there is a lot of misrepresentation/completely incorrect things both here and in the piece itself. the outfit does vaguely resemble a straitjacket, even if not intentional. this reinforces the stereotype of psych patients being dangerous as well as other things. - ThreadSky

fredrickdotkom.bsky.social • 79 days ago

there is a lot of misrepresentation/completely incorrect things both here and in the piece itself. the outfit does vaguely resemble a straitjacket, even if not intentional. this reinforces the stereotype of psych patients being dangerous as well as other things.

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fredrickdotkom.bsky.social•79 days ago

additionally, it seems you are trying to add hallucinations & dissociative alters to the mix too. that in and of itself is fine, but you NEED to do research for these things. dissociative alters aren’t just “alternate personalities”, they stem from severe trauma, & it seems like that was not taken—

fredrickdotkom.bsky.social•79 days ago

—into consideration here. the hallucinations COULD be fine, but with what you’ve given, this could be dangerous & feed into stereotypes if he starts interacting with them, depending on how they’re portrayed.

fredrickdotkom.bsky.social•79 days ago

both of those + the straitjacket-like outfit heavily feed into negative stereotypes about people w/mental health issues who need hospitalization being “insane”.

absolutely no hate to the art—your art here is great! but please take these things into account when creating a character like this

fredrickdotkom.bsky.social•79 days ago

additionally, this might just be a personal ick, but he IS a real person & I think it’s a little weird to do anything psychiatric like this with him because of that.

all of this is just my two cents, but I am a system who experiences hallucinations myself so I feel like my words have weight here

fredrickdotkom.bsky.social•79 days ago

this remark is also a little iffy & teetering on the edge of being ableist imho

(also, just something to note, but if Joe is working w/cdot, he likely wouldn’t be working w/Jonny. doctors specialize, & the only reason I can think of him being near both is him being an emergency room doctor.)

ramun3.bsky.social•79 days ago

i understand your concerns. I will be doing more research before posting about this again. thank you for bringing this to my attention.
I am also not mad, but I just want you to know I'm just having a little fun. I may change the characters so they're not replicas of real people as well

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