#chronically ill rep

[lpmsinclair]

I’m posting a new chapter today so it’s time to tell you about my gay fae vampire romance Paintings of Sharper Thorns

Roselyn is the remnant of an old fairytale with a bitter ending. Cursed by her Fae king father’s power to never live but never die, she must survive on the blood of others, losing more of her connection to humanity each time.

Gabrielle, a traveling painter, has lived a life of struggle, and her health is no exception. When snowfall demands Gabrielle take shelter in Roselyn’s crumbling manor, they both learn the comfort that can be found in companionship- and mortality.

This is an ongoing serialization of book 2 of the Tales of Fallen Fae, a series of standalone stories that are love-letters to the arts with dark fairytale vibes and swoony gothic romances. Book 1, Songs for Dead Gods, is complete and available No, you don’t have to read it to understand Sharper Thorns, but it’s pretty cool so…

[le-fruit-de-la-passion]

Perhaps a Hot Take: I don't have anything against JayVik as a ship, but the amount of people in the fandom who use it as an opportunity to be openly racist and misogynistic towards Mel and Sky, and to feminize/infantilize Viktor as a disabled man make it REALLY hard to enjoy

[stars-and-branches]

One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is super ornate cane handles. That shit has gotta be so rough on the hands

[raekiez]

why did it take make so long to realize the reason they made snakes nipples always hard in mgs4 was because he's wearing a compression shirt for chronic pain

[ohgreat-moretapes]

Tim I noticed a lot of indigenous patches on your jacket, are you Native?

Idk what my dad was 'cause I never knew him, but yeah my mom is (or... Was.. I guess..) Muscogee, the tribe native to the part of Alabama I'm in.

If I remember correctly she came to Alabama from Oklahoma (where a lot of Natives were displaced to in the 1800s) to "get back to her roots."

But yknow, I was separated from her in childhood (which tbh is upsettingly common for Native families) and I was raised in a very white very Catholic asylum so I'm not as connected to the culture as I'd like to be.

-Tim

[chronicallydragons]

ABSOLUTELY LOSING MY MIND AT THESE ORANGE BANNERS ON AMAZON FOR ARTIFICE & ACCESS I MIGHT CRY 😭 this whole anthology started because there were a bunch of people saying disabled people don’t belong in fantasy and this anthology immediately makes it into TWO top spots on Amazon because people are so excited about this anthology centered on disabled people in fantasy! 😭 I’m a little emotional, I need a sec

Um, preorders now open! definitely on amazon (paperback and ebook got listed separately for some reason) and B&N, trying to get it into some indie bookstores, and it sounds like booktopia in austrailia has it!

[whatshouldwecallchronicillness]

When every time I check social media I find a new way my gov is doing me dirty...

[marrowthefairy]

i really need yall to understand that we, the sonic fandom, have made up most of Maria's NIDS symptoms. in SA2 it pretty much doesn't fucking exist. it's not explored at all. it's just an answer to the question "what the hell is a little girl doing in a space station." it's a contrived plot device on a female character conceived to be fridged for a male one.

not to say you can't see yourself in her- lord knows i do- but what you feel connected to is characterization the *fandom* gave her, not the games. the hospital gowns, medication, medical equipment- none of that shit is ever shown in canon. we gave her those characteristics because we actually care about her.

shadow generations tries to rectify it- that was the FIRST TIME she was ACTUALLY SHOWN IN A HOSPITAL BED (and wheelchair) and i definitely appreciate the attempt, but it's definitely not enough to fix what had already been written for her.

[sophiathefallen]

Tokki: "I'm guessing you're having way more flare-ups than you did here."

Jentry: "'Cause in Seoul, I had you, Rupert, and Min Jae"

IS THIS AN ALLEGORY FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS??? IT CAN'T NOT BE, RIGHT?! IT'S SO IN YOUR FACE, THEY LITERALLY SAY "FLARE-UP!"

[skys-archive]

If Max isn't in a wheelchair or some form of mobility aid in st 5 I might commit a violent crime.

We need the representation. We need to see flashbacks of her struggling to learn how to move around again and we need the present of her continuing to struggle but knowing what she's doing now.

We need disabled Max Mayfield

[saltandsneezes]

A is chronically ill and wakes up with what they think is just a bad symptom day, but not bad enough to stay home. So, they drag themself out of bed, take their meds, and head to work, not realizing they're actually getting sick. B, their boss/coworker/supervisor, notices that they seem a bit out of it. A brushes off B's worry with a true excuse about a migraine. Over the course of the day, B notices that A doesn't touch their lunch, is struggling to stay awake, and isn't their normal happy self. B goes to send A home and places their hand on A's shoulder comfortingly, only to find out that A is burning up. This is news to both of them. B insists on driving A home right then, making sure they have everything they need to spend the next few days in bed recovering.

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

5 star reads of 2024 ↳ get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert

[carmillatism]

why does star trek: next generation actually have good disabled rep? i am so used to such atrocious representation that i am shocked a show from the 80s could do it so well. not only have i found the representation of geordi's disability to be well done (and there's parts that are so specific and relatable to disabled experiences that it makes me think someone disabled worked on this show). (however, please note i am only up to season 2, and that i haven't looked much into other people's interpretations of him and admit he may not be as good of rep as i currently see him). this current episode has a deaf character, riva, and the ideas and empathy extended to disabled people are so nice and refreshing to see, especially as facilitated through this character. i also thought geordi's b plot, where it shows his hesitation in giving up something so integral to him (especially when it could be dangerous), is so important to me. also, the fact that riva and geordi are shown to relate and deeply understand one another whilst listening to the other's own feelings was so relatable; it was crazy. (also, i always love seeing a deaf character and a blind character communicate with one another!) the concept was extremely cool and well executed, and, god, i know it's the bear minimum but highering a deaf person to play a deaf character and taking them up on their own idea they pitched and also listening to them when they provided much needed disabled insight! ugh. i love it

[qbdatabase]

Hiii, do you know of any books with chronically physically disabled main characters? And books with housebound disabled characters?

For the previous ask, I would prefer if the disabled characters were also bi but it's fine if there aren't any books like that. I'm fine with queer in general too

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I'm not sure what you personally would consider *chronically* disabled (arthritis? amputee? deaf? HIV+?) but the QBDatabase actually has 411 books with disabled Main Characters or Love Interests! To try to narrow it down, I filtered for either chronic pain or chronic illness + bisexual (or pan / queer)

Full Disclosure by Garrett, Camryn: HIV+ black bisexual female

Sick Kids in Love by Moskowitz, Hannah: female MC with arthritis x bisexual male LI with Gaucher disease

Architects of Memory by Osborne, Karen: terminally ill bisexual female MC

Two Rogues Make a Right by Sebasian Cat: chronically ill demisexual male x bisexual male

Sorrowland by Solomon, Rivers: black albino bisexual intersex MC who is partially blind and has chronic pain

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Sebastian, Cat: mga disabled male with chronic pain who uses a cane x gay male

City of Shattered Light by Winn, Claire: chronically ill bisexual female MC

Tripping Arcadia by Mayquist, Kit: chronically ill bisexual male prominent SC

Fight + Flight by Machias, Jules: pansexual female MC with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

The Unbroken by Clark, C. L.: bisexual female MC who uses a cane and has chronic pain in her legs

Cruel Seduction by Robert, Katee: polyamorous bisexual male MC with chronic pain from a knee injury (FFMM bi4bi poly-pairing)

Eight Kinky Nights by West, Xan: FF pairing, pansexual x greysexual, one has arthritis but I don't know which one

The Friendship Study by Barrett, Ruby: bisexual male MC with chronic pain who uses a cane

If there's any other type of disability you're looking for, you can filter by 20 physical disabilities while also filtering for mga (bi, pan, omni, etc) identities!

[chronicallydragons]

I just realized I somehow never posted this art I commissioned @nev-jpgg for on here!! It's from my Sapphic Robin Hood short story in Artifice & Access: A Disability in Fantasy Anthology Fixing that now because LOOK AT THEM!! Look At Robin looking at Marian so earnestly!! Look at Marian!! Look at the detail in her dress and on her wheelchair!!!

I love them

Artifice & Access is available online pretty much wherever books are sold and features 14 stories by 14 disabled authors, all with disabled main characters!!

[whatshouldwecallchronicillness]

When people ask how they can support me...