celticpyro:

If some of y’all weren’t a bunch of cowards, we could have a
hero with a big, nasty scar. Not a cute little cut over one eye or across their
nose, I’m talking about people who have half their face burned off.

“Oh so like a gritty antihero who –“ NO I MEAN A BEAUTIFUL
RAY OF SUNSHINE WHO HAS HALF THEIR FACE BURNED OFF BECAUSE THEY GOT
INTO A BIG BLOODY BATTLE AGAINST THE EVIL BAD GUY. THEY’RE NOT CYNICAL OR
MEAN-SPIRITED OR BAD THEY’RE A TOTAL SWEETIE NOW SHUT UP AND MAKE IT YOU
COWARDS!

EDIT: Ugh, I hate the way I worded the OP. I hate it when
other people word posts like this and instead of simply suggesting “Hey, here’s
a character concept few people try that should be utilized more,” they attack people
for lacking that particular concept in their roster.

Anyway, I have read a few posts about how the only time you
see very badly, messily scarred or deformed characters are when said characters
happen to be villains, with very few exceptions (the one I can think of off the
top of my head being Quasi Modo), written by someone who works in a pediatric
burn unit ward. It upset me, reading about how negatively it affects little
kids and kind of made me think Hollywood and mainstream fictional media need to
stop reserving their heroic roles for only the most pristine-looking characters
(sure, there are exceptions, but not many).

Still, I hate how the initial post came out. Too accusatory,
too self-unaware and detached, everything I hate out of the average Tumblr
post.

So let me rephrase: You know what would be great? A badly
scarred character who isn’t a villain. Who isn’t even a gritty, cynical
antihero. Who isn’t even mean. No, a total ray of sunshine who’s sweet and kind
with a big nasty scar that mars up half their face. I don’t mean a cute little scar
over their eye or on the bridge of their nose either, I mean A BIG, NASTY,
IMPOSSIBLE-TO-IGNORE SCAR LIKE A BURN OR TORN-UP FLESH OR A BIG GASH OR PART OF
THEIR HAIR BEING MISSING BECAUSE THE SCALP WAS BURNT/RIPPED OFF DOWN TO THE
FOLICLE. And they’re a sweet, beautiful cinnamon roll all the while. I want
that.