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On Tumblr, someone pointed out that given Howard Stark's now-canon background (where he grew up and his parents' occupations), he is almost certainly Jewish passing as Gentile. And that, you know, this gives extra oomph to him helping Jarvis get Anna (his Jewish wife) out of danger and to England and later America. (And I want to read that story, and I hope someone is writing it!)
But you know what other story I want to read? The one where it's a Jewish holiday and Steve absentmindedly mentions it to Tony ("Happy Chanukah!" or appropriate greeting for whichever holiday it is) and Tony is baffled because he's not Jewish (not anything, really, pretty much raised atheist), and Steve is Catholic (or Episcopalian, I've seen an interesting meta on what it would mean if Steve was an Irish Protestant, but whatever he is, definitely Christian.)
So then Steve is all, wait, but Howard was Jewish, and he didn't show it, but then things were a lot worse for Jews in those days, I thought you would be public with your religion/ethnicity!
And Tony is all, no, nope, nuh-uh, no Jewish background in the family that I know of.
And Steve goes, then how/why did Howard know Yiddish? Because a lot of the scientists on Project Rebirth were Jews, so Yiddish was spoken around the labs, and Steve never heard Howard speak it but he definitely understood what the others were saying when they were cursing people out or arguing or joking around in Yiddish, so.
And Tony's mind is blown, and he goes on an incredibly tacky orgy of self-discovery to "find his Jewish roots."
But you know what other story I want to read? The one where it's a Jewish holiday and Steve absentmindedly mentions it to Tony ("Happy Chanukah!" or appropriate greeting for whichever holiday it is) and Tony is baffled because he's not Jewish (not anything, really, pretty much raised atheist), and Steve is Catholic (or Episcopalian, I've seen an interesting meta on what it would mean if Steve was an Irish Protestant, but whatever he is, definitely Christian.)
So then Steve is all, wait, but Howard was Jewish, and he didn't show it, but then things were a lot worse for Jews in those days, I thought you would be public with your religion/ethnicity!
And Tony is all, no, nope, nuh-uh, no Jewish background in the family that I know of.
And Steve goes, then how/why did Howard know Yiddish? Because a lot of the scientists on Project Rebirth were Jews, so Yiddish was spoken around the labs, and Steve never heard Howard speak it but he definitely understood what the others were saying when they were cursing people out or arguing or joking around in Yiddish, so.
And Tony's mind is blown, and he goes on an incredibly tacky orgy of self-discovery to "find his Jewish roots."
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Date: 2015-02-06 07:21 am (UTC)From:In your comment, you said something about "oh, Tony," and I was like, "yeah, oh, Tony." and expanded a little about Tony's general dickishness and insecurity and how that would play out (nothing good). I don't generally consider responding to a comment to be a sign of fixation? Though looking back I did respond to that and not the other part of your comment, so.
I don't see how Pepper could have known if Tony didn't, considering she would have met Tony years after his parents died and were no longer important for much of anything except how they impacted Tony's Daddy issues. If she were Jewish herself, that would be the best bet for keeping Tony as close to funny with the least amount of offensiveness.