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Oct. 14th, 2022 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7a good point, disabled male characters are so often villains, it would be so interesting to see a different archetype there, worldbuilding, storytelling
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star-anise https://www.tumblr.com/star-anise/697617325403308032/since-im-on-a-fantasy-worldbuilding-kick-ive :
Since I’m on a fantasy worldbuilding kick, I’ve got something I’m genuinely interested in hearing lots of people’s thoughts on. My experience is very shaped by being a cis woman, and this is something I think people with experience of living or being socialized as masculine are way more equipped to answer.
On my “maiden in a tower” post https://star-anise.tumblr.com/post/158464254829/when-i-was-younger-and-more-abled-i-was-so, I’ve always seen a small but steady trickle of responses saying, “I wish to fuck there was an equivalent fantasy trope for me as a disabled man. I just feel like there’s no place for me in these stories if I’m sick, weak, or ‘useless’.”
Is there be space for disabled men or masc-adjacent people in fantasy literature? Are there stories out there that already resonate? Things you wish you saw but haven’t found very often? What are your guys’ experiences or thoughts?
Something I think is important to stress: Representation is not one-size-fits-all. Just because some people think something is or isn’t good representation, doesn’t mean that it’s Objectively Evil and Should Never Be Written. Human experience is varied. The disability community is really diverse and some people want to yeet their disabilities into the sun, yes please Magic Cures, while others feel their disability is a vitally important part of them and hate even the suggestion that they should be “cured”.
Make space for other people to have different feelings and opinions from you! At least on this post, don’t go off on people because you think they have bad taste or whatever. Mmkay? (Your picture was not posted)
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Date: 2022-10-14 07:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-14 11:40 pm (UTC)FWIW, I'm writing one. It's my experience of disability but the character experiencing it is male.
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Date: 2022-10-15 06:37 pm (UTC)*contemplates further*