#wont tag this properly bc its just a little info dump but whatever yk
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I've never really thought about putting representation in my dragon book all that much, because they are dragons and some allegorys just won't work if not done with humans and such but. For not thinking about it at all, I sure have managed to make most of the main characters family disabled in some way. Like. 3-4/6 siblings have some disabling affliction. I just sort of forgot that it's still technically representation even though it's not the main focus of the character. Perhaps that many is a little overboard, but frankly I don't care and they've had these for years and I don't care to adjust the characters now.
But ig if anyone is curious as to what disabilities, the main character is blind in one eye, there's twin brothers and one is fully blind and the other is mute- and another sibling has a degenerative illness (they all inherited it) slowly working its way into their brain.
Child me didn't understand the concept of "representation" and just thought it was fun to make a character with something that changes the way they live and give myself something to write around.
#i think im going to avoid all racism allegorys#they are dragons and im not about to pull a zootopia#movie was nice and all but yk. when you're dealinf with actuak species? the racism thing sorts falls flat#doesnt translate quite well#also theres actual humans in the book so why would i shoe horn it into dragons?????#wont tag this properly bc its just a little info dump but whatever yk#anyway yeah maybe i habe TOO much disability rep. they are all disabled in some way at this point#gonna get angry right people calling the book woke bc of it lmao#bc clearly the mere existence of all that is woke propaganda! lol
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