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<blockquote data-quote="Autumnal" data-source="post: 9167731" data-attributes="member: 6671663"><p>I do. I haven’t continuously, but did in my teens thanks to a sudden autoimmune trouble, recovered some, used a cane on and off for the next several decades, and then have used a chair the last several years thanks to the even more sudden onset of a different problem. (Orthostatic hypotension. Don’t ask for it by name, or at all: having your blood pressure drop 70-100 pts in the first 5 seconds after you stand up really sucks.)</p><p></p><p>As with [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] ’s brother, the possibility of characters with wheelchairs never came up, but certainly my self-insert daydreams and fanfic revolved heavily around healthy versions of myself. In the last decade or so, though, my imaginarium has stretched to include and even favor inclusion of access without miracle cures and such. I’m intrigued by the possibilities for experiencing exotic environments and dramatic circumstances while still dealing with some of the challenges I face in real life, or ones inspired by what friends and others deal with.</p><p></p><p>I’ve been thinking about it since this thread started, and I’m realizing how much the sheer passage of time contributes. I started gaming at 13, and was already reading a lot of genre fiction by then. I turned 58 earlier this month, and still read a lot of it. (More horror than f/sf these days, but still the mix.) You can never really exhaust the potential of good major dramatic elements in a genre, but you can exhaust their possibilities until the next major infusion of fresh ideas. A lot of people got there with zombies, and because I am a kindly soul, I won’t give you an essay on the topic. I’m there with “like me, or at least like my mind and outlook” characters who are healthy and generally unchallenged by anything that would push the boundaries of acceptable for their society.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, imaginary worlds with characters who are marked and marginalized in ways that echo the experiences I have, or those of people who matter to me, is still largely terra incognito. This is doubly true for works created by people who live with such things themselves, and come from backgrounds that are themselves significantly different from mine. Bringing that into gaming is Really Cool and makes a lot of stale things fresh again for me.</p><p></p><p>If I had spent those decades with disabled and marginalized characters, I assume I’d probably welcome shifting to more healthy ones for the same reason. Thirty or forty years is a long time to spend with a set of tropes. But I did it thst way then, so now I’m enjoying it this way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Autumnal, post: 9167731, member: 6671663"] I do. I haven’t continuously, but did in my teens thanks to a sudden autoimmune trouble, recovered some, used a cane on and off for the next several decades, and then have used a chair the last several years thanks to the even more sudden onset of a different problem. (Orthostatic hypotension. Don’t ask for it by name, or at all: having your blood pressure drop 70-100 pts in the first 5 seconds after you stand up really sucks.) As with [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] ’s brother, the possibility of characters with wheelchairs never came up, but certainly my self-insert daydreams and fanfic revolved heavily around healthy versions of myself. In the last decade or so, though, my imaginarium has stretched to include and even favor inclusion of access without miracle cures and such. I’m intrigued by the possibilities for experiencing exotic environments and dramatic circumstances while still dealing with some of the challenges I face in real life, or ones inspired by what friends and others deal with. I’ve been thinking about it since this thread started, and I’m realizing how much the sheer passage of time contributes. I started gaming at 13, and was already reading a lot of genre fiction by then. I turned 58 earlier this month, and still read a lot of it. (More horror than f/sf these days, but still the mix.) You can never really exhaust the potential of good major dramatic elements in a genre, but you can exhaust their possibilities until the next major infusion of fresh ideas. A lot of people got there with zombies, and because I am a kindly soul, I won’t give you an essay on the topic. I’m there with “like me, or at least like my mind and outlook” characters who are healthy and generally unchallenged by anything that would push the boundaries of acceptable for their society. By contrast, imaginary worlds with characters who are marked and marginalized in ways that echo the experiences I have, or those of people who matter to me, is still largely terra incognito. This is doubly true for works created by people who live with such things themselves, and come from backgrounds that are themselves significantly different from mine. Bringing that into gaming is Really Cool and makes a lot of stale things fresh again for me. If I had spent those decades with disabled and marginalized characters, I assume I’d probably welcome shifting to more healthy ones for the same reason. Thirty or forty years is a long time to spend with a set of tropes. But I did it thst way then, so now I’m enjoying it this way. [/QUOTE]
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