It Also Counts In Reform Judaism If Ur Patrilineal And Raised Jewish. - Blog Posts

yes, based on the fact that it says otacon is jewish, i see strangelove as matrilineally jewish. i think a lot of people use her existence to say oh, him being jewish was retconned out, but who’s to say she wasn’t jewish? jews have lived in the uk for hundreds of years, and she is from the city (manchester) with the second largest jewish population in the country (after london) and besides the fact that she is british and from manchester we know nothing about her family history so there’s literally nothing to say she isn’t jewish.

i do think huey’s side was jewish too, bc i think that was meant to be the implication originally…even if huey is shit representation lol…

obviously none of these characters are religious, they’re all scientists with a bit of a reddit athiest vibe to them, but judaism is an ethnoreligion so you can be jewish without being observant. you can even celebrate holidays and stuff without really believing. i think otacon was raised secular, but jewish enough that he had a very cringe bar mitzvah with a nerdy theme (exact theme tbd, it would have been in 1993 so idk what nerd shit was big then, taking suggestions) because i think that would be funny.

i consider myself the ceo of jewish otacon. i bring a “did you know a 1998 handbook for metal gear solid 1 listed otacon’s ethnicity as jewish american, and while that was never elaborated upon, it was never contradicted either?” vibe to the fandom that is mildly annoying.