Thread:Looperreallyreallysucks/@comment-24439896-20190405215053/@comment-34055410-20190406023549

@RedChevalier If we were to continue our conversation from Alex’s wall, then here’s what I’ll have to say: as for the Messiah category, it didn’t say heroes who count as the Messiah have to be religious figures. It can also be for heroes who simply act as hope for humanity (which the Doctor is). As for the Elderly category, yes; the Doctor can be seen as immortal to some, but he still ages (refer to my War Doctor/Eleventh Doctor example). As for Genderless, both Male and Female were on the Doctor’s page, so therefore, it would have been more suitable to simply remove these two categories and keep “Genderless”, as any Who fans would know that Time Lords are genderless. As for “Superheroes”...eh...I feel really uncomfortable with the whole “superheroes have to wear capes, fly, and shoot lightning” thing. The Doctor has too many super-abilities that separate him from an average hero. As for him not “standing out in the setting”, what people need to understand is that Doctor Who isn’t Star Trek or Star Wars. The show focuses a lot on humans and their lives as...humans, so ultimately, the Doctor counts as a superhero when we compare him to numerous other “average” characters. Don’t forget that many Marvel superheroes have to compete with extremely powerful enemies.