I Woke Up And Had A Moment Of Brilliancy

I woke up and had a moment of brilliancy

ah yes the three genders

-big boy

-big girl

-large mountain

Facts.

(disclaimer: this is me complimenting things Techno does that i specifically enjoy, not that other streamers don’t manage the same thing. support content creators! also i’m not begrudging Techno wanting to keep out of more competitive events like non-charity MCCs, that’s part of what makes me like him so much) 

watching lots of other perspectives for MCC15 has really made me appreciate Techno’s streaming style. it feels so low key but with the edge of competitiveness that keeps me invested. 

he is so dedicated to good content (thinking about when he spoke about not wanting to become a “tournament andy”) and that's always what is produced. while i love and appreciate all the streamers i’m watching today, none of them give the same level of satisfaction as watching a Techno Tournament TM. it’s not just to do with skill, which certainly adds to something like battle box which gets harder to watch when someone  isn’t doing as well as you know they can, but everything else he brings to a stream makes it even better. the (sometimes comically unrelated) commentary, the support and advice he gives to his teammates, interaction with chat, and the balance of competitiveness and avoiding toxicity. 

also more niche, there’s a specific way he moves his cursor to make it an incredibly smooth viewing experience. i can’t explain it entirely, but it just feels like getting in a car with great suspension, i’m sure there’s no particularly different graphics or settings he uses but it makes it so easy for me to remain involved. similarly, something that has been mentioned a lot that i think comes hand in hand with not having a facecam, is great awareness of his character’s body language. the far away technogaze, and the way he turns his head to look at other people is the height of humour in my mind and none one can convince me otherwise. 

I think a lot of abled people get confused about ableism because they fail to recognize how diverse a category disability is. There are so many kinds of disabilities - intellectual, sensory, motor, chronic illness, neurodivergence, limb differences, to name a few - and people in these categories will have different needs.

Which is why you often end up with disability advocates saying seemingly "contradictory" things. One group may be advocating for more support while another wants increased independence. People with a terminal illness will fight for a cure and more research whereas some ND/sensory disabilities want to stop having their experience medicalized, and so on. The kinds of ableism that people experience will also vary for that reason.

And having one kind of disability doesn't make you an expert on all of them! Which is why it's important to have diverse disability rep within organizations and groups. I've encountered organizations in the past that claim to be accessible/disability friendly because they have one disabled person on their board, only to find them woefully unequipped to deal with my very different disabilities.

This disability pride month I really encourage abled "allies" to examine the ways they try to flatten disability into a monolith and to make an effort to listen to and uplift diverse disabled voices.

one of the best things i’ve ever read

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30705746#bookmark-form