The prompt -- and many anons are, however, going way out of their way to demonstrate that they do assume character x wants to be cured. Which can be an ablist assumption. Some people with disabilities seek cures. Many, many do not. However, the default assumption that someone with a disability must want a cure is ablist. And at this point, I am really really not willing or able to give anyone the benefit of the doubt on that one, given other comments made.
Given the OP's recent comments about wanting a "fantasy happy-ending" and all that entails, not giving the benefit of the doubt seems to be the way to go...
... do I need to point out that it is a "fantasy happy-ending" and not everyone's happy endings are going to be the same?
Ask yourself this: would you feel the same if the prompt had had been written so that the person with the disability was not cured, and they lived happily ever after with the disease?
If the answer is 'no, it would not bother me', then you are a disableist - because you cannot accept that some people do want to be cured.
As another anon mentioned, the OP didn't state what the other character wanted, and as someone else (perhaps the OP) mentioned, the prompt states no where that the disease is actually cured.
You are, in fact, assuming an ending to a fic that was never written.
Agree: that is an ableist assumption; not all who are diseased/disabled seek cures. Some do, some don't.
Disagree: the prompt does not call for it. The prompt, as I read it, is asking if Harry can even offer the cure, and if he decides he can risk it - which for Harry is the more likely possibility, depending on circumstances and how deep this "bond" goes - how does he go about accomplishing that. The prompt asks: "if he does [ie: if he can go through with the cure], will he tell the one he cures?"
The obvious "other question" there is will he go through with it and tell the other character. I'm willing to give the OP the benefit of the doubt in cutting questions that were opposite to each other to cut down on length, though I do doubt the decision of which questions he/she actually used...
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(frozen) Re: You should have said something...
Date: 2011-03-18 01:12 am (UTC)(frozen) Re: You should have said something...
Date: 2011-03-18 01:18 am (UTC)(frozen) Re: You should have said something...
Date: 2011-03-18 01:22 am (UTC)Ask yourself this: would you feel the same if the prompt had had been written so that the person with the disability was not cured, and they lived happily ever after with the disease?
If the answer is 'no, it would not bother me', then you are a disableist - because you cannot accept that some people do want to be cured.
As another anon mentioned, the OP didn't state what the other character wanted, and as someone else (perhaps the OP) mentioned, the prompt states no where that the disease is actually cured.
You are, in fact, assuming an ending to a fic that was never written.
(frozen) Re: You should have said something...
Date: 2011-03-18 01:49 am (UTC)Disagree: the prompt does not call for it. The prompt, as I read it, is asking if Harry can even offer the cure, and if he decides he can risk it - which for Harry is the more likely possibility, depending on circumstances and how deep this "bond" goes - how does he go about accomplishing that. The prompt asks: "if he does [ie: if he can go through with the cure], will he tell the one he cures?"
The obvious "other question" there is will he go through with it and tell the other character. I'm willing to give the OP the benefit of the doubt in cutting questions that were opposite to each other to cut down on length, though I do doubt the decision of which questions he/she actually used...