pouring one out for those of us who will never be told that they're so brave or so resilient. those that can't or don't cope with their disabilities well, or at all. those who don't "try hard enough" whatever that even means. those that choose not to do certain or any treatments, drink or smoke or do drugs, stop taking their medication and so on.
a lot of people work hard to manage their conditions and do deserve to be recognized as worthy of respect, but let's also include those who just can't (or choose not to) do any of that stuff. they're still disabled and still deserve respect even if they aren't performing disability the way you want them to.
idk if anyone else felt this way, but in the Shapeshifter ep of Dungeon Meshi, it's treated like a joke that all the copies of Laios are super obviously not him, but isn't it kind of fucked up that Laios's closest companions don't seem to view him as... whole?
None of his companions had an accurate view of him as a person! One of the copies was a stupid, drooling mess! And on top of this, they all believed that because Laios struggles with social cues he wouldn't be observant to them as people. They just... fundamentally don't understand him.
I think the really accurate copies of the rest of the party was drawn from Laios's mind. His powers of observation and analytics are his strength, but that's not the same as being good with social cues.
Anyway. It made me really sad. I know his party cares about him, but it's so isolating to know your friends don't know you.
Imagine a bee rn in a hive muttering "the beekeeper is not real because he is not intervening or helping me at all with this disastrous relationship I have with another bee". now imagine that's you talking about the good lord. now imagine a dog with a propeller hat on