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[submitted] Little Wrestlers Spark Big Controversy

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[submitted] Little Wrestlers Spark Big Controversy

Postby USS Monitor » Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:18 pm

Little Wrestlers Spark Big Controversy

[desc]A dwarf wrestling tour was cut short after advocacy groups complained that it was demeaning.

[option]"Just look at this!" fumes three-foot tall disabled rights activist @@RANDOMNAME@@, waving around a poster that you can't see over the top of your desk. "This isn't a sporting event; this is a modern-day freak show. It even says they have a 'midget toss'! I know the wrestlers agreed to participate, but they aren't the only ones that have to live with the dehumanizing stereotypes. @@NAME@@ shouldn't tolerate entertainment that pokes fun at people for their size or disabilities."
[effect]people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size

[option]Suddenly, you see a diminutive wrestler in brightly-colored spandex hurtling toward you as someone tosses @@HIM@@ onto your desk and @@HE@@ knocks all your papers onto the floor. "Ha! What fun is life if you can't laugh at yourself?" @@HE@@ says. "Maybe wrestling isn't for everyone, but it's a lot better than being unemployed or having some boring office job. Instead of telling us what we can't do, why don't you give us some support and let us show everyone what we can do."
[effect]dwarf wrestling is a smash hit

"You're all thinking too small," slobbers creepy endocrinologist @@RANDOMNAME@@, leering down over the head of the wrestler and gesticulating erratically. "You've got to look at the big picture. We wouldn't have to worry about any of this if we had a cure for dwarfism, right? Well, I've just made a huge breakthrough in hormone treatments that would allow all these people to grow to a normal height. All I need is some funding to make my project a reality. Yes, that's all..." @@HE@@ cackles maniacally, though it's not clear what is so funny.
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Sometime around a year or two back -- it was around this time of year, but I do not remember if it was 2016 or 2017 -- I wrote an issue about freak shows, but wasn't really happy with it and never submitted it. Then earlier this fall I thought of revisiting it, but I thought it was a bit dated since freak shows have gone out of style so much. Around the same time, there was an NSG thread about a dwarf wrestling event that was cancelled for being insensitive, so I decided to do a draft about that instead of the freak shows. I am not sure if this draft strikes quite the right balance between humor and tastefulness, but I figured I'd put it up and start collecting feedback.

Little Wrestlers Spark Big Controversy

[desc]A dwarf wrestling tour was cut short after advocacy groups complained that it was demeaning.

[option]"Just look at this!" fumes three-foot tall disabled rights activist @@RANDOMNAME@@, waving around a poster that you can't see over the top of your desk. "This isn't a sporting event; this is a modern-day freak show. It even says they have a 'midget toss'! I know the wrestlers agreed to participate, but they aren't the only ones that have to live with the dehumanizing stereotypes. @@NAME@@ shouldn't tolerate entertainment that pokes fun at people for their size or disabilities."
[effect]people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size

[option]Suddenly, you see a diminutive wrestler in brightly-colored spandex hurtling toward you as someone tosses @@HIM@@ onto your desk and @@HE@@ knocks all your papers onto the floor. "Ha! What fun is life if you can't laugh at yourself?" @@HE@@ says. "Maybe wrestling isn't for everyone, but it's a lot better than being unemployed or having some boring office job. Instead of telling us what we can't do, why don't you give us some support and let us show everyone what we can do."
[effect]dwarf wrestling is a smash hit

"You're all thinking too small," says creepy endocrinologist @@RANDOMNAME@@, leering down over the head of the wrestler. "You've got to look at the big picture. We wouldn't have to worry about any of this if we had a cure for dwarfism, right? Well, I've just made a huge breakthrough in hormone treatments that would allow all these people to grow to a normal height. All I need is some funding to make my project a reality."
endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study


I am aware that the macros will make both the first two speakers the same gender every time. I am OK with that.
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Postby Australian rePublic » Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:26 pm

Why is dwarf wrestling differemt from other types of wrestling?

I think you're better off dealing with dwarf tossing
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Postby Trotterdam » Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:35 pm

Well, you can't very well have midgets wrestle in the same brackets as normal-sized people. It wouldn't be fair. We divide wrestlers by weight class over far less sizable differences.

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Postby USS Monitor » Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:27 pm

Australian rePublic wrote:Why is dwarf wrestling differemt from other types of wrestling?

I think you're better off dealing with dwarf tossing


The event that inspired this actually did have a "midget toss." That and the tone of the advertising were what offended people. The UK basically got this issue and chose option 1 -- though it was settled without going all the way to the prime minister.
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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:23 pm

USS Monitor wrote:
Australian rePublic wrote:Why is dwarf wrestling differemt from other types of wrestling?

I think you're better off dealing with dwarf tossing


The event that inspired this actually did have a "midget toss." That and the tone of the advertising were what offended people. The UK basically got this issue and chose option 1 -- though it was settled without going all the way to the prime minister.

Yea, but wrestling=/=tossing
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Postby USS Monitor » Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:19 pm

Australian rePublic wrote:
USS Monitor wrote:
The event that inspired this actually did have a "midget toss." That and the tone of the advertising were what offended people. The UK basically got this issue and chose option 1 -- though it was settled without going all the way to the prime minister.

Yea, but wrestling=/=tossing


The event that was canceled included both wrestling AND tossing: wrestling as the main event, "midget toss" on the side. The tossing part is mentioned in option 1. Providing additional info in the options like this has been done before in "Flash, AAAARGH!"

Regardless, I don't think it's that hard to understand that this is a question about using little people for trashy entertainment.
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Postby Sacara » Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:35 pm

I'd just making the speaker in option three crazy because I'm not sure that it is actually a real thing making dwarfs tall. ;) It could add a lot of humor.
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Postby Candlewhisper Archive » Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:09 am

I love the way this issue is written, and totally agree that the narrative expanding as the issue proceeds is totally fine.

The trick is having an opening that sets the situation out without feeling incomplete, which you've done/ Adding info afterwards is a good thing to do, so long as the opening is there as a solid base.

Gotta say, I love this issue concept all over.
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Postby USS Monitor » Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:07 am

So... I'm probably going to emphasize the last speaker's screwiness a little more besides just calling him "creepy." Any other tinkering I should do?
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Postby Jutsa » Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:08 pm

I'm probably going to emphasize the last speaker's screwiness a little more besides just calling him "creepy."
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Naeh, I've not got much to add. Such is the case with most if not all of your drafts. :)
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Postby USS Monitor » Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:19 pm

Jutsa wrote:
I'm probably going to emphasize the last speaker's screwiness a little more besides just calling him "creepy."
:rofl:

Naeh, I've not got much to add. Such is the case with most if not all of your drafts. :)


I just never know if nobody's commenting because it's good the way it is, or if people are not interested, or what. I'll go tweak that option now...
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Postby Jutsa » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:36 am

If I may be frank, it doesn't grasp me that much, but that's mostly because I'm weird and am not a huge sports fanatic.

Still, I assure you it's very good. :)
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Postby The New California Republic » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:45 am

USS Monitor wrote:
Australian rePublic wrote:Why is dwarf wrestling differemt from other types of wrestling?

I think you're better off dealing with dwarf tossing


The event that inspired this actually did have a "midget toss." That and the tone of the advertising were what offended people. The UK basically got this issue and chose option 1 -- though it was settled without going all the way to the prime minister.

I saw the thread title alone and I instantly knew that was the inspiration for this. I'd love to have this as an issue.

I'll have a proper read through the options later, I'm sure that work wouldn't like me debating something to do with dwarf wrestling during work hours. HR would likely get involved.
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Postby USS Monitor » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:10 am

The New California Republic wrote:I'll have a proper read through the options later, I'm sure that work wouldn't like me debating something to do with dwarf wrestling during work hours. HR would likely get involved.


Yeah, understandable. :lol:
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Postby USS Monitor » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:48 am

Last call on this.
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Postby The New California Republic » Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:10 am

USS Monitor wrote:Last call on this.

I had a look over it, and there is nothing in particular that I'd change. Can't wait to see this in my issues queue.
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Wave on, wave on
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