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type1diabetesinfandom · 2 years

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Hey, how many canon T1 diabetic characters do you know about?

I kinda wanted to challenge myself to make a character in art everyday with visual equitment, symbols maybe, and anything else I can think of.

That sounds like a great idea! Let me know how it goes please :D

So here are the ones I know from media I have personally read/watched:

Alec Holland from Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater, a DC comic book. Specified as T1D.

Blue Broen from The Truth According to Blue by Eve Yohalem, a middle grade adventure novel. (I'm only a few pages in but T1D seems well done.)

Brian (and Rufus) from Rufus Comes Home by Kim Gosselin, a children's book featuring Rufus the Diabetic Bear! (I still have mine on a shelf--along with Ruby! Although I renamed her Rosetta :P put pods on 'em and everything.)

Cassie Salazar from Purple Hearts, a 2022 Netflix Original AND a romance novel by Tess Wakefield (which I have NOT read). Specified as T1D.

Hansel (played by Jeremy Renner) from the movie Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters. He has an inaccurate, anachronistic form of diabetes referred to as ‘sugar sickness’ but it’s one of my favorite movies. Besides, the movie also has an automatic machine arrow-gun. Realistic it is not. Fun monster movie, it is. I want to write a medical fix-it fic SO bad but I don't know when.

Mackenzie Nolan from Let Me List the Ways by Sarah White, a YA contemporary romance. Specified as T1D.

Sal Vidon from Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez, a Rick Riordan presents novel. Specified as T1D.

Stevie Hart from Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee, a YA contemporary novel. Specified as T1D (but not until over 100 pages in :/ sorry I got personal beef with the book's rep but I saw a few people who liked it so... GREAT homeschooling rep tho)

Ones I have been reliably informed have T1D (or, you know, as close as we get) but have not personally read/watched:

Ezekiel from Agnes at the End of the World, a YA cult/post-apoc novel by Kelly McWilliams. Not sure if it's specified.

Captain Lantus from The Adventures of Captain Lantus, a children's book. Specified as T1D.

Kyle Broflovski and Scott Malkinson from the show South Park. I don't believe it's specified, and from what I've heard, SP makes fun of literally everything, but I know they've got a lot of fanfic in the ao3 diabetes tag!

Lucy Szabo from Sweetblood, a YA novel by Pete Hautman. Not sure if it's specified.

Dare Chase from The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh, a YA horror fantasy novel. Not sure if it's specified.

Stacey Frick and one unnamed girl from Pixar's Turning Red movie. Both wear visible insulin pumps.

Stacey McGill from The Baby-Sitters Club, a middle grade series by Anne M Martin and a Netflix Original show. Specified as T1D.

Scott from Zebrafish by Sharon Emerson, a middle grade book. Not sure if it's specified.

Diabetes in Fiction is definitely worth a look. Their website sorts by both T1D or T2D and also by genre.

There are more lists here, but I haven't been able to verify them in any way yet:

a brief list and review of movies with T1D from DBL-diabetes

a brief list and review of shows with T1D from DBL-diabetes

An article from Healthline talking rep from both movies and shows

a rec list of kids books with T1D from the T1D Living blog

A list of children's books with T1D made by Disney and Lilly

A Goodreads list Romance Novels with Main Characters who have Diabetes

Another Goodreads list Fiction Books with Type 1 Diabetes

Yet another Goodreads list YA Books Featuring Type One Diabetes

Someone's pretty comprehensive Goodreads shelf of books that are supposed to have T1D

And another, smaller Goodreads shelf of T1D in Fiction

This was...probably way more than you need for your project, but I hope you find plenty of inspiration! (And new faves :D) I'm so excited to see what you come up with!

#canon diabetic character #type 1 diabetes #type 1 diabetes in fandom #t1diabetes #t1dawareness #t1d in fiction #characters with type 1 diabetes #they're out there #they're just hard to find #and quality is obviously mixed #this is definitely a feature list not a rec list

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yourfavisdiabetic · 2 years

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I was curious on how the characters on your blogs background were from. I only recognize a couple of the characters and I wanted to know where they all are from?

Sure!

On the left, we have:

the cover of Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater, a comic book with a T1D main character

A photo of Hansel (played by Jeremy Renner) from the movie Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters. He has a very inaccurate, anachronistic form of diabetes referred to as 'sugar sickness' so most diabetics hate it but it's one of my favorite movies. Besides, the movie also has an automatic machine arrow-gun. Realistic it is not. Fun monster movie, it is.

The cover of Even Superheroes Get Diabetes by Sue Ganz-Schmitt. Haven't read this one, but the goodreads synopsis says it's about a kid with T1D who loves superheroes and winds up getting super powers of his own. Definitely on my list.

A photo of Barbie with an insulin pump. I have no idea where to get one as an accessory 😔

A picture of Captain Diabetes from South Park.

The cover of Captain Lantus, a children's book where everyone in Beta City has T1D. I think the villain is called King Carb. It looks super cute.

Moving to the right side we have:

A picture of Stacey Frick from the movie Turning Red. She canonically has an infusion set on her arm.

The GIF says CGM but the creators have said they went with a pump, as the movie takes place in the mid-2000s and CGMs weren't big yet.

A photo of Stacey McGill from the Babysitters Club TV show. Canonically diabetic and pretty well known from the books the show is based on.

The cover of Sweetblood by Pete Hautman. Haven't read yet but the main character has diabetes. Not sure if it's about real vampires or if they're used as a metaphore.

The cover of the Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh. Main character has T1D. Recently published YA thriller. Haven't read yet but it's on the list 🤗

A photo of another girl with an infusion set from Turning Red. I don't believe this character is named. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

The cover of Let Me List the Ways by Sarah White, a YA contemporary romance. Main character has T1D.

#ask #your fav is diabetic #canon diabetic character #i knew i should have credited it sooner #laziness strikes again

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