Hey, Sorry To Bug You, But You Might Want To Rethink The Conjoined Twins Thing, Or At Least Address How

Hey, sorry to bug you, but you might want to rethink the conjoined twins thing, or at least address how you're planning to handle it. I don't know if you were aware of this already, but this condition is real, and as far as popular media is concerned, conjoined twins get a bad rap.

I want to say something before I get into this, though, because I know asks like this can be scary; I'm not mad at you, and I don't think anyone else is, either. I'm bringing this up because I know that when I slip up, I want to know what I did wrong, because otherwise I don't know how to change in the future. People can't learn if they don't know better, and I think it's important to learn from this.

It's not inherently bad to write parapagus/ischiopagus characters, of course, but please consider how this would come across to a reader/fan living with the condition you're portraying and how it may tie into negative stereotypes or ableist misconceptions. I definitely wouldn't use it as a part of a horror AU like this, for example; conjoined twins are often portrayed as either monsters or tragedies, and this sort of thing doesn't help.

I'm autistic and mentally disabled, not physically, so I'm definitely not the voice of authority on this, but if you want to write characters with major disabilities like this, please, please, PLEASE look into first-hand accounts - not just from caretakers (again, I'm autistic, and trust me when I say that not every parental figure's "words of wisdom" are anywhere near trustworthy), but from twins themselves. Remember, it might look strange to you, but they're just regular people with a particularly tough disability, and we owe them just as much respect as anyone else.

Also, in regards to the specific characters you chose to apply this to... I'm not sure the Fizzlebeans would work for this at all, honestly. A significant chunk of their character development relies on the fact they've been apart for quite a while and aren't on speaking terms; it's also worth mentioning, Floofty is the older sibling, and it shows in how they act towards their brother. They're definitely not twins. With that strained relationship in mind, you'd have to rebuild it from the ground up to find something accurate to who they would each be in this AU.

Sorry again for how long this ended up, but... Yeah. Important stuff to think about.

Hello, I don’t mind that this is long, you make some good points and I hope this won’t offend you in any way. I’m not the best at answering serious topics like these since I’m sigh School but I’ll try the best I can

I understand where you’re coming from and I can understand how this topic is triggering to certain people, I don’t mean to be insensitive or seem rude to anyone When I write something regarding a certain mental sickness or disability, I try to do as much research before doing so that way I don’t accidentally offend  someone

And since this AU is based on a pretty vocaloid, I thought I wouldn’t have to explain, but that was a major mistake on my part I should have explained it more that way nobody would feel offended by it

Regarding the conjoined twins, they’re like this not because of a birth defect like in most cases and I’m also well aware that Floofty is older then Snorpy but in some people’s headcannons including mine, they are twins so in this AU they’re twins and were forced to be together due to a science experiment

The AU story is inspired by the vocaloid, The Dark Woods Circus where children are kidnapped and turned into “creatures” to preform in this circus, and in this song, Ren and Len are stitched together making them into the “Two Headed Freak of Nature”

 When I discovered this song, I was making more AU’s for Bugsnax and since Floofty and Snorpy are siblings like the two vocaloids(in some not all cases), the idea appeared and I started creating the AU

As for my thoughts on conjoined twins, I don’t think they’re strange, yes, they look strange but I won’t look at them like they are, I would just treat them like I treat everyone else

They’re human and I see them as such, though I had never seen a pair of conjoined twins before, I won’t ever treat them like creatures you’d see in Silent Hill

Regarding how the Fizzlebean siblings are treated In this AU, the scientists, and the ringleaders see them as creatures along with the other characters who were changed for a sick show, but this does not represent my true thoughts

In my fanfics(and drawings), if I’m making a rude character and I make them say something offensive, it does not mean I say that in real life I try to make the characters seem realistic and realistic people don’t just treat everyone like a god, and I believe that’s where I messed up since I didn’t clarify that issue

I apologize for not considering how the image or AU could be triggering to some, thank you for bringing this to my attention, I will try to rework the issues in the AU’s story and the designs of the characters so it won’t cause any trouble in the future

But if it doesn’t end up working, I’ll scrap the AU and go onto other ideas