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letsplaythermalnuclearwar · 6 months ago

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Why Fiction Should Stop Killing Characters to Establish That Things are Serious and Should Start Giving Them Life-Long Disabilities: an Incomplete List

1). the character isn't dead. you can continue the arcs you had before!!! you can bring them to new places!!! the characters don't all have to go into mourning!!! the fans won't be upset that the character is dead!!! you can keep writing the character!!!!

2). new potential storylines. lets say your character used to have legs but now only has leg. do they get a prosthetic and if so, where from? if they don't, why not? how do the people around them react to this? how does the character themself react? how do they adapt? if there are any other disabled characters in the story, the newly disabled character and them can bond. there's so much you can do!

3). more representation. always a win

#writing #disability representation #I have NEVER seen a previously abled character get less interesting by becoming disabled #Hiccup. Oracle. Kanan. there's probably more #*grabs you by the shirt* disable your characters. force them to reckon with their changing bodies. make them adapt #force them to accept that they can't overcome and let the people around them love them through it all. do you hear me is anyone listening #anyway I just think I'm right and will always be right on this #nuclear war speaks #nuclear war walks around the village ranting like a madwoman and shaking her fist at the sky

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