#njcs

[nicejewishcharactershowdown]

It's that time of the year again!

NJCS returns this February for the 2024 season! Many will enter, but only one will win the championship and be named the Nicest Jewish Character and join the ranks of previous winners (Ms Frizzle, Spock, and Clark Kent/Superman). The nominations are OPEN for both new and returning contestants.

Wondering what defines a NJC? Check out this post!

Side note: It's really hard to find a positive, joy filled Jewish space on the internet right now. In order to preserve that peace, anyone engaging in this tournament in bad faith or with malicious intent will be blocked.

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[chebyshevptera]

I have no idea how to characterise jay in writing sometimes so please, jay headcanons??

HI asrik……. i can’t promise that these hcs are exactly in characfer but i will try very hard for u

these r all gonna be pre ndr because we really don’t have enough jay content as of now for me to make some accurate hcs about him (enough for me to confidently post in a serious discussion, anyway………) ❤️

- he was homeschooled, focusing more on stem subjects such as science and mathematics, which led to him having a rather strange range for his vocabulary . his parents are older, so he speaks similarly to them , but he sometimes goes fuzzy on definitions for seemingly simple words (like prophecy and temporal).

- the reason most of his inventions seem to end in “failure” is because he has grown to give up after the first try , rather than attempt to tweak his designs to work . he makes simple mistakes that he doesn’t correct because he gets upset that he made them in the first place . (the mishap in his bounty security system was an easy fix, but he got angry over it instead of trying to find the problem, and he got upset with cole when his dragon mech wouldn’t fly…)

[i know there’s that “sixth times the charm” scene from s9 but . that was jay when he was younger , so i feel like he’s become way less patient…idk]

- he didn’t grow up with access to many video games, so when he joined the ninja, he became obsessed with playing them . he started out even worse than zane simply because he wasn’t used to gaming, but excessively sitting at the console all day trained him to be better, so by the time prime empire came along, he got the hang of the game even faster than cole

- he’s still a pretty compulsive liar but he’s been trying really hard to work himself out of it

- he definitely covered up his freckles when he was younger yeah…

- he’s really sleep deprived most of the day because he has specific sleeping circumstances that are rarely met . he’s a light sleeper (so kai’s snoring wakes him up), he shocks himself awake frequently, and he has to be hugging something to sleep soundly … when sleeping inevitably fails him he stumbles into the living room to game until everyone wakes up. caffeine only gets him so far (and makes him jittery and anxious, at that) so he exhausts himself faster than the others

- he’s a nail biter . so much so that sometimes his fingers start bleeding and he doesn’t understand why until he sees that he’s chewed them raw

- his metal arm on his zx suit is there to prevent him from breaking his arm when he’s swinging his nunchucks (though this might be canon? i can’t remember) . he doesn’t have great spacial awareness …..

- he actually has a really great sense of fashion , he just doesn’t go shopping often enough , nor does he do laundry much , so he scavenges through his clean clothes to find what he can .

- walks into walls so often he has random bruises on his body that he doesn’t even remember getting . similarly, he trips over stuff a lot. sometimes the air ??

- his physical pain tolerance is abnormally high . he once tumbled down an escalator while out shopping with kai and nya . got up and dusted himself off like it was nothing (embarrassment and adrenaline probably fueled it, too).

- he has really great hearing (even he’s actually paying attention) . whispers don’t sound like whispers to him . but his ears are so sensitive that even remotely loud noises can actually make him flinch and cry

- idk i hc that he was probably bullied in njc whenever he visited

- he likes most movies , even really bad ones .

- his poetry is … actually not very good . he just kind of writes what he thinks poetry is supposed to sound like . it’s eloquent , sure , but usually it lacks the emotional value that makes poetry so meaningful

- he can’t bake . he can cook , because his mom taught him , but he’s awful at baking . he never got the hang of it . he’s good at creating recipes and designs and such , but not following them

- baggy, soft fabrics all the way for him

- he’s an artist through and through … inventing is a way for him to express that , and he loves it , but he loves art in general . he’s probably got chunky sketchbooks piled high in his room and lots of unfinished woodworking projects …

- like mentioned earlier , his ego is what gets in the way of his success (he and nya are actually similar in that way, i feel). he’s the fastest learner on the team but he’s quick to give up where the others don’t , even if his advice actually helps them

- he doesn’t think he is, but he’s actually really helpful to his loved ones . he does anything and everything he can to make them happy . he’ll cook for them or build them new contraptions , draw them things , fix anything they want him to … he kind of sucks with his words because he’s so used to lying that acts of service are his go-to when he wants to show how much he loves someone

- this is a relatively common one , but the team didn’t drop him as an engineer because the others were better than him or anything like that . they all have their strengths . they dropped him as an engineer because it became clear that he didn’t like it anymore . he was burnt out . with everything going on and his favorite hobby being reduced to a chore , it just became stressful and upsetting

- he doesn’t consider himself to be sacrificial but he genuinely is . which makes it even more dangerous , because he doesn’t know that what he’s doing is unhealthy. he just deems it as something he’ll always do for those he loves (… which is why i think he’s the only one who hasn’t truly died yet . his friends know this about him and choose to protect him specifically the most)

- he honestly regrets never trying to visit his biological father when he found out that he would be dead soon . he couldn’t bring himself to do it , but now it haunts him . he’s waiting on a letter that will never arrive in the mail , just so that he can have some genuine piece of cliff in his life

- he collects seashells : )

[allgoldenelite]

Late as hell because I wasn't online when it happened, but here's why Taichi vs ZSJ from the NJC on 3/15 is so devastating. I'm very normal about this match. I'm normal about these two men and I can be trusted around matches where they're in the same ring /s.

Long so it goes after the cut.

(Btw I will say this here once but it goes for the entire post so please keep it in mind: it's irrelevant to me what's work or what's shoot. At the end of the day this is an art form, so if it was said in a tweet or on stream or backstage I'm taking it as absolute truth for the characters. If it made you feel something it's real enough, the rest is just a footnote.)

So, the mise-en-scène is that everything fucking sucks. Suzuki-gun is no more, Dangerous Tekkers are no more, Taichi was just hanging out with a literal pack of Just Some Guys in a casual work only relationship so that he can avoid getting hurt again, and yet he still gets hurt (btw you will burn in hell for this, Sanada). Sana-yan and Taichi go way, way back, so this latest betrayal brought to you by Action Comics The Amazing Always Lose Everything-man hurts especially deep and sharp. On stream he's been wondering, does this promotion even still need me? Does the wrestling business even still need me? Things are fucked, there's a reason he abandoned love, you know the spiel by now.

This is how we go into the NJC. I don't know about you, but when the participants and rounds got announced, personally I wasn't feeling particularly enthusiastic. Last year Tekkers didn't meet for their fated matchup, and this year it seemed even more unlikely as I assumed the Kidd push would continue (thanks, Kenny /s). But that's not how it went. Of course Zack wins his match, but in a surprising turn of events, so does Taichi. It's via count-out, but he wins nonetheless. Thus he will meet Zack on 3/15, with a preview tag set for 3/14.

He's absolutely miserable about it. He's so frustrated at the repeated interferences, the repeated setbacks, his own shortcomings, his lack of tangible achievements, but he's especially sad and embittered about the way this all came together. On stream he says that him and Zack have been wishing and waiting for a singles match ever since Suzuki-gun disbanded. Understandably, Taichi wanted it to be a big deal. So much does even the chance for matchup mean to him that anything but the main event of a big show is unacceptable. The way he got here makes him feel wretched. Wretched in front of himself, and wretched in front of Zack. Backstage he asks the cameras, and thus us, the audience, as well as the company, how the hell he's supposed to stand across from Zack and look him in the eyes. He, who has nothing to show for it. He's here by sheer luck. Even before the Kidd match he already sits awake all night, feeling awful. Even when Zack had the World belt, Taichi wanted to win the Global first so he could face Zack on somewhat equal footing. He even contemplates just withdrawing from the tournament altogether. It means that much to him.

What about Zack? Of course he's also distraught and irate deep down, but where Zack and Taichi differ in this, is that Zack has a clear goal: his goal is to motivate Taichi to come out of his moping shell. So yeah, it wasn't what they had wished for, but they can, as he says, control what they can control. We don't know what exactly they talked about as they find each other beneath the apron after the preview tag, heatedly making eye contact like two lovers outside a club in the morning hours, as far as they are concerned the only people in a ten mile radius. But we know that it resonated with Taichi, and he recounts some of it on stream. That this is still, in spite of everything, their match. It's only about how wins or loses (and not-so-secretly Zack is hoping Taichi wins, because he wants to see him at the top of that mountain where he knows he belongs). They'll wrestle this for themselves. It's fate. They're the best, they'll steal the show. "He said to me, 'How long have we waited for this match? How many years? Not the fans, not the company, how much have we waited? That's what matters most'." Zack knows it, and so does Taichi, even if he still claims his lack of talent and accolades is the reason it never happened sooner.

And backstage on 3/14 Zack practically yells at Taichi to wake up, shake off the misery and face him in the ring with all he's got. Because it also means that much to him. It's tough love, but it's love. "I will force the Taichi that I know, the man who should've already been a main eventer a decade ago. The only person that doubts you, Taichi, is yourself."

That tough love goes a long way, because once Taichi sees said comments, he's struck to his core. Who has ever treated him that way? "For as long as I live I will be proud of having tagged with you and having won the Best Tag Team Award." If you got some déjà-vu, it's because Taichi, much like myself and I wager to guess many of you, keeps coming back to this. No matter what happens, his life keeps coming back to Zack. But the thing about Taichi is that he has, in fact, that dog in him. No matter how many times he's pushed down, no matter how bad his luck is, no matter how many times he contemplates quitting, somehow, he always gets back up. And so, while still frustrated and sad, he goes into the 3/15 match a little bit more motivated, thanks to finding that inner fire and thanks to his former tag partner (or tag partner for life, according to Zack). They set out to steal the show and blow the main event out of the water, and boy, did they.

How do I even describe this match? If you haven't seen it yet, I aggressively implore you to (and the preview match, bc it's a very good and very emotional primer). You'll probably need a metaphorical cigarette after. They went out there that day to lay themselves bare-naked in front of the fans and the cameras and everyone else. The second half of the match made me yell like I haven't yelled at pro wrestling in a long time (the good kind of yell). If you're still somehow on the fence, take a look at these wonderful gifs to get a taste of a fraction of what you're gonna see in the match.

There's one spot in it that I can't stop thinking about, and I think it's because it embodies this whole encounter and story to me. After wisely escaping Zack's Cobra Twist and applying his Holy Cross Mausoleum (the name, ofc, comes from Fist of the North Star, but the moves is modeled after Kawada's dragon sleeper, the Stretch Plum), he has Zack trapped in the middle of the ring. But Zack just eggs him on. "More, harder," he seems to say with his hands and the patting of Taichi's head, even while he himself is already turning purple (I know you can "fake" it, that's not the point). He didn't care if he was gonna pass out in the middle of the ring at that moment. He didn't care if he was gonna lose (you can make a strong argument that he didn't even want to win), as long as it meant that Taichi got to a place where he could show the rest of the world what Zack has known for so many years.

So Taichi digs a little bit deeper still (altho arguably Kawada represents his very roots). He whips out a beautiful Emerald Flowsion and an even more beautiful belly-to-back ("LIFE IS A CHALLENG, SEIZE YOUR CHANCES" indeed), Zack whips out a beautiful Gotch-style piledriver in his own way to refer to back to their shared past, comms and the crowd and I scream and have been screaming for the past several minutes. What is the finish, you ask? A Zack-style Taichi-style Gedo Clutch. If that ain't love, I don't know what is. A move that can only exist because they met. "Thank you for coming into my life," Taichi says in a tweet after the match, something he has said before but will probably say until his last breath. As Zack himself puts it, he wouldn't be here without Taichi, and maybe this was his way of paying him back.

There's so much from Taichi's stream after the match as well, but if I had to pick one thing, it would be this: "I have all of these friends, I'm blessed with all of these friendships, people who support me and push me, but that was the first time someone has ever said something like that to me. I've always told myself that I'm not made to be champion, that this is all I can do. No wonder I couldn't get ahead."

He doesn't feel like he lost that day, and he's right. He didn't. Zack gave him what he needed to get back the most important love of all: the love for yourself. "Maybe," he muses, "I still have what it takes to love myself again." It's a new dawn.

Brother I need to lie down. Dangerous Tekkers forever.

(Also immediately after the match Taichi said Zack told him that this isn't over. The finish might have been smart (and a bit emotional), but it wasn't the end of this. I hope that, whenever they do get their next match, it comes in the shape that they've been hoping for, and it blows whatever else is on the card out of the water once more.)

(Also also this has nothing to do with anything, but later on stream someone comes along with the usual "are u really hitting each other" and it made me laugh as Taichi rolled up his sleeve and showed them Zack's FOOTPRINT on his shoulder lol. Wrestling fans are gonna wrestling fans.)

In summary, it's kinda funny that the guy is so obsessed with gacha because his luck is notoriously bad, but he's a trooper. Every time NJPW actually lets their story breathe again, I can't help but throw my fists on the ground in frustration. Not even at the company (though I will have Gedo's heart on a stick and then eat it). It's frustration at the "maybe in the next life" of it all. THERE'S STILL TIME YOU MORON. You already pulled the SSSS Ultra Rare ★★★★★★★ waifu!!!! THERE'S STILL TIME!!! I HEAR KYOTO IS BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

[gravityfallsfan2012]

pyramid Steve or something

"ANVNVKNA! NGRBCNWLN RB J MNLNYCRXW, CQN PJUJGH RB J ARMMUN, NJC LXYYNA FRANB, CJ-CJJ!" -YHAJVRM BCNEN

[itsyangsterart]

Some warm up sketches for you guys while I procrastinate my short paper.

I'm also testing out changing my signature from "NJC" to "itsyangsterart", not sure how I like it but it makes finding me easier lol

Tap for better quality c:

[wheelie-sick]

"AAC is used by people who, some or all of the time, cannot rely on their speech. AAC incorporates the individual's full communication abilities and may include any existing speech or vocalizations, gestures, manual signs, and aided communication."

"AAC users encounter difficulty communicating via speech due to congenital and/or acquired disabilities occurring across the lifespan. These conditions include but are not limited to autism, cerebral palsy, dual sensory impairments, genetic syndromes, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, hearing impairment, disease, stroke, and head injury."

https://www.asha.org/njc/aac/#::text=Augmentative%20and%20alternative%20communication%20(AAC)%20describes%20multiple %20ways%20to%20communicate,with%20severe%20expressive%20communication%20disorders.

All forms of Sign Language are AAC

Always has been

Always will be

ok then English and all spoken languages are AAC too and the term is meaningless.

[daughter-of-lethe]

Rhysand

Art by: NJC on Instagram

Sir?

Is legal to be this slutty🥵?

[pinkusmaximus]

new Junker Queen spray in a screenshot on NJC?

haters will say it’s fake

[m1dnightsrr]

10/03/25

zjedzone: 900/1000

Njc takiego się dzisaj nie działo, oprócz tego, że w szkole mój brzuch i jelita postanowiły rozegrać cały koncert😁 W środę już zakładam aparat na zęby i trochę się tym stresuje..

I właśnie wiecie może co zrobić żeby jelita nie wydawały takich dzięków "przelewania"? Zdaje sobie sprawę, że to jednak narząd więc pracuje, ale kiedyś tak nie mialam😭😭

[jupernaturalweek]

we're so fucking back

So, the world sucks right now. And the internet is not much better. In the interest of spreading some Jewish Joy on this website, the team behind Jupernatural Week have reunited to bring you...

Jupernatural Week 2023, starting November 5th!

If you've never participated before, hi, welcome! This event was created in 2021 as a way for the Jewish Supernatural fandom to celebrate what makes the show so uniquely ours. We have a calendar for prompts, but you're welcome to take it in whatever direction speaks to you. And you don't have to be Jewish to participate, we just ask that you take a look at our FAQ and Guide/Resources pages first.

Without further ado... the prompt calendar!

November 5th: Life

It's Destiel Day! We're looking at the Jewish Life Cycle today, the Rites of Passage, Love, and Death. Think big and small, even the tiniest moment can be made monumental.

November 6th: Community

Family doesn't end in blood, and neither does community. Think Interfaith, Intercultural, and Intersectional.

November 7th: Sustenance

What keeps us going? What fills us up? Think Food, Warmth, and Understanding.

November 8th: Home

Whether its the Impala or the cabin by the lake, the relationship Supernatural has with the concept of Home is pretty... complicated. Think Reconnection, Ancestry, and L'dor V'dor (from generation to generation).

November 9th: Character Spotlight!

During our time off, one of our mods created the @nicejewishcharactershowdown, which defines a Nice Jewish Character (NJC) as such. So, with those guidelines in mind, it's time to give some love to some of the many NJCs in Supernatural. From the canonical (Rufus and Aaron) to the implied (Moishe, Becky) to the transitive (Eileen, Jo, and Bela), it's their time to shine.

November 10th: Judaica

The things that remind us who we are, where we're going, where we've been, and of our continued existence. Think Physical Reminders, Inheritance (metaphoric and literal), and Stories.

November 11th: Shabbos

No need for elaboration, you guys got this one down.

November 12th: Free Space!

As always, if you want us to see a post, @ us or use the Jupernatural Week hashtags, we're tracking with and without the space. We look forward to seeing what you create!

[nicejewishcharactershowdown]

REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

[project-doomsday]

Hi everyone! EMatooney here! I've noticed just how much attention this AU really is getting!! You have no idea how thankful I am to see you guys put so much praise into this! It really means a lot! However, I've noticed that many of you have many questions as well... and a lot of them have been left unanswered. Well, never fear, I have something that will solve allllll the answers to your lovely questions! Something i think you will find

very

very

interesting...

have fun

:)

[ariadosanon]

....are some of you just realizing Njc is a bigot? She's not exactly quiet about it....

Am I seriously getting called a BIGOT for saying a dude who is CLEARLY A FEKKIN POKÉMON NOW isn’t a fucking PERSON.

[itsyangsterart]

Say hello to our next background character, Tracy the Waitress!

I may or may not change her outfit design & name before we move forward, but we shall see.

We now have 5 out of 7 Main Characters designed & 3 out of 12 Background Characters. As we add more characters, I'll split up the Line Ups & do the official ones as well!

(Yes my signature is NJC here, I forgot to switch them. But for now on, I'm doing my best to just sign my art as "itsyangsterart")

Tap for better quality c:

[carol-deidre-hero-alerts]

GOOOOOOD MORNING NEW JERSEY!

this is a psa from your friend Carol at channel 47 njc!

Hi new Jersey! it has come to our attention that at this time some of our wonderful audience might not be aware of the channel 47 standard villain classifications, so in order to help communicate the villain alerts to the public, here is the current list of villain classification as determined by their attack patterns.

Class 1- combatant class villain

a single, human sized, enhanced fighter. eg: Lawkeeper

advice is to find shelter and hide immediately.

Class 2- commander class villain

a swarm with a human sized leader. all swarm members must be capable of immediate decision making without continued instruction from leader. eg: Longarm or Miss mirror

advice is to evacuate attack perimeter as fast as possible.

class 3- mutative class villain

a villain with the power to alter the visuals, make or composition of an existing substance. eg: king Midas or Wisp

advice is to evacuate area of effect and distance yourself from affectable matterial.

class 4-kinetic class villain

a villain with the power to imbue a substance with force or energy it would not otherwise have. eg: Bigfoot or Killdozer

advice is to seek high walled shelter.

class 5- generative class villain

a villain with the ability to create physical substance not previously extant that is separate from their own form. eg:Dealmaker

advice is to evacuate range of generation as fast as possible.

class 6- Kaiju class villain

a villain of either greater than human size or having the ability to grow to greater than human size. eg:Big stuff or Drippy

advice is to find low and sturdy shelter, preferably on capable of surviving a natural disaster.

class #E- enhanced class villain (supplementary to numerical class)

a villain using a secondary tool of a magical or otherwised energized nature to supplement their own power supply. eg: Killdozer's electic machines

advice is to follow numerical suggestions

A special thank you to the office of Mayor Jade for providing us with the resources to catalogue these recent villains