margayret:

kischkas:

the baudelaire orphans are probably goyische but i mean there’s something so quintessentially jewish about neverending suffering…… ..plus like violet baudelaire is the archetypal Nice Jewish Girl tbh .

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Despite the apparently Romantic origin of “Baudelaire,” Snicket stated in February 2007 that “the Baudelaires are Jewish! I guess we would not know for sure but we would strongly suspect it,” citing their “manner” as an indicator.^[7] Snicket elaborated: “I think there is something naturally Jewish about unending misery. […] I’m Jewish so, by default, the characters I create are Jewish, I think.

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