Aug 27, 2025
i think a lot about the beautification of some characters in ways that feel dismissive, such as when writers goes out of their way to imply things like "this character has a huge traumatic scar… but don’t worry, it's sexy they're still hot.” as if scars, deformities, or injuries only matter if they’re reframed as aesthetically pleasing. people with scars or differences don’t need that kind of justification to be attractive, they can be appealing as they are, without it being spun into some kind of “sexy damage”. also imagine having such little faith in a character that thinking them having realistic physical deformities/scars would make them less compelling.