I Know I’m Being An Insufferable Worldbuilding Nerd Here, But My Basic Metric For Evaluating Media

My dumb english major brain keeps insisting that there’s Meaningful Symbolism to the fact that Martin, in choosing to sit on the disgusting couch, is choosing to comfort himself by clinging to a relic from the old world (I’ve been walking so I should be tired, the way to solve that problem should be to sit on a couch, because that’s what couches should be for) despite the fact that it’s disgusting and uncomfortable  And Jon, who continues to refuse/be unable to disengage from the world as it is, refuses his invitation to join him in this act of comfort/denial even though it puts physical space between them, because he is prioritizing the flaws in what the situation (couch) actually is over what he thinks he should be able to get out of it, and also because it’s super gross. So the interaction becomes a microcosm of their conflict all season: Martin engaging in denial for comfort even if it ultimately makes the situation a little bit worse, and Jon finally setting a boundary by refusing to follow him. Jon said that you can’t trust comfort at the beginning of the season, and he continues to act according to that even as Martin tries to find ways around it–something that might just come to a head when they encounter Daisy and Basira, and Martin attempts to connect to the comfort of a friendship that is no longer safe.  Or, you know. Maybe it’s just a gross couch. 

Free pic of my cat Casper

Honestly as a blind person I’m so tired of seeing fictional blind characters who don’t use white canes or other guides. “They have special powers so they know what’s around them” or “they’re confident enough to not need a guide” are common tropes, and I’m tired.

Are people scared that using a white cane will make their blind character seem weak? They can’t use a cane because they’re so special that they already know what’s around them, and other blind people who use guides are inferior because they’re not special?

I’m tired. Give your blind characters white canes and other guides. Let them hold onto their friends, let them have guide dogs. Don’t make white cane users feel ostracized for not being “strong enough” to go without.

Another thing that pisses me off is when a sighted character comes up with the fantasy equivalent of braille and teaches it to the blind character. Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a blind man, in 1824. The blind character should be the one coming up with it.

Tldr I’m blind and tired of sighted people lol

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Avatar of the eye, but it’s me at my art studio monitor job trying to see if I can watch all 36 cameras simultaneously 

the unholy trinity of piss-poor caretakers, tag yourself:

tomboy, meaning "this child is clearly queer but let's hope it goes away"

sensitive, meaning "clearly neurodivergent and often distressed but let's keep going until they grow numb"

mature, meaning "traumatized but let's ignore that"

Dog refuses to get out of bed then proceeds to fall asleep looking after baby

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