A disability prospective

Rating: 2/10 (25 June 2016)

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I do wish Me Before You story wasn't about him choosing to die, but choosing to live, but then, that isn't very romantic. Just like my real story isn't. But, maybe someone ( like one of us or someone who get us) can romanticize our stories and have us, I dunno, live?!* (*Awesome authors that tackle disability with romance: Kody Kepliner, Ava Jae, Leigh Bardugo & Francesca Lia Block)
I want more stories like mine out there. I want them made to be romantic without death or the old tropes! I think this can happen when we look at WHY the tropes that hurt us or offend us exist and then work on changing them!
So where does this lead this Me Before You, this rare glamorous and romantic depiction of what I, and others, live through with disability and chronic pain?
I dunno. Maybe Emilia Clarke will win an Oscar. (Hopefully, because you know, I hear she's so short and almost ugly. It was so nice of Hollywood to give her that role. Maybe they Hollywood can stop congratulating themselves for hiring "non-supermodels" and start hiring disabled actors, writers, directors and they really feel morally superior like the 90210 kids. )
As for me I'll be watching Game of Thrones. This mama loves The Mother of Dragons. She is literally a guilty pleasure, this tiny blonde girl that mostly rescues brown people. I know there are people of color that hate this about Game of Thrones. They should. We all should keep challenging writers about the harmful tropes.
But, I will end with a Game of Thrones plot point:
Last week was probably the third The Queen of Dragons/ Khalessi burned rapists and demanded liberation for all women and slaves. I literally cry (like a girl at a romantic date movie) every time because I'm so moved.