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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9453697" data-attributes="member: 1">Yes, but when every setting does it, it's not a single instance, is it? It's a societal thing. It's a disabled person's constant experience, day after day, every time they look at any type of media. It's Palpatine and Vader and Voldemort and Dr Doom and the Joker and Captain Hook and Dr Evil and every James Bond villain and... well everything. The point is that in media disability is often used as a code for evil. The fact that it only happens once in each setting is irrelevant (and also untrue)--it should just stop happening. People should definitely write about disabled heroes. And also about combat wheelchairs, etc (to state a high profile example in the last couple of years). But they don't because they get attacked and brigaded for doing so.So, I guess the question is: what, specifically, is your objection to avoiding the trope of 'disabled=evil'? You honestly think that is something should perpetuate?</blockquote>