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capri0mniRed, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
Red, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
"Rainbows can happen any time
That sunlight passes through water."
"Do they always have the same colors?"
"Yes! and they're always in the same order.
One more time, sing the rainbow rhyme!"
Red, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
Red, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
___
Repeat -- ad nauseum. Nauseum, I tell you!
Send help.
___
Inspired by this article that I read just before BADD: Toward an Archetypal Psychology of Disability Based on the Hephaestus Myth:
It would be set in the present day, and all the characters would be human, rather than gods, but the themes are inspired by the myths.
Imagine James Bond-type storylines (or League of Gentlemen, or Justice League if you're more of the comic-book adventure type stories) told from the point of view of Q... Only "Q" is a lifelong-wheelchair user, and became a great inventor by necessity, when he figured out, as a kid, how to customize all his assistive tech... making his wheelchair into an advanced robot, etc. (Think KITT of Knight Rider but smaller, and built to be used indoors as well as out).
This was inspired by the fact that hardly anyone knows about Heph. But all the gods and heroes who are really famous? They owe their success and fame to him:
It could be snarky and spoofy, and the main set could be a wild workshop type place that could rival Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.... It could be a "workplace sitcom" like The Mary Tyler Moore show, sorta, where, instead of writers in a newsroom, you have geeky engineers building stuff, and having quirky conflicts, and solving problems, while the "Pretty face" heroes get all the attention and credit (like Ted Baxter)
Y/Y?
And all the disabled characters on the show would be played by disabled actors, rather tha TABS in cripface -- and yes, even actors with CP, who have funky posture, and trouble speaking, maybe... Hey, a girl can dream.
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In the 1510s it was spelled Geck, or Gek, and meant: "Village Idiot/Simpleton." ... Reading through Grimms' tales, just as an example, the behavior of the characters defined as "simpletons" (who are often the romantic leads, btw) show behaviors that would be recognized today as being on the autism spectrum -- taking idioms literally, being unable to "read" the true intentions of the more 'clever' handsome people who are trying to trick them, etc...
In the 1910's it meant: "Sideshow Freak" especially one who was put on stage to bite the heads off animals. ...meloukhia recently reminded me that these very same "sideshow freaks" were often disabled kids who'd bought from orphanages, where they'd been dumped.
In the 2010s, it means: someone lacking social graces, but especially skilled in engineering, sciences and computers (also, as a side definition, having an unusually deep knowledge of a narrow scope -- whether that language, or art history, or what have you). ... and in the 2000's, it began to be recognized that alot of those science, computer and engineering geeks probably fall somewhere on the autism spectrum (where obsessive attention to detail and keeping everything in the right order is a really good trait to have)... Which... takes us back to the definition of the 1510s.
...And 'round and round it goes... This last cut brought to you by a word-geek.
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
Red, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
"Rainbows can happen any time
That sunlight passes through water."
"Do they always have the same colors?"
"Yes! and they're always in the same order.
One more time, sing the rainbow rhyme!"
Red, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
Red, orange
Yellow, Green Blue
Indigo
And Violet, too!
___
Repeat -- ad nauseum. Nauseum, I tell you!
Send help.
___
Inspired by this article that I read just before BADD: Toward an Archetypal Psychology of Disability Based on the Hephaestus Myth:
It would be set in the present day, and all the characters would be human, rather than gods, but the themes are inspired by the myths.
Imagine James Bond-type storylines (or League of Gentlemen, or Justice League if you're more of the comic-book adventure type stories) told from the point of view of Q... Only "Q" is a lifelong-wheelchair user, and became a great inventor by necessity, when he figured out, as a kid, how to customize all his assistive tech... making his wheelchair into an advanced robot, etc. (Think KITT of Knight Rider but smaller, and built to be used indoors as well as out).
This was inspired by the fact that hardly anyone knows about Heph. But all the gods and heroes who are really famous? They owe their success and fame to him:
- Agomemnon's shield? Made by Hephaestos.
- Hermes' winged sandles? Made by Hephaestos.
- Athena's helmet? Made by Hephestos.
- Eros' arrows of Love and Hate? Made by Hephaestos.
It could be snarky and spoofy, and the main set could be a wild workshop type place that could rival Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.... It could be a "workplace sitcom" like The Mary Tyler Moore show, sorta, where, instead of writers in a newsroom, you have geeky engineers building stuff, and having quirky conflicts, and solving problems, while the "Pretty face" heroes get all the attention and credit (like Ted Baxter)
Y/Y?
And all the disabled characters on the show would be played by disabled actors, rather tha TABS in cripface -- and yes, even actors with CP, who have funky posture, and trouble speaking, maybe... Hey, a girl can dream.
___
In the 1510s it was spelled Geck, or Gek, and meant: "Village Idiot/Simpleton." ... Reading through Grimms' tales, just as an example, the behavior of the characters defined as "simpletons" (who are often the romantic leads, btw) show behaviors that would be recognized today as being on the autism spectrum -- taking idioms literally, being unable to "read" the true intentions of the more 'clever' handsome people who are trying to trick them, etc...
In the 1910's it meant: "Sideshow Freak" especially one who was put on stage to bite the heads off animals. ...
meloukhia recently reminded me that these very same "sideshow freaks" were often disabled kids who'd bought from orphanages, where they'd been dumped.In the 2010s, it means: someone lacking social graces, but especially skilled in engineering, sciences and computers (also, as a side definition, having an unusually deep knowledge of a narrow scope -- whether that language, or art history, or what have you). ... and in the 2000's, it began to be recognized that alot of those science, computer and engineering geeks probably fall somewhere on the autism spectrum (where obsessive attention to detail and keeping everything in the right order is a really good trait to have)... Which... takes us back to the definition of the 1510s.
...And 'round and round it goes... This last cut brought to you by a word-geek.
