As a disabled person I honestly believe the way Wizard (currently @wonderous-wizard ) writes and draws disability isn't as simple as purely fetishistic. His long post going over Scar's disabilities in an incredibly well researched manner was something that genuinely made me tear up, because I had never seen such a beautiful, delicate, thought out piece of research and information compiled in one place regarding Scar's disabilities. It made me realise, in fact, just how much the fandom disregards his disabilities - especially if they want to sexualise him.
To me, it shows a level of respect when you refuse to disregard someone's disabilities to make them more appealing to you in your own fantasies. And it's obviously kind of funny talking about respect in regards to Wizard's work, but in fairness he did try his absolute best to keep it away from where Scar could see it. And regardless, I'm talking about respect in terms of respecting the fact that Scar is disabled, and if you're going to make RPF works about him, it's much more disrespectful to ignore his disabilities.
Someone with disabilities can be sexy. Their disabilities can be sexy, without it being just a fetish thing. Wizard combines his kinks and interests, of course, but he doesn't - as some have claimed - specifically target Scar because his disabilities make him physically weaker. That's just a part of Scar that one can't ignore, which lends itself to types of RPF (emphasis on the F) which Wizard likes, that victimise him - though that isn't the only thing Wizard ever creates and Scar's disabilities are certainly not the only reason he creates noncon work.
It's also something Wizard has gone into detail about outside of noncon or medical fetish works. It's something he's drawn with love and care outside of pure smut. The little sparkles he draws in Scar's medical tubing is one of my favourite Wizard art features.
Besides this, I also do think it's okay (and good actually) to talk about different types of sex with a focus on disability. Pondering various sex positions that are accessible, how it might feel to play around with 'extra holes' (ports for feeding tubes, etc), what kinks like breathplay might look like for someone who struggles with breathing already... these aren't just ways to fetishise disabilities. They are ways of reclaiming disability as attractive, sexy, kinky, and unique. Too often disabled people are told they are undesirable - something Scar has echoed himself - and it has been a big part of some disabled people's journeys to take their sexualities back.
[Directed at a certain someone: The whole comment about 'oh, well, I'm disabled and I would be horrified to know someone was thinking about my disability sexually' is both a 'you' problem and also not an issue because you can't read people's minds. People might have those thoughts about you, but so long as no one actually does anything to you (because thoughts don't equal action) then you will never know and your life goes on unchanged.
Wizard has never even hinted at enacting any of the fantasies he has irl (that would look like, for example, posting about going to events Scar is going to be at and hinting at having plans). The only reason Scar knows about some of what Wiz had drawn is because of people like you who harassed his mods until they couldn't just ignore it anymore.
Wizard himself has always tried to keep his stuff to himself because he knows it is uncomfortable for a CC to find. Like all RPF and non RPF nsfw work. It's not somehow more horrifying because it's more realistic. CCs already know this stuff exists, it's just our job as nsfw creators to make sure they don't see it.]
And, well, as someone who actually knows Wizard, unlike the people who seem to think he's an evil mastermind, I know him to be kindhearted, caring, and supportive of myself and others - regardless of our disability status. Which is why it pisses me off so much to see him painted in such a disgusting light.
No, Wizard isn't ableist. You can be uncomfortable with how he depicts a real disabled man in his art, for sure. You can be uncomfortable with RPF noncon because it feels Too Real or too disrespectful or whatever. But to say all he's doing is fetishizing, and that the only reason he likes Scar is because it's easy to imagine him unable to fight back an assailant, is just a blatant lie. And a massive disservice to the work he's done to archive and spread information to other RPF creators and ordinary fans, about Scar's specific disabilities and how they work on a general and personal level.
Wizard has never only specifically talked about Scar, also. Yes that has been his focus in the past, but he's also drawn about and written about other creators. He's positioned Scar as both the one with power and the one without in different scenarios. What I'm saying is that these people make it sound like all his work is Scar getting nonconned because he's just soooo helpless... but that's not the case.
Yeah it's parasocial as fuck. But we all are. That's kind of how RPF works. I know for a fact Wizard would turn and run at the first sight of gtws in reality. Lol.
Anyway, TLDR; Wizard's works do focus on Scar as a disabled man (because he is one), and often combine this fact with his noncon and medical kinks. But those aren't the only things he focuses on, and his other work regarding Scar and disability are genuinely wonderful depictions of disability which prove he isn't just here to one-dimensionally fetishise it.
🙏 stay sexy everyone, bigger post coming soon(ish)
