Fair warning, I'm watching The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses this season to 100% be a hater. Not because of the questionable and disorienting animation decisions either.
This show looks like a cute romance #anime on the surface. But I'm #disabled so unfortunately, I see a lot more here and plan to take notes.
This show is based on a #shounen property, so it's marketed at younger guys. So essentially, this is a romantic power fantasy of a disabled woman — Mei is essentially legally blind — where said woman is dependent on the man to get through a lot of basic life tasks. When you start seeing a lot of that, or have experienced that kind of thing in real life, it quickly becomes almost impossible to enjoy.
There's a thing that happens in a lot of shows in general where someone who is called everything but disabled is considered cute despite their "quirks" and the like too. Think Komi Can't Communicate if you've seen it. Now, imagine if that main character weren't a conventionally attractive girl. Would the show still be a success? In Komi's case, that's part of why so many students flock to her!
This kind of thing was brought up back when #Wednesday first hit #Netflix too. How the behaviors people said were iconic were the kinds of things a lot of autistic kids were bullied for in school. How they're only considered "cool" now because of the conventionally attractive lady doing them.
I've got a feeling I'm going to have a LOT of criticisms about this show so buckle up and get ready to have your ableist mindsets challenged! #TheGirlILikeForgotHerGlasses
I wanted to try out that color wheel thing I've been seeing. I considered Edward Elric but decided to go back to my roots. So here's my girl Harley in her OG (best) costume!
I dunno if I'll actually continue with the other colors. I guess we'll see.
For orange, I did Velma! Possibly the character who awoken my love for nerdy girls. I'm worried I didn't make her look nerdy enough, though. That's something I'mma have to work on.
But I loved the opportunity to play around with translating her into a different style. It's definitely not her iconic haircut, but I think it works, too.