#fictional representation

It’s always “The character has no powers and this is their quest to fix that!” Or “The character has no powers and this is a story to love yourself!” Or worst of all “the character does have powers but it’s super special different powers that don’t show up like normal powers”

I want a story about a girl who has no superpowers in her superpowered world and she doesn’t want to be “cured” and there is no secret power!

I want random people she tells to say they’ll “Pray for her”, I want doctors (especially male ones) to claim it’s just in her head or “Stress”, I want random people to call her a liar, I want people to act like she’s contagious if they touch her or her kooky aunt to look up “natural remedies”

queer headcanons don’t count as representation, not because fan interpretation is somehow less valid but because representation is a political statement made by the original author/work on behalf of real world LGBTQ+ people in the current social climate of homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia, etc.

Hot take: Female characters are not “disallowed” from being girly. They’ve been allowed to be human. As in sometimes manly or girly in the traditional sense.

I've been taking prescription meds since, like, age 6, and I just remember watching characters going on adventures and thinking...

Guess that could never be me. I'd have to be pill-counting and plan ahead and... and what if I ran out? No, I could never be those people.

And I do mean superpowers, not the real-world increased focus or unusual skill in specific areas. I'll refrain from giving examples, because in most cases the superpowers are at least somewhat spoilery, but it does seem to be a consistent