#Wheelchair user Charles Xavier

[wishchip106]

i’m getting pissed thinking about this one person i saw somewhere saying something about Charles loathing his disability so there’s no point in keeping him disabled in the comics

DUDE??? 😟

i feel like him being disabled is so important to his character and being able to show readers that having a disability doesn’t mean you can’t do anything

i wouldn’t say i’m fully educated in these areas and i don’t know how actual disabled people feel on the matter but representation is so important 😭

i get really upset seeing “Charles can magically walk again” “He’s fixed!” things like WHY??? GIVE HIM A CANE ATLEAST I BEG OF YOU

do these people do this because its inconvenient he cant walk??? that makes me so mad honestly

i need krakoa Charles with a cane idc about them having his rebirth set from before his accident i need him to show that you can partially corrupt a whole nation while still relying on an aid

or even better yet KEEP THE WHEELCHAIR (not the banana one get a better chair Charles pls)

added bonus give Charles Xavier a gun. An “excuse” to finally get him in the field as if he can’t use HIS EXTREMELY POWERFUL PHYSIC POWERS?? MINDWHAMMY THEM OR SOMETHING PLEASE DO SOMETHING STOP BEING A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

we need more disability rep please and thank you

gonna mind-whammy the ableists they don’t deserve their vital organs

me trying to defend pookiebear from the haters ^^^

[lehnsherrrr]

(She’s talking about Erik)

[griddleharkbrainrot]

X Men Vent Post

I don't know which I hate more, when people erase Charles being disabled or when they have Erik control his wheelchair. Like I was reading a nice fluff fic but then there was a throwaway line about how when Charles and Erik fight, Erik uses his power to freeze Charles' chair. That is NOT okay on so many levels. Controlling another person's movement like that and restricting their autonomy is abusive. There is an entire movement of people putting spikes on their wheel chair handles to stop others from doing this. For able-bodied people, this is the equivalent of being tied to a chair or physically restrained by someone's arms. What really pisses me off though is just how prevalent this is in fics; I've seen Charles wheelchair frozen, mangled, had the wheels removed, and it's always played off as not a big deal or a joke when in reality it could be a death sentence preventing someone from getting food or water. I know I'm getting unnecessarily upset about fiction but I just needed to rant

Part of the reason this really upsets me is I am myself disabled and currently dealing with separation from my mobility aid. As I'm typing this, I am stuck in a basement with a flight of stairs I can't climb cause my cane is not with me. I don't have access to food, water, or the outside until one of my family members comes home to help me

[stardust-and-snickerdoodles]

literally the only thing that bothers me about James McAvoy's Charles Xavier is whenever they have him using a manual wheelchair as opposed to his power chair.

first off, let me just say i LOVE the inclusion of a manual chair for Xavier's character. i think it shows that he's not just always bopping around in his high tech power chair and i love it.

BUT.

could they not have brought a single wheelchair user to show him how to propel himself? he spins his wheels with the least efficiency possible. i imagine it must have been absolute hell on his shoulders to do that.

if you're unsure what i'm talking about, this is the recommended stroke pattern when propelling yourself in a wheelchair on level ground:

this allows for the least amount of strain on the shoulders while maximizing the distance with each push.

this is the stroke pattern recommended for travelling uphill:

it's also the way that, when i first got my wheelchair, i (mistakenly) propelled. it hurt a shit ton and i didn't go very far on flat ground, so i wasted a lot more energy than necessary.

it's also the way james mcavoy propels in almost every instance of using a manual wheelchair in the x-men movies (i'd include gifs but i can't find any so you're gonna have to take my word for it). occasionally he'll reach a smidge further back but not nearly enough to get the maximum efficiency from each stroke.

one could argue that maybe he is so used to the power chair that he never really learned to use a manual wheelchair. but he uses one MULTIPLE times in the prequel movies. come on man.

otherwise absolutely love him but like... when will we get actual accurate disability rep

[yeeclaw]

I was going through some X-movies for screencaps, and it is truly remarkable the things I manage to block from my memory when I decide they're too far out of character or are a special kind of upsetting, while remembering small, absolutely pointless details that tickled me.

[disabled-character-showdown]

BRACKET 4, ROUND 1, FIFTH SHOWDOWN

[your-fave-is-crippled]

Charles Xavier/Professor X from X-Men

is crippled/a cripple, supports cripplepunk and uses a wheelchair

image one: [id: a dark grey flag with a dusty rainbow going from the bottom left corner up to the right, dark grey circles on top one in the middle of the other and professor x from xmen in the middle of the image looking at the viewer from his wheelchair. :end id]

image two: [id: a flag with a grey border around 7 vertical stripes ranging left to right from seafoam green, green, blue-green, dusty teal, dusty blue, desaturated blue, to light ocean blue. in the middle of the image on top of the flag is professor x from xmen in the middle of the image looking at the viewer from his wheelchair. :end id]

[magneto-king-of-genosha]

...

Can I say it....

I'm going to say it....

It gives Charles Xavier vides

- Mod/Osi

(I'm sorry I made the post related to x men)

[brw]

Charles Xavier is a character I don't particularly love or hate, but it's curious to me that it seems both people who do love him and both people who hate him seem to wish he wasn't a wheelchair user. People who love him don't want him to be a wheelchair user because I guess writing Cherik porn while one of them is in a wheelchair and paralysed isn't sexy anymore, and people who hate him don't want him to be a wheelchair user because then they would have to analyse how ableist tropes and stereotypes have fundamentally impacted Charles since day one (his "crush" on Jean absolutely being a product of ableism, that disabled men in particular are emasculated by their disability, are fundamentally lesser, etc etc), and that's a level of media analysis most aren't prepared for, seemingly.

[doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter]

Do You Know This Disabled Character?

This isn’t specific to any media. If you know only one version vote ‘I know them’.

Charles Xavier / Professor X is paraplegic and a wheelchair user.

[wishchip106]

first class but erik feels so bad about accidentally paralyzing charles so he stays and they get married<3

mazel tov! 🎉

[tournamentpollsinc]

Canonical Disabled Characters Donnybrook!

Happy Disability Pride Month!

Here’s the bracket! If you’re wondering how all these characters are disabled, there’s a list under the cut and I’ll add updated brackets as the tournament goes on!

Also shoutout to my lovely incredible friend who submitted this:

♥️♥️♥️

Competing Characters

Hiccup & Toothless; How to Train Your Dragon; Foot & Tail Fin Amputees, Prosthetics Users

Felix Britten; Heartstopper; Wheelchair User, Unspecified Condition

Barbara Gordon; DC Comics; Paraplegic Wheelchair User

Matthew Murdock; Marvel Comics; Blind, Condition Unspecified

Quasimodo; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Kyphosis, Deaf, “a large wart” which impairs vision in the right eye

Massimo Marcovaldo; Luca; Congenital Limb Amputee

Cassandra Cain; DC Comics; Previously mute, Dyslexic

Kaz Brekker; Shadow and Bone; Trauma-Induced Limp, Cane User, PTSD

Freddy Freeman; DC Comics; Single Leg Paralysis, Crutch User

Aizawa Shōta; My Hero Academia; Missing Right Eye, Leg Amputee, Eyepatch and Prothetic User

Eda Clawthorne; The Owl House; Arm Amputee, Chronic Illness Coded Curse

Ballister Boldheart; Nimona; Arm Amputee, Prosthetic User

Viktor; Arcane; Congenital Limp, Crutch User

Entrapta; She-Ra; Autistic

Guildarts; FairyTail; Arm and Leg Amputee, Prosthetics User

Moon Knight System; Marvel Comics; Dissociative Identity Disorder

Vash the Stampede; Trigun Stampede; Arm Amputee, Possible Double Leg Amputee, Various Unspecified Trauma-Induced Body Modifications, Prosthetic User

Janice Palmer; Welcome to Night Vale; Spina Bifida, Wheelchair User

Elisa; Shape of Water; Mute

Ashton Greymoore; Critical Role; Trauma-Induced Chronic Pain (Full Body); Impaired Hearing and Vision on their left side

Garrett McNeill; Superstore; Paraplegic Wheelchair User

The Tenth Doctor; Doctor Who; Confirmed “Neurodivergent”, Condition Unspecified

Abed Nadir; Community; Autistic

Luz Noceda; The Owl House; ADHD

Nemo; Finding Nemo; Congential Limb Deficiency

Edward Elric; FullMetal Alchemist; Arm and Leg Amputee, Prostetics User

Mithrun; Dungeon Meshi; Missing Right Eye, Prostheitc User, Fantasy Mental Condition making a constant caregiver necessary

Charles Xavier; Marvel Comics; Paraplegic Wheelchair User

Bucky Barnes; Marvel Comics; Arm Amputee, PTSD

Clint Barton; Marvel Comics; Hard of Hearing/Deaf depending on the iteration of the character, Hearing Aid User

Amaya; Dragon Prince; Deaf

Toph Beifong; Avatar: the Last Airbender; Blind, Condition Unspecified

Round One Winners

Round Two Winners

[phoenixlionme]

Fictional Characters that Exude Disabilityexcellence

Toph Beifong - Blind

Teo (ATLA) - Paraplegic; wheelchair user

Korra (TLOK) - PTSD

Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto) - wears glasses; her being the giftless one among her family has been compared to that of a disabled child in an able-bodied family

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto) - confirmed to have OCD

George Bailey (It’s a Wonderful Life) - partial deafness

Milo Thatch (Atlantis the Lost Empire) - wears glasses

Izumi Curtis (FMAB) - chronic illness; missing limbs

Edward Elric (FMAB) - for most of the series, he was a double amputee (missing an arm and a leg) by the end of the series, he regained his arm but not his leg. As such, he started off as a double amputee but is now a single amputee

Lan Fan (FMAB) - arm amputee with prosthetic

Sterling Archer (Archer) - breast cancer (remission); tinnitus; implied to be autistic

Jack Russell (Bluey) - ADHD

Barbara Gordon (DC Comics) - paraplegic; wheelchair user

Victor Stone  (DC Comics) - multiple amputee

Hiccup Haddock and Toothless (HTTYD franchise) - both are amputees (Hiccup his foot; Toothless his tail) and both use prosthetics

Chimi the Skull Warrior (Maya and the Three) - albino

Rico the Rooster Wizard (Maya and the Three - stutter

Ororo Munroe (Marvel Comics) - claustrophobia

Professor Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics) - paraplegic; wheelchair user

Matt Murdock (Marvel Comics) - blind; uses mobility aid

Adam Evans (DC Comics) - dyslexia

Natsume (Deca-Dence) - arm amputee; uses prosthetic

Kitty Softpaws (Shrek/Puss in Boots franchise) - declawed

Daphne Paloma Vasquez  (Switched at Birth) - deaf

Garrett (Quest for Camelot) - blind

Sunny Nwazue (Akata Witch trilogy) - albino

Charlotte Webber (Marvel Comics) - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; uses mobility aids (wheelchair and crutches)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince) - deaf

Alinta aka Bolt (DC Comics) - double leg amputee; uses prosthetics

Mia Dearden (DC Comics) - HIV positive

Tony Stark (Marvel Comics) - heart condition; recovering alcoholic; PTSD, trauma

Jessica Jones (Marvel Comics) - alcoholism, PTSD, depression

Alicia Masters (Marvel Comics) - blind

Irene Adler (Marvel Comics) - blind

Tim Drake (DC Comics) - asplenia (missing spleen)

Kate Kane (DC Comics) - PTSD, recovering alcoholic

Cassandra Cain (DC Comics) - autistic spectrum, mute, dyslexic

Roy Harper aka Red Arrow (DC Comics) - arm amputee, uses prosthetic; recovering drug addict

Nick Fury (Marvel Comics) - partial blindness

Clint Barton (Marvel Comics) - deaf; uses hearing aids

Maya Lopez (Marvel Comics) - deaf

[fullmetalcarer]

Rank your own fics cause i literally know them all and i want to see which one you like more

love love love that you know them all @inmymagnetoera

in no particular order:

The Most Beautiful of All The Angels (Remix of Sin City) - Charles is a youthful mob boss and Logan is his enforcer- xavierine with a suggestion of possible cherik.

Raven’s Brother Has Got It Going On (Remix of Notorious DILF) - disaster Xavier siblings, bamf murder ball wheelchair user Charles, smitten erik.

What’s Money When You Got Love? - 1930s prohibition era first person fic (yeah I know) - Shaw is a mob boss, Erik is his reluctant enforcer who falls for musician Charles- tremendous amount of horrific violence but our boys get away (tho not unscathed)

Adventures in Yoga- this is my most kudoed fic and it is just the crackiest smutty filthy silly cheerful cherik nonsense and shaw gets punched in the face so that’s nice.

Lord of the Flings - Erik is an incompetent Nazgûl, Charles is a horny hobbit, why are you looking at me like that?

What Dreams May Come- extremely dark David 8/Walter/Charles Xavier fic - heed the warnings and read the tags.

Purple is for Emperors- 76k words folks and the longest thing I’ve written. AU where they are mutants but almost everyone aligns as Dom or sub. The Dom might not be who you expect and might not engage with their sub as you might expect. A lot of smut and fun and humour BUT also sorrow and terrible things. Cherik wins thru in the end.

Sorry there are no links but my device is buggered

thanks for the ask :)

[disabilityshowdown]

[IDs: Charles is an old white man with a bald head, dressed in a black suit and sitting in a wheelchair. Dagen is a dark skinned dwarf with a long black beard. He is dressed in winter clothes and seated in a battle wheelchair, fitted with spikes and a lantern. There is a battle axe across his back.]

Disabilities: Both are wheelchair users

Dagen art by Gaelfox

[yallemagne]

Some people be watching and reading X-Men with duct tape over their eyes bc I keep seeing the same person saying that it’s not actually a diverse cast like “there are no disabled people, there are no women, there are no POC, they’re all only Cishet white able-bodied men!!!”

Charles Xavier is a wheelchair user.

Cyclops has brain damage.

Wolverine has amnesia and PTSD.

Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, and Jubilee are women (Storm and Jubilee being WOC).

Sunspot is a man of colour.

Magneto is Jewish.

Beast is fucking blue. As is Nightcrawler.

🥺💕🏳️‍🌈✨Morph✨🏳️‍🌈💕🥹

Need I say more.

EDIT: I did need to say more apparently bc I wasn't even thinking about the '97 cast.