Crowhugger:

As one friend in a LiveJournal community put it, expressing frustration at her boyfriend's admiration that she still finds ways to go out and do things even though she's now disabled:

It's like they're think: "How Cute! It's like she thinks she's a people!"

*eyeroll*

Hmm... maybe instead of Tiny Tim & Captain Hook, I could use Unicorn and Kraken ??? they're both "monsters," but one is "prettified" in the popular culture, and one is loathed...