I REBLOG HERMITSHIPPING AND THE OCCASIONAL (SFW) RPF. DON'T LIKE? DON'T LOOK.
> False main + falseren shipper
> Multifandom (ish), i might reblog/post about thomas and friends (sounds insane but there's levels to this thomas shit i promise), my chemical romance, hermitcraft, and whatever else interests me at the time. Also I reblog random crap I find funny sometimes.
> College student (20) so writing/art may be a little sporadic and random
> Aroace spec, pansexual, and (i think, i have given up) nonbinary
> Neurodivergent + chronically ill
> SSD (stuffed service dog) handler
> therian. If you don't respect therians/otherhearted/otherpaw then gtfo my blog thank you unkindly
> scottish, saor alba (free scotland)
Portfolio: https://heartz4jellie.my.canva.site/
Twitch: twitch.tv/magicallyweird
Idk I might make a proper aesthetically pleasing pinned post at some point. Maybe. Probably not.
I hope every single person who puts nice comments in tags under reblogged art knows that you you guys are the backbone of society. Being an artist online sucks these days, but here on tumblr I still get compliments under artworks that I made years ago. I hope you know every WOW and heart emoji and heartfelt compliment and funny comment you left in the tags is part of the reason I kept drawing all these years, in spite of everything that was going on.
I've been screenshotting the nice tags I get for years, and at this point it would be literal thousands of lines if I still had my old files. I love u tumblr users <333333333
What Hermitcraft can teach us about internalized ableism and how not to talk to people with disabilities.
[timestamp for the quote is 2:16:00 if the link doesn't work]
Skizz made this comment 3 months ago, and it was so appalling I haven't been able to stop thinking about it ever since.
CW: ableist attitudes and brief implications of hypothetical su*cide
Context: Skizz and Scar were having a chat about taking care of your health. Scar was giving advice like "You gotta have a good sleep schedule, a clean diet, some kind of physical activity, something to stimulate your mind, and companionship with loved ones."
Expanding on that, Scar added, "You gotta have something to stimulate your brain otherwise you end up just staring at a wall for hours at a time."
Skizz then remarked about how Scar is especially qualified to talk about this sort of thing, "Because... let's call it what it is, dude, if anyone has had a reason to, uh- stare at a wall and... I'm not trying to get dark but... 'swim down,' y'know? It's you. And that's why I've always associated you with strength because you are legitimately one of the strongest people I've ever met."
(I feel like you can visibly see how much this offends Scar.)
I'd like to take an educational approach to this post, so we can all hopefully learn from Skizz' disrespectful comment.
It's impossible for any of us to fully understand what it's like to live with Scar's numerous disabilities and complex health conditions. We will (hopefully) never know what we would do if we were in his position, but our inability to grasp that reality often leads to the conclusion that we wouldn't be able to "overcome" everything he's been through.
This is often the case when hearing the stories and experiences of people with disabilities, and it typically results in them being reduced to a source of "inspiration" for able-bodied people. In the sense of: "If they can get through all those hardships, I can get through whatever struggles I'm going through!"
This is called "inspiration p*rn" or "disability p*rn" and it's unfortunately very pervasive in our culture today, especially on social media.
[source: bezzymigrane.com]
Our struggles serve as lessons in resilience, reducing us to simplified “inspiration” for those who will never live our reality. People gawk at our hardships with solicited sympathy, saying, “I’m glad that isn’t me.”
“Stella Young described inspiration p*rn as the way society turns disabled people into motivational stories just for existing,” explains Ehab Youssef, a licensed clinical psychologist at Mentalyc. “It’s when someone says, ‘If they can do it, what’s your excuse?’ or shares a feel-good video of a disabled person doing something ‘normal’ as if that alone is extraordinary."
Scar has responded to "compliments" about being "strong" or "inspirational" before by expressing that, "A lot of people don't know know what they're fully capable of until they're in that kind of situation," and "The human spirit is a powerful thing when pushed to its limits." (paraphrasing based on quotes I remember) Which is the most polite and tactful way to dismiss ableist remarks that I've ever seen.
Some people reading this may think, "But Scar is inspirational for having such positive attitude about his disabilities! He's so optimistic despite going through so many awful things, and that's admirable!" But that's another harmful idea rooted in internalized ableism.
[source: bezzymigrane.com]
“Inspiration p*rn sometimes promotes the idea that disabled people can, and should, always have a positive attitude and outlook about their situation or communicate things in an uplifting way," adds psychotherapist and clinical consultant Steph Fowler.
...This mindset pressures disabled people to always be exceptional. “People in the disabled person’s life may not recognize inspiration p*rn as harmful, and may perpetuate these ideas by suggesting the person needs to try harder, practice gratitude, or have a better attitude about their experience,” Fowler says.
We can be inspiring and sick or disabled, but dehumanizing us by suggesting that we are somehow more worthy if we have a positive attitude that inspires nondisabled people holds us all back.
I believe Skizz' statement about Scar's "strength" is rooted in this ideology.
Which brings me back to his quote- where he implies that if anyone has had a reason to sink into depression and end their own life, it's Scar.
I cannot express how inappropriate and outright disrespectful this assertion is. Scar has mentioned once or twice before that when he initially got sick, he struggled with depression for a long time, but that's all he's said on the subject. Skizz is assuming a lot about what Scar went through (and what Scar is comfortable sharing about himself publicly) by making such a bold, careless remark like this.
Implying that anyone would "have a reason to" end their own life is beyond disrespectful in any context, but it's far worse when said to a person with disabilities... and on a live stream at that.
[source: goodmenproject.com]
People with disabilities are just like everybody else. They’re complex and sometimes flawed. They hide insecurities and struggles and inner demons that they might not want the outside world to see.
We are not perfect, angelic human beings by virtue of having a disability. Life just doesn’t work that way, and you can’t pigeonhole us as brave or permanently optimistic or whatever innocuous stereotype helps you process our disabilities better.
Scar is not strong for wanting to live despite the challenges his health and disabilities bring. Scar is not inspirational because of how much he's gone through and how he's remained optimistic throughout it all.
Scar is inspirational because he's an incredible artist, a delightful entertainer, and a wonderful human being.
He's always teaching others about his building and design methods and encouraging people to step out of their comfort zone and try new things.
Multiple hermits have said that Scar is wonderful to work with, and the only hermit they've never once had any conflict with personally or professionally.
You don't need to look to Scar's disabilities to find "inspiration," Scar is an awe-inspiring person just by nature of who he is at heart.
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I'd like to conclude with some advice on how to recognize and prevent the spread of disability p*rn, so hopefully we can come away from this post having learned something valuable.
[source: bezzymigrane.com]
“The biggest shift has to be seeing disabled people as people, not symbols of perseverance, not life lessons, just people living their lives,” says Youssef. “Instead of focusing on how someone “overcomes” their disability, we should be asking: Are we making the world accessible enough so they don’t have to overcome so much?”
...When someone calls a disabled person “inspiring,” I ask them why. I encourage them to think about whether that’s because the person is actually inspiring or if they just happen to have a disability.
Take a moment to question the content you’re being served and the things you’re sharing to limit the spread. Instead, focus on stories that celebrate the person as a whole, not just as a representation of disability.
omg fellow people who realize the jokes made at scars interests is ableist and not okay!!!! ive been ranting about it on my private twitter account bc I know I will be killed on my main, but it is just SO ableist to treat someone tlaking about their special interests or just interests in general as boring and pretending to fall asleep. it makes watching scars streams almost unbearable to watch due to how annoying it gets to watch happen.
God. it makes me SO PISSED when they do that to him. I screen-recorded a bunch of segments today from recent streams of people rolling their eyes at all the Disney talk, and I'm gonna try to make a compilation of at least the recent D23-related instances (trying to make a full compilation would take Years)
No one complains when Grian goes off about pokemon or zelda, but the second scar mentions Disney, everyone groans and runs away. And if Scar is genuinely upset, he just has to play into the joke to mask his feelings for stream.
I wonder if he's ever actually brought it up,, only to be brushed off with "yeah but you talk about it ALL the time" and other ableist remarks.
It's so upsetting how ashamed he gets of talking about anything he's passionate about too. The topic of Area 51 came up on Skizz' stream the other day and he got SO EXCITED talking about his favorite air crafts and the history of how they were designed, their different features, aesthetics, etc. and he tried to shut himself down multiple times and apologize like, "I'm sorry, I know this is boring, you don't wanna hear this" but thankfully Skizz encouraged him (for once).
Sometimes the hermits will entertain Scar's Disney talk, but it's rare, and usually only if they're one-on-one. If others are around and making fun of Scar, they'll jump right in and absolutely dogpile on him... EXCEPT Cub.
All my homies love Cub, I cannot think of a single instance where Cub has shut Scar down or made fun of him for his interests. Cub always listens and actively engages with Scar when he talks about Disney, a couple times during Scar's D23 predictions stream, Cub would fly over to ask a question or two and talk about his own predictions!
I wish more of the hermits respected Scar the way Cub does.
i know its very hard for yall because you have air between your ears instead of a brain, but i need you all to think very very hard about the fact almost none of the popular minecraft smps have even one black or brown person on their roster.
One of my friends had a seizure today because of a video on instagram that had flashing lights, so here is a reminder: Warnings in the caption for flashing/strobing lights are NOT ENOUGH. If you’re posting something on social media, and there are flashing lights, you need to include a slide before, or a segment at the start of the video, with a warning. People need to be able to click away before the strobing begins. Seizures can be debilitating, cause brain damage, and even kill.
With FIVE DAYS LEFT of the Lobsided Zine contributor application period , we are calling all writers of the Hermitcraft variety ! If you like poetry, prose, lore, annotation or written collaboration we invite you to apply for the Lobsided Zine ! More Info about our project below !
Lobsided Zine is a compendium of the Eastern Lobsters' (False, Joe, Pearl, Ren & Cleo) individual and collective Hermitcraft season 11. We want to catalogue every build, mob, prank and everything in between as an archive and spotlight to this section of the server.
If that interests you, please apply to this project!
Yeah okay cool road safety ads targeted towards younger people are a good idea COULD THEY NOT ATTEMPT TO RUIN MY DAY THOUGH 😭 why do they always just HAVE to have extreme strobe effects
False hates the feeling of her skin touching when its warm so during the summer she just kinda. Starfishes in bed to avoid any of her limbs touching. She'll attempt to still curl up because she enjoys it so she ends up tangled up with the duvet from it being inbetween her knees and under her arms etc
^ anon who is definitely not projecting (its so warm help me)
False made scar sign a weird magic contract which of course means that Season eleven False is a fae, who works Exclusively through official business documents
