#like too many ppl can't handle character flaws - either pretend they don't exist or act like the character is the devil
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
People's reaction to Maya absolutely reeks of misogyny. And a refusal to engage with the fact her behavior is absolutely a result of the ways that able-bodied people treat disabled people. Which is absolutely wild for a show centered around the fact that what drew one of the MLs to the other is that he was one of the only people that treated him like a whole person instead of someone to be pitied, infantilized and made a spectacle of because of their disability. Like it's made very clear that ableism from others is a near constant and that a lot of people interact with you not because they actually want to know you as a person but because they want to feel good about themselves for being nice to the "poor helpless disabled person" The girl that told Kohei carrying the trash must be too difficult for him because he can't hear, the guys that let him score a basket because it would've been "pitiful" to defend against him, Yoko's cousin and her weird romance fantasy etc etc.
So Maya, as a disabled person who also deals with that bs on the daily, being stand-offish and critical or suspicious of an able-bodied man? Makes sense actually. Right now her character is there as conflict between the characters, it makes sense to not like her but hop off of all that "uwu this character is perfect sunshine baby and anyone who is mean or critical of them is a heartless bitch" bullshit
#i hear the sunspot#it's also a lack of understanding dramatic irony imo#like we as the viewers know more about taichi's intentions than she does#tbh if i saw messy notes that someone was compensated to take my immediate thought would be 'this person doesnt take their job seriously#and considering how difficult it is to get disability services that would be agrivating#also the way people adopt this “he's a precious cinnamon roll who can do no wrong” rhetoric and actually MEAN it is problematic#but that's a separate rant#like too many ppl can't handle character flaws - either pretend they don't exist or act like the character is the devil#and when youre a female character in a bl? boom irredeemable bitch even when they serve a purpose to the story#bc how dare you get in the way of my yaoi
36 notes
·
View notes