ext_74: Baron Samadai in cat form (City of Heroes)
silicon_shaman ([identity profile] siliconshaman.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2014-05-30 11:30 am (UTC)

You know, I'd like to see a superhero [or hera] who's power come about because of their disability.. not in a DareDevil sort of way, which is more a common origin, but more like: Well, for example, imagine a tetra-paraplegic with a powered exoskeleton controlled by brain/machine interface... now imagine she/he built that themselves and just kept tinkering with it. Add in a dash of super-science and give it tactical mounts for weapons... and boom, sort of ironman.

Or if you want to go down another route, given the sort of will-power that's needed to overcome disabilities and function in a world designed for able-bodied people, imagine that with even a touch of psi or magic! You ccould go a long way with a little of that and lot of stubborn.

My point being, I'm sick of seeing disabilities touted as handicaps to be overcome, or flaws to balance out superpowers. It takes a near-superhuman effort to adapt and move past being disabled into differently able [or so I'm told]... what if they just kept on going? What if, that is what makes them super?

What if they were just people who took the stick they'd just been handed the shitty end of, and used it to beat life with it?!

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