#Rashi-faun

[coywolfy]

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furry ref for one of my beloved ocs, Rashi-faun

[libidomechanica]

“For the night, soft and smite no more bright sun”

Little box and while on that let the home. Make the     river. The awkward she of the fleetings, rinds are soon forgotten Famine, where upon     your fingers crumble broom. As that loss;

both graced; unclasp the bridegroom factory, they do     grow, i’ve said she, instead of your three columns two, attack; or likeness, if each other     Lippo! No dream and Fauns with a flie;

but is golden Throne only a movie with the     sea; nor, English, Frenchmen, gallant though I never dwelling your very my sweet, without     common prank: it stand at thy voice had

been arraigned, the spur inspired new come dawn at     the silver. If thy beauty making leave? And you with the Poet bleed? The joy of moss,     with timorous care, with such exists.

She than the suffix was old age. Spicy night she     rose, how for its bounds along my road, the smallish fortune be: this hymn, and rill; together     casting.—And, in three stood to drink

out to increase that is hurtling with echoing     to my arms with her for escape? And breathe like a prison’d gloomy path called my slick beauty     by sun are clean: for if thy diest,

meane at the blue branch, dark smell thoughts one merciless     rocks, and I became and faithful tree, when on the moon. He claim received that that something     over the proud title door and the

charm all those who love, I know our love I did no     such play they either Rosenkavalier, her own fire, went and old; brother’s life. For the     night, soft and smite no more bright sun. A

loaf, her palsied hand, of such disparage such valid     reason will I quit the Throne. By then being. And they pass’d that is not findeth its     play’d the dawn in war that their place you’ll

fine; brother Lippo’s doing more ways. And catch mine     angry and in the under on the enter look she love alone. Master of yoga     and Allah! On the bar stool, down the

movie with cursedly miscarried, do offend     thigh through ashes could but she case to wear! For each hour, the glen sae rashy, O, I set     me country, some gentle dame sad quest.

[qaraxuanzenith]

PSA: Writing Token Jewish Fantasy Characters

Representation is super important! But not all representation is created equal, so for all my rants about wanting more Jewish representation, here is one (apropos of someone reminding me that Mortal Instruments exists) asking you to please not do certain things when you write your token Jewish character.

(Is tokenism great? No, but sometimes it’s necessary! I’m not asking all the non-Jewish writers out there to write all-Jewish stories, and everyone wants diverse and evenly-distributed casts, which means you’re going to often have your token Jewish / insert-minority-here character, or even twofer token minorities, and that’s okay, so long as it’s done right!)

So let’s say you’re writing fantasy, and your token Jewish character is also going to be a token insert-fantasy-creature-here character. Some Dos and Don’ts:

Don’t:

make your token Jewish character the token vampire (this leans into really gross and racist anti-Semitic blood libel) (looking at you, the mortal instruments)

make your token Jewish character the token goblin/leprechaun/other gold-loving magical creature (this leans into gross racist anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews and money)

make your token Jewish character the token Fae in a changeling story (this also leans into the gross racist blood libel, by way of “stealing away a baby”)

make your token Jewish character the token tiefling/faun/other horned magical creature (this leans into weird racist anti-Semitic beliefs about Jews and horns)

make your token Jewish character the token Roman or Greek demigod (because ancient Rome and ancient Greece oppressed us, and their beliefs are diametrically opposed to Jewish beliefs, and Rome in particular destroyed our Temple, razed our land, and exiled and subjugated our people) (hahahahaha *cries in Still Furious At Riordan*)

This isn’t fantasy-specific, but also don’t make your token Jew the only/main villain. (Can a Jewish character be a villain? Fair enough, anyone can! But if it’s the only Jewish character in the work, then you need to reflect on your latent or not-so-latent anti-Semitism. Same for if the villain is heavily Jewish-coded.)

Do:

make your token Jewish character the token werewolf (both are hyperaware of the phases of the moon, plus we have some fun Midrashim [exegetical stories] about Benjamin being a werewolf)

make your token Jewish character the token golem (the golem is a proudly Jewish magical creature/construct, originating in the story of the Golem of Prague, which was created by a rabbi to protect the city’s Jewish community - in fact, if you have a golem, it should have its Jewish roots explicitly acknowledged)

make your token Jewish character the token mermaid (Rashi, one of the most famous/popular Jewish Biblical commentators, believed that mermaids were real! they’re a Jewish thing now, I’m making it a thing!)

make your token Jewish character any other magical creature I guess, just please examine the representation to make sure you are not portraying stereotypes or feeding into negative libels or false beliefs about Jewish people

Acknowledge the character’s Jewish identity as an important part of them, not just their magical identity

(These are just examples, you don’t literally have to make your Jewish character a werewolf/golem/mermaid, but if you do, I want to read it)

I’m not saying a Jewish character can never be portrayed as any of the creatures on the Don’t list - but if it’s not being written by a Jewish writer, then you’d better make damn sure that (a) you’re examining your own biases and not leaning into stereotypes and blood libels, (b) the Jewish vampire or whatever isn’t the only Jewish character in the work, but rather there are other Jewish characters who are not obligated to drink blood, and (c) the tension in this identity should be acknowledged in the text “Oh I’m a vampire but blood is normally forbidden for Jewish consumption, what do” etc.

[werewolfdadarts]

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