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silent-sanctum · 21 hours ago

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"Jotaro as a Father"

Alright, this is another popular discussion about Jotaro's character. It also falls victim to the fandom's tendency to resort to "black and white" thinking, perhaps combined with other minor factors (and another case of me liking to overanalyze my favorite characters because Araki left so much about him vague)

This user has posted this on another "opinions that I will defend until the end of time" and garnered thousands of likes. This was probably the most liked quoted retweet. And it irked me. Am I surprised? Not really. Disappointed? Absolutely. And they are probably the 80% Jotaro fans that don't understand him.

And as your local Jotaro defender and anti-Jotaro mischaracterization person, I am here with another essay exploring more of his mentality. This time, it's about him being a parent, and while he isn't the best father, he isn't that bad either, or at least how the majority of the fandom thinks him to be.

I have made a previous character essay that talked about Jotaro's crippling weaknesses under the facade of strength and competence in detail. If you're interested, I'll leave this sentence linked to the post.

Now keep in mind: This character study is all assumptions and headcanons, BUT they are grounded in canon (e.g., pattern of behavior, general personality, actions he took, etc.) instead of what is popular in fanon interpretations. And much like how I wrote my previous essay (with the CEO and her POV on her emotional reservation), I will be drawing a lot of thematic comparisons with another show I've watched.

Why? Because sometimes, there are patterns on how groups of people can function in life, and it's not just the writer's bias and blind defense of their favorite character.

Second, I need to make this clear also: Jolyne is valid for being mad at her father. I am not invalidating her feelings at all. This essay is about exploring his headspace and what led him to do what he did. That's it.

Okay. Now onto the essay itself.

"Is he a bad father?"

Ehh, I can say that while he isn't good, he isn't bad either. His parenting lands more in the grey area, instead of either end of the spectrum. Because we all know at the surface level that he got married, had a daughter, went AWOL, divorced his wife, and stayed away from his family for their safety.

The action was bad: Neglect is neglect, no matter the excuse, and it can cause the affected people to respond to it negatively in the long term, especially for children with an absent parent.

However, the intention was good: He chose to stay away from his family because he attracted danger to his loved ones, who couldn't see the threat. He's a Stand user who could likely draw in other Stand users. He cared for them, and he wouldn't want to risk their safety by being around them.

It's complicated and nuanced. I feel like it's wrong to just shoehorn him into the "bad father" category, when the generalized view of what a "bad dad" is being abusive or leaving the child with malicious and/or selfish intent. But he doesn't hold up the "good father" title either, when being a "good dad" involves being a constant support for one's child, which he didn't do in Jolyne's late childhood to her teens.

So, he's neither good nor bad. He's a father doing all that he can with his current circumstances.

And yes, while I could leave it at that with the whole "he's neither good nor bad, but somewhere in between", many have placed their arguments about why he's a bad father and the alternatives he could've taken instead of completely choosing the self-isolation route.

The most popular one was this question:

"If he knew he was a danger, why did he have Jolyne? Why did he choose to have a family when he was going to stay away from them in the end?"

Here's the thing though… He didn't.

Jotaro doesn't have the hindsight that the audience has. He couldn't have known until he noticed it later down adulthood, where he grew to become more observant of his surroundings.

And even if he did know, is he not allowed to be human? Do you want him to just be a lonely marine biologist who just does the Speedwagon Foundation's (SWF) Stand work 24/7? Is he not a person who is capable of feeling love for someone else, and has wants for himself outside his job?

Yes, he's diligent. He is capable of self-preservation. He is powerful. But even the strongest individuals have families of their own. They have close bonds with others that they treasure. Why? Because being able to love and feel love is what makes someone "human". Jotaro is a human just like most of us. He isn't a working machine who just does his job.

Let me introduce this show called "Moving." It's a show where basically "superpowered parents who used to be special agents, hide their superpowered children from organizations who wish to exploit or kill them." It's a relevant show to this essay since the protagonist's father behaves similarly to Jotaro.

In the show, this man is the government's best agent with special abilities. He carries out his missions and reports back after completing his task. He does his job seriously and rarely fails an assignment. In isolation, he describes himself to be cold and stoic, who is unable to socialize much due to his role as a special operations agent.

One day, he encounters the protagonist's mother: The organization's top graduate with exceptional marksmanship, who also possesses special abilities.

And despite both of them knowing the risks of getting too personal and intimate, guess what happened?

They both fall in love, even if it means being locked into being exploited by the government. And not only that, guess what else happened.

They have a child together.

Let me remind you: They know they are high-profile agents. The best of the best. They are aware of the risks that come with interpersonal connections, but they had that family anyway. Why? Because they were human. To find normalcy in the midst of their circumstances.

My point is that Jotaro is a person who's allowed to have a life, even if it couldn't be completely normal given his situation. Jonathan got married and had a kid. Joseph got married and had children. What makes Jotaro any different? Because he's workaholic, stoic, and reserved like the dad in the show? That's not a fair assumption if you ask me.

Another thought raised was this:

"Couldn't he just have given and trained Jolyne with her Stand?"

It seems plausible, and it sounds cool. But you have to know how Jotaro operated and why that couldn't be the case. His life after Egypt went down the drain. Heck, you could even say that his life changed when Star Platinum awakened in him. When Stands became a permanent thing in his day-to-day.

No matter how much he likes to focus on his day job as a biologist, he now had to shoulder being the SWF's go-to investigator for the supernatural. Not only did he work hard in his profession, but he had to do the Foundation's tasks as the Joestar bloodline's active patriarch and as the one who slayed DIO.

He couldn't have a normal life anymore. Not with his involvement with the Foundation and the enemies he attracted.

Now answer me this- What parent who loves their child will subject them to a life like theirs?

"Moving's" main premise is the lengths that families will go to protect their children, including from their past. The couple I mentioned raised their superpowered baby in hiding. And here's the kicker: It's the father who chose to suppress his son's abilities so he could live a normal life.

Again, this is the same cold, stoic man whom the organization treats as its best agent. And it's not just this family. There are multiple examples of parents in this show choosing to let their kids hide their powers.

Your daughter has caught the teacher's attention because of her power? Fake her death.

When you see the organization's leader smirk at you after learning that powers are hereditary, and you have a child? Go off the radar and leave everything, but your family, behind.

Jotaro never wanted Jolyne to be involved with Stands. He didn't want her to risk her life fighting a random Stand user when she could live the life of a normal teenager. She didn't have a Stand. Her mother didn't have one either. Why burden his child with the responsibility he had?

And did his isolation work? For the most part, yes. That is, until the incident with Romeo.

But then you ask yourself:

"He could've called her! Texted her! Sent an email- something! It's the 2000s! Technology's a thing by this point!"

Remember what his main character flaw is… Communication. If there's any fault that he has without debate, it's his inability to connect and socialize with others properly, and his poor maintenance of his bonds (as I have stated in my previous essay).

This argument could go in two ways. One is the whole communication issue, and maybe he was either too caught up in his job to update them, or he didn't want to share any details, thinking it's best for them not to know. As flawed as that thought was.

OR we could go the Snipster route, wherein he DID call Jolyne to check in on her, but because he kept making excuses as to why he's not coming home and is always away, she gradually grew to resent and hate him through the years, up until at one point, she yells at him to not call her anymore if he was going to continue being an absent father.

Pick your poison.

This leads to the next argument:

"He's a bad father because he's completely absent from Jolyne's life! He rarely bonded with Jolyne at all!"

Then why does Jolyne have so much anger towards him? If he were a fully absent father (as in I-didn't-know-you-existed type of absent), she shouldn't be holding so much resentment toward Jotaro. So, why is she hateful to him?

Because at one point, he was a present parent in Jolyne's childhood before he left. Yes, he could be busy working, but he could've spent his few moments of respite taking care of his daughter to the best he could as a loving father. She is the child he cherished after all. His weakness.

Not to Jonathan or Joseph levels of "golden retriever" and "grandiose" type of affection, but perhaps in more domestic, quiet ways: Cook her meals, read her books, listen to her talk about her day, help and teach her with homework, etc.

If he were a fully absent father, Jolyne should've felt apathetic and confused when meeting him again, not anger. If he were completely absent, Jolyne wouldn't have engaged in delinquent activity to catch her father's attention.

Again, in Moving, the protagonist is raised by a single mother from his childhood to his teens. He does not know who his father is, because when the dad was present, he was a toddler and therefore couldn't remember him. To him, his father is a stranger.

And how he reacts to the father at the end of the show is him not being upset or mad. It's him being surprised, confused, and neutral toward him. Why? Because he doesn't know him.

I would show the images but there's an image limit and I'm sad

Heck, you can say the same for Josuke and Joseph if you want an in-universe example. Josuke never knew who his dad was and was raised by Tomoko all his life. And when he meets old man Joseph for the first time, he's confused and is generally neutral to him. He's shy even when he helps him after his cane broke.

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Jotaro leaves a lot to interpretation, and while I see a gem of a post here and there sometimes, I have to trudge through a sludge of mischaracterization and an oversaturation of memes that downplay what's canon in favor of fanon validation.

And I get it. I browse Twitter, check the timeline for updates, and notice that most users are impressionable teenagers who are from the West and go about their days living with Western individualistic values.

Maybe, just maybe, some people will project the "bad father" image to Jotaro as a result of their own daddy issues. Just like how misogynists will project themselves onto a favorite character like Jotaro.

I'm not saying this as a definitive truth, but as a possibility. Jotaro is fictional after all, and people will use fiction as a reprieve from reality.

TL;DR? He isn't a bad father, but he isn't a good one either. He's a father who does what he can to protect his daughter, with all his flawed mentality and caring heart.

#this is a repost because tumblr decided to post a draft hmph #but yeah here are my thoughts... cooked or nah?#he's just a guy you know? Doing his best with what he has #jojos bizarre adventure #jjba #jotaro kujo #mijin thoughts

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house-of-the-sun-project · 1 day ago

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[ House of the Sun - UPDATES 13 MAY 2025 ]

Today I want to take a moment to talk about something serious that needed to be addressed once and for all.

Over time, House of the Sun has received an increasing amount of questions regarding the skin tones of the gods I portray. Comments asking “why is this god white?” or “Egyptians weren’t this black” or "This character is too black/white" have become far too common on Pinterest.

Now, since many have likely wondered about my stance on this matter, I want to make it clear once and for all, so I won’t have to repeat myself over and over again:

Ancient Egypt was diverse, and I’ve done my best to reflect that in my art.

That said, House of the Sun is a fantasy retelling of Egyptian mythology, centered around divine, non-human beings. As I’ve mentioned before, color in Ancient Egyptian art was often symbolic, not always literal.

It honestly baffles me how quickly people jump to conclusions based on a single image, especially when I also portray gods with clearly non-human skin tones like green and blue, which are already well-established in classical Egyptian art.

To provide more clarity, I’ve put together this small chart showing the range of skin tones I’ve used so far, celebrating the diversity of divine representation in House of the Sun:

But beyond symbolism and classical iconography, I want to emphasize something else that is just as important and that many people often miss out:

artistic liberty.

Every god in House of the Sun has been designed with care to convey a specific concept or trait. Their appearance reflects who they are, not just how they’ve been always traditionally depicted!

Now, some of the harshest criticism has been aimed at characters like Thoth and Set, who have paler skin tones. So, now I'd like to explain why I decided to depict them this way:

Thoth is the god of the moon. His pallor symbolizes both his lunar nature and the white plumage of the ibis and baboon, animals sacred to him. In House of the Sun, he also creates Seshat, a daughter and younger sister born from his light. She shares his pale tone for this very reason.

Set is the god of chaos and foreigners. I originally intended him to have a chimeric appearance: Asian features, pale skin, red hair, anything that makes him feel “not quite Egyptian.” He's meant to represent change, disruption, the unknown. Unfortunately, my current skill level made it hard to fully capture this design, but that was the original intention. He is familiar, but foreign, reflecting Egypt’s own diversity and evolution.

On the other hand, gods like Anubis, Nefertem, and Serket, who are among the darkest-skinned characters, also receive criticism (often with blatantly racist undertones).

Anubis is classically depicted as a black jackal. In House of the Sun, he also has a tail, golden arms, and glowing claws... all fantastical details that people seem to automatically ignore when looking at his skin tone.

Serket is a scorpion goddess. Scorpions can be black, and her dark skin reflects that. As simple as that.

As for the rest of the gods, their skin tones were chosen based on artistic vision, not any political agenda. I’m simply expressing my ideas, as every artist should!

Now,

Because of the ongoing negativity, I’ve decided to disable comments on my Pinterest posts. I’m doing this not to shut down real conversations, but to protect the space and energy I’ve created.

This project was born as a way to heal my anxiety and insecurities and unleash all the creativity I thought I lost, so seeing such people bringing politics or their personal agendas into it, it just hurts.

To those who supported my vision without tearing others down, thank you. You are the reason this project continues.

#house of the sun #hos updates

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astr-owl-ogist · 3 days ago

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"I'm not--" His cheeks flushed as he caught the medicine and towel. "I'm not some.. utter degenerate who creams himself over every bruised shin! Pain between lovers is very different, and I can tell you from experience that despite my restraint in the moment while trying to mess with you, a blessed dagger is fucking torture like you intended. I have permanent wounds under my feathers that ache constantly and have yet to heal fully." The pills would be examined but gently return tossed to him despite his raised temper. "Those would interfere with my regular medicine. Thank you, but I'll take something when I get home."

He dabbed the towel at himself, unsure what to do with it exactly. He didn't sweat, his kind had other means to regulate heat. Sweat would be terrible for feathers. "I met a man in a bar, we had an enlightening conversation that eventually got a little physical." Not a word of untruth. Misleading, certainly, but no lies. "They may ask for more details but I'll refuse to elaborate and they'll fill in the blanks on their own." It wasn't like anyone would look close enough to see bruises until his dark grey-blue feathery cover.

"To be clear the gun was never intended for you," Stolas carefully attempted to fold the towel as he spoke. "I most certainly wouldn't have drawn it on you while you were actively trying to help me. But I didn't want to draw attention to it, in case a misunderstanding happened. I.. will unload it before the next lesson, but bring it loaded." Safety first, after all.

He paused, awkwardly offering the towel back. He had done his best effort. "I.. have been doing calisthenics for strength twice a week. Doing some jogging to build endurance three times. Random days, random paths--no established routine so I can't be jumped easily." It would be stupid to be known to be at any one place alone at a regular time. "I've been increasing the length of time whenever I don't feel about to fall over at the end of my current time running. The book I found said not to overdo one's fitness journey all at once, to allow your muscles to heal between work-outs. Do.. you think I should cut back a little to recover from these lessons? Or maybe just play it by ear and pay attention my soreness levels?"

He was serious about this, and genuinely working on staying alive. Not that he didn't have a vested interest in learning how to defend himself, but he wanted Striker to know he'd been making the effort and genuinely trying before bothering him. "I'll... need your phone number, too. In case, as you said, something happens. And you need to be seen defending me, at the very least." He patted his pockets before finding his hellphone, unlocking it and creating a new contact. A good code name..? [Bartending Badass]. The phone would be offered out.

Striker had been impressed with how they hadn't asked a single time for mercy or for him to go easy, even at times he had decided to go softer, he'd simply work over where he'd hit before, but the hit to this face did make him step it up a notch to remind Stolas that this was training, and the only restraint was Striker's current mood.

"The gun I noticed early enough, though I think you'd be wise to keep it hidden, unloaded when we train. It'd not clear leather before I'd had my fangs into your throat and was tearing it out if we were in a proper fight." He didn't pay much mind to it when he had first noticed it, if anything, it'd be good to train with gear on so Stolas could better keep himself aware of how to move with added weight on.

While Stolas was busy himself with getting their clothing back on, Striker would go and get a bottle of painkillers, some water and a towel, all but the water he'd be throwing to them.

"You might think pain is good, but recovery is better, I expect you learned something from today, because we're doing this next week, and that time you better have a set of training gear and another set of casual wear, fightin' means nothin' if you're only fightin' in the proper gear, you need to be in your day-to-day outfit too when we spar."

He'd take it seriously, pushing aside his dislike for royals, he wasn't going to treat Stolas differently than anyone else he'd train. He had morals he'd follow, as with the saloon, no one would be treated differently, even royals… Or former ones.

"I hope I don't get to see any of the IMPS sneaking around here, something tells me they'd not respect the saloon rules and try to kill me… So remember your story you're goin' to tell them."

#strikers saloon #timeline: up to date hb

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tamavonpineapple · 8 months ago

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«Chung Myung’s mind drifted, far from the cold of the present, back to the warmth of a summer day in Huayin. Where Tang Bo fell asleep, lazily sprawled on a chair, his head tilted back over the edge of the backrest with a half-empty wine bottle resting on his lap barely held in place by the loose grip of his hands. The sun painted his face in gold, casting a glow over the messy strands of his hair.

The gentle rise and fall of Bo’s chest mirrored the sway of the wind through the trees. Chung Myung had sat there, watching him in silence. His neck would surely be sore when he woke up, but there was something calming in the way Bo lay so still, so utterly at peace.

Chung Myung could still hear the echoes of the countless times he had scolded Bo for letting the wine grow tepid for dozing off while clutching on the bottle for too long. Now, he could almost relish on same wine again, as if he had been drinking it whole from his hands, with his lips grazing on his fingertips, as his own hands cupped Bo's, trying to catch the drops slipping through.

But all that was left to do was hold on to Bo's body, thigh against his chest, his silent sobs had long since ceased. Chung Myung clung to his body as if he could share some of his warmth.»

And yeah, It's done... I'm so done. Although I wish I could say the same thing about my fanfic.

And special thanks to my friends @felixblankspace @victorian-platence for being great friends. ♥️✨♥️

(gracias por soportarme :') )

#return of the mount hua sect #return of the blossoming blade #cheongmyeong #chung myung #tang bo #dangbo #rotbb #rotmhs #my art #Fanfic #There are things I'd like to change about the colors #But everything I tried failed miserably #So this is the best I can do at my current level #Im still proud of myself tho

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noctlas332 · 7 months ago

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day two the lengthening is an act of love

#digital art #mine #my art #fanart #vocal synth #utau #utauloid #michishirube kiro #doodle #i might get expelled from school tomorrow gyahhh #im so sick of this shit #you have no idea how hard im fighting to not print a photo of my headmaster with his mistress and hand it to him tomorrow #but whtaever i will try my best to sort rhis out #i am literally gettin gtold off for doing my school work #its so shit sigh #cries #i need to be in school early to tlak with him too #be ready for me to open coms like #tomorrow #if i do what they tell me i might end up with no grade in one of my 3 subjects #like a complete zero #where as i am currently aiming for an E grade #is that a good grade no #but once i do my work to an E level i can do work to get a C or even an A #however if i do the work for the C level or the A level now it will mean nothing #as you need all the E done and all the C for a C grade #and you need to do all the E work C work and A work for an A grade #but im being forced to do some E work some C work and some A grade work #even though we havent even been set all the E grade work yet #so doing any of the C grade or A grade work right now is pointless

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4lph4kidz · 4 months ago

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i think i'll probably elaborate on this eventually because i'm not sure how well i can word this right now, but essentially one reason i keep coming back to homestuck is that to some degree it's also an excercise in self examination? i enjoy it as a work, but i also feel compelled to dissect my response to it, for a variety of reasons. if you think that sounds like a nightmarish ouroborous of OCD-fueled pointlessly mastubatory overthinking then you'd be right

#its entertaining intellectually challenging something that pisses me off a little bit AND an object of nostalgia and sentimentality #and i like that i can engage with it on all these different levels but sometimes i get really weird and convinced i'm being wrong or mean o #well it doesn't matter to be honest #i feel like my current prescence in fandom doesn't really reflect my attitude and i don't know why i care about that so much but i do #the cute art and yaoi fanfiction is just the highest returns for the lowest comparitive effort yknow? i like to play + have fun #and yet... it's not enough. but as it stands i don't really have the ability to take bigger swings. or the balls to be honest.#speaking of yaoi i have come to view dj as expressions of those different and conflicting parts of my personality #mr i must brutally dissect myself and little miss intellectual coward. what if they got along after all. and what if they fu #actually ive said enough about that. i've said enough for an entire week here and i'm probably pissing people off now. anyway:#i think my best fanwork is ultimately about me and not the work. like i don't really feel comfortable making assertions about the work.#but i can use it as a means to get at stuff i might not have otherwise... yeah. idk. sorry about this stupid insane rant. goodnight all

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onyourstageleft · 6 months ago

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I'm going to be a certified library professional in a few short weeks, I have a solid understanding of the need to read broadly and should have a strong personal commitment to doing so, but more often than not, I end up reading fanfic for the one relatively obscure YA universe that has engrained itself into my very being rather than reading literally anything else and I don't know how to feel about it

#feel kinda bad on a professional level like i am an incredible hypocrite #but genuinely nothing can make me feel the same way that a well-written Tortall fanfic can #these characters have lived rent free in my brain for 15+ years i could not get more connected to a fantasy series than I currently am #i have been doing my best to read other things but even then i haven't branched out from fantasy!!#I've read some Discworld and i want to read locked tomb and my partner is reading us the rangers apprentice series #but i simply do not read nonfiction!!#or even mystery or scifi or horror!!#I need to do more but the fanfic is right there in my phone! i dont even need to go to the library #which is absolutely absurd to say as someone who genuinely loves to go to the library #so on one hand i feel bad about not reading anything else but on the other hand I like it!!#once i don't have the chaos of being in school and house hunting i really need to crack down on myself #because i KNOW i will enjoy other things #it's just a matter of forcing myself out of my comfort zone even when the comfort zone feels so cozy #yes this has literally just been a vent post about my frustration with my own reading habits

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pidgefudge · 20 days ago

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hmm

#what if i were a 3 dimensional person #as opposed to the 1 dimensional person i currently am #at school i'm a deadpan quiet nobody because. that's just how i've formed myself over the years #how i feel most comfortable i suppose. fading into the background. just another body in a large crowd #i wonder what would have changed it #if i had been more inclined to push myself? more outgoing? maybe if i hadn't been autistic?#or trans? if i could present the way i want to?#i have been entirely divorced from this body and my deadname for a long time #i suppose that's part of why i never feel like a person at school. always a shameful husk walking around trying to hide from everyone #because i truly hate to be seen like this. i hate that people look at this thing and associate it with me #but anyway #dead and flat in real life. my entire existence is online #always filling my mind with fandoms and stories and characters because real life has never interested me #at best it's a miserable slog at worst it's an active nightmare #that's why i have no real passions lmao. no interests that aren't linked to a piece of media #sometimes i wish i were less online. more grounded in reality #but then i look around at my reality and think. no. no i don't think i want to be grounded in this #it's fitting that i'm thinking about this while listening to faye's theme of all things #anthem of being a lonely kid living entirely in his head #i am quite lonely #in need of some genuine human connection but the thought of going deeper than surface level joking around scares me #because there's some real ugly stuff under there. but most of it is a whole lot of nothing #so i stick to ironic insincerity and that seems to work for all of us. we're still friends so that's something #on here i can be sort of different. sometimes over the top gushy with love. using my words much better than i do in person #but that comes from the same place i think #surface level. regardless of how deep the emotions are #and yeah. just felt like saying some things #pigeon coos #delete later #maybe

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bigeyedchangelingchild · 1 month ago

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So regarding this post, and specifically this tag, this is hitting on something that I believe that's super unpopular.

I, as a disabled person, would rather live in a high rise than on the second floor of a low-rise.

Now first off, if a safety regulation ends up causing a height restriction that's not the same thing as a restriction purely about height, in my experience that's almost entirely about people's views unless it's near an airport.

(and even then might still be about the view, but for pilots and ATC which is safety, not because they like having coffee on their porch while looking at the mountains.)

So like, to begin with the premise that height rules are inherently a safety regulation is nnn.

But fundamentally the taller a building the more my safety as someone with limited mobility aligns with that of my able-bodied neighbours. When I live on the second floor and the elevator breaks, or a fire happens the expectation is that I can go down the stairs, I can't so I end up being stuck. When I live on the 15th floor and the elevator breaks or a fire happens the expectation is that it's not reasonable for me to go down the stairs regardless so there is more fire surpression required, there is multiple elevators required, the elevators must be isolated from the units and there must be systems to try and contain a fire to one unit, and one floor. And the elevators will be fixed much faster because all my able-bodied neighbours are also calling the building manager saying that they aren't going to carry their groceries up 15 flights of stairs.

That's also assuming that the low-rise even has one elevator.

#The only way a height limit could be about disability access if is the limit is to one story #I'm just really frustrated with this because so many buildings in my area aren't accessible #including where I currently live #and the only thing I can do when the fire alarm goes off is put on my noise cancelling headphones and hope for the best #and people keep getting upset about tall buildings and say they want more low rises #but the low rises are one not going to house enough people to deal with our current homelessness problem #and two end up with that incentive problem #I don't want to live in a building with one elevator and one accessible unit per floor #so two or three accessible units that aren't ground level #it creates a situation where we're in high risk of an elevator breaking and not being able to get down #and in my expereince the safety plan is #hope your neighbour will carry you down the stairs or that the fire doesn't rreach your unit #even though this building is made of wood

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