The people who portray mental and physical health issues as nothing more than a gimmick tend to be doing me a favour since it gives me a pretty good idea as to who I should avoid. Not just because it makes me cringe whenever I see someone pulling them off poorly but also because 'gimmicky' role-play isn't something I enjoy at all.
I hold the firm belief that such issues should be approached with care and dignity. Research should be done to ensure that it's being done tastefully. Furthermore, it's always baffled me when people make their character blind or an amputee but then give their character absolutely no drawbacks or ever twist it as an excuse to make their character even more gifted than everybody else.
It...ceases to be a disability at that point. If you're character is 'blind' but can see perfectly due to magic then it begs the question as to why they were made blind in the first place. To fish for sympathy, perhaps? To try and justify making their sense of sight even more powerful than most other character's sight?
That's my penny's worth.
I hold the firm belief that such issues should be approached with care and dignity. Research should be done to ensure that it's being done tastefully. Furthermore, it's always baffled me when people make their character blind or an amputee but then give their character absolutely no drawbacks or ever twist it as an excuse to make their character even more gifted than everybody else.
It...ceases to be a disability at that point. If you're character is 'blind' but can see perfectly due to magic then it begs the question as to why they were made blind in the first place. To fish for sympathy, perhaps? To try and justify making their sense of sight even more powerful than most other character's sight?
That's my penny's worth.
