#if anyone has something else to add ill gladly read!! bc of my background i have. less familiarity w the way. other people can Feel abt

[bidisaster-peanut-romano]

Do you think any of the students are religious or come from a religious household?

Mandy is supposed to be ‘a church going girl’ ,but idk if she's actually religious. I reckon that there'd be at least one greaser that would take a bedazzling gun and write ‘John 3:16’ or something in metal studs on their jacket

oh why hi!!

i'll start from mandy since you gave me the first example and i see exactly what you mean. she probably grew up christian and, since she's not yet in a phase of questioning the way she's been brought up, she still goes to church and so forth

but she's not that much of a believer, honestly it's more a matter of… not stopping what she's been doing. she probably cringes a bit even when people bring up religious stuff

also picking up on the greaser thing. both ricky and johnny are deeply catholic.

ricky's father was born and raised in naples, so ricky grew up with that. he always wears a cross under his shirt

johnny's family was never particularly religious, but he always believed strongly. something something if god has forgiveness for everyone maybe there's some hope for me too

peanut and his mother aren't religious either, but he has a… special relationship?? with mary. like he's no jesus but. a young girl who was preparing herself to be an adult but whose life was turned upside down by a pregnancy that would've given a new meaning to her life? he always kinda saw his mom that way. if that makes sense

most preps were raised christian too i think, protestant?? but they vary in. how much they really believe

(also this applies to most of the students tbh. some define themselves atheists, such as beatrice or lance, or still say they're christian but don't care about religion much, like bo or gordon, but generally not many students have a strong sense of religion)

tad for example has. a difficult relationship with religion. bc god is a father and he's compassionate and forgiving but to him that's… a disturbing discrepancy

justin wonders if mary ever hated her child. if she would've wanted to live a different life instead of being an important man's mother forever. his mother sure does.

parker was raised christian by his father, but he learned about confucianism from his uncle (his mother's brother, since her side of the family has korean origins). his father never liked it though, so parker is usually quite quiet about his religion

pete's family is of polish jewish origins; to him, his religion has less to do with his spiritual beliefs and more with the bond with his family, his cultural heritage and his community

cornelius is studying pagan religions and witchcraft; the other nerds took a while to understand that he was seriously religious and not just interested intellectually (the way melvin is, for example)

constantinos' parents both come from christian orthodox families, but neither them nor him are particularly religious

#to me its also pretty that im answering this as on christmas day tbh!! not to shove it down everyones throats but. lots of feels #also i noticed theres a shit ton of christian-related stuff in proportion and i apologize!! in my defense i grew up in a tight knit catholi #community and a good portion of ppl i know either are still hardcore believers or are recovering from some level of religious trauma so. #gotta project those on someone hfjd #if anyone has something else to add ill gladly read!! bc of my background i have. less familiarity w the way. other people can Feel abt #their religion/the religion they were brought up with/religion as a concept so ill be more than happy to listen!! #bully #canis canem edit #bully canis canem edit #bully scholarship edition #bully anniversary edition #cce #bully cce #odyposts