I think the issue for me the ratio of "character is temporarily disabled" to "character is permanently disabled…
Exactly, and you're right, we learn about the surgery, but it's never a lead-up or main point (almost making us, the audience blindsighted). While at the same time cheaply using blindness as a plot point, in hindsight almost as if it was always meant to be something that could be shaken off at any moment. Disability was never a real thing in Last Twilight, they just sold it to us as if it were, and thought we wouldn't notice, but luckily a few of us did.
I think the issue for me the ratio of "character is temporarily disabled" to "character is permanently disabled…
Absolutely. For me too, the ending was very ableist. And apart from this even if we look from a good storytelling point of view, the question arises: What was the point of this journey? What was the point of this story? Shouldn't we have been told or at least made aware of how temporary this disability was? And why was Mhok always made to apologize? A narrative is good when the plot makes sense, when it doesn't, it may still be a good plot, but it definitely is a very poorly written script, and I for one am completely for the outrage. This isn't how you showcase disability as a focal point of view in a series. This was clearly made by an able team, with able actors for able people.
I think a lot of the conversations around the last twilight finale are lacking important nuance. it's important to recognize the different experiences of disabled people. for disabled people who have no chances of "recovery" or becoming nondisabled, this kind of plotline can be incredibly upsetting, as it frames being cured as the thing that leads to a happy ending. especially after the series focused so much on learning to live a good and happy life while disabled (blind), to have the character suddenly cured of their disability – that hurts. living good, happy and fulfilling lives with lifelong disabilities is possible, and is the reality for so many disabled people.
it's also not the only reality. there are a lot of people who become temporarily disabled, and have to find ways to live well while they are, but then later recover. this kind of plotline reflects their experience and may be comforting.
but there needs to be nuance and respect in the conversations about it. permanently disabled people are allowed to be upset and hurt by the way the disability plot was handled. it feels like a kick to the gut for a lot of us. but we still need to acknowledge that it does accurately reflect the experience of many people who experience temporary disability. both of these things can be true.
The demarcation is how it is handled in the narrative. And here it was handled appallingly, making us who found the last episodes disappointing question what was the purpose of this entire journey. (If we are getting into facts, a cornea eye surgery can happen in only 2 months as well (with almmost no wait time in some countries), and as many have pointed out Day is rich, he should have gotten it quicker instead of the plot spending so much time showing us "representation" of blind people).
And again, having different opinions doesn't make anyone a hater.
I'm pretty sure they portrayed Day being blind as a message of hope like you said. His life after the 3 years…
No offense taken, I'm just not sure, why you are so after my opinion and interpretation when I clearly have no objection to however you want to see the ending??
Having a debate about whether getting back his vision made his life better or not, normal or abnormal, is something you should ask and answer yourself.
And finally, as a member of the audience, I have the right to interpret and voice my feelings any way I want, whether its "right" or "wrong" to you.
I'm pretty sure they portrayed Day being blind as a message of hope like you said. His life after the 3 years…
You are assuming so much about me, even with a grain of salt: "Saying I wanted something beautifully tragic".
I think after working in healthcare for many years interacting with patients and their friends and family, being blind or differently abled is not tragic at all. And if you have interacted with them, most if not almost all, differently-abled people will agree. Even though they will at times grieve their loss, and be angry at the world and yet they will not ever consider themselves a TRAGEDY and truly hate when other people consider them as such. They are happy, they have families who love them, they have jobs, they have hobbies and are fulfilled and content. Inherently abled people (like us) need to stop this feeling of something tragic associated with a handicap.
The word for what Last Twilight did in the finale is Ableism. And to clarify I'm not let down by Day recovering his sight, I'm sad by how we were made to grieve the loss of his eyesight, to come to love and appreciate life along with him despite the loss, and how indelicately the whole scenario of him getting his vision back was dealt with. This should have been done better.
The whole message of Last Twilight at the end became to be truly happy, satisfied, and content in life, you must be "NORMAL". Such a shitty way to end what was almost a perfect series.
Actually, results for corneal transplants are good, here's a study from Chula:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536876/However,…
True, but again, his blindness wasn't just "blindness" to me. It encompassed the feelings of isolation and segregation of differently-abled people regardless of the type of handicap. Just the ending felt very ableist, to me.
I don't think anyone out here is WANTING Day to STAY BLIND. I think we are saying that for a show, sending out a message, it would have been better to stay realistic. And to define realistic, I'm going to say, so yes while retina/eye correction surgery is very common, so is a majority of it not working out. And on a broader aspect blindness here in this show, reciprocated with me at least as something much greater, like something that labels people as DIFFERENT. Something that makes you feel 'less' than others.
AND AS A SERIES it just feels very disingenuous to have a specially-abled person as a protagonist, for the greater part, allowing us and him to accept the loss of something, to grieve with him, to love himself. just at the very end to say, nooooo the only way to a fulfilled life is to be "NORMAL".
And this is completely my own feelings and opinion. Anyone can absolutely disagree with it, and love the show and it's ending. I like Last Twilight, for disclaimer, just not how everything at the end was handled.
I can only say, I like it, not love it, even though I did love LT in the first half, This really could have panned out better. But at the end of the day, it's fiction, so it's understandable how far removed it is from reality. And perhaps subconsciously that's where I feel so let down. Just want to say for every specially-abled person out there, you are perfect just the way you are, and even if there comes no solution to solve an ailment, you are fully deserving of living a fulfilled and satisfied life, and you shall.
Somehow I'm still really interested in Way-Pete-Kenta storyline. And I wanna hate Way, but I just can't bring myself to. And there has to be some history between Pete-Way-Kenta. Pete looking at Way the way he is, Kenta not showing emotions in front of others but letting the mask slip when he interacts with Pete or sees Way getting abused by their Daddy. It's intriguing!
I love how on a website, (that's made literally for the opinions of people watching a drama or series), if you criticize or don't like something, and that's a completely personal opinion, you immediately get labeled as a "hater"! I guess, we are not allowed to have varied feelings or opinions anymore.
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Disability was never a real thing in Last Twilight, they just sold it to us as if it were, and thought we wouldn't notice, but luckily a few of us did.
it's also not the only reality. there are a lot of people who become temporarily disabled, and have to find ways to live well while they are, but then later recover. this kind of plotline reflects their experience and may be comforting.
but there needs to be nuance and respect in the conversations about it. permanently disabled people are allowed to be upset and hurt by the way the disability plot was handled. it feels like a kick to the gut for a lot of us. but we still need to acknowledge that it does accurately reflect the experience of many people who experience temporary disability. both of these things can be true.
The demarcation is how it is handled in the narrative. And here it was handled appallingly, making us who found the last episodes disappointing question what was the purpose of this entire journey.
(If we are getting into facts, a cornea eye surgery can happen in only 2 months as well (with almmost no wait time in some countries), and as many have pointed out Day is rich, he should have gotten it quicker instead of the plot spending so much time showing us "representation" of blind people).
And again, having different opinions doesn't make anyone a hater.
Having a debate about whether getting back his vision made his life better or not, normal or abnormal, is something you should ask and answer yourself.
And finally, as a member of the audience, I have the right to interpret and voice my feelings any way I want, whether its "right" or "wrong" to you.
I think after working in healthcare for many years interacting with patients and their friends and family, being blind or differently abled is not tragic at all. And if you have interacted with them, most if not almost all, differently-abled people will agree. Even though they will at times grieve their loss, and be angry at the world and yet they will not ever consider themselves a TRAGEDY and truly hate when other people consider them as such. They are happy, they have families who love them, they have jobs, they have hobbies and are fulfilled and content. Inherently abled people (like us) need to stop this feeling of something tragic associated with a handicap.
The word for what Last Twilight did in the finale is Ableism. And to clarify I'm not let down by Day recovering his sight, I'm sad by how we were made to grieve the loss of his eyesight, to come to love and appreciate life along with him despite the loss, and how indelicately the whole scenario of him getting his vision back was dealt with. This should have been done better.
The whole message of Last Twilight at the end became to be truly happy, satisfied, and content in life, you must be "NORMAL". Such a shitty way to end what was almost a perfect series.
AND AS A SERIES it just feels very disingenuous to have a specially-abled person as a protagonist, for the greater part, allowing us and him to accept the loss of something, to grieve with him, to love himself. just at the very end to say, nooooo the only way to a fulfilled life is to be "NORMAL".
And this is completely my own feelings and opinion. Anyone can absolutely disagree with it, and love the show and it's ending. I like Last Twilight, for disclaimer, just not how everything at the end was handled.