#lycanthrophy

This was gonna be for Wednesday but I fell in love with it so here's a mini of my Werewolf oc.

Someone like me can be a real nightmare, completely aware But I’m glad to be a real nightmare... so save me your prayers

Both are valid takes ofc, but like something sucking AND being out and proud about it does not like .. exclude each other?

In disability theory Gill (1998) talks about the stages of disability identity integration. An important stage (the third for anyone interested) is called "coming together", and references the internal integration of the disabled and non disabled parts of your identity. Growing up in an ableist society, we are taught that we are good in spite of our disability, and we are split down the middle into good and acceptable parts of our self and bad and harmful parts. When we "come together" internally, it is a liberation and a rebellion against a society telling us that we should hate the disabled parts of ourself.

The final and fourth stage is "coming out" and includes living proudly and openly as a disabled person.

I very much do read lycanthropy as a disability, and in that light, as a disabled person, I object to the idea that being a werewolf has to be awesome for Remus to embrace that part of himself.