Walhalla awaits

(2/2) I tried to write one once but I never finished it because I couln’t really imagine how he would be if he could walk. He would definitely be a whole different character if he didn’t have to go through so many hardships. Anyways, it is definitly a thin line you walk when you change such major parts of a character and you have to be very careful as an author. But whether it works or not is different from case to case.

First off, I never said all fic was doomed. Not once did I say that. Yes, I understand working with historical au’s, or au’s in general. I understand that there are many other diseases or disabilities that can be explored with him, too.

What I did say is that it is absolutely disgusting and wrong to erase his disability because you find him sexier or more capable without it. And you should know that was my point because you were part of the thread on the post that caused me to flip out in the first place.

The thread that insinuated he’d be more capable without his disability. The thread where you said he was made to be disabled ‘to make things fair’, implying that not only is he somehow less capable just because he doesn’t walk, but also that it’s comical to you that someone would be purposefully made to be disabled to ‘weaken’ them. The thread where someone else added that their fucking ovaries would be more wrecked than they are now if he could walk.

To get back to Ivar, the fact that he can’t walk is of course an advantage point to his enemies. But he compensates that in so many ways. It is amazing to watch how he overcomes all those difficulties. That is what I was refering to in that post. 

The thread where you said he was made to be disabled ‘to make things fair’, implying that not only is he somehow less capable just because he doesn’t walk, but also that it’s comical to you that someone would be purposefully made to be disabled to ‘weaken’ them.

Copied from above. That is me talking about you. You said that he was made disabled to make things fair. Your words. I’m not suggesting you want his disability erased. But just because you don’t want it erased, doesn’t default you from not being ableist, regardless of whether or not you have a friend with a disability (because that doesn’t eradicate you from being ableist either). Your saying that he was purposefully made to be disabled to make things fair is in fact ableist, and the reasons are emboldened above for you.

(2/2) I tried to write one once but I never finished it because I couln’t really imagine how he would be if he could walk. He would definitely be a whole different character if he didn’t have to go through so many hardships. Anyways, it is definitly a thin line you walk when you change such major parts of a character and you have to be very careful as an author. But whether it works or not is different from case to case.

First off, I never said all fic was doomed. Not once did I say that. Yes, I understand working with historical au’s, or au’s in general. I understand that there are many other diseases or disabilities that can be explored with him, too.

What I did say is that it is absolutely disgusting and wrong to erase his disability because you find him sexier or more capable without it. And you should know that was my point because you were part of the thread on the post that caused me to flip out in the first place.

The thread that insinuated he’d be more capable without his disability. The thread where you said he was made to be disabled ‘to make things fair’, implying that not only is he somehow less capable just because he doesn’t walk, but also that it’s comical to you that someone would be purposefully made to be disabled to ‘weaken’ them. The thread where someone else added that their fucking ovaries would be more wrecked than they are now if he could walk.

To get back to Ivar, the fact that he can’t walk is of course an advantage point to his enemies. But he compensates that in so many ways. It is amazing to watch how he overcomes all those difficulties. That is what I was refering to in that post.