#amatterofcomplication

aha! more barkgate for your discerning palette:

I have barely written any of this but I have discussed it at length with @queerofdenial (thank you)

This is like VERY FIRST DRAFT OPENING

The thing about soulmates, Ava thinks, is that they have the capacity to be both fucking transcendent and fucking tragic. She has swayed between those opposing emotions like a pendulum her entire life. Dismayed by the mundane dysfunction of her parents' marriage, convinced that any devine plan that decided that Dennis Daniels and Nina Hughes were a perfect match was complete bullshit.

The basic approach I have settled on at this stage is the initials of your soulmate appear on your body when they are born. So imagine the built in angst there of Deb not getting hers until she's like 40+ and Ava bucking up against the idea that she was just born with this predestined path and hating it for all the problematic parts but also it's Ava and deep down she wants it desperately she's just terrified by the example she has of her parent's being soulmates.

Plus it creates conflict that Deborah thinks Ava is ungrateful for being born with her soul mark but being so outwardly critical of them as a concept when Deborah waited 40+ years and then still basically concluded it was some cosmic fucking joke the Idea that she'd be almost fifty years older than her soulmate.

“Yeah, well,” Lou looked away, trying to fight against the tears pooling in her eyes and threatening to spill over, “He’s gonna do it again.” Debbie smirked slightly, that insufferable smirk of cockiness that Lou had grown to hate. This attitude had been exactly what had landed Debbie in prison for six years. And now, she couldn’t stand to see it. “No, he’s not,” Debbie was still smirking, “He’s not.” Lou couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh as she shook her head. “And you want me to believe this isn’t like last time. This is exactly like last time.”

She didn’t wait for Debbie’s reaction, just spun on her heel and walked back in the direction of the warehouse in long, fast steps. She could faintly hear Debbie whispering something that sounded a lot like her name, but she didn’t stop or turn around. Because, really, she knew that if she turned around, she would likely crumble under the weight of it all. It was all getting too much, too hard, too much like last time.

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sigh, she's sadly At It Again

Hi! thank you for sending me this ask and I am glad my post helped ! That’s why I shared it here. While I am not an expert on all things Jewish (I consider myself Jewish by culture, but I am agnostic religiously) I took a look to at least give you some general overview about how Jews handle death. Also @progressivejudaism is a super awesome educational resource

anyways here are a couple of links on how Jews handle death and funeral customs and whatnot :)

I know these are all in English and if there are any terms or things like that you need help translating I can totally help you! :) 

https://www.jfedgmw.org/jewish-funeral-customs-saying-goodbye-to-a-loved-one

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/death-mourning-101/

https://www.sinaichapel.org/jewish-traditions-regarding-death.aspx

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/09/19/person-of-great-righteousness-jewish-community-notes-the-significance-of-justice-ginsburgs-death-on-eve-of-rosh-hashanah/