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No. 13062
In terms of religion:
-Scout is clearly Catholic, and probably went to Catholic school because the public schools in Boston were pretty dire at the time, and Catholic schools were cheap/free and better.
-Because Soviet Russia, Heavy probably hasn't had much exposure to organized religion. But considering the fact his dad was killed for being a counterrevolutionary, I have the idea that his parents taught him about Christianity and maybe other religions, in a secular kind of way, just to be rebellious. Not necessarily that they raised him religious. They just taught him about Christianity and the Bible because it's kind of a big deal. So when he got his giant mitts on an illegal copy of The Master and Margarita in postgrad, he had no problem understanding the religious allusions. Drives me nuts when fanfic writers have him all "what is Bible, is it thing you eat?" There's no way the USSR was that successful in wiping our the opiate of the masses.
-Medic is totally Jewish. The "Archimedes!" song is some pretty nice klezmer music. And his nose would fit right in with my Jewish relatives'. And when he sings "Danke Schoen", he uses the Yiddish pronounciation of "schoen" (rhymes with "pain" instead of "pawn"), which, to be fair, is used in the English translation of the song, but considering the fact there's also a German version, you'd think he'd sing that. And I think it's left intentionally ambiguous which version of the song he's singing, because he just goes "danke schoen, nah nah, danke schoen." The English version goes "danke shoen, darling, danke schoen," but he's apparently forgotten most of the words... which is pretty endearing. So, headcanon: Medic is a dippy, eccentric Jewish guy (he's an atheist, and a nihilist, but he's still culturally Jewish, and his mother was mad as hell when he lost his medical license. She threatened to die of shock, and made a big deal out of how her son, who's not a doctor, couldn't save her if she did) who has no idea why he comes across as an uptight ex-Nazi. Somehow the way his clothes fit on him screams "Hugo Boss", and he has no idea why. People move away from him in the pews when he's dragged to synagogues for family events...
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