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dbssh · 2 years ago

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mtmte is hell because you will have one of the most interesting disabled characters in the entire franchise with one of the most lovingly rendered character arcs ive ever read and at the same time james roberts calls characters slurs and constantly makes a joke and caricature out of the same issues he tries to be So Serious about

#mims ocd tbs alcoholism grim & the scavs...#like he'll deliver these interesting theses about the way we laugh off mental health and disregard people #especially if their struggles seem funny or absurd to an outside observer #but on the way there hes like how needlessly cruel can i be to the mentally ill people im trying to Garner respect for #its like. frustratingly self aware of the tropes its crossing without deconstructing them in a way that really feels #like it evens out.#like yeah you retroactively decided to make a point that even funny-seeming disordered behaviour is Serious #but you did also spend like. six years making a mockery of ocd + psychosis in particular.#basically its like. i do think it brings up some interesting points but it perpetuates the things it critiques #almost without even meaning to. jros notes having slurs in them. milne on twitter calling characters psychos.#idk. its just. mtmte is so genius snd yet so drastically fails to stick to its guns

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