Is it offensive for a character to give herself the nickname "Sheol"? I realize it would be a little strange either way but I was wondering if there is anything inherently problematic about it
Character with Nickname “Sheol”
Our Korean mod is a Christian and she’s run into it a lot – she says it’s associated with a certain subset of Christians, i.e. fundamentalist or conservative. Our Jewish mod had to look it up, having a feeling it was Hebrew but not knowing what it was, and then reacted by saying it was a pretty goth nickname choice. Jewish mod is tentatively fine with it just because it’s not a word she’s ever run across in context.Â
Passing this along specifically to frumblr because we’re not sure if it’s more meaningful to Orthodox Jewish folks. Any further input?
–WWC
