“The language of command, of bending powerful institutions to your will. Many masks cover the inner truth of what you are trying to do in this moment.”- Brennan
it’s based kind of off the Divine Comedy! Dante’s divine comedy, that is. we read it last year and it broke us/pos we just. fucking ate that shit UP man, and we’re not even christian
i think more characters should have canes actually. theyre cool. theyre sexy. they can have swords in them. they come in any color u want.
alright I’m rbing to add onto this bc it’s getting way more attention than I ever expected and people seem to be more likely to check the rbs than the replies. plus I want people to be able to rb this version.
the point of this post is not swords. it is not how well someone can fight w a cane. the point is I want to see more disabled representation and I want to see characters who use canes and I want them to use them correctly and I want them to be just as fleshed out and interesting as their abled counterparts.
my cane user friend and I were talking abt sword canes just before I made the post so I tossed it in. I collect blades—knives, daggers, swords—and I’m also a disabled cane user who collects fancy canes. so I think combining the two is cool. I don’t even think they’d be good for self defense, I just think they’re a fun thing to show off to friends!
but this post has always, first and foremost, been abt mobility aids. this is abt being a young cane user who doesn’t see rep. I’d love to see highschool dramas where a character uses a cane but it’s not used to make u pity them, it’s just a regular part of their life. I wanna see fantasy cane users where the animal head handle speaks. I wanna see sci-fi cane users and cane users in romances and cane users in main roles.
I know abt canne de combat and bartitsu and the other fighting styles u can use a cane for. that’s never been what this post is abt. I just want to see myself in media.
everyone who rbs this version gets a kiss on the forehead
Having ADHD is so stupid bc you’ll be like “I’m gonna start this task at 3” and then 3 rolls around and the executive dysfunction doesn’t magically disappear like you told it to
me, ADHD™: i haven’t brushed my teeth in a week because of my executive dysfunction and for some reason i can’t remember to eat a single meal in a 3-day span
