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Wishing I could post more genuinely.
3 years ago
I worry a lot that the art I make will be seen as "ableist" by some. Fetishizing the kinds of things I do could easily be seen that way. In all honesty half the reason I draw and write the things I do is to cope with my own disability (unspecified for privacy reasons) but I know that if I posted anything involving someone being mistreated explicitly for having a disability then people would be angry at me for being offensive to people with disabilities. Maybe they'd be in the right though, and I should just keep that kind of art to myself. I don't want to make anyone feel bad about themselves or perpetuate bad ideas.
The stuff I post on this account has always been a way for me to deal with the emotions my own life situation and experiences has left me with, and cope with them in a positive way. I share this stuff with others because I enjoy it and I hope other people can get something positive out of it too. Re-contextualizing feelings of helplessness and abuse in a way that you have control over and turning them into something you can receive pleasure from is the reason why a lot of abuse victims end up fetishizing elements of their own abuse. I don't want to perpetuate any bad ideas, I just want to be able to take the negative emotions I feel and turn them into something that I and others can enjoy instead. But I completely understand why making art fetishizing the act of disabled people being abused could be seen as encouraging that kind of behavior, and why some people would be against me doing that. I really appreciate that people care about not letting people be disrespectful to the disabled community, because it's a lot better than the alternative.
I don't know if I'm even making sense.
To put it simply:
I would really like to make art of characters explicitly being bullied and abused because of a disability they have.
I only want to do this because it would help me cope with my own experiences.
I know this would really upset people and I don't want to upset anyone or make people uncomfortable, so I probably won't do that.
I'll probably just continue to post content where it's ambiguous if the person being abused has a disability or not, like my previous work. Sorry.
The stuff I post on this account has always been a way for me to deal with the emotions my own life situation and experiences has left me with, and cope with them in a positive way. I share this stuff with others because I enjoy it and I hope other people can get something positive out of it too. Re-contextualizing feelings of helplessness and abuse in a way that you have control over and turning them into something you can receive pleasure from is the reason why a lot of abuse victims end up fetishizing elements of their own abuse. I don't want to perpetuate any bad ideas, I just want to be able to take the negative emotions I feel and turn them into something that I and others can enjoy instead. But I completely understand why making art fetishizing the act of disabled people being abused could be seen as encouraging that kind of behavior, and why some people would be against me doing that. I really appreciate that people care about not letting people be disrespectful to the disabled community, because it's a lot better than the alternative.
I don't know if I'm even making sense.
To put it simply:
I would really like to make art of characters explicitly being bullied and abused because of a disability they have.
I only want to do this because it would help me cope with my own experiences.
I know this would really upset people and I don't want to upset anyone or make people uncomfortable, so I probably won't do that.
I'll probably just continue to post content where it's ambiguous if the person being abused has a disability or not, like my previous work. Sorry.
...I have discord. Let's talk.