I want to know what makes Cyborg good repsentation for the physically disabled when he's physically more machine than human.
Knowing that there have been recounts told by disabled individuals of little kids pointing to their prosthetic and saying " look a robot" or that they get stares or that they struggle with the prostetic not being as close to human looking as possible, why would a character who looks less human than humanly possible be good repsentation... b/c I'm finding it hard to see what makes Cyborg different from Sophia the Robot outside of the fact that one is essentially real and the other is a comic character with abilties.
If Cyborg showed more flesh and was actually half man and half machine, I probably would not be questioning if he is good representation or not but he has the same amount of skin as an actual robot does.
When does Cyborg stop being considered human and start being considered what he actually looks like i.e a robot.
I guess that man vs machine storyline really is necessary...
Not his solo no, but he still only has one side of his face showing his blackness in the Justice League comics so my point still stands.
And it's not about him being marketed to physically disabled people so much as it's an either or type of situation with DC.
In comics him being a racial minority is what's benefiting the character, outside of comics, specifically in live action him being disabled is marketed, his racial minority status used to be acknowledged until that Justice League teaser trailer came out and then all talk seemed to be about physical disabilities, and the fact that he is a poc went straight out the window.
In a perfect world Cyborg would be acknowledged as both a poc (specifically black) and disabled but he's not, so I'm gonna side eye DC.
I already know this, although I did not know David Wlaker kind of revisted that ...but this is ultimately what the writers are doing and not what DC as a company is doing or pushing.
As stated Cyborg is where he is b/c of his race, and when it was first revealed that Cyborg was getting his own movie, his race was acknowledged and his race kept being the only thing that was acknowledged from the company to the media outlets but then as soon as that Justice League teaser trailer hit, it changed and now it's only about what Cyborg represents for the physically disabled and what he represents racially is never brought up anymore or as often.
So it's not about me thinking DC is pulling this out of their ass, but me thinking they're fake.