It is not too much! I know you and I get where you're coming from. <3
TBH, my initial reaction to Dr. Poison in the movie was "What is this lady's deal? SHE LOOKS INTERESTING. I WANT TO KNOW THIS LADY'S DEAL." I felt like the movie didn't quite deliver on whatever it was that set that off for me, but I'm not sure I can articulate that with anything other than what I already said here.
When I went back online I saw that some of my friends with visible physical disabilities were more upset, some even viscerally upset, so I modified my opinion accordingly. Not everyone has to do that.
For full disclosure - the villain in my novel draft is an autistic woman who is more or less the mad scientist type, and who unleashes effects (not poison) on large areas with civilian populations in them. I love her, and I've spent a long time thinking about how to write her in a way that isn't total fail. So after watching and talking about Dr. Poison, the recognition was strong enough that some of those same thinky gears went compulsively back into motion. I didn't compose this post out of righteous indignation; I literally composed it in my head the night after seeing Wonder Woman because my disabled supervillain thinky gears would not shut up.
And you're right about pressure. When there's only one of a given thing and it's a badly needed social justice thing, pressure gets put on it to be everything to everyone. This is why I'm trying to be careful to always mention what I liked about the movie - I definitely liked it much more than I disliked it. At the same time, in a situation where all things made by humans are flawed, I think it can be worthwhile to have a reasoned discussion about what we've learned from the flaws of each one to carry forward with us.
If you can ever manage to articulate more of your Dr. Poison love, I would be interested to read about it <3
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TBH, my initial reaction to Dr. Poison in the movie was "What is this lady's deal? SHE LOOKS INTERESTING. I WANT TO KNOW THIS LADY'S DEAL." I felt like the movie didn't quite deliver on whatever it was that set that off for me, but I'm not sure I can articulate that with anything other than what I already said here.
When I went back online I saw that some of my friends with visible physical disabilities were more upset, some even viscerally upset, so I modified my opinion accordingly. Not everyone has to do that.
For full disclosure - the villain in my novel draft is an autistic woman who is more or less the mad scientist type, and who unleashes effects (not poison) on large areas with civilian populations in them. I love her, and I've spent a long time thinking about how to write her in a way that isn't total fail. So after watching and talking about Dr. Poison, the recognition was strong enough that some of those same thinky gears went compulsively back into motion. I didn't compose this post out of righteous indignation; I literally composed it in my head the night after seeing Wonder Woman because my disabled supervillain thinky gears would not shut up.
And you're right about pressure. When there's only one of a given thing and it's a badly needed social justice thing, pressure gets put on it to be everything to everyone. This is why I'm trying to be careful to always mention what I liked about the movie - I definitely liked it much more than I disliked it. At the same time, in a situation where all things made by humans are flawed, I think it can be worthwhile to have a reasoned discussion about what we've learned from the flaws of each one to carry forward with us.
If you can ever manage to articulate more of your Dr. Poison love, I would be interested to read about it <3