I have so many feelings about Mithrun, I have so many feelings about Kui's treatment of him as a character. And while, yes, I have said a good amount about how he's written I am also very much affected by the ways he's presented visually. It's important, considering both that manga is a visual medium and that Mithrun put so much on his appearance and conformity to the high standards of his family and culture.
I love him...
every time i try to make a cohesive mithrun + disability post i just end up rambling because ??? he's so good??? a disabled character who doesn't magically become abled at the end of the story?? a disabled character whom people respect (and Pattadol explicitly says she does in the Handbook) and look up to?? a disabled character in a role of power where yes his disability DOES stop him and yes he DOES need accommodations in order to fulfill that role?? a passively suicidal disabled character with self harm scars?? a disabled character who requires caregiving and isn't infantilized for it by the rest of the cast??
he's so GOOD. i love him your honour
sorry since realizing my gender i have zero tolerance for the whole “man hating” angle of being queer i hate i hate it i hate you. stop. you are hurting people.
i just. speaking up for trans men and getting hit with “imagine defending men” as a reply has enraged me deeply on this day
it’s very “yall only consider trans men real men when it hurts us.” we experience misogyny until we try to speak on it, and then we’re invading women’s spaces. we’re not men when we don’t pass well but we’re men the second we’re looking for queer community and are faced with “men and mascs not allowed” i’m tired
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literally this. when i replied to “imagine standing up for men” saying that trans men deserve to be fought for too, i got hit with “nobody says trans men don’t belong in queer spaces” except a lot of queer & feminist spaces, especially online, actively villainize being a man and dump you the second you transition. it’s gross.
