#This totally isn't a Jesus Christ Superstar reference

[hologramking]

EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU I DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHY YOU LET THE THINGS YOU DID GET SO OUT OF HAND

[lenaswritingandstuff]

hey, i don't mean any offense but your jesus christ superstar fic has got some. inaccuracies.

"eden" doesn't exist in the bible. i think you might've gotten it from the tv series The Chosen, because that's the name of peter's wife in that show. but she's PETER'S wife, not simon's, and simon the zealot (or zealotes, as he is in jcs) is a completely different person from simon peter. peter was originally called simon before jesus changed his name, and in The Chosen that hasn't happened yet, so maybe you got that confused. eden doesn't exist nor is she married to simon zealotes.

matthias thaddeus.. doesn't exist? i thought that was supposed to be a reference to matthias OR thaddeus, who are two different apostles in the bible. matthias isn't one of the original 12, it could just be a coincidence but i'm super confused about that.

why is "The Temple" capitalized? what temple does it refer to?? is it supposed to be a synagogue or??

also like.. i don't mean to be really nitpicky since it's only a fun x-reader jesus christ superstar fic of all things, but large age gaps during that time were really uncommon. the usual age for betrothal were 12-13 for girls and 15-16 for boys.

i'm sorry if this comes off as nitpicky or criticizing, there were just some parts that didn't make sense

Hi,

I have done some research and I did see that Eden was mentionned in the Bible but the websites (which were Catholic and about the Bible actually) might just have been wrong. In that case I apologize, and you can consider Eden to be just an OC here. But I never pretended that she did exist, my original tag on Ao3 said "I think Simon's gf Eden is in the Bible" before it got deleted and I had to write it again.

Yes I am aware that Eden is Peter's wife and not Simon's, that's a mistake on my part (and I apologize again). I probably got confused by Peter's original name being Simon and when I realized my mistake it was way too late to change it. But tbh my plan for this fic was always for Simon to have a partner, not Peter, but maybe I should have picked another name?

I've never seen The Chosen and barely heard of it.

Matthias Thaddeus is a reference (or at least I thought it was) to the Apostle. I know in the Bible they are two different people but in this fic Thaddeus is just a last name. I didn't know it would be a problem since the character isn't in JCS but it seems I was mistaken.

As for the synagogue, I said in the first chapter that you can imagine reader having the religion you want. If as the reader you imagine/want to keep your real religion while reading it it's more than fine. If you want to imagine that you're Jewish in it, it's also more than fine. I want everyone to be included and I only kept "Temple" in the story because it's the word used in the show; it can totally be a Synagogue or a Mosque. I didn't think it would be a problem either. I know it makes more sense for Arielle (since she's an OC) to be a Jew - and tbh she probably is - but the whole "the Temple can be for any religion" thing was mostly for the version with a reader so everyone can be included. It only works with a reader, not an OC.

My fic is based on the 2012 live Arena Tour Jesus Christ Superstar, which is set in a modern setting, with internet and social media. Of all Jesus' followers on stage are adults, including the women, so it's also the case for the reader (if the reader isn't then they might change their age in their minds to be more comfortable if they wish) and Arielle as well. While you're absolutely right about the betrothal ages of the time, it's different here due to the modern setting. In this fic there are still betrothals made by your family (and age gaps aren't rare, as both Arielle and Eden were meant to marry much older men) but they happen when you're an adult. Therefore Arielle is an adult too and I guess I never mentioned it but she's in her twenties, just like Simon, Eden, Peter and Jesus (who is about 29 yo even though I haven't said it yet - but I'm planning to). If she was underage I would have put a warning (even though I don't think I'll ever write a fic like that). But if you consider that the age gap between Arielle and Jesus is still too much I totally understand.