my opinion on just the slur moment is really mixed too, i think overall im glad they did it, bcs viks story very very explicitly being about ableism is sooo fucking like i have a white knuckle gorilla grip on it at all times if you didnt already notice. and you cant have a political conflict story without any social inequality whatsoever, that just doesnt work. they had to pick a group to have shit happen to them, and they picked a working class who are forced to live in such disgusting horrendous conditions that a lot of them end up disabled

within the context of the absolute nuclear horrendous takes that are ''diversity was important to us and theres no oppression in this world <3'' and ''a word for gay probably doesnt exist in this world bcs gay people arent oppressed'' though... the stuff vik has going on loses some of its ugly-catharsis points because that way of thinking just displays a fundamental lack of understanding of how cultures and identities form

the twitter thread that explained the writing teams stance towards inclusivity and a lack of oppression in runeterra bcs its a Fantasy World while not giving any mention to the ableism and classism they absolutely did choose to include and turn into major worldbuilding and plot details... it makes me move away from the writers having a necessary understanding of their duty of care towards disabled experiences (and the experiences of other irl disenfranchised groups) and. in the direction of ''they made him say that about himself just to be shocking or something'' or even worse ''they dont know thats a slur to begin with'' or ''they dont care or someone forgot that disabled people actually like. exist irl and are watching their show too''