#marimo rambles

[mar-im-o]

if everyone would accept u, would u change ur body to be nonhuman (magical race, animal, creature, etc.) ?

yes bc it's gender

yes bc of mental disorder/neurodivergency

yes bc of otherkin/alterhuman/therian

yes just because it'd be cool

yes bc of [other]

yes bc of more than one of these

no

Voting ended onJun 9, 2024

if you select other or more than one please provide context!

[mar-im-o]

I keep thinking about the ask from yesterday that claimed I was trying to advocate for Scar

Like that's a grown man who can take care of himself. He doesn't need me to advocate for him and I never intend to

I just want people to understand what they're doing when you erase someone's disability. When they make a cool awesome character abled bc it's what feels right. That's abelism. You know that right?

[mar-im-o]

you guys wanna see my new hair

[mar-im-o]

Why is no one a fan of the thing that exists only in my head?

[mar-im-o]

I love you therians I love you typing quirks I love you objectums I love you furries I love you people with f/o I love you kinnies I love you systems I love you weirdos!!!!!!! /affectionate

[mar-im-o]

To the ask i accidentally deleted 😔😔😔 I'm so sorry

But anyways yeah my take on drawing Scar is less "You're cancelled if you don't draw him in a wheelchair" and more "Hey! There's a ton of implicit abelism in this community! Do you understand WHY you don't draw him in a wheelchair?"

Like do what you want but I'm BEGGING yall to consider why an able-bodied man is more attractive/badass/powerful to you. Like we're all guilty of this abelism society has taught us. It's gotta be a conscious choice to analyze and criticize it

[mar-im-o]

Might be being a bit dramatic, but isn't not drawing scar in his chair a form of microagrresion?

Mr. Goodtimes himself has come forward and said he doesn't mind if he isn't drawn in a wheelchair. So I'd say no considering he's openly said he's fine bring drawn able-bodied

My point is less "you're doing something wrong if you don't put him in a chair" and more "Hey you're being a bit abelist because you won't draw a hot/sexy/powerful character in a wheelchair. Make sure you're conscious of those biases"

Bc that's what real life is about yknow? There's no black and white "you're evil or you're not" it's more like. Hey! You have biases! Be aware of them! Stop pretending they don't exist!

[mar-im-o]

on the whole disabled scar discussion and coming from someone who's chronically ill and a fellow wheeler,

fully agree that it's okay to change the disability, especially considering that scar himself has been general with his conditions (etc not giving a specific disorder)

and it's so important for people to make c!Scar physically disabled too imo. it's so annoying watching the narrative of "his character isn't disabled!" and then excusing it for oh disabilities are hard to draw/write, wheelchairs are difficult to include, tubes are hard to write

then... learn?

if you want to write a character who happens to be disabled, you don't just throw yourself in. you learn how it works and hear others perspectives.

like i personally project a LOT when i write Scar, i'll write his experiences to mirror my own and even then i do a lot of research to ensure i'm not misrepresenting. i find no issue with people doing the same or taking creative liberty when it comes to "cc! scar has a nmd but when i write c!scar he's a potsie with comorbid disorders"

and imo he should always be a wheelchair user, whether ambulatory or not. it's so ??? to make a character who is a non-ambulatory wc user suddenly only need a cane (many even doing it where he only needs it every now and then). it's not hard to make the minecraft world seem accessible/possible for someone physically disabled when the same minecraft world has shit like watchers, dragons, endermen. like brother if you can write about grian having avian instincts then you can write(+draw! as a writer i'm probably focussing on that side a bit much) about disabilities+experiences that are well documented/taught on

i am hARD rambling here but i'm just grateful this shit is being discussed bc this community is riddled with ableism (and fatphobia etc)

I really appreciate your perspective! Thank you!

I'm an ambulatory cane user so I'm always eager to hear from wheelchair users on their perspectives. I worry sometimes that I'm being a bit too dramatic on this, but it's really good to hear your opinion on the matter too!!

tldr

Make!! Scar!! Disabled!!!!