crippled crusaders: disability representation in the superhero genre by cassandra nicol is a central inspiration to my reading of charles xavier's disability (as is the text itself).
is he ever "re-abled”, or is his disability a chronic illness that dramatically waxes + wanes? 🧵
(this is a repost of a past thread posted on the account i used while this account was suspended, but w/ some important additions! so if you think you've read some of this before, you might've lol)

#xspoilers sooo like
1: erik was, imo, pretty on track about pietro being bad for wanda, but he didn't need to say all that about resurrection. HOWEVER i don't think it's as cut and dry a situation as "he would not fucking say that". i CAN see a (cruel) logic behind his words 1/? #xspoilers erik doesn't blame wanda for HoM — he blames himself + *he blames pietro*. pietro didnt take responsibility for HoM the way wanda did (the way wanda HAD to). *wanda* had to "earn" her right to be unexiled from krakoa/mutantdom, an exile erik didn't believe she deserved

its NOT that serious so dpmo, but the "no REAL xmen/comics fan likes xavier" posts have me rolling my eyes. its just untrue + tells me that many have a blind spot in their knowledge/experience in xmen/xmen comics fandom's present + past. i have thoughts abt that. as per usual. 🧵 i love exploring x-men fandom history + i've been noting instances of That One Bitch That Don't Play About 616 Charles Xavier as far back as the 60s. i'm surrounded by their descendents online. fans who started with movies, started with comics, or both at the same time.

ppl are really out here like "you dont know what ableism means" while having no community with disabled ppl + activists. actively engaging in online harassment of ppl within and adjacent to those circles. spending more time denying ableism than identifying it. hows that work. so many of the lefties who rage at people for not reading the literature before you start shooting off at the mouth about [leftie ideology of your choice here] RECOIL at the very idea of listening to a disabled person speak on ableism without laughing in their face

blacktober got me thinking about my existing headcanons so i thought id expand on things re: the magnus family (1 / however long this is going to take) my erik is ethiopian jewish on his dads side + (polish) ashkenazi & amazigh jewish on his mothers. eriks personal identity as a black person is primarily experienced through a jewish, african, & european lense, as those are the communities he is grew up with. (...)