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But it’s not ableist because the story itself is ableist, it’s ableist because, from my research, Brooklynn is the franchise’s *first and only* physically disabled human character that could use and has used a prosthetic.

She’s the first, of hopefully many, and they decided to start off with a prosthetic being forced onto her by the villain and associating the device itself with the evil, morally wrong side. They turned it into a symbol of how deep into the gray Brooklynn was, and that’s part of the problem.

It is important to show ableism, especially the harsher realities if it. I’m disabled myself use mobility aids on and off, and I’ve been forced into treatment that wasn’t helpful and only further traumatized me, so I do understand the need for this kind of representation, but it has to come in layers, especially for franchises.

The first physically disabled character that they could’ve given a prosthetic should not have been the one used to show how treatment and aids can be forced or pressured onto someone without any room for them to breathe or make a decision, and their rejection of that treatment and/or aids shouldn’t have been be part of the climax.

For a comparison, imagine if they went a similar route with Yasmina, having her forced into therapy, fully admitted against her will, only for it to have hurt her more.

Would it have been realistic? Yes.

Should it be the story of the first and only character from that group you’re representating? Absolutely not.

There were other ways to introduce the idea of Brooklynn using a prosthetic for that season without having the prosthetic itself be solely associated with the evil side. She could’ve conned one out of Santos, so at the very least it was her idea, either because she was testing the waters of what she could get from her or because she genuinely wanted it, and then have Santos hold it over her head later and display the exact same ableist behavior, like pressuring her to wear it more. Brooklynn would’ve had control, lost it, and then the mobility aid becomes a device for Santos to exert dominance and control over her, except it’s not done in a way that villainises the mobility device itself and that way her ditching it later wouldn’t have felt so off and anti-prosthetic.

So if there is only 1 Lady Death, why did she choose Agatha. Specifically this Agatha. Then it had me thinking, what if Agatha was killed by her coven in every multiverse except one.

I fully believe her “don’t you dare feel guilty about your talent. You survived” to Billy is something Rio told an upset Agatha at some point. But what if it also meant that out of all the Agatha’s, she SURVIVED. And in a way that would completely captivate death. Cause in a infinite amount of Agathas, only HER Agatha changed her fate. Her multiverse difference was having her ability save her

So if there is only 1 Lady Death, why did she choose Agatha. Specifically this Agatha. Then it had me thinking, what if Agatha was killed by her coven in every multiverse except one.

I fully believe her “don’t you dare feel guilty about your talent. You survived” to Billy is something Rio told an upset Agatha at some point. But what if it also meant that out of all the Agatha’s, she SURVIVED. And in a way that would completely captivate death. Cause in a infinite amount of Agathas, only HER Agatha changed her fate. Her multiverse difference was having her ability save her

So if there is only 1 Lady Death, why did she choose Agatha. Specifically this Agatha. Then it had me thinking, what if Agatha was killed by her coven in every multiverse except one.

I fully believe her “don’t you dare feel guilty about your talent. You survived” to Billy is something Rio told an upset Agatha at some point. But what if it also meant that out of all the Agatha’s, she SURVIVED. And in a way that would completely captivate death. Cause in a infinite amount of Agathas, only HER Agatha changed her fate. Her multiverse difference was having her ability save her

so it kinda got sidelined hard and we got the young avengers instead?

Well, make way for the fucking homosquad to save the day!!!

Let’s see you pansies take that ha!

Qimir has clearly more power than osha, not everyone vibes the same with power dynamics. Also! Most of wolfwren shipper are lesbians, why would they be rooting for the man when he just killed Jecki who had a crush and bond with osha.

ALSO ALSO. Qimir is evil evil and shin was not. There is really 0 comparison between osha/qimir and wolfwren let’s be serious

Shin’s opening scene was her slaughtering a bunch of New Republic officers. At the end of the episode she stabbed Shin and left her to die. Throughout the series she expressed intense desire for more power. She stayed trying to go after Sabine until Ahsoka put a stop to it and set her running off. Let’s be SO serious rn

No one is saying shin is uwu and has not killed people, she’s a mercenary…. Also no, she is not power hungry and going after power. She asks baylan, her master, what do they want… and HE says power and that she is something more than Jedi, and she repeats that after. If she was so power hungry she would have gone back to thrawn and taken her place with them like baylan told her, but she didn’t.

Shin is an antagonist to Sabine, she is not a villain. shin is morally grey, not evil. And she is shown over the season doubting her master and side eyeing both Morgan and thrawn, AND considering ahsoka’s hand. Qimir??? He is evil, he out there wanting power and calling people “it”. LETS BE SERIOUS RIGHT NOW.

Are we not calling sith evil cause they are hot now? There is nothing wrong with liking an evil character. Just don’t compare it to other characters that are nothing alike so you don’t piss people off. It’s that simple. Evil is a spectrum, and qimir and shin are in different sides of it.

No one has ever say that wolfwren is healthy, we all call it toxic yuri for a reason. But I’m sorry, it not oshamir levels of toxic.

Shin has only acted on orders. She could have done way worse than she did and I see room for growth now that her master is not in the picture. She can make her own choices now. Star wars has always had a lot on forgiveness when it comes to “evil” characters because they often have a reason for why they do things. Not all like palpatine but even vader was redeemed in the end and if you have watched the clone wars, anakin wasn’t a bad guy. He fought against the dark side for a long time. Even ahsoka has her moments.

So until the show is over, I don’t see a reason for any hate yet. It might make you uncomfortable. Maybe that’s the writers goal, but you can’t blame people for being optimistic about characters they like in a series that changes a person’s allegiance so suddenly.

We even got clones that despite removing their chips, decided to side with the empire and “follow orders” before realizing it was wrong. How is shin any different from crosshair. He made mistakes. He hurt and killed people. But he needed that journey to understand and I’m willing to give new characters the benefit of the doubt until there’s enough information on their motives to better judge the character. And even if im uncomfortable or hate a character, there’s no reason for me to hate people who do like them.