Temporary ABness / miracle cure in fantasies

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Amee that is horrible with your computer...I think I would die if that would happen to me. I do have everything on Memory sticks though and that's mostly what I work from.

As for the AB-ness, no, it doesn't have a dev appeal specifically but I can see the "fantasy" in it, that is why I also dabbled in it with that story but I made it happen with a reason and why he started having sensation and how he had to make a big decision, of course very fictional. I still enjoyed writing it and I did hopefully put enough dev moments in it as well.

I also hate inspiration porn when they show how someone can "walk" again or something like that, it has no dev appeal to me at all, just the opposite really.

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Nov 28, 2019 12:53:29 GMT -5 tc123 said:

It’s definitely not something that’s ever been part of my fantasies. In fact, my fantasies have to be so very realistic, a miracle AB moment/recovery would definitely ruin it for me.

Completely agree tc123 . I actually find my fantasies are less effective since being with my pwd partner as i know the realities.

[Enid]

I hated miracle cures even as a kid, although I have had some dreams where a para I knew was walking that it was ok.

Temporary "cure" stories can be fascinating if done well. In the Dark Angel fandom there were some interesting stories that explored the use of the exoskeleton and how it looked like a cure but it actually wasn't. And in the x-men fandom there's the serum that takes away Charle's telepathy but lets him walk.

[blueskye101]

Yea, instantly turns me off when a miracle cure going on. Exoskeleton not an issue because I know they are still disabled. Hate the drag up by the armpits dance at wedding stuff though.

[devogirl]

Totally agree! I hate the miracle cure in fiction in all its forms. Every time I encounter it in a novel it's because the author is not interested in the reality of disability, but is just using it to generate angst. Same with fake tech in sci fi like the exoskeleton. It has no relation to how real adaptive tech works, or how adaptive tech is part of real people's lives. It's just used like magic because the writers don't want to have to think about real limitations.