So... I did decide to join starbase_idic, after all.

[capri0mni]

It's a Star Trek-centric, but not Trek-exclusive community. I.D.I.C stands for: "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations," which Gene Roddenberry wrote into the original series as a Vulcan Ideal. You have to be a member to post, but you don't have to be a member to comment on posts (nudge-nudge [/attention-begging]).

And this:

Speciesism in Trek: Humans as Mary-Sues of the Universe?

is something I've wanted to say for some years now. So I joined and said it.

In a bit, I may post about the trope: "In the Future, all Disability will be gone (or irrelevant/merely cosmetic)."

And a bit later still, after the comm's got its feet underneath it, and is more or less steady, I may post about the costuming dilemma for people with visible disabilities who want to go to sci-fi cons and join in the dress-up.

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[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

In a bit, I may post about the trope: "In the Future, all Disability will be gone (or irrelevant/merely cosmetic)."

Have you ever read Anne McCaffrey's collection of short stories The Ship Who Sang?

the costuming dilemma for people with visible disabilities who want to go to sci-fi cons and join in the dress-up.

Which we've talked about before iirc. Hello Davros! ::facepalm::

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

I've apologised to the community for The Comment That Has Been Deleted And I'd Rather Not Discuss, but I felt I should apologise to you personally as well, because you invited me, as a member of your f'list, to contribute, and I totally screwed it up. Sorry.