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isnt-it-pretty · 9 months ago

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There's something to be said about how disability rep in fantasy is more often than not in found in characters that are more than a little evil. It has to do with our perception of disability and how it relates to morality, but somebody smarter than me could probably write a whole essay on the topic.

That being said you can take classic fantasy characters like Raistlin Majere and Elric of Melnibone out of my cold dead hands.

#there's also something to be said about how they're often mages #and the relationship between disability and otherwordly/magical #which of course is saying nothing about the complex topic of blindness and prophecy #is this all a little ableist? yes #do I love it anyway? also yes #if a modern author wrote this in 2024 I'd peace out but DragonLance was published ib the mid 80s #and Elric was published in the 70s #so they can have a little pass so we can learn from them #this has the same vibes as the Evil Bisexual trope #fantasy #ableism #if anybody says disability doesn't belong in fantasy I'm coming at them with 40 years worth of classic fantasy novels #also I made a mistake Elric was first published in 1961

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