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Some pieces of fiction tend to use ugliness, disability, being monstrous as a shortcut to show villainy. That somehow the inner evil nature of a character is reflected in advanced age or unattractive characteristics. Like the wicked stepmother from Cinderellaor The Shadow King from X-Men.

Well, at least for those of us whose lives aren’t tragically cut short by malady or misadventure. If you’re not careful, or even when you are, the body starts to slow down. You start being unable to do the things you could easily in your youth without even thinking. It gets scary if something goes…