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Aug. 14th, 2019 05:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethToday I am grrr about stories where people treat people like animals
which, duh, is the basic point of the story as far as I can see
that everyone else sees a Beast and the protagonist sees a someone
but it's enraging
and I keep being mad at the imaginary people
like they asked a veterinarian what to do
they'd have got a different answer if they'd asked someone who works with traumatised people with intellectual or cognitive impairments
but people in stories seldom do.
It's reminding me of the chained in a basement phase of Sara Lance's story on Arrow
where we're supposed to ever like her family again after they thought that was a good idea.
Even when someone is scared and confused and lashing out, that is not a helpful way.
These are not new problems, but story people treat them like they're new and shameful.
grrrrr.
which, duh, is the basic point of the story as far as I can see
that everyone else sees a Beast and the protagonist sees a someone
but it's enraging
and I keep being mad at the imaginary people
like they asked a veterinarian what to do
they'd have got a different answer if they'd asked someone who works with traumatised people with intellectual or cognitive impairments
but people in stories seldom do.
It's reminding me of the chained in a basement phase of Sara Lance's story on Arrow
where we're supposed to ever like her family again after they thought that was a good idea.
Even when someone is scared and confused and lashing out, that is not a helpful way.
These are not new problems, but story people treat them like they're new and shameful.
grrrrr.