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butnobodycame627 · 2 months ago

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sorry I'm rewatching su and once again I'm a little mad about Peridot. like I love this show this show it great but where is my disability rep whyyy did you get rid of her limb enhancers whyyy did you give her powers. those were disability aids please 😭😭

#this show is great and I want to emphasize that because people are weird and shitty abt it #this is like. one of my only complaints abt it #but it bothers me endlessly #they could've just given her her limb enhancers back #and then she could still like. move that iron bar and whatnot right like she lifts stuff with those #it wouldn't change too too much in the plot #but it would function better as disability rep #instead they basically ''cured'' her disability by having her discover that she actually does have powers #like she's still limited in her abilities sure and I'm glad for that much #but like :(( she had no powers. why couldn't we just accept that #this show is usually so great at displaying like. diversity and loving our differences #and there could've been a powerful message here about her being disabled #and instead it just kinda gets thrown away somewhat #like in too short to ride things were handled alright until that ending #amethyst was trying to tell her that she's still worthy of love and respect even if she doesn't have magic #and she never really listens #and then we just immediately progress to ''oh actually she does have magic''#which makes amethyst's point completely null #and peri never gets her limb enhancers back #I know that to a certain extent the limb enhancers are used to enforce Homeworld's ideals #see: when they make Amethyst use them at the ball #but this wasn't just a height discrepancy making her off-colour #this was a difficulty to fit into a society in which magic is the norm #she lacks an ability that everyone else has. she is disabled #I'm so peeved sighhhhh #earth is built around people who don't have those abilities so it is more accessible to her #but that doesn't change the fact that where she is from this is a disability #and to give her powers is. ignoring the whole point.#they somewhat have some rep with some of the off colours but it's still not really discussed #if I could change one thing about the show it would be this

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