise** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:34 pm

That's an interesting observation there Kris. I never noticed the parallel.