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Re: Is Foggy Jewish?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not assuming anything on Foggy's last name. I'm assuming it based on his self identifying as Irish in canon, Hell's Kitchen being historically an Irish Catholic neighborhood, and his references to being working class with a big family. Most people who are 'Hell's Kitchen born and raised' are not Jewish by demographic and while he could be multiethnic in that area and other ethnic areas in New York, marrying within your own ethnicity and religious background is very common.

Nor am I not letting anyone not have peace? I don't have a namespace account anywhere except ao3 and I am merely expressing my knowledge of the area because I have been very curious about Hell's Kitchen since reading and watching Daredevil.

Re: Is Foggy Jewish?

[(Anonymous)]

Again I stress that I really wasn't trying to be bitchy. I can 100% see where you're coming from based on the history and the area. I didn't mean "leave in peace" in the sense that anyone is harassing or giving anyone that hard a time really, just that it shouldn't be assumed that someone hasn't done their homework who has that headcanon, because there are ways to explore it that do make sense.

Sorry if it came across as combative. I didn't mean for it to be. I just feel like if someone has that headcanon, it may be for a personal reason as well, and they shouldn't have to go to great lengths to justify it or have the default assumption be that they're wrong by other fans.

Re: Is Foggy Jewish?

[(Anonymous)]

It's ok. Personally I just know a lot of Irish Catholics in New York are still struggling with the aftermath of anti Irish and anti Catholic sentiment and I know in fandom a lot of people don't do their homework and might not know this? And in general I was just trying to answer a question - in my opinion, he probably isn't but I don't like have full say obviously on who headcanons what.

I am also very protective of Catholic characters in fandom in general. In a lot of ways growing up Catholic is a cultural thing much like growing up Mormon or Jewish so I want characters to be Catholic like me. I apologize for being defensive.