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june gloom

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198X millennial transfem furry degen
very post-left, liberals log off.
I like old shooters. Hail to the queen, baby.
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june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

able bodied people dream of fantastic superpowers like flight and super speed and shapeshifting. let us disabled folk have our goddamn power fantasies too. jfc

FANDOMSFANDFEMINISM
Disability isn't defined by "struggle" or suffering. Having a useful prosthetic doesn't make them not disabled. Get the fuck out of here with that.

ULTRAVIOLETCRUMBLE
DISABILITY ISN'T DEFINED BY SUFFERING OR STRUGGLE

LOVETHEMFIERCELY
I will also point out (quietly, because that last point was SO important) that choosing not to show it on screen does not necessarily indicate a lack of either adaptation or difficulty. It might simply be none of our business.

SATURNINEFELINE
Reblogging for that last comment...it's really creepy how voyeuristic people act about it sometimes. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean they're not struggling...and their apparent struggle or lack thereof isn't what "grants" them disabled status. It's the fact of having a disability.

BARLOWSTREET
Also that's just... not true. Hiccup DOES struggle sometimes and there's a couple instances of them[cont]

BARLOWSTREET
Also that's just... not true. Hiccup DOES struggle sometimes and there's a couple instances of them showing it. The Christmas special Gift of the Night Fury (which I am not even kidding, is canon, they reference it in the third movie) shows him having trouble on ice (you know, metal leg) and the movies do occasionally show him having a little trouble getting around.

A struggle because of a disability doesn't have to be the most extreme thing. It can be a little extra annoyance that just makes things a little harder, or makes someone not able to do things like others would. Like a movie not having captions so a Deaf/HoH person can't watch it.

PHOENIXONWHEELS
"But they have functional prosthetics so are they really disabled?"

Do you know the definition of the word disabled? Have you ever looked up what a disability is.

What the fuck is even happening here.

MISTAKESCONTINUETOBEMADE

Hey, you wanna know what another *incredibly common* disability is?[cont]

MISTAKESCONTINUETOBEMADE
Hey, you wanna know what another *incredibly common* disability is?[cont]

Glasses.

And yet they are ubiquitous. Glasses are relatively inexpensive, and there are opticals everywhere.

No one pities or tries to suggest that myopic or presbiopic people don't *actually* need their glasses. No one says they should "toughen up" or "try yoga" to fix their vision. People with glasses aren't asked "what happened" to them by strangers on the street.

Needing prescription glasses is the gold standard of how *all* disabilities should be treated.

So, why *aren't* they?

B-E-E-E-S
Just because you're not suffering from your disability doesn't mean you're not disabled. A happy person in a wheelchair is still disabled, someone with an invisible disability is s still disabled, someone like me, who has Tourettes but isn't bothered by it, *is still fucking disabled*.

Disability isn't a sliding scale depending on how much pain or discomfort you're in. jesus.

November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

"what radicalized you, June?"

shit like this did.

people use this exact same goddamn logic to tell me, a real human person, that i'm not really deaf because i wear a hearing aid. i've had people tell me my excruciating chronic pain is fake because i don't need my cane every day.

FANDOMSANDFEMINISM
What? Like, a disabled protagonist? How would that even work? How could someone with a disability be the hero in an action show?" local anime trash boy wonders while sitting next to his box sets of Full Metal Alchemist, showing no hint of irony or self awareness.

LAZDRAX
but is Ed really disabled? sure I get he Lost his arm and leg

but he's still able to move and do things perfectly

FANDOMSANDFEMINISM
He has prosthetics. Having prosthetic limbs (that more than once break and need repair) doesnt make him not disabled

LADYLOVEANDJUSTICE
It should also be noted that ed:

-had to undergo very painful surgery to get automail

-had to relearn how to write because of his[cont]

-had to relearn how to write because of his prosthesis (there's a post going around showing he had to switch hands etc.) and his handwriting is likely a lot worse due to that. This means automail isn't super good for delicate work, unsurprising, considering what it's made of.

-experiences phantom limb pain and therefore other associated stuff (this was really only shown in the manga)

[IMAGE: Edward from FMA is shown struggling with phantom pains in bed: ".....It hurts..."]

-cannot go anywhere too cold without changing his automail or he'll get really bad frost bite and it will stop working

-cannot go anywhere too hot, period, because the metal attached and under his skin will overheat and he will be badly burned

-reattachment is painful, but needs to be done[cont]

-Reattachment is painful, but needs to be done frequently if he breaks or outgrows his automail

- it's HEAVY so much so that the strain has the potential to cause stress on his body, enough that it's even theorized as possibly *stunting his growth*.

-it requires regular maintenance or it will break down, as shown when he forgets to do that and it... breaks down

-when it does need to be repaired, it takes time to do that, during which Ed uses regular prosthetics (that usually don't quite fit him).

-costs a lot of money (not a problem for Ed due to high state alchemist salary/having mechanics as surrgate family, but explicitly noted to being the reason why most people in the fmaverse stick to regular prosthetics along with the painful surgery)

So Ed *can't* actually do anything perfectly and experiences a lot of extra hassle, problems and pain people without automail don't have to deal with! And any advantages he does have are more suited to fighting than day to day life (being able to incorporate weapons/fake out people who want to blow up his arm).

Arakawa did her research and thought it through. Automail is by no means a magic cure that solves all problems associated with losing a limb.

CRUISINFORARUBBERMAN[cont]

CRUISINFORARUBBERMAN
[IMAGE: screenshot of two characters from How to Train your Dragon]

I'm kinda sad these two might not count.

FANDOMSANDFEMINISM
Why wouldn't they? Hiccup is missing a leg

CRUISINFORARUBBERMAN
But he doesn't struggle.

FANDOMSANDFEMINISM
Disability isn't defined by "struggle" or suffering.[cont]

November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

gonna tell my cousins' kids this was the Virtual Boy

November 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

i'm sure you don't take requests or anything but if you're looking for new material Aliens: Infestation for the DS is a goldmine for character profiles and text boxes

October 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM

june gloom

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October 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM

june gloom

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as someone who gets a lot of "bio matches the opinion"-type insults from libs dismissing my arguments, i think i can expertly say: no bio has matched the opinion as perfectly as this in some time.

October 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

without downloading anything, where are you mentally rn?

October 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

the absolute irony of "take a moment to review how you interact with users on this forum" because i pointed out how rude a moderator was being. i didn't even address the thinly-veiled threat he made, either.

October 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

ENDOOM is a lump that can be inserted into any .wad that shows an ASCII-based screen upon exiting the game. the stock Doom games have ones that look like the screenshot, but many wad makers make their own. you may have to turn on the option to display them depending on the source port.

October 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

"looking forward to the Star Wars 50th anniversary!!"

October 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

if you see this, QRT with a game that released the year you were born

October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

it always happens eventually: centrist shitlibs will ALWAYS devolve to transphobia, whether that's insulting you directly or pretending you're not "really" trans because they can't fathom a marginalized person disagreeing with them.

October 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

this u?

October 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

lol. keep chugging that Koolaid i guess

October 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM

june gloom

@junegloom.bsky.social

trans rights are human rights. if human rights are not a priority for self-described "lifelong liberals," then "lifelong liberals" are no different from Republicans in the ways that matter.

but saying that gets this feckless bitch to block you.