tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post2885799995790155056..comments2023-11-02T08:39:45.816-04:00Comments on En Violet: Kids Are DifferentKelsey (Dominique) Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646757546422013401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-12738334791253658912011-01-19T00:40:07.935-05:002011-01-19T00:40:07.935-05:00Vicki -- True, they couldn't escape Everything...Vicki -- True, they couldn't escape Everything Hugo supplied, though they did toss some things. I gave Hunchback, the original, a read. The number of words they have for disabilites in there is insane.<br /><br />Melissa -- Thanks. :)<br /><br />Tiana -- I think you raise a fair point. There is a possibility these things are being written and not published.Kelsey (Dominique) Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646757546422013401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-30598474070851320522011-01-18T11:40:58.328-05:002011-01-18T11:40:58.328-05:00I would love to read more books about people with ...I would love to read more books about people with disabilities, I just don't think I have the capacity to write one myself. (Does that make sense?) I think it has to be handled carefully, and everyone is so worried about offending anyone else, that it becomes really hard to get something like that published. Maybe people out there ARE writing those stories, they just aren't on the shelves because publishers don't know how to market it?Tiana Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568247032288076461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-23503248184551279922011-01-17T20:00:10.237-05:002011-01-17T20:00:10.237-05:00Honestly, I thought finding nemo was so powerful b...Honestly, I thought finding nemo was so powerful because nemo was disabled. <br /><br />God luck with your story!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-71615128386745527322011-01-17T19:15:26.029-05:002011-01-17T19:15:26.029-05:00Unfortunately there's become a fine line betwe...Unfortunately there's become a fine line between having a disabled character who has their own strengths, and having the token disabled character who does one thing. It's like there's extra effort involved to make that character and their disability truly part of the plot instead of, "Oh, yeah, and he's blind/deaf/etc."<br /><br />I totally agree that Quest for Camelot does this to an amazing effect. Garrett's abilities (brought on by his disabilities) are essential to the plot, as well as his character's development. However, the larger the group, the less I think his abilities would have been able to shine. With 2 or 4 characters, he's still an integral part to completing the mission. <br /><br />With 8 or 9 (Artie in Glee) it's more like, here's a character who has a disability and yet isn't so different from everyone else - he's still able to find his place, to "fit in". Yes, the plot of Glee is just about as different as you can get from Quest for Camelot, but I think therin lies the differences between areas in which a person with a disability can shine, as opposed to being the token handicap.<br /><br />Best of luck with your story!<br /><br />(Not bashing on Glee at all - I love it, but just showing it as an example.)<br /><br />(Also, Hunchback technically had an original story to stick to in which, yes, Esmeralda hooked up with Phoebes. Silly Victor Hugo, you should have known better.)Vicki S https://www.blogger.com/profile/01052645354767036185noreply@blogger.com