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My latest villain (not Spark) is the scariest person I've ever written. They're an embodiment of ableism. Of everything that's stood on my neck since I was 5.
Challenging them, even though it's fiction...has been the most freeing experience ever.
My latest villain (not Spark) is the scariest person I've ever written. They're an embodiment of ableism. Of everything that's stood on my neck since I was 5.
Challenging them, even though it's fiction...has been the most freeing experience ever.
But it's scary. Spark has brought the odd troll into my life, telling me that my self-acceptance is disgusting.
This next one could bring so many more. And I'm scared.
I will always write about ableism, because I live it. I lived it as a kid. So please take that as read.
This next one could bring so many more. And I'm scared.
I will always write about ableism, because I live it. I lived it as a kid. So please take that as read.
Please take it as read that my villains will be ableist, or make ableist choices. Because, in my imagination, I have to see them toppled. I have to.
Because I don't see that in the real world. I see them slip by people who don't know how to spot them. I see them get away with it
Because I don't see that in the real world. I see them slip by people who don't know how to spot them. I see them get away with it
And I don't want them to get away with it anymore.
People ask me which sister in Spark I am, and there is no answer because my heroes are fiction.
My villains are not. They exist. They thrive.
And sometimes pointing them out gets me in more trouble than staying silent would.
People ask me which sister in Spark I am, and there is no answer because my heroes are fiction.
My villains are not. They exist. They thrive.
And sometimes pointing them out gets me in more trouble than staying silent would.
This all came about because someone asked me if I prefer heroes or villains.
But, at least in my work, I cannot show the incomparable good without first unveiling the horrifically bad.
I am always here to answer questions, discuss content warnings, etc. I insist upon it.
But, at least in my work, I cannot show the incomparable good without first unveiling the horrifically bad.
I am always here to answer questions, discuss content warnings, etc. I insist upon it.
But I cannot shy away from the bad.
I have to see them brought down. Even if it's just in a story.
They are the dragons that have breathed fire on me since I was small, and I have to give my MCs the sword and the shield I didn't have.
I have to see them defeated.
I have to see them brought down. Even if it's just in a story.
They are the dragons that have breathed fire on me since I was small, and I have to give my MCs the sword and the shield I didn't have.
I have to see them defeated.
