This one is easy. Meet Nooj: important secondary character in FFX-2, leader of the Youth League, half of my OTP, and a double amputee. He lost all of his left arm and most of his left leg in battle sometime before the start of canon. Both limbs were replaced by mechanical prosthetics; these appear to be at least partially functional, but he does use a cane to walk. He also quite likely deals with depression (he is shown to be suicidal at different points in the game and through his backstory) and possibly also PTSD, although that's more speculative. Whenever I write Nooj in any kind of active context, I keep his physical limitations in mind, as well as what I imagine would be his frustrations with them.
There is also Auron, who is missing an eye; that tends to mostly be in the background, but I have sometimes dealt with his presumed lack of depth perception and peripheral vision. Same deal with Gippal.
I have contemplated writing a Nooj story for Festability, or at least linking some of my stories there, but two things have held me back: I always hesitate to get involved in projects that are Western-media centric because most participants won't know my source canon, and I'm having a hard time coming up with story ideas about "Nooj as disabled" that don't feel stilted and artificial. I work hard not to ignore Nooj's limitations, but they are only a part of who he is. There's Miracle, but that's a recovery fantasy and so probably not really what the fest organizers are looking for. The fest lasts through September, though, so I have time. Prompt ideas gladly entertained...
30 Days of Writing: Complete list of questions
So it's interesting to me, looking over the list of questions, that it includes this question about disabled characters, and another about writing men versus women, but there are no questions about writing characters of color, or LGBT characters, or any other issues of representation. Maybe I'll tackle those on my own another day.
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