Some of y'all get way too mad on Scar's behalf about drawing him able-bodied. Coming from a disabled person.
First of all, I really don't think he cares that much about it. Genuinely. His Hot Guy merch has his character able-bodied and so is the official art on his TCG card. Almost all of his likes on Twitter is able-bodied fanart of himself. The man has been on YouTube for years, he would have said something about it if it bothered him.
Second of all, a lot of people (myself included) probably don't draw him disabled because there's a disconnect between gameplay and reality. Scar IRL is in a wheelchair, and a lot of what he does in-game is stuff that would be difficult or impossible to do in a wheelchair. It can be difficult to visualize how the events would accurately play out if he is also in a wheelchair, and that can make it hard for fans to create fanart of certain events that happen. I'm not saying it's impossible, I've seen many people get creative with it and have super cool results, but I feel like it's not a bad thing if people draw or write about events as they happened.
Third of all, you aren't somehow better than anyone else for drawing or writing him with a cane. Some of y'all act like you've put in way more effort than everyone else because you put in any effort. You're not even drawing him with the mobility aid he actually uses, hell he may not have ever had to use a cane before. Some people draw him in a wheelchair but don't draw his oxygen tubes, some people draw him with a cane and his oxygen tubes. Why isn't anyone ever upset about that? Because it's "close enough"? Where do you draw the line? Maybe these kind of portrayals are supposed to bridge the disconnect between in-game and reality, but that doesn't make it correct or a better portrayal or whatever. Drawing him disabled at all isn't the same as portraying him accurately in his disability. Not all disabilities are the same and not all mobility aids are the same and those things can be really personal to us??? They're not just interchangeable or whatever??? You're not even portraying him or his experience accurately because, and lets be honest, its a lot more about stylizing his disability and feeling better about yourself than it is about portraying him accurately disabled. It grosses me out that some of you think you're better for giving him any kind of disability or portraying him disabled at all... because you think it's better than not portraying him as disabled I guess...? This isn't a "take what you can get" situation. It feels so virtue-signal-y the way some of y'all go about Scar being disabled. It's gross. Commit to doing it right or shut up about it.
Fourth of all, stop assuming you know what will upset him as a disabled person, ESPECIALLY if you're not disabled yourself. Stop acting like there is one correct way to portray him even though clearly he doesn't mind as long as it's well-meaning (first point). He can speak for himself and not all disabled people will feel the same way about this situation, so you can't really assume just because he's disabled. Don't be offended for him or on his behalf, he can do that on his own if he feels the need.
*Also I have 0 issues with any of these portrayals. Wheelchair, cane, whatever. I think it's all neat. I just wanted to call out the hypocrisy and kinda virtue-signal-y attitude of some people.
