Okay so here's the interesting thing about c!scar from a disability studies perspective...
Social perceptions of disability is a cycle
It's really easy for us to fall in line with ideas of truth and reality which aren't really THERE. Notably, stereotyping.
Today, media is a HUGE part of that. We consume content, see stereotypes portrayed, then when we MAKE said content, portray the stereotypes ourselves.
And normally media is created in an echo chamber. One white guy pitches an idea, a table of nodders nod and say "hm yes of course i get it" and that's that
But when we move into media consumption in the forms of podcasts or minecraft where the media form itself isn't as solidified it gets INTERESTING
We get to see the cycle break
Because NOW the larger groups of individuals are helping design the media, not just a small group. An individual says "Grian's a parrot" and it bounces around hundreds, maybe thousands, of heads which ALL take it and ALL tweak it and make something new. There was no larger force establishing it. It was a group of individuals
Which is POWERFUL. Because it allows opinions and perceptions to be changed.
So THAT'S why I push so hard for people to represent c!Scar as a wheelchair user and disabled. Because up until now, the larger force of society has told us that disabled people are "tragedies, unappealing, pitiful, incapable, helpless" but now you have a character who is BADASS and a SLUT whose titties are OUT and who is doing awesome WATER CLUTCHES and ALSO he's disabled
Just as easily as a group can decide a couple of pixels are actually a trigger-happy scarlet macaw man with eye imagery, we can all decide to stop reinforcing stereotypes and just depict c!Scar as a disabled man!
So fuck it! Don't be a coward! Break the cycle and draw the man scitties out in a WHEELCHAIR
