Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Disability Representation, it's Super Effective!

 


Whenever any of my geeky interests collide with disability, a blog post is required.

I've been a Pokémon fan since shortly after the first games came to North America. One of my guilty pleasures is watching playthroughs of fan-made games on YouTube. 

I'm currently watching one of a game called Pokémon Flux, and there are two "fakemon" (fan-designed monsters) that are variants of two original Fighting types, Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, based on a wheelchair racer and amputee runner respectively, called Hitmonride and Hitmonbolt. 

I'm not posting photos, but will include a link to the game's wiki so you can see for yourselves. 

Never in a million years did I ever expect to see disabled Pokémon. Hats off to the creators. Very awesome! 

Cheers

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