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[lirazel]

Ways Judaism and fandom are alike:
+ Lots of nerds
+ Lore
+ Hyperfixation on (a) particular text(s)
+ Fanwanking. Just so much fanwanking.
+ In theory: many interpretations are valid
+ In practice: lots of arguing
+ The arguing is sometimes constructive and exciting and other times...not
+ People love to tell each other that the other person's interpretation is wrong
+ Obsessed with hypotheticals
+ Like to explore missing scenes and flesh out minor characters aka midrash
+ Gatekeeping aka "You're not a real Jew/fan!"
+ Special language outsiders don't understand and holidays outsiders don't keep
+ A minority group scattered around the world


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Honestly it's hilarious that many of the same things that draw me to fandom have drawn me to Judaism. The overlap in the Venn diagram is significant!

Comments

[lannamichaels]

Is it okay to be serious on this, or do you want to keep it lighthearted? I definitely respect only wanting lighthearted right now.

[lirazel]

Both are welcome!

[lannamichaels]

Serious: whole lot of people think you're freaks and write newspaper articles about it.

[lirazel]

Ooof. Yes. 1000% correct. Thankfully fen aren't usually at risk of actual violence....

[grayestofghosts]

I nearly spat out my drink

I'm more fannish-adjacent than fannish

[hashiveinu]

Sex is a mitzvah.

Making texts feminist that are, on a pshat level, decidedly not.

Looking at individual word choices with a nicron-sized comb.

Jews/fans of color are marginalized :/

Re: I'm more fannish-adjacent than fannish

[lirazel]

YES INDEED!

Making texts feminist that are, on a pshat level, decidedly not.

This made me laugh very hard!

Jews/fans of color are marginalized :/

Yes. This is unfortunately true as well.

[belecrivain]

- A sense of belonging to a particular (chosen) people
- A sense of superiority derived from diving deeeeep into texts
- A contradictory attitude towards people outside the group: simultaneously "They could never understand" and "What are they saying about us now?"
- Bonding through in-jokes

[lirazel]

Yes, yes, yes.

[maia]

Love!!!

[lirazel]

<3<3<3

[lynnenne]

I sent this to my longtime beta, who is Jewish, and she said, "This is canon."

:D

[lirazel]

:D

I'm so glad she enjoyed it!!!