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She had Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

and I am TIRED of pretending like she didn't! she's who I had as chronic pain representation before I had characters like victor from arcane. SHE was the first time I saw someone with a "normal" body uncontrollably writhe in pain, who could barely walk sometimes because of it, who had their every waking moment effected by it.

"Every cell in my body is torn apart and stitched back together, over and over every day" This line, the delivery of it, the combination of it with everything we've seen of her, I felt it. I have been feeling it. I will continue to feel it every day of my life. Sure she might have fictional illness number 34462398573948 but if that's the closest we can get I'll take it.

Is she a villain who falls under the disability being the motive for villainy trope? Yes. but she is at least sympathetic and they spend enough time with her pain to make it relatable. Do I love that she's a villain? absolutely not, but I didn't really get a choice in picking who I see myself in. They don't make characters with pain like this, at least not enough for me to cherry pick my favorite. Genuinly the only other one I can think of right now is Viktor from arcane, who (spoiler alert) IS ALSO A VILLIAN even if he's better representation / even MORE sympathetic than miss ma'am over here.

Initial thoughts: Yelena looks like a goddess, Bob does not want to be here, Alexei and John are vibing together and Bucky’s hair is going through a mid-life crisis