#viktor
an appreciation of viktor’s wonderful little expressions
Take a smoke break with Heimerdinger’s TA.
mechanized heart
I’m sorry I’ve got to the point where I’m too involved into that character and I need to get this out of my systeme.
The thing is : Everybody do what they want, they draw any character the way they want, the ship who they want, that’s the power of fandom. BUT. The fact that Viktor is canonically disabled and I saw many fanart drawing him standing on his 2 legs, or using the medical back brace as a sexy outfit… That make me uncomfortable.
We get so few disabled character, it’s a big part of him, I wish it was more represented. Last time I was looking for information on Viktor and I’ve stumbled accross a conversation where someone where convinced that his leg brace was, in fact, a robotic leg. We got so little representation that people aren’t able to recognice a leg brace. It’s no surprise it got over looked in some fanarts and fanfictions I guess.
Do whatever you want, there is no fandom police. But I wish more people would document themselves on disability and how it impact a character life in the tinyest part of his dailylife. You could use the back brace as a sexy thing but maybe consider what it mean for Viktor to put it down (If he is wearing it all the day, I can imagine he have to keep it even for sexy time ?). Consider what it mean to have to use a crutche all the time and how it impact the rest of the body, the pain it cause. It’s not only having to walk slowly. It’s has so many impact on the daily life. You can’t use the same things that other, environnement isn’t accessible…
Idk. Do what you want but please don’t erase the disability side of Viktor.