Ah yes. That superstition lead the famous bris incident Of-Which-We-Shall-Not-Speak. (Let's just say it included the line "Jesus Christ! Is the Rabbi still here?") Though I've been told this is limited to Ashkenazi Jews, and that Sephardic Jews have no such issue.
And I think your consciousness has been doing a fine job. Case in point, I've really liked how you've been handling the nice/good/right distinction in this fic. That's something that is generally lacking in fiction and particularly in fantasy. Too much influence of D&D I think. There you can balance out all those good points you got by rescuing the orphans with evil points by being rude to a grandmother.
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Date: 2008-09-14 03:23 am (UTC)And I think your consciousness has been doing a fine job. Case in point, I've really liked how you've been handling the nice/good/right distinction in this fic. That's something that is generally lacking in fiction and particularly in fantasy. Too much influence of D&D I think. There you can balance out all those good points you got by rescuing the orphans with evil points by being rude to a grandmother.