#Chaos doesn't particularly care about pronouns that much but he usually goes by he/they

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OKAY SO. this is like some of the only colored art i have of them (think it's from something like 3 or 4 years ago) but this is Chaos (right, in the orange) and Carnage!! (left, in the indigo)

They were both rescued from Jenna's workplace, which had an Evil Alien Human Hybrid Clone Sector by a guy named Gordon who was just trying to play a fun video game. unfortunately he got stuck in the video game for reasons that were as of yet unclear to him (again, long story!) but he ended up adopting these two. Neither of them are really supposed to be alive-- none of the other clones had any brain activity (beyond basic brainstem stuff: breathing, heartbeat, etc) and were mostly just dissected for research.

Chaos comes off as very human, but actually is unnaturally strong and sort of has all-the-time hysteric strength activated. this isn't really good for him, but he's learned to deal with it. He lost a leg while leaving the laboratory and this got him interested in prosthetics! He also likes engineering and stuff.

Carnage is mute and generally comes off as a lot more intimidating than xyr brother! xe's very tall (around 7'2) and generally sneakier than you'd think, but xe is actually pretty friendly once you get past the quiet, intimidating impression xe gives off. Xe uses sign language to talk a lot so typically people who don't know sign language get the impression that xe's very serious because xe has very flat expressions, but xe actually jokes around a lot and is pretty playful with other people. If xe likes you xe'll typically tease you a lot.

Xe's hair works like fog sort of, and starts to take up more room when xe's stressed. Xe hides xyr hair under xyr helmet for this reason, but the helmet is also just a comfort item in general.

Xe also has fucking terrible vision. Basically blind.

They're basically inseparable, and end up meeting Hud (technically B, a different character) and Birch during college.

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LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 2, Wave 1, Poll 14

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave and prior here.

Ashton Greymoore-Critical Role

Qualifications:

chronic pain due to literally shattering into pieces and being put back together with molten gold. canon nonbinary [he/they]. i don’t have the spoons for a ramble on their character arc but i am holding them gently in my little hands.

Has chronic pain and TBI and goes by he/they pronouns

They are canonically depicted with chronic pain. This a major part of their character development and how they interact with other characters in the campaign. The actor who portrays them is also bisexual and deals with chronic pain; Taliesin Jaffe.

Propaganda:

they’re a punk-rock punk rock!! he has cool quantum powers and a huge glass hammer!! they’re slowly learning to live with the mortifying ordeal of having people that care about them and that he cares about in turn!! what’s not to love

A literal jaded punk rock. They were soft once... and then they turnd into stone. His body was shattered and glued back together by his enby housemate with melted gold. They have a hole in their head covered with glass through which you can see the brain and the chaos magic that brought them back from the brink of death. They're Constantly in pain and sometimes they don't remember who they screwed over(they crime) and what their relationship is like with people. He's a barbarian and when he rages he warps time, space, gravity or probability around him. Strongest member of their group/family Bells Hells. There's strength, but there's pain. There's pain, but there's strength. I love him very much. I'm not enby, they still give me gender envy (just like every other of his creator's characters). His coping mechanisms are not healthy in any way and he means a lot to me.

See above. Also, Ashton uses he/they pronouns and is canonically aromantic.

The qualifications and propaganda paragraphs correspond, @hawkeyeloveshawkeye is the third submitter.

Robin Buckley-Stranger Things

Qualifications:

Canon lesbian and VERY heavily coded to be neurodivergent in some way (but it's the '80s so she's not catching a diagnosis any time soon). And by very heavily coded I mean literally says the words "I don't really have a filter, or a strong grasp of social cues."

Propaganda:

Canon lesbian with an iconic coming out scene! Is also described as hyper, knows a shit ton about languages (and in fact knows 4 including English) and films and rabies, is bothered by certain textures, is distracted easily but also notices a lot of smaller details, talks very fast, and doesn't have a good grasp of social cues. Also of note is that she mentions taking 6 months longer to walk than most babies, which is notable because developmental delays usually accompany autism. Robin is also noted to be less coordinated or balanced than her peers (to the point that there are a couple moments where another character reassures her about doing something requiring coordination) as well as being a "weird runner." This could possibly point to dyspraxia, which in addition to being it's own thing, is also known to have high rates of comorbidity in those who have ADHD and/or ASD. With all of this in mind, a lot of people see her as having ADHD or Autism, or even having them both. Again, it's not like she can just get diagnosed in the show to confirm it given the time period (hell, it's hard for people, particularly women, to get diagnosed even today). Additionally the lack of vocabulary to properly explain her experiences, or for other characters to do the same in regards to Robin is also due to the time frame (See: "she's hyper", "a weird runner". That being said the first time has the character saying it later befriend her and the latter ends up being used in a more fond manner. Even Robin herself mentions thinking that her whole life is "one big error", because, again she doesn't have any resources to show her what might be going on). As a nice side note, her friends generally treat her well, such as the aforementioned instance of reassuring her in an area she feels less confident in, and her friends in general enjoy her company and stick by her if need be, which I thought was nice (One of whom she has come out to, which makes it all the more meaningful in conservative small town Indiana in the '80s because... yeah.) Basically, there's a lot of evidence and also I just really like her character so here we are. Given season four is where a lot of this comes up, I am whacking away anyone who said she got annoying in season four.