entirely ruined her disposition with books

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!