#also ig at this point ive solidified my reputation as That Jewish D20 Stan

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do you mind explaining some of the jewish!kristen stuff youve seen people talk about? i am jewish and Interested in what people have to say as during my watches i never read it like that but am totally willing to be convinced. if people were discussing it im either not following the right people or totally missed it. if you know of a good post you can point me to thats awesome too!! :))

i think a lot of what resonates with myself and other jewish viewers about kristen's religious arc is the fact that her journey is one that is entirely based around questioning things. questioning why the world is the way it is, what a deity should be or is, what does it mean to be a good or holy person. kristen in season 1 escapes what is very obviously a christian (evangelical)-coded cult, but personally i think what sets that apart from other cult survivor narratives and makes it more of a jewish convert narrative is that she never loses faith entirely. kristen never wants to stop beliving altogether, she just struggles to find exactly what to believe in, what resonates with her. she questions what to believe in, and she searches, and she studies, and she decides for herself what's right and good and actively rejects other deities to follow what she stands for.

the culture of questioning what is good/right/just/holy is deeply rooted and often encouraged in judaism, in my experience. i mean, we have an entire talmud and then some of rabbis and scholars arguing with each other over what every single line of scripture really means, and then some. i'm not a jewish convert, but i've read/listened to accounts from converts online who often say that they felt called to judaism in some way and then spend months and years studying and learning and working towards their official conversion.

kristen's journey in season 2 specifically being her following her doubts and questions until she finds what resonates with her personally (in her case, cassandra) calls to mind a lot of what i see in real-world judaism. the work she puts into sorting out what she believes in, standing against opponents, and working hard to reach her goal read as a conversion narrative to me. (hell, she even 'defeats' the big bad of season 2 through an act of lovingkindness!) obviously it's not a one-to-one comparison, since it's a fictitious and comedic actual play show, but that multiple jewish viewers have identified with kristen and her religious journey, i think it's a very valid and cool reading to view her as a fantasy jewish convert.

#sasha answers #i hope this makes sense!! pls let me know if it doesnt #anon #kristen applebees #fantasy high #fantasy high sophomore year #dimension 20 #dimension 20 live #judaism #rly i cant speak for anyone else but. thats kind of what i read when i watch her arc. feels very jewish to me #faith through doubt and asking questions? i can get behind that. l'chaim babey #also ig at this point ive solidified my reputation as That Jewish D20 Stan? im not mad about it lol