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Does anyone else in the Dead End: Paranormal Park fandom understand the significance of Barney saying he can try and come to "Friday night dinner" with his family again?

Barney is Jewish. We observe the Sabbath on Saturdays instead of Sundays, and our days begin at sundown of the night before. So, the Saturday Sabbath begins Friday night. It's not just a meal Barney is offering to return to sharing with his family, its Shabat dinner, shabbos.

It's kinda a big deal.

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“Even with a broken halo, an angel can still find a place in the divine order!”—said threateningly

Parkvember day 9, extra prompt: Injury

Couldn’t finish this yesterday bc my eyes were hurting so here you go

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I've mentioned this in some of my posts before, but, because Barney's Jewish identity is equally as important to him as his gender identity, I thought I would share some information on how gender and gender identity are viewed in Judaism.

Disclaimer: Judaism is broken up into different sects just like any other religion, so not all of these beliefs will be universal across all Jewish communities.

The Talmud acknowledges and describes 8 genders

Zachar, male/AMAB/Cisgender Man

Nekevah, female/AFAB/Cisgender Woman

Androgynos, having both male and female characteristics/non-binary/gender fluid/gender non-conforming

Tumtum, lacking sexual characteristics/non-binary/gender fluid/gender non-conforming

Aylonit hamah, identified female at birth but later developing male characteristics naturally

Aylonit adam, identified female at birth but later developing male characteristics through human intervention

Saris hamah, identified male at birth but later developing female characteristics naturally

Saris adam, identified male at birth and later developing female characteristics through human intervention

You might find a lot of sources that will say there are only 6 genders in the Talmud. That is because aylonit hamah and aylonit adam, and saris hamah and saris adam are often lumped together (respectively).

Please enjoy these links with more information!

My Jewish Learning

Religious Action Center

Keshet - Gender Diversity in Sacred Texts

Reform Judaism

And please enjoy this video of an interview with Rabbi Kukla of the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center:

Disclaimer 2: This post is being made for the Dead End: Paranormal Park fandom. A show who's main character is a Jewish trans-man. The purpose of this post is to educate any non-Jews in the fandom if any of them are interested in being educated, or incorporating Barney's Jewish identity and culture into their fan works. I am not interested in debating gender, religion, or my own religious/cultural or gender identities with anyone. People trying to start discourse on this post will be blocked.

I am, however, always happy to answer questions if it is within my knowledge and experience to give an answer. I am not a Rabbi. I am simply a queer Jewish person who enjoys cartoons and fandom.

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Ok I saw this comment and it pushed me to finally post this

Moving on…I don’t think that was when Pauline actually died. I think it was even earlier than that.

Because remember when Pauline’s body burnt up? It was pretty similar to when Barney’s did, when they used his “lifeline” (which is smth that happened in the demon realm)

But unlike Barney’s, her hair remains. Like, why the hell would that happen? It makes no sense. Unless it was a wig, and it fell near her in that fall. So when she died, she could simply pick the wig up and put it back on (which she did)

The main thing though is just how practiced that action felt. Even someone evil like her will be panicked after literally dying, yet she treats it so casually. As if she already knew this would happen.

+ the whole “whenever you do your own stunts, something bad happens” thing. Feels like she was planning on possessing Barbohra sooner than we thought.

Could be a possible plot point for a season two. Then again, it could just be a plot hole lol

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Parkvember day 10: Sword fighting

Sorry for taking so long to do day 10 lmao

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Parkvember day 11: Vampirism

I’m gonna do sword fighting later, I need to learn how to first 😭

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Parkbember day 8: Ferris Wheel

Halfway through this I realized I don’t know how to draw one of those. Oh well.