![]() AS FAR AS LIVE ACTION TV AND MOVIES GO, 1% OF CHARACTERS ARE DISABLED, COMPARED TO BETWEEN 10% AND 20% OF PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE.īECAUSE OF THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FICTION CONTAIN MORE DISABLED CHARACTERS AND SHOW THEM DOING MORE THINGS. PERHAPS WE'RE MEANT TO ASSUME ALL THE OTHERS ARE BEING HIDDEN AWAY, WHICH IS A TERRIBLE IMPLICATION, THOUGH PLAUSIBLE. FOR INSTANCE, AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD AT PORTRAYING DISABILITY, AND IT HAS ONLY FOUR DISABLED CHARACTERS OUT OF FORTY-SIX, WHICH IS 6.5% OF THE CAST, A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT IT WOULD BE IN REAL LIFE WITH MODERN MEDICINE, AND PROBABLY MUCH LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE DURING AN ACTUAL HUNDRED-YEAR-LONG WAR WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOOT FIRE. OH, WELL.) THEREFORE, THIS FANDOM IS A GREAT PLACE FOR DISABILITY FIC. FOR SOME REASON I'M NOW COUNTING NINE IN THIS CATEGORY. (IF YOU'RE WONDERING, THE SIX DEFINITELY DISABLED CHARACTERS ARE JAK, THE EXPLORER, WILLARD, GOL, KREW, PRAXIS AND ONIN THE EIGHT POSSIBLY-DISABLED CHARACTERS ARE VEGER, SAMOS, THE BLUE SAGE, SIG, DAXTER, PECKER, TESS, OSMO AND THE OTTSEL DUMMY. IT VARIES BY FANDOM- BURN NOTICE HAS ZERO REGULARS AND ONE ONE-OFF CHARACTER, WHILE JAK AND DAXTER HAS BETWEEN SEVEN (MOST CONSERVATIVE COUNT) AND FIFTEEN (IF WE ASSUME DISABILITY WHEREVER POSSIBLE), AS WELL AS ONE PERSON CANONICALLY FAKING DISABILITY AND ONE PERSON BELONGING TO A DIFFERENT MARGINALIZED GROUP. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF CANONICALLY DISABLED CHARACTERS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES WITH DISABILITY FIC. I THINK THAT IS A SMALL PART OF CHANGING ATTITUDES AND RAISING AWARENESS. I DON'T THINK IT'S TOTALLY ACCURATE TO SAY THAT TELLING STORIES ABOUT WOMEN INTERACTING IN EPIC FICTION AND EVENING THE BOARD ISN'T LOFTY OR WORLD-CHANGING. ![]() ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINK THAT MERELY INCREASING (GOOD) REPRESENTATION OF ANY MARGINALIZED GROUP IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF IMPROVING THAT GROUP'S LOT IN LIFE. METACONVERSATION ASIDE, I THINK I TAKE MY FANAC VOCATION MORE SERIOUSLY THAN YOU. IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE SAME COMMUNITIES FOR THE SAME FANDOMS- SOMETIMES EVEN WITHIN THE SAME SENTENCE, IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO END A SERIOUS STATEMENT WITH A WELL-KNOWN MEME, SUCH AS A FISH TANK. I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WHETHER AND HOW ANTI-KYRIARCHY SHAPES OUR WRITING IN CAPSLOCK ON A FANDOM COMMUNITY ALSO USED FOR SAYING "NICE ASS FLING INTO A LAKE LOLOLOL!" I THINK PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN FANDOM DON'T REALIZE HOW SCHOLARLY AND SERIOUS WE GET, AND HOW THAT ISN'T EVEN SOME DISTINCT PART OF FANDOM SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER PARTS. IVANA TAP DAT.ĪND IT'S PRETTY MUCH INVENTED, ORGANIZED, AND PLAYED ENTIRELY BY WOMEN THERE ARE MEN INVOLVED, BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY A MINORITY. THE LITTLE GIRL GOING THROUGH CHEMO HAS A SHIRT WITH "BALD TO THE BONE" ON IT. RAMBO BRITE (THE NAME OF MY OTHER COACH) TEN-GAUGE RAGE. IT ALL GETS REALLY COMPLICATED AT TIMES, BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY INTERESTING, AND EVERYBODY SKATES UNDER A PSEUDONYM, WHICH IS USUALLY PUN-TASTIC. ![]() WHICH HAPPENS A LOT BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST ABSURD AMOUNTS OF FIGHTING. ONE OF THE BLOCKERS IS ALSO A "PIVOT", WHICH IS A KIND OF RESERVE-JAMMER IF THEIRS GETS INJURED. WHILE THE BLOCKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BOTH SLOW DOWN THE OTHER TEAM'S JAMMER AND KEEP THE OTHER TEAM AWAY FROM THEIRS'. THE JAMMER'S JOB IS TO BEAT THE OTHER TEAM'S JAMMER AROUND THE TRACK TO SCORE A POINT I ASSUMED THAT WIKIPEDIA WAS MORE INFORMATIVE THAN THAT ON THE SUBJECT OF DERBY, DAMMITīUT ANYWAYS, ROLLER DERBY IS A BADASS WOMEN'S SPORT THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE A RACE INSIDE A CAGE MATCH, PLAYED INSIDE A SKATING RINK WITH A TRACK ON IT.ĮACH TEAM HAS THREE "BLOCKERS" AND A "JAMMER" VIN: (VIN IS TOTES THE DJ BUT SHE SHOULD BE AN HONORARY DERBY GIRL)- CLICKY MACWIRE SAMOS: WENT BY "JENNA SIDE" BACK IN THE DAY, BUT NO ONE CALLS HER THAT ANYMORE IF THEY'RE SMART THEY JUST CALL HER "MA'AM" JAK: JAK-OF-ALL-TRADES (IDK COULD BE BETTER, HALP) TORN BEING A BADASS REF WHO WILL TAKE NONE OF YOUR SHITĪSHELIN SPENDING ETERNITIES IN THE PENALTY BOXĪND SAMOS AS THE OLD HIPPIE LESBIAN WHO CAN'T DERBY ANYMORE, BUT RUNS THE RINK AND YELLS AT EVERYONE TO QUIT SITTING ON THE WALLS AND HITS PEOPLE WITH HER CANE, AND WON'T LET HER DAUGHTER KEIRA SKATE EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS PRACTICALLY RAISED IN THE RINK (AND KEIRA HAS A HUGE FUCKING CRUSH ON OUR FAVORITE GREEN-BLONDE JAMMER BUT THEY'RE BOTH SO FAR IN THE CLOSET THEY'RE IN NARNIA SO EVERYONE TEASES THEM TO NO END)ĮVERYONE CLEARLY NEEDS SOME PUN-TASTIC, TERRIFYING DERBY NAMESīUT I NEED HELP WITH THE REST OF THE LIST PLUS I'VE HAD A VAGUE IDEA FOR A ROLLER DERBY AU, WITH EVERYONE AS WOMEN I HELP OUT WITH THE LITTLE KIDS' SKATING GROUP, AND THE OTHER COACH GOT FED UP WITH CALLING ME BY MY GIVEN NAME AND CHRISTENED ME "ZOOKEEPER", WHICH DELIGHTED ME TO NO END. Daaaaax get on the guuuuunnnnn, i pretty much choose these at random, post some fucking jak god damnit, we deliver, what the fuck is this, yaaaaaaaaaaay
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