as my own direct immediate list of game grievances i hate that stardew valley expects you to side against a wheelchair user who is upset that he was moved without his consent. i hate that the mass effect trilogy gives you visible scarring as a direct result of choosing mean dialogue and heals it if you’re nice. i hate that the vampire the masquerade ttrpg has a monstrous player class that can appear as horrible vampiric monsters or as visibly disabled people and both of these appearances are mechanically the same. i hate that dark souls games have a difficulty level implemented in a way that cannot be adjusted for disability. i hate that i can play as a mermaid or a werewolf or a horse in the sims games but can’t use a wheelchair. i hate that the ace attorney games have so much flashing and not all of the games can disable it. i hate that disability is constantly something that happens to teach a lesson, i hate that disability is something that happens as a punishment, i hate that disability is either compensated perfectly with no drawbacks or something that is endlessly sought to be cured. i hate that no character customization will ever include the mobility aids i use, that the player avatars that represent me will never look like me. i am so goddamn annoyed and so goddamn tired.
Alright, let’s shed some “light” to my whole story, yeah?
Kamusta na kayo! How are you??
The name’s Jonina Marie Parker and I’ve been bitten by this glowing radioactive spider at this field trip one time? It was at some cool lab–doesn’t matter for now, I think Scared tf out of me though, but on the “brighter” side, I got some neat abilities that allow me to be all spider-like so that’s cool I guess!!
And from then on, I’ve been the only glowing spiderperson in my world…at least, that was before I found myself being in a spider society. It’s crazy how much of us there are!
K is going to be giving me a whole tour later when she isn’t being a literal torch at the mere touch. She’s a little weird like that, but I find her cool. :D
Oh, and did I mention that I can also light up on command and possibly use light energy for so many things and in so many ways, like weapons for example?
[Image ID: Tweet from Chlöe, without the umlaut (@/ ItsChloeNow) on 2023-07-17 reading: If cis people don’t want us using the Latin prefix “cis” (meaning “same side of”,) we could always use the Greek synonym “homo” instead.
Trans people would be “heterogender,” and cis people would be “homogender”.
