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I am both repulsed and intrigued. And hungry. 2. We have issues:
Amand-r: I bet Rhys is the occasional cuddler.
Foxy: Rhys, yeah.
Amand-r: with his massive bear paws.
Foxy: MAUL MAUL MAUL
Amand-r: he and Jack should get into one of those girly slap fights with their giant man hands. It'd be like if you and I strapped tennis rackets on our
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I found a good Time article that may be worth reading in your case. TL;DR, the only issue people had with the commercial was the notion of giving false hope.
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On the other hand, I kind of agree with the author of the article. I'd never seen the commercial before. There has to be some sort of happy medium between the two viewpoints, though. It's NOT just around the corner, but it could happen someday, so there has to be some balance.
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Brief thoughts: No one in the "transabled" community should be offended by an ending where one gets to walk away from their chair. There are some who can honestly say that their lives are better as a result of their injury than it would have been before. But we live in a time where hardly anything is wheelchair accessible and in some cases even "wheelchair accessible" locations can make one feel like a second class citizen, even if they're otherwise completely independent.
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That was some of what I was getting over there and I didn't want to harsh that vibe.
Or rather, I think I'm pretty confident in my approach now, but I want to keep that alternate vp in my head when I write.
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I personally spent over two years in a wheelchair, and would have given it up in a half-second.
One thing that truly pissed me off was when people would say things like, 'Wish I had a wheelchair so I could *whatever*!'
If only they knew...
Anyway, I can walk (not that particularly well) now, and I never want to have to use that chair again. Go for that fic!
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I appreciate your comments. I really was unsure if I was handling the situation in an insensitive manner, but everyone seems to be in agreement about it. I shall forge ahead with the original plan.
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Anyway, today I might comment on some cool feature of a wheelchair, but I can see how that could come off as patronizing. We're not kids anymore, so yeah, I don't know if it's better to ignore the chair or what.
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