#marimo rambles

Like that's a grown man who can take care of himself. He doesn't need me to advocate for him and I never intend to

But anyways yeah my take on drawing Scar is less "You're cancelled if you don't draw him in a wheelchair" and more "Hey! There's a ton of implicit abelism in this community! Do you understand WHY you don't draw him in a wheelchair?"

Mr. Goodtimes himself has come forward and said he doesn't mind if he isn't drawn in a wheelchair. So I'd say no considering he's openly said he's fine bring drawn able-bodied

My point is less "you're doing something wrong if you don't put him in a chair" and more "Hey you're being a bit abelist because you won't draw a hot/sexy/powerful character in a wheelchair. Make sure you're conscious of those biases"

fully agree that it's okay to change the disability, especially considering that scar himself has been general with his conditions (etc not giving a specific disorder)

and it's so important for people to make c!Scar physically disabled too imo. it's so annoying watching the narrative of "his character isn't disabled!" and then excusing it for oh disabilities are hard to draw/write, wheelchairs are difficult to include, tubes are hard to write

then... learn?

if you want to write a character who happens to be disabled, you don't just throw yourself in. you learn how it works and hear others perspectives.

like i personally project a LOT when i write Scar, i'll write his experiences to mirror my own and even then i do a lot of research to ensure i'm not misrepresenting. i find no issue with people doing the same or taking creative liberty when it comes to "cc! scar has a nmd but when i write c!scar he's a potsie with comorbid disorders"

and imo he should always be a wheelchair user, whether ambulatory or not. it's so ??? to make a character who is a non-ambulatory wc user suddenly only need a cane (many even doing it where he only needs it every now and then). it's not hard to make the minecraft world seem accessible/possible for someone physically disabled when the same minecraft world has shit like watchers, dragons, endermen. like brother if you can write about grian having avian instincts then you can write(+draw! as a writer i'm probably focussing on that side a bit much) about disabilities+experiences that are well documented/taught on

i am hARD rambling here but i'm just grateful this shit is being discussed bc this community is riddled with ableism (and fatphobia etc)

I really appreciate your perspective! Thank you!

I'm an ambulatory cane user so I'm always eager to hear from wheelchair users on their perspectives. I worry sometimes that I'm being a bit too dramatic on this, but it's really good to hear your opinion on the matter too!!

tldr