month_of_meta is open for signups! I have Thoughts about disability* and control/balance in
Soul Eater. Should I explore and write about them?
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Should I write about disability in Soul Eater?
View Answers8! (Yes)
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You don't know how to deal with this. (No.)
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FOOL! My legend dates back to the 12th century and you have 12 episodes left!
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Dude, NO! Write about disability in AtLA instead
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*I'd say "mental illness" (or, to use canon terminology, "madness,") but the body horror kind of became essential to the analysis. There is, in fact, an intersection between non-neurotypicality and body horror in at least two characters, as well as someone with an impairment that the fandom labels obsessive-compulsive disorder but which is called "the madness of law" in-universe. (And actually, one of his cognitive Blue Screens of Death is to spit up blood and pass out, which fits into the body horror as well.)
ETA: Oh, goodness, I signed up for analyses of disability in
both Avatar: The Last Airbender and Soul Eater. This isn't as disastrous as it looks; the AtLA meta shouldn't be too hard to put together. If there's anyone who'd like to beta either one or discuss either with me while I'm writing, that would be awesome.