Canadian Journal of Disability Studies Published by the Canadian Disability Studies Association Association Canadienne des Études sur l’Incapacité Hosted by The University of Waterloo www.cjds.uwaterloo.ca This document has been made accessible and PDF/UA compliant by AbleDocs Inc. For more information go to https://www.abledocs.com Dreisinger, “Gimp Sue Gets the Girl” CJDS 8.2 (April 2019) Gimp Sue Gets the Girl: Disability in Twilight Fanfiction Olivia Dreisinger, Department of English Literature McGill University
[email protected] Abstract: While many fan studies scholars have written about the Mary Sue through gender and sexuality, disability is often entirely overlooked. I take up this gap in scholarship in the following paper, looking at the various intersections between disability and Twilight fanfiction. I look closely at two Disabled!Twilight fanfics written by disabled authors—LisbethsGirlfriend’s Forgive Me for Loving You, and The Plasma’s Coping with Change. Through their respective fics, these disabled Mary Sues, or Gimp Sues, address issues of sex, disability, and coming out, questioning just who has the right to tell stories, and what stories get told. Keywords: fanfiction; disability; gimp sue 96 Dreisinger, “Gimp Sue Gets the Girl” CJDS 8.2 (April 2019) Gimp Sue Gets the Girl: Disability in Twilight Fanfiction Olivia Dreisinger, M.A. Department of English Literature McGill University
[email protected] This story may be unlike any other Twilight Saga story you have ever read before. Maybe that's good, maybe not, but keep in mind, this is just a story I thought up and I am not out to destroy what Stephenie Meyer has created.