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A quick message to Goodtimeswithscar fanartists!

If you tend to draw/portray Scar in fanart with zero mobility/disability aides (wheelchair, cane, cannula, etc), or with them but in a way that pretty much disregards their existence (keeping the cane on his back at all times, making the cane purely aesthetic and not functional, treating the wheelchair like it's as light as a feather and can go anywhere, drawing cannulas but no oxygen tank, etc), I just want you to take a second and ask yourself why you portray it that way.

Scar has stated that he is ok being drawn with or without being visibly disabled, but he sees the wheelchair as a big part of himself ([LINK]). I'm not here to force anybody to do anything. But I just want you to seriously consider why you minimize or completely erase his disability. Is it just because he's a minecrafter and therefore he's not disabled in-game (debatable because when making fanart, the medium and therefore many universal constants are 100% malleable, not to mention how his disability does indeed affect his content such as when he is forced to take breaks, falls out of his chair, etc)? Or could it be that you are uncomfortable with the fact that he's disabled, or at least uncomfortable portraying/acknowledging that in your art? Could it be that you're afraid to get it wrong, don't know how, or simply don't feel like it? Please don't take this as an attack, but a small ask to consider the reasoning behind this design choice.

I do not use mobility aides as my physical disabilities would not be benefitted from them, but I am quite active in the online disabled community, and please believe me when I tell you that physical disabilities are erased enough. They are ignored and minimized enough. If you look in the comments of Scar's videos, if you look at the donations that were read during the charity event a couple of months ago, you will see so many people using mobility/disability aides (or not because they can't get them for many reasons, but need them very much) who are so encouraged by Scar doing what he does, by seeing a representation of their experience and community that they very, very rarely see (and even when they do it's in a pitying, infantilizing, or degrading way). When you draw fanart of Scar, please consider this. Please consider why you are erasing or minimizing his disability, and if you find it in your heart, please consider a design change.

There are aesthetically pleasing ways to include mobility aides. Some great ones I have seen are linked below if you want design inspiration. And plus, if nothing else, it will help you become a better artist by diversifying your experience:

[LINK] - An example animatic with a cane. While it is sometimes on his back, it's usually when he's flying (how would he use it? It makes sense for it to be put away). While he's walking it is being used properly. We don't see him walking around much since it's an animatic, but if I animated it more thoroughly, I would show that he had a clear limp, fatigue, or other difficulty walking, to avoid the "cane solely for aesthetic" interpretation.

[LINK] - An example animatic with a wheelchair, which is coincidentally the same scene. There was a fantastic one where his wheelchair transforms into a flying machine but I searched for 30 minutes and can't find it, so if someone knows the one please link it!

[LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] - Great example drawings with wheelchairs.

[LINK] [LINK] - Drawings with canes.

P.S. all of this goes for writing and other non-visual forms of fanart too!! I see him written disabled even less often than I see him drawn disabled.

Thank you for reading all of this. I hope it helps somebody.

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Pomni: *spawns in*

Jax and Ragatha: Finally someone new to focus my coping mechanism on.

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Do you think Caine is so obsessed with Bees because the logo for the company is C & A and his little AI brain is going .... There's supposed to be a B there

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Everybody out here assuming the wacky watch poll is for your favorite character well what if it's actually for which character is going to die in the last episode

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shh, he’s contemplating terraforming his hideout

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the square hole KILLED me (not literally, but that'd be funny) THEY JUST KEPT DYING I CANTTTT

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The Villys, episode 2

THE SQUARE HOLE!

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whaaat traditional art???

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CHELLEYWEEK DAY 2.1 : COMFORT

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SETTING: post-aperture au

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Even years after that day, Chell still silently battles with her trauma, which sometimes surfaces in the form of a string of horrible nightmares plaguing her sleep. Luckily though, someone is by her side.

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Third comic done baybeeeeeee🗣️🗣️ I promised myself to NOT render much in this one bc i wanted to be quick but. I ended up doing it anyway. XD I CANT HELP IT DBFBFHJVJFF. I am honestly so happy with how these comics are turning out and i want them to be of good quality. Sorry for taking a while 🥹 Anyway here’s some comfort to make up for the pain i inflicted on you with the previous comic. im sorry but more angst is coming. Im sor*gunshots*

Also I like to think that Wheatley can regulate the intensity of his led light if he wants tho, even though I also headcanon that it shines brighter when he’s feeling something intense and such. But he can also control it if he wants to. Maybe it’s something he learned to do ever since he found out he in fact does NOT die if he shines his flashlight and so on, there’s probably some undiscovered features he didn’t get to play with until that moment hehe. Nightlight Wheatley real to me 😔🫶🏻

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TIME ELAPSED: 14h

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roleplay club!!

and bonus whatever this conversation was

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Smitten and Hero are my favorite voices. (⁠◔⁠‿⁠◔⁠)

The voices just look exactly the same, they just wear different hats. Lmao (Totally not because I don't want to come up with designs.)

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Extra extra! Read all about the hottest team in Past Life!

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revenge boogie >:)

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gods favorite princess