CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD SPOILERS
JKR really went and wrote a whole ass movie wherein her Jewish witch character, Queenie, decided to sympathize with and join wizard hitler who suggests he can stop the real life Holocaust but also in order to do so, he needs to commit another holocaust and only keep some non-magic users alive as slaves. despite being in love with a “no-maj” and being able to fucking read minds, Queenie thinks following this guy could help her out somehow.
Truly, what the ever loving fuck.
this is so much worse than I’d expected
EXCUSE ME WHAT
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Friendly October reminder not to put Spock or other Jewish characters in costumes with horns
to clarify: it is an antisemitic idea that Jews have horns (dating to a mistranslation of karan (shone) v keren (horns) ) which was perpetuated in art by the likes of Michelangelo. this is not a thing of the past–some gentiles still believe that jewish people have horns, and putting jewish characters in costumes/aus with horns is insensitive at best and also really fuckin gross
also do not depict Jewish characters as demons there is a very long history of Jews being seen as demons and that being used to kill us
please do not dress Jewish characters in costumes that are priest outfit or nun outfit or with crosses
Just to give y’all an idea of how modern the horn issue is: My dad, when he went to college in the early 1980’s, was asked by someone who had never met a Jew before where his horns were. In the 1980’s. My dad was asked where his horns were. This was only 30 years ago. I have been lucky not to deal with that particular stereotype in my lifetime, but that was less than a decade before I was born. And I know other Jews in areas where Jews are scarce have dealt with this much more recently than the 80’s.
Yup. When my mom went to college, her freshman year roommate woke up the first Sunday and started getting dressed for church. My mom was still in bed, so the roommate came over and woke her up.
Roommate: Did you want to come to church with me, or do you have your own church you’re going to?
Mom: Well, I don’t really go to religious services, but if I did I would go to a synagogue, not a church, because I’m Jewish.
(Long silence. My mom opens one eye to see her roommate staring in shock.)
Roommate: You … you don’t look Jewish.
Mom: (Who looks VERY Jewish) What do you mean?
Roommate: Well, my pastor always told me that Jews have horns and a tail.
Long story short: they didn’t end up getting along very well.
@optometrictzedek and @theforestsoulbird, it’s more recent than that.
I’ve been asked about my horns as recently as 1997. In a public school in New Jersey.
It would b cool of my non-Jewish followers to reblog this!!! Spread this bc it’s scary and real and you should know!
Is it possible that Dontos was not just a creeper? That his kisses were not more than avuncular and his own way of seeking affection and support in his own crisis? He IS acting as a spy & defying Joffrey. It seems like he’s gaslighting her, but on the other hand, there is (unlike Jorah & Dany) literally no one she can trust at court. He isn’t wrong about the Tyrell intentions & could have sincerely believed her mom’s lover was looking out for her. Going home IS better than a suspect marriage.
Dontos2 Littlefinger says he sold Sansa, but he IS from a culture where people expect rewards, like the North lords who are sincere in their Stark-loyalty, but still try to cash in on their service. Maybe LF had already convinced him that Sansa was safer if he stayed behind and there was no connection. LF has a lot of motive to lie, because of his agenda of breaking her idealism & making her dependent, and Dontos really tried to protect her from Joffrey. I doubt LF expected him to prevent abuse.
I’m sorry to say that no, I do not find that plausible. Littlefinger might be a liar, but it doesn’t follow from that fact that he’s lying to Sansa in that instance. And we see plenty to indicate that Dontos’ interest in Sansa is not so selfless.
Regarding his personal interest in her, Dontos gets handsier when he’s drunk, he gets in Sansa’s face to the point where she can smell his breath, he appeals to the romance of Florian and Jonquil to gain her trust…
And yeah, he’s also clearly gaslighting Sansa. Here’s one good example:
“I will be safe in Highgarden. Willas will keep me safe.”
“But he does not know you,” Dontos insisted, “and he will not love you. Jonquil, Jonquil, open your sweet eyes, these Tyrells care nothing for you. It’s your claim they mean to wed.”
– Sansa II, ASoS
What does Dontos know about Willas Tyrell? How can he be so certain that Willas will never come to love Sansa? That line is designed to get her to mistrust others, as well as her own read of the situation. He can be sincere in his belief that going home is better than a suspect marriage and he can gaslight her over the issue. Likewise, he can make every effort he can to protect her from Joffrey and he can sell her to Littlefinger. Speaking of, we can be reasonably sure he was reporting on her to Littlefinger against Sansa’s immediate interests.
When Lord Tywin nodded, he continued. “And there is this—Lord Petyr continues to demonstrate his loyalty. Only yesterday he brought us word of a Tyrell plot to spirit Sansa Stark off to Highgarden for a ‘visit,’ and there marry her to Lord Mace’s eldest son, Willas.”
– Tyrion III, ASoS
This is shortly after Sansa passes that information on to Dontos.
So, yeah, I’m sorry, but Dontos is just another person on the long list of people in King’s Landing that Sansa cannot trust as wholly as she might like. And another person creeping on her, too.
Vox Machina: Oh yeah, that gem in the skull could totes be a necromancer’s phylactery!
Also Vox Machina, less than 5 minutes later: But hOW can DELILAH BRIARWOOD be AlIVe?!!?!?!?!?
Overdressed & Underappreciated 