! ableism refers to bigotry/hatred towards those with a disability; thing racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. this is the term for such forms of injustice, when it’s happening due to the person being disabled. as a disabled person, that last anon…. i really don’t see their point? certain ‘el dies’ theories could be ableist, for example, if they were to say “el should die because she’s academically behind other people her age” (part 1/2)
(2/2) but simply believing that they might kill off el in the final season isn’t an ableist take- at least, i, as a disabled person, haven’t noticed anything inherently ableist about that theory. you could argue that it would be bad to kill her off because she’s at a different level of ability than the other characters, but the view that el is disabled isn’t one that’s really supported by canon, as she seems to be fine and independent, so… anyways, hope i explained what ableism is well!
That sounds like a very broad term that could potentially include... a lot. I’m not surprised that people would take advantage of “loopholes” in its definition to make it losely fit to literally anything...
I’d rather have anon argue with me about why having El die at the end would be a shitty ending, rather than reducing it to being “ableist” without any thought whatsoever to explain what they mean. It just feels like they threw in the word to make it sound like disagreeing would be insulting or socially unaceptable, but spent no time whatsoever thinking about the story’s narrative and natural progression.
This said, I don’t think taking that anon ask seriously makes any sense either, because they were clearly just trying to hate on Will, so I’m not gonna expect any type of explaination.
Plus I also think if someone was to die, it shouldn’t be any of the kids, El included. For how much I love him, I’m afraid I have to admit that the one whose death would make us suffer most but would also make the most “poetic” sense is Steve’s...
