#THEY EXIST

[mychemicaljacketslut]

child in the lotus casino: *calls out for his sister*

approximately 293038 people:

[thearcanecat]

Wilbur Cross with denim shoelaces.

[hyperpotamianarch]

So, since I don't actually like it when my dash is flooded with current events as it tends to become depressing, I thought that hey, why not start detailing the necessary criteria for a type of story that I enjoy seeing? And thus, we are here to talk about the trope I call "inexplicably Jewish".

The necessary details of this trope are kind of simple, really: it requires having at least one character who is Jewish in your story, and this character needs to be inexplicably Jewish. Meaning, within the limits of the story, there is no way to explain how or why the character is Jewish. So, let's detail what you might think could count but actually doesn't:

Firstly, informed Judaism. Just... please don't. It's frustrating enough how many supposed representations seem like that. If you go all the way to make a character inexplicably Jewish, then making their Judaism merely informed (meaning, there's no indication they're Jewish beyond them stating so) is rather disappointing, not to mention pointless. So, if you go for this trope, your character needs to be Jewish in a meaningful way. Whether and how they practice the religion depends wholly on you, but at least make them more than the guy mentioning he's Jewish once and then does everything he possibly can to disprove it.

Secondly: the inexplicability needs to be nigh total. So, it's not enough that this character is improbable to be Jewish, such as having come from a heavily Christian/Muslim/other background and having no way of converting that you can think of. This isn't inexplicably Jewish, this is improbably Jewish. A completely different trope that you could use if you want, but it has nothing to do with our topic. Preferably, your inexpliacbly Jewish character comes from a world where Judaism simply cannot exist. An example for it is this fanfic about Hobbits celebrating Pesaḥ (or this about Ents doing the same). Middle Earth, after all, is far enough from our world that Judaism likely doesn't exist there, and this is inexplicable enough for me. Having Jewish characters in Harry Potter or Percy Jackson or even His Dark Materials can't be considered inexplicable, because in all these books there are very clear indications that Judaism exists, if only by how similar their worlds are to ours. Plus, each of them makes at some point references to specifically Christian things (I think), and Christianity can't exist without Judaism. On the other hand, if a random person in Ingary (who doesn't come from our world - though I believe there are only two recorded humans doing this) is Jewish, it's inexplicable enough for this trope. Sure, you could have a convoluted explanation about a rabbi getting through a portal and converting him, but this is more complex than the explanation to how a Hogwarts student can be Jewish.

The third point might be a bit personal, since it doesn't contradict the basic premises of the trope, but still: if the character belongs to a fantasy race that is considered the stand-in for Jews in this continuity, it shouldn't count. You see, in my opinion such a character isn't inexplicably Jewish; they are a stand-in for Jews anyway, only if you try to make them inexplicably Jewish they will also pretend to straight up be Jewish and that's just... kind of pointless. For a parable to work, it needs to not be one-to-one the thing it's a parable of. The purpose is to give it a different point of view, and if you just straight up say that your dwarf or goblin is Jewish...

This doesn't mean I think this is bad. If you enjoy portraying vaguely stand-ins for Jews as Jews - go ahead, enjoy yourself. But I don't think it belongs to inexplicable Judaism. I think this should be considered a different trope.

Anyway, if you know of other stories that answer these definitions - feel free to inform me. I will note that fairy tales, if you assume they happened in a parallel world, are full of inexplicable Christianity, because somehow everyone in them is a Christian. In that sense, Spinning Silver can seem like another example of inexplicable Judaism.

Thank you for reading!

[sonomly]

Omg omg omg

They exist

LOOK AT THEM

My friend is best most amazing friend

Now my blorbos can literally inspire me from the bookshelf

[batwynn]

I swear good things happen, sometimes. I’m as guilty of guarding my heart against hurt as the next person, but it’s not always another shoe falling. It’s not always bad. There’s little things you can get joy from, there’s large things you can love. It’s ok. It’s ok to trust that a good thing will happen without guarding for an equal bad. It’s ok to trust and feel joy and feel good, and still get hurt by something. You’re allowed to feel hurt. It’s ok to grieve. You’re allowed to experience joy and bad things. One does not negate the other. The bad does not necessarily end the good. No amount of refusing yourself joys and pleasure will make the bad things stop happening. It can come around again. I swear, my friend, there are good things. I promise they exist. That they’re for you. I swear.

[drgnflyteabox]

//medical issues mention and tmi

Actually I do wish good doctors existed lol I wouldn't have sat waiting too scared to go back to the ER if I hadn't been treated soooo badly last time that it's lasted in my head 😭✋️like what's your problem ***I'm fine btw just have pneumonia probably

[spacedlexi]

meet twiggy!! wood elf ranger for a strahd campaign

sole survivor of an attack on her druid village, she now wanders the woods looking for the monsters that did it. sympathizing with the weight of peoples struggles, she'll try to help where she can. but she'll probably be unsettling about it

dropping her name, she goes by the nickname given to her by her now dead friends so she can continue to carry them with her always. twiggy, for the way she was always too good at hiding up in the trees. its also the only reason she survived

[zeglyth]

THERES TWO EXTRA KISSES THAT WERENT IN THE MOVIE????

[teach-me-teachey]

If Warriors the Musical fans could just stop calling the Bizzies a kpop group, that’d be great. They are so clearly an R&B boy band in the style of Boyz II Men and B2K. Please, I am begging you to recognize that a single Korean rap does not a kpop boy band make. And I say this as a ten year Kpop stan. Also if you believe that the musical still takes place in the 70s/80s, it just wouldn’t make sense because kpop as a genre didn’t exist until the mid 90s.

[anabetel35]

Still yearning for the day when my wife (ninjago music spotlight) will come back from the war (release another episode) :,((((

[nebulous-tundra]

wathup

tealblood's hair had me questioning everything

[magnificent-winged-beast]

It was proved once again that Jensen likes Jared more

https://twitter.com/CreationEnt/status/1711461144269897802?s=19

https://twitter.com/jenmishdaily/status/1708311804479414294?s=19

Sometimes I wonder where in the deepest of the average J2 Stan's minds they find a place to locate the logic of "Oh yes! Suppose I find a blog with a different enjoyment of trash than mine or doesn't understand MY PERSONAL PREFERENCES according to my shipping canons. In that case, I must go there and do 2 hours of research to find the thinnest proof about MY POINT to ruin other's enjoyment of their own trash".

It's a mystery.🤔

But I must commend the effort and the 2 hours of searching for one of the few pictures of Jackles "not smiling" beside Misha; against the one where he seems happy. (Obviously not because the person who paid for that picture gave the instructions about the two of them smiling. And of course, we know how bad of an actor Jackles is to be unable to pretend very well he is "enjoying something").

Comparing that effort to the 0.23 sec that any search with the " jenmish" or "Jensen and Misha" entry will return with them eye-fucking or not leaving space for Jesus.

I commend your time; I don't care about your passion.

[review-anon]

Maybe we could call either a Sora and/or DRA Yuki?

Sora is currently busy preparing for some important quest.

Would the holder of Divine Luck being willing to assist.

There's a communicator near some of those paddocks over there, I could try and phone around to see where anyone who could help us is.

Not just Yuki but also ASOOT Chiaki, Xander anyone who can help.

Well don't just stand there, make those calls!

I could also help out with the calls as well.

[transsimmonss]

i don't remember if i ever posted my autistic bee × adhd ladybug art here but

here they are :)

i think this is from mid 2023 but i dont remember </3

[gameguy20100]

Americans really need to realise that not every country is the same as theirs.