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I’m wondering if it would be inappropriate to use the names given in the Jewish texts, considering that the angels look and act nothing like how they’re portrayed in traditional texts, Christian and Jewish. Would I just be better off making up my own names? Also fantasy!Catholicism plays some role in the story, and while some angels overlap between Catholicism and Judaism, I’m unsure where to draw the line of what to take, if anything at all. (2/2)

Jewish & Christian-based Angels & Names in Fantasy

I would definitely prefer that Jewish names for malachim (angels) be left out. It's not at all uncommon for media to use Hebrew names for these beings, and then have entirely Christian conceptions of them, and my feelings when consuming that media, or being exposed to it unintentionally, runs the gamut from eye-rolling to furious. I don't at all get this impression from your question but: many authors use Hebrew, whether in names or just the language itself, to lend a sense of the exotic, and hint at the ancient, as a shortcut to faux-authenticity. This is typically done with little to no research on our actual beliefs, traditions, folklore etc., and the result is that our names, and our words, are often used for things that are at best nonsensical from a Jewish theological standpoint, and at worst wildly offensive. 

Make your awesome novel, and feel free to use the concepts you come up with independently, but I advise avoiding Hebrew angel names, and Hebrew words generally, in order to distance your angel creations from our malachim. Be cautious with Hebrew derived names with the common "-el" ending, or names intentionally meant to “sound” Hebrew, especially with the -el ending too. Not everything that falls into these categories will be an issue, but a bit of care and deliberation is warranted. 

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1. what did you learn about yourself this year? 

idk. well im been thinking about gender a lot lately, i think theres something to that there, like since high school ive been like hmmm maybe im like genderfluid or something but then left it along for a while but now im thinking about it again. maybe these things dont go away for me. 

7. what’s one thing that happened this year that you want to change? 

the ffucking pandemccc... 

well im thinking also besides the pandemic but i just cant come up with something personal bc everything thats happened to me even personally has been caused by what this year brought all of us so i dont even know. like i could say id like to change the fact that i had to move back home but that was bc of covid obviously, or not having a graduation from my undergrad, or being jobless for so long... 

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

• Paul is 2 years younger than Florie so you know when they were growing up he always had to get the worst parts when they played pretend. He was always the damsel in distress and Florie was the knight saving him from the dragon. They also grew up right next to each other so there was no getting out of seeing each other even if they wanted to

• They always, always, always sat next to each other at church (mainly bc church for them is boring and full of old ladies, hence it is an Old Lady Thing and they would rather mumble made-up stories to each other while their grandmother tells them to hush and both of their mothers roll their eyes and look away)

• When they were younger (and now as adults) they had a little competition going to see who could grow their hair out the longest (Florie won by an inch, and is still winning in present day, but only just barely)

• Florie’s nickname for Paul is ‘Polly’, while her mother’s nickname for him is ‘Polliwog’ and his mother tried to get ‘Pollyanna’ off the ground (and his grandmother staunchly addressed him as ‘Apollinaire’)

• Florie picked ‘Florie’ as her nickname because she thought it sounded cute. Paul occasionally calls her ‘Flor’ for short. The trouble was picking a nickname that no one else in the family has, since she’s Florette V Chastain and the V is not her middle initial it is a number

• Aunt Etta is Florette IV Chastain, and Old Mère, called Florine by friends, is Florette III Chastain (and then there’s cousin Melody who is Florette Melody Chastain but she was not, traditionally, supposed to have that name) so when Florie was picking a nickname she was trying really hard to avoid her mother’s and grandmother’s names

• She almost went with Ettie but decided Florie was much more her style

• what I’m saying is ask me everything about them I love them so much they’re like siblings but closer bc they weren’t forced to share a room as kids

hi sasha <3 ily!

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