#mostly started with thinking abt the parallels between sura and ortega and how they choose to deal with their disability

[autistic-sidestep]

someone remind me to write up my fh disability theory reading meta at some point

#ive got something. it's gonna overlap a bunch with the transhumanism theme and discuss ortegas internalised ableism #alongside the allegories of the enhanced for disability + racism/disability/poverty/queerness (cigs inherent queerness of fh post is inspo) #mostly started with thinking abt the parallels between sura and ortega and how they choose to deal with their disability #some similar and some wildly different #i love that so much of the cast is disabled and in such a variety of ways #owl lost her legs during the nanosurge and ortegas highly experimental mods let them walk again and enhance their agility/strength #+ other things (at Extreme cost.) #chen is multiply disabled with the multiple amputations and the gut issues #argents got the nanovore stuff and chronic pain #sidestep is autistic coded! also the paingate being broken can be an allegory for chronic pain/fatigue. no longer being able to push through #like they used to. #ramblings #fh meta