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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8311157" data-attributes="member: 6670763">I know, I am being deliberately a bit an ass about this.But I am having my own strong opinions about as someone dealing with my own disabilities and being queer. Of course, all of us are feeling different about their personal situations and what they are looking for in fiction and entertainment. But my own feelings on this is that if I create a character with difficulties similar to mine, in a setting heavily inspired by a society that dealt with the issues in way completely different than we do today, then I don't want to have a literal &quot;magic&quot; pill that makes the issue go away.I feel that a setting does not respect a disability when it says &quot;Oh yeah, this disability exists in this world, but there's a common easy solution that makes it go away&quot;. I actually feel more disrespected by that, because the issue is not actually being addressed while the creators can proudly show everyone their inclusivity path.Settings with magic prothetics or wondrous medications have their place and can even be fun. But making this a default requirement that all settings have to conform to is something that really doesn't sit right with me. Nothing of what was brought up here goes in that directions, but sometimes you really do run into situations where people forcefully try to make your struggle and challenges disappear instead of giving it a place. Which then becomes the opposite of inclusion. I want a space to show my figurative scars instead of being told that they have no place in supposedly inclusive and supportive spaces.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yora, post: 8311157, member: 6670763"] I know, I am being deliberately a bit an ass about this. But I am having my own strong opinions about as someone dealing with my own disabilities and being queer. Of course, all of us are feeling different about their personal situations and what they are looking for in fiction and entertainment. But my own feelings on this is that if I create a character with difficulties similar to mine, in a setting heavily inspired by a society that dealt with the issues in way completely different than we do today, then I don't want to have a literal "magic" pill that makes the issue go away. I feel that a setting does not respect a disability when it says "Oh yeah, this disability exists in this world, but there's a common easy solution that makes it go away". I actually feel more disrespected by that, because the issue is not actually being addressed while the creators can proudly show everyone their inclusivity path. Settings with magic prothetics or wondrous medications have their place and can even be fun. But making this a default requirement that all settings have to conform to is something that really doesn't sit right with me. Nothing of what was brought up here goes in that directions, but sometimes you really do run into situations where people forcefully try to make your struggle and challenges disappear instead of giving it a place. Which then becomes the opposite of inclusion. I want a space to show my figurative scars instead of being told that they have no place in supposedly inclusive and supportive spaces. [/QUOTE]

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