[ SECRET POST #3125 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3125 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This basically raised the question: Is representation more important in fiction that wish fulfilment?

I'm inclined to say yes it is, but I realise I'm talking the wish fulfilment element away from people with disabilities. Which makes me feel really sketchy.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed
It's simpler when we're talking the power fantasies off of straight white able-bodied males, because youknow you just can't be the bad guy
It's difficult to feel just when you're taking something away from people who don't deserve to have their power taken away

[(Anonymous)]

Representation is wish fulfilment, just a different kind.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 People don't think "someone like me in the story" isn't wish fulfilment?

[(Anonymous)]

Representation is more important and I side-eye anyone who thinks it isn't.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep.

Representing people like me is one of my wish fulfilments. This is generally the case for people.

Isn't it important to fulfil the wishes of everyone? Not just the most over-representative groups' wish fulfilments?

In other words, you can't separate the concepts.

[(Anonymous)]

I write to distract myself from the realities of my every day life. I would rather not have my disability represented in fiction. Why? Because I have enough trouble dealing with things day-to-day. Whenever I have to consciously think about all the things I have to do to manage my conditions, it puts me into a downward spiral for days, if not weeks. In order to survive, I can't think about it.

Wish fulfillment has saved me from taking my own life on numerous occasions. I think in this case, wish fulfillment is more important than representation, and I refuse to be sorry that I'm still amongst the living when I'm in my right mind. So side-eye me all you like.

[(Anonymous)]

I would rather not have my disability represented in fiction. Why? Because I have enough trouble dealing with things day-to-day. Whenever I have to consciously think about all the things I have to do to manage my conditions, it puts me into a downward spiral for days, if not weeks. In order to survive, I can't think about it.

This is exactly how I feel about seeing my asexuality represented in fiction. No, asexuality is not a disability, but in my particular case it can certainly feel like one (and I say that as someone who deals with actual disability and thus knows what it feels like). I see a lot of people calling out for more representation of the Ace community in the media, and I respect other people's desires to see themselves represented. But for me, it takes so much internal self-maintenance just to deal with my asexuality and accept it and not feel suffocated by it, that the thought of seeing that part of myself represented in the media is deeply, deeply unappealing. You could almost say triggering, even.