#into this but i've gone on too long). eye think (bc im projecting) that celie has coeliac disease. it's plausible b4 i was diagnosed i

[archersgoon]

celies whole 'i'm tired of being underestimated'/'i'm not really sick i just look that way' thing does get my goat because the former does not necessitate the latter. no reason she can't be sickly and still be underestimated. as a sickly guy myself it's always like ...wow... thank you for that

[froiautism]

#like i think there is potentially something to be said for lumateran ideals regarding good health like their cultural norms don't really --#seem to allow for permanent disability (& i don't know that this is especially well-supported by the text bc it mostly comes from froi; but#i think the celie-lucian-finn povs do read like people who have trouble comprehending disability without fault) & i do think it's telling -#that within the narrative the only two characters with permanent disabilities (garg&raf) are 1. not lumateran and 2. disabled as a result o#being like. unjustly punished. like outside of that there's just satch. and we know what froi had to say abt him at first. & i think it's -#reasonable to assume he would've picked that up in sarnak. but there's no way a take like that didn't come up in three yrs and there's#no point where he's reflecting on anything perri or trev had to say to him on the matter (& they always have something to say) which i woul#argue suggests at the very least that even if they were mildly disapproving they let that shit slide!!#anyway all that to say i think this contextualises celie's belief that she has to be healthy to be able to do anything (we could bring zara#into this but i've gone on too long). eye think (bc im projecting) that celie has coeliac disease. it's plausible b4 i was diagnosed i#genuinely didn't realise i just thought every1 felt like that all the time so i think she could do it. + it's funny 2 me on a personal leve

celies whole 'i'm tired of being underestimated'/'i'm not really sick i just look that way' thing does get my goat because the former does not necessitate the latter. no reason she can't be sickly and still be underestimated. as a sickly guy myself it's always like ...wow... thank you for that