Es wird kalt.

. The main trio is totally non romantic, even they have 2 boys and a Girl

. A bisexual love triangle

Not gonna lie, I enjoy this movie (Victoria is the best girl, as well as Emily), and I learned about Jewish origins of the plot only recently.

But despite the fact I like this movie, I don't think creators did a right thing when they torn off everything that is Jewish and made the story English and Christian. No, in fact, I believe they did a fucking wrong thing.

If you're adapting a story that has important cultural and/or historical background, never tear this background off and show it as respectfully as you can. If you don't want it (or aren't ready for some reasons), go find more universal story (or at least more "generic white European"), if you be so kind.

yes i like it

yes it's ok

no not my thing

no i hate it

never tried it

allergic/nuance/etc

Food: Georgian pkhali (spinach and walnut spread)

- Yes

- No

ROUND 1 — Match 1 of 138

Valdemar (The Arcana)

Problematic because: "Valdemar is Lucio’s Quaestor and head physician during the Red Plague. They’re hired to help cure the plague, especially Lucio, but they deliberately drag the process out because they’re more interested in experimenting than helping people. They dissect bodies (and vivisect people alive - like, they're obsessed with vivisection), use the plague as an opportunity for 'medical research', and are tied to the secret dungeon/lab under the palace. They also make deals with the Devil, weaken Death through that connection, and are one of the most openly cruel courtiers. They’re not conflicted about it either." Propaganda: "They’re one of the few Arcana characters who doesn’t really bother pretending to be nicer than they are. They’re calm, clinical, creepy, and very direct about their interests, which makes them stand out from the other courtiers in a different way. I like them because they bring a more medical-horror flavour to the story. Lucio is selfish and theatrical, Vulgora is loud violence, Volta is sad hunger, Vlastomil is gross and corrupt, but Valdemar is controlled. They feel dangerous because they’re curious, not because they’re angry, which makes them very effective as a villain."

vs. Keith (Date Everything!)

Problematic because: "He starts off as this sweet older skeleton key you find in the crawlspace, and the game very much wants you to go “aw, poor guy, why was he left down there?” He helps you open the attic, talks about not remembering what happened to him, and if you follow his route he gets you to help hack into an old online journal/account to “solve” his past. The route also keeps warning you not to question his innocence too much if you want the Love ending, which is already a little suspicious in hindsight. Then you Realize him - basically turn him into a human - and the nice old man act drops. He reveals he’s been using you, takes your money, and bails. So he builds trust, plays vulnerable, gets the player to help him access money, hurts Dorian in the process too, and then leaves everyone standing there like. Oh. Okay. Grandpa was evil actually." Propaganda: 1. "Keith is a really fun kind of awful because the betrayal actually works on the player. You meet him, he seems gentle and sad, he has history with Dorian, and the whole game has trained you to expect weird little object-people with emotional baggage. So when it turns out he’s been playing you, it’s mean, but it’s also kind of brilliant. I like that he’s one of the few routes where the game goes, no, sometimes the suspiciously charming person really was suspicious. He’s horrible for it, but I can’t pretend it wasn’t memorable." 2. "keith is so evil for making me care about him first. like sir you are a key. why are you emotionally scamming me. he acts all sweet and wounded and “oh no i was abandoned in the crawlspace” and then the second he gets a human body he’s off with your money. and poor dorian has to deal with the emotional fallout too!! awful man. but also unfortunately very funny" 3. "getting catfished by a skeleton key is insane and he deserves recognition for that alone. he’s lying in the crawlspace like a sad little object granddad, gets you to trust him, gets you to help with his whole mystery, and then immediately pulls the dating sim equivalent of stealing your wallet and fleeing the country"

hi! I'm @gifographicmemory, one of the coordinators of Sam Week :D @ptacku and I, as well as several other Big Sam Fans, organized this event.

first things first, @ptacku is a Jewish mod and is happy to answer any questions re: Sam and Judaism submitted to this blog. in his words, "I love yapping so fucking much please god let me yap"

I myself am not Jewish. I knew basically nothing about Judaism when I first started getting interested in Sam. the only way I learned anything was by asking questions in the #samuel of kuttenburg tag and receiving very generous, enthusiastic answers from folks who wanted to share what they knew.

all this to say, if you're too intimidated to participate in Sam Week because you don't know anything about Judaism and/or you're scared to offend, please rest assured:

doing the research, being genuinely curious, asking good faith questions, and taking feedback/corrections with grace (even if it's imperfect or embarrassing or you end up missing the mark) will always be more appreciated than ignoring Sam or his faith entirely.

TL;DR: below the cut are some (non-exhaustive) resources on Judaism for creators who want to participate in Sam Week but don't know where to start!

Yes

No

Happy birthday Magnus Hirschfeld!

Hirschfeld was born 14 May in 1868 into a German Jewish family. A pioneering sexologist, he advocated for the acceptance of queer identities, including the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in Germany. He founded the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexology) in Berlin – the world’s first sexology research centre – which developed some of the first modern gender-affirming surgeries.