#You are NOT an double amputee

[paracosmic-sims]

AGAIN???

I DONT HAVE ANY NEW MODS/CC!! YOU WERE FINE LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO!!!!

And how, pray tell, is Wulfric fine?!?!!! Why doesnt it affect all of you???? Game, wth???

(my submission for the TD3 is going to take a LONG while *sigh*)

[poettheythem]

Nothing is funnier to me than how Roy Mustang got Ed to join the military

Imagine you go to this super small rural town to find this super talented dude and his brother to recrute them to the military.

You find out from literally everybody in the town that those two guys are literal children including the local law enforcement. You still go anyway for... Reasons???

You find THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD WORSE THAN MURDER WORSE THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. NOTHING POSSIBLY WORSE ONE CAN DO. in this house

You go to the neighbors house(???) and rip into this small 11 year old traumatized child missing two limbs. Scream at this child. But you for some reason still tell the 11 year old missing two limbs to join the millitary???

and it works??????????

[octahyde]

also when I first saw Jamil’s after the surprise and excitement for the birthday theme this year my first thought was “I can’t wait to edit idias legs out of hers” like a normal person

[cy-cyborg]

Please stop using disabilities you don't have as comparisons.

I saw a video trying to explain that autistic people don't make eye contact because it can be painful for them (good, this is true) and telling them to "just do it anyway" is ridiculous, saying "you wouldn't tell a wheelchair user to "just walk, its better for you" so don't tell autistic people to just make eye contact".

But people do. They do all the time. It's well documented that doctors will withhold their ok for patients to get a wheelchair (which is needed unless you're paying out of pocket, because insurance and most public disability services like the NDIS need proof from a doctor). I've known people who can hardly walk and are having to fight because the doctor still insists it better for them to walk, even if it's painful and sevearly limiting their quality of life.

Then in the comments, someone pointed out that people do say that to wheelchair users (good, this is true) but then continued on by saying "unless you just don't have legs" which is just as bad as the origonal.

I had to fight to get my first wheelchair as a double leg amputee, and every wheelchair since then I've had to justify not wanting the "better option" (prosthetics) to the government so they'll approve me for the funding. Doctors and even strangers too, all want to know why I'm not walking, why I'm not using prosthetics all the time. When I go on trips with my family I'm told to "just walk" so they don't have to pack my wheelchair. at my own graduation from university I was chastised by the organisers for not bringing my prosthetics (because wearing them was exceptionally painful back then and i hadnt worn them in nearly 3 months. I had asked before if this would be ok. they knew) because the venue was accessible but not the part of the venue the graduates were in. On the topic of university they also put my class in the only non-wheelchair accessible room and held meetings i was expected to take part in, in the non-accessible lunch room. When I complained, I was told to just use my legs for a few minutes so I could get into my classes. Being an amputee with no legs didn't shield me from these experiences either, it often made it worse.

I have all 3 of the disabilities mentioned (autistic, wheelchair user, amputee). If you don't have the disability you're using for a comparison, don't use it. Please

[doberbutts]

Anyway I'll never forget that 22 hour bus ride to Alabama to help my friend get married and one of the legs of the journey I was on the bus with my (clearly labelled, well behaved) service dog at my side and people were throwing a huge stink about the fact that I had my dog and then this ancient dude in a wheelchair, double amputee both legs, pipes up and tells them to shut the fuck up and leave me alone because Creed was obviously trained and then once everyone quieted down and I was able to take a seat, asked me quietly if I was okay.

He also could have been a cartoon character because I could have sworn there were little winged hearts floating above his head as he told me he'd always liked dogs but of course now he's old and can't walk so he can't get one anymore but he could tell how much Creed loved me and I him etc etc

He never asked me once what my disability was. He spoke up for me when he didn't have to. A truly old white man in Georgia saw a young black person with a "dangerous dog" breed and spoke up in my defense.

If you want to claim to be a disability advocate, that means you kind of have to. Advocate for each other. For the next 4 or so hours, this man and I had each other's backs. Two disabled people on a Greyhound filled with ableist passengers who were not happy we couldn't exist somewhere they didn't havr to accomodate. It didn't matter what our pasts or our diagnoses were. We were stronger together, so that's what we stayed. Together.

Two people banded together and the rest of the bus shut their mouths. Imagine what we could do with more of us.

[beatrixst0nehill]

Ethan knocked on Laura's desk, stirring her as she started nodding off to sleep. "Rise and shine, darling!"

"Oh, Mr. Henderson, sorry! I wasn't sleeping, I just.... I probably need a coffee."

"Why not get up and get one?"

Laura blushed. "Ummmm..... I, uh..... I'd rather not get up."

"Now why's that? And straighten up your back, your posture is getting terrible, darling."

Laura tried to sit up straight but didn't quite make it as the weight of her thirty-pound breasts lifted off her desk. "I'll try.... it's getting a bit hard to carry these things."

"Nonsense, you aren't even that large yet, Kim in accounting has breasts double your size and she's fine."

"She uses a wheelchair...."

"See? You just need to get inventive. And if you want to keep earning a paycheck with my company you better not get any funny ideas about skipping your supplements."

"I know, I know..... I like working here. It's just kind of hard to grow such big boobs so fast. I'm not used to it, is all."

"Well, you better be grateful, darling. Since Prop 845 passed, I could technically make extreme pregnancy mandatory or even have you strapped into a fuck machine all shift. I could tell our company insurance to prescribe almost anything to you, or perform any surgery. There are plenty of companies where every female employee is turned into a quad amputee!"

"I know.... Thank you for taking pity on us...... I'm happy to grow such massive breasts for you and all my coworkers to enjoy."

"That's the spirit." Ethan placed his hand on Laura's breasts, squeezing it. "My, they are getting nice and full aren't they."

"Yeah....." Laura blushed and nodded submissively.

"Now you get back to work, but I better not see you dozing off!"

"I know, I just..... these company parties are taking it out of me! It's a struggle to carry my boobs around but to perform for so many men almost every work night until 1am! Sir...... My whole body aches."

"I know, you are quite the trooper, and you're getting very popular with your coworkers. It's impressive watching that pussy and ass of yours take so many hours of abuse in a row. You're quite the seasoned little nymph."

"I don't have much choice...."

"All while carrying these little rays of sunshine." He forcibly pushed back her shoulders, pushing her back in her seat a couple feet, revealing her big round belly sticking out, covered in stretch marks, babies kicking and squirming inside. He held her shoulders up, head tilted back as he kissed her neck smacking her belly a few times. "I appreciate your commitment to the company by getting nice and pregnant from our staff parties."

"I-I don't really have much choice, sir. They fill my pussy up for hours on end every work night......"

"Good girl. I like to think of us as one big family at this company." He squeezed one of her overgrown breasts, causing it to squirt milk through her top. "I'm the dad, and you're the cum-rag little sister we all use to relieve ourselves in." He arched her back more, kissing her on the lips from behind.

Laura tensed up, tapping on his hand holding her shoulders back, the strain from her breasts and belly feeling unbearable. "Ummm! Sir, please let go!"

"Nonsense, darling. Let's have some--"

Laura gasped as a loud click came from her neck. "!!! What was that!?"

"Oh dear, that didn't sound good. I told you sleeping at your desk wasn't a good idea....."

"Uhhhh, I can't feel my arms or legs! Wh-What's going on?"

Ethan smiled, propping her against the back of her chair. He roughly squeezed both of her breasts. "Can you feel that?"

She shook her head. "No...."

"How about this?" He slapped her pregnant belly as hard as he could, so the whole office could hear.

"Nothing.... Mr. Henderson....! I can't feel anything. I can't move anything below my neck!"

"Awwww, poor thing." He suddenly wheeled her out in front of the whole floor. "Announcement everyone. Announcement! Ms. Laura Davis's back just snapped from her unwavering dedication to our company and its bottom line! This is the kind of commitment I want to see from you girls. Now our Laura will need help doing everything from going to the restroom, to getting around the office. Hey, Mason, can you train Ms. Davis on how to use our ocular computer software so she can get back to her remarkable data entry skills. And feel free to have some fun with her along the way, not like she can get up and stop you. From now on, Ms. Davis is free use, I'll be promoting her as our new Stress Relief Expert as of this afternoon! Congratulations, Laura."

The whole floor erupted into applause as people walked up to Laura, congratulating her one by one, some lifted her hand, others grabbed her breasts or rubbed her belly as they congratulated her. Laura gracefully nodded and thanked all of her coworkers, blushing deep red.

One guy reached between her legs, fondling her wet sex. "No reason to hold back anymore, we can go all out and you won't feel a thing. Can't wait to bring the guys to the company party tonight. We're gonna have some serious fun now, girlie."

Laura gulped and nodded. "I-I can't wait.... I'll do my best to satisfy you..... even if I won't feel a thing," she said, almost relieved she won't have to feel every guy at the company relentlessly pound her ass and pussy for hours every work night.... Laura smiled gratefully, thinking to herself it'll be kind of fun to just watch everything happen to her body instead of having to endure it. Even if she'll miss cumming over and over....

[cripplecharacters]

I have this xenofiction idea set in an alien solar system. One of the intelligent species ideas i had are octopoid-looking but terrestrial creatures that communicate via bioluminescence, and don't vocally communicate but do have hearing.

I started thinking about how blind members of this species would communicate. Does tactile sign language work if you only have identical tentacles and no fingers or toes?

Hey!

My first idea when you mentioned identical limbs was the Lorm alphabet. It's a kind of tactile communication (not really a sign language, more of a signed letter-by-letter transcript) that is virtually unknown outside Central Europe and Georgia in my experience. It requires a single limb from each person. For the Lorm alphabet, you tap and stroke the person's hand (or foot, I've seen it adapted to a double arm amputee too) and the amount of taps and their position (also line or circular movements) signal specific letters. Here's a video to visualize it from the French DeafBlind association - TLDW: two people using Lorm at great speeds at a conference.

What that means for alien creatures who have identical limbs is that there could be Aliorm alphabet where a specific spot on the tentacle signals a specific letter/syllable/binary code/etc and thus allow them to communicate. So if the aliens have some way to codify their bioluminescence-based language into a written system, they could use that.

Another option is to do another kind of non-oral language. Humans have ones that rely on hearing, seeing, and feeling, but aliens could have ones that are based on smell or taste. Especially if they original one is bioluminescence, I don't think it's too farfetched to imagine they could produce other chemicals that perhaps could be smelled as a form of alien olfactory language.

I'd personally love to see the Lorm alphabet in any sort of media ever, but considering you're writing about aliens, you have a lot of possibilities - there's no one single correct answer unless you find a blind alien to ask.

I hope this helps,

mod Sasza

[aroaceenjolras]

I really do think one of the reasons why it irks me so much when certain vocal minorities in the ace community— as well as allegedly well intentioned allies who apparently have ~So Many~ ace friends, not a single one of whom is ever sex-averse or repulsed— weaponize the sex-favorability of individual aces (which would otherwise be uncontroversial and not an issue) to derail conversations about compulsory sexuality and consent is that it's the same exact thing as disability inspiration porn. And I say that as a disabled person who was doing disability activism long before I started doing ace/aro activism.

This double amputee climbed the five tallest mountains in the world, why can't you?

This asexual goes to kink parties every weekend and fucks half the people there, why can't you?

This weird outcast freak can dance like a monkey for social acceptance, why can't you?

Here's a better question. Why do you expect that from me?

[howtowhumpyourhiccup]

the thing i disliked most about httyd 3 was its villain. he's just a worse viggo. at least double down on the "dark mirror of hiccup" aspect, a lanky little inventor who used his gadgets not to save and help dragons but to subjugate and enslave them.

I don't really like Grimmel as a parallel for Hiccup anyway as both Viggo as well as Drago were better examples of this. You can't just grab a lanky guy, make him smart and say "look! he's lanky and smart! And he also faced a Night Fury, except he killed it! 😈"

Like, maybe that could've gone somewhere, but I distinctly remember the mention somewhere of that Night Fury being asleep when he snuck up on it and killed it. At least Toothless was awake and Hiccup had to look him in the eye as he tried to make up his mind about whether he had it in him to actually kill this dragon or not. Grimmel took out a completely defenseless creature and didn't even need to look it in the eye when he did it. Then he ran away with that "honor," thinking it would get him respect. (which supposedly it did? The movie wasn't really clear on that)

And then he supposedly singlehandedly took out the entire Night Fury race, arguably one of the strongest dragon species out there. A dragon so elusive no one on Berk before Hiccup could even describe it in the 300 years since they settled on that island. (And that's not taking the shows in account, with RttE celebrating Berk's 400th! anniversary. That's almost 400 years of not knowing what a Night Fury looked like, just what they sounded like and the kind of damage they could do. Night Furies were the Giant Squid equivalant of cryptids before Hiccup.)

And Grimmel made this claim while missing the single most conspicuous Night Fury for six whole years. Can't say you made sure an extremely elusive dragon species went extinct if you miss the one Night Fury that everybody in the Archipelago and Drago's forces know exactly where to find and you were surprised to hear about.

At least Hiccup can actually say that he killed the Red Death and that is a thousand times more impressive than... killing a sleeping dragon.

Viggo, on the other hand, was so much better for a parallel. Smart, cunning, and as ruthless as Hiccup was compassionate, both living a lifestyle that heavily involves dragons and at the end of the day, they had similar effects on one another.

Viggo was the first villain Hiccup lost to in three years and that made him obsessed with taking him down. Then Hiccup was the one who kept consistently winning and that made Viggo obsessed with taking him down. They really did bring out the worst out of each other before coming to some kind of bittersweet understanding and farewell in Triple Cross.

Drago was better, too. He was the brute force that Hiccup could've been as a Dragon Master. I don't think it's not for nothing that Httyd 2 literally introduces us to three of them. Hiccup, Valka, and Drago. (With Valka representing who Hiccup could've been if he did leave in Httyd 1)

Both amputees, both limbs lost to the dragons both of their entire lives have always revolved around. Except Hiccup didn't let his loss and the fact that he grew up at war with dragons make him hate and use dragons while Drago did. Drago was even as devastating as Hiccup was powerful, both bringing immense change wherever they went, whether for better or for worse. So if we want to look at Hiccup's version of "what if Superman was evil?" then Httyd 2 gave us a good representation of that already.

No need for lanky, smart guys, whose best plans were "hey, maybe we can make this Night Fury horny for a different species of Fury" and "what if Ruffnut just happens to be stupid enough to draw the entire Northern Alliance back to New Berk, besides having 6 years of battle experience herself." (RttE did her right at least)

And don't even get me started on how this Night Fury killer... knows nothing about Night Furies. I'm not even talking about him missing Toothless for six years straight, I'm talking about his statement that Night Furies do terribly in the cold despite nothing in the Httyd movie universe proving as such.

Neither in the movies, nor in either of the Christmas specials. (and that's ignoring the tv-shows and comics, which I refuse to.) Even Homecoming seems to have forgotten as Toothless traveled back to New Berk after 10 years of living in the Hidden World when one is clearly in the middle of winter and the other was still lush and green. He showed absolutely no signs of struggling in this sudden change in temperature. (Not even with a tailfin that should've broken at least 9 years ago from a lack of maintenance or, say, dragon fights or accidents. Can't expect this disabled dragon to "return to the wild" and then not get into fights.)

And then there is Grimmel's statement about how Night Furies... Dragons with a wing span the size of a small jet... AREN'T long-distance fliers when just a tiny little google search is all you need to find out that a long wingspan is perfect for long distance flight!

[koolkon08]

An incomplete list of reasons why YOU should vote DOOF:

1) As is traditional for tumblr sexymen he is a Twink. An elder twink at that!

2) Poster child for Audhd! This poor man has to build inators to get people to stop overstimulating him! His monologues get derailed by himself often enough that he practices them!

3) Debatedly cripple!punk- this guy became a double amputee, took one look at market prosthetics and said Fuck That and built his own titanium arms!!

4) Gender fuckery abound; born with a bow and bitches about how unmasculine he is, has udders when turned into a cow- textbook Trans rep. But he ALSO does drag. What a queen. What an icon!

5) Furries unite! This guy was raised by ocelots and still reflexively acts like one. Also, his bestfriend/nemesis/implied boyfriend is a sentient PLATYPUS.

6) He's a first-generation immigrant, moving to the USA by himself as a teenager! This man worked every stereotypical immigrant job as he clawed his way to adult hood.

7) He is divorced! And on good terms with his ex-wife! They co-parent! She pays his debts! Fans calculate her alimony payments are at least a couple of hundred grand a month, and she STILL bails him out when he spends to much- making him The ultimate gold digger!

8) His family abused him heavily- neglect, physical punishment, ostracized from his community, disowned. This Poor man. Of course he's (Cartoon) Evil!

9) He is a LOVING DAD. This guy spends hours setting up his daughter's birthday every year. He spent a decade tracking down a doll she wanted. He works with his own enemies to find her when she ends up getting dragged half way around the world. He gives up EVIL for her (at least for a while).

10) He's not a MONSTER. There are RULES to Evil. You don't hurt kids. You Don't fight your Nemesis while he's sleeping.

VOTE DOOF TODAY!!!

[ithinkhesgaybutwesavedmufasa]

An open letter to everyone who knew/respected my mom and who still supports T*ump and voted for him.

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Sometimes it feels weird to sit with a small form of happiness that my mom is gone and she doesn’t have to experience the current state of the world. There should never be any reason to feel happy about that, right? The pain I feel on a daily basis without her is something that will never go away. So, maybe what I’m really feeling is peace. Peace at knowing that her pile of struggles would only have gotten larger in the current administration. Peace at knowing she doesn’t have to deal with it.

But I know that some of you woke up too late or worse, still haven’t woke up at all. And I know that she would not have stayed silent. So, I’ll speak for her and maybe, just maybe, it’ll sink in.

When I was 11 my mom and Grandma were in the front seat, Jake and I in the back. A homeless man was asking for money outside of Farmington Walmart. Mom got out her wallet and pulled out a $10. She handed it to Jake and rolled down his window, “would you like to give this to that gentleman? Make sure you say ‘hello.’” Jake, about 4ish, dutifully nodded and leaned out the window, handed the man the money and said, “Hello, sir!” Mom smiled. We drove away. My Grandma grabbed her hand and said “I can’t believe you just did that! Trish! What if he spends it on booze?” (This is not throwing any hate at my grandmother, this was the late 90s/early 2000s and times were different, and she too learned from this experience.) My mom said, “Lower your voice, mom. And so, what? He is a person. My children are nothing but love. He has struggles we know nothing about—maybe Jake’s smile and basic courtesy will remind him that he isn’t alone.” Grandma backed down. Mom looked in the rearview mirror and said, “Kids listen to me, being poor is not bad. Being poor is not anyone’s fault. We have to take care of people who are hurting. That’s what Jesus did.” Jake and I nodded.

Shame on any of you who want to take away welfare and programs that take care of people when they are hurting.

When I was 13, my mom worked at The Baptist Home in Ironton. She had me apply and interview for a volunteer position. I was to read to residents and paint their nails, fill their ice, etc. Because my mom worked in the locked ward with the patients that needed specialized care, they told her that “I couldn’t volunteer back there with her because most of the residents were amputees, blind, had visible illnesses and it tended to scare children.” My mom said, “She’ll be fine.” She sat me down and explained, “You know mom is a pretty good nurse, right?” Me: “You’re the best nurse.” Mom: “Well, sometimes that means my special skills are required for people who need more help than others. If you have any questions or see anything that confuses you, promise we will talk about it, okay? We are here to take care of people.” I volunteered there until she left. I read to and made books on cassette tapes for a blind woman who always wanted to hold my hand when I read so I used my nose to turn the pages. I brought blackberries to a man who was a double amputee from the knees down and talked about wars that I knew nothing about. I painted nails for the ladies that sometimes forgot where they were and called me by the wrong name. I dabbed the chins of the men who sometimes drooled or got food on their cheek because they could no longer hold a fork. I never felt scared when they would moan in pain or cough. I was there to help people.

Shame on any of you who would vote to or stay silent when they gut Medicaid or Medicare or any of the health services that vulnerable people desperately need to continue to have their right to dignity.

When I was 16, in the span of 2 weeks, I was humiliated, and my education was interrupted twice because of things outside of my control. I was removed from an exam because my picture day shirt was “too revealing”. It was a V-neck that was picked out for me by my grandmother, but as a girl who has had D-cup breasts since she was 12, when I bent over to pick up my books, a teacher complained that my chest was too distracting. A TEACHER. I was 16. I was a minor. Fast forward a week later, I was pulled out of a second exam because my period was so heavy and I was not allowed to go to the bathroom, so I bled through my pad, through my jeans, and onto the desk seat. My mom showed up at the school furious. She made me wait outside while she spoke with the principal. All 5’2” of her. In his face demanding to know why my dignity and education were not being protected against my own body. Why he felt it was right to not stand up for a little girl under his care and why the school was hell bent on shaming women. When I graduated Salutatorian, mom said “You should wear a v-neck.” I knew the reason why. I wore a v-neck.

Shame on any of you who don’t listen to women. Shame on you who don’t protect women. Shame on you who put a CONFIRMED SEXUAL PREDATOR in office.

When I was 21, I came out to my family. I trembled on the couch with my head buried as my mom stood in the kitchen on the phone. I could hear my dad screaming. He told her, quote, “she was a bad mother for choosing to support this. She was a bad mother for being okay with me being a disgusting abomination.” Her voice never waivered as she said, “I choose OUR daughter. Day in. Day out. Every single time. Without fail.” He told her that “God would remember her complacency in my sins.” She scoffed and said, “The God I believe in will see a mother who loved her child and a father who turned his back. Goodbye, Tony.” It was the first time my mother ever hung up on my dad. Even through the divorce. She looked at me and said, “My children are not negotiable. And they never will be.”

Shame on any of you who allow this administration to get rid of DEI, of Pride, of LGBT Heroes, of minority’s histories, of SUICIDE HOTLINES that children like me DESPERATELY need when the people they love turn their back.

My mom was a nurse for 25 years. Ten years after her death I still get messages from people thanking me for the time she took care of their sister/wife/mom/child/you name it. Shame on any of you who are complacent in our country's continued funding of genocide. Shame on you who watch videos of parents picking up PIECES of their children in a war zone and have the nerve to say, "BUT HAMAS..." I don't give a single fuuuuuuuck. My mom would have grabbed her stethoscope and booked a flight.

If you’re still reading this post, thanks for listening. Maybe this will help some of you, maybe this will help none of you. It makes me no difference, but it had to be said. I’ve realized that I’m not at peace because my mom doesn’t have to deal with the current state of things because she couldn’t handle it. No, absolutely the opposite. My mom could handle anything. I’m at peace that my mom didn’t have to live through the heartbreak of watching people she called friends/family prove just how little humanity they contained all along.

I love you, mom. I'm so thankful that I was raised by you so that I could one day be strong enough to withstand all of this. 💜

[cy-cyborg]

I'm begging dragonage fans to do a tiny bit of research about arm amputees before loudly shouting their opinions on the inquisitor returning in the next game Please lol.

Apparently, it was confirmed that the inquisitor, your chatacter from the last game (who looses their arm in the final cutscene of the DLC), will return in Veilguard as a customisable character, similar to Hawke, and they will play an active roll in the story. This has caused a lot of people to start speculating on how they'll handle the inquisitor's missing hand, with most people agreeing they'll have to have a prosthetic to be an active part of the story. Which, while I do think this is the rought bioware will take, isn't true, and a part of me really hopes they leave the inquisitor without a prosthetic arm like in the end of Tresspasser

Partially because we already have a companion with a prosthetic (neve) and it would be nice to see some diversity in how amputation is depicted in such a mainstream game, but also because you dont need a prosthetic to fight as any of the main 3 classes from inquisition.

Mage:

mages just need a staff, the game shows them as 2 handed weapons but it's totally beleiveable that it would be usable 1-handed (Neve also uses a dagger-like weapon in the trailer, you can make a "staff" in inquisition that functions more like an energy sword, and the Mage in the chargers uses a staff resembling a bow, so I think it's more that they just need a focus, the shape doesn't matter as much). A knight enchanter may struggle more 1 handed, but I wouldn't write it off as an option with some modifications made to their main staff.

Warrior:

the easiest to justify, because there are several cases of arm amputees fighting with a sword and sheild in history, and while many did have prosthetics, most weren't functional (meaning they were mainly for aesthetic purposes and didn't actually aid the fighter in any way. There were exceptions, like Götz of the iron hand, who's prosthetic was functional, but most were not). The inquisitor looses their arm just above the wrist*, so they still have most of their forearm. Most sheilds strap to the forearm, so it wouldn't take much adjustment to make that work, and you can use the other hand for the weapon. Obviously, two-handed weapons will probably be off the table, though, lol.

*edit to say, as several people pointed out, i got that wrong, my bad 😅. The inquisitors arm is actually amputated through the elbow, the screenshots i was looking at just weren't very clear and it has been a while since i got to trespasser lol. It would still entirely possible to strap a shield to the upper arm though, with some pretty minor adjustments to the existing straps on standard (as in, those used by non-disabled warriors) tall shields, so the point still stands.

Rogue

this is the one people tend to be the loudest about and the one I understand the most. Obviously duel-weilding daggers won't work (unless you give them something like the hidden blades in assassin's creed on their stump side, I guess) but using a single dagger still would, and is a perfectly reasonable approach, given that's how most irl people used daggers. Archery, though, absolutely can work without a prosthetic, despite what people think. Dragonage has crossbows, not something like Bianca (rip) but a small, single-handed crossbow is an option. Even ignoring that though, amputee archery is a thing irl, and not every arm amputee uses prosthetics for it. The bows are modified to be held in one hand and drawn with the mouth using a kind of pully-system built into the bow that I could very easily see being modified into some dwarven-style contraption in game (some double arm amputees use their feet to draw regular bows, but I don't think that would be pheasable in combat).

Like I said, I think bioware will probably go with a prosthetic, but i hope that they don't. Or at the very least, show them with it sometimes and without it other times (the same goes for Neve, no one wears their prosthetic 24/7, I'd love to see them both take them off around the home base, even just occasionally). A lot of arm amputees in particular prefer to go without one, and arm prosthetics in media are some of the worst offenders of the "perfect prosthetic"/"miracle cure prosthetic" tropes. It doesn't count as "diversity" or disability representation if it doesn't actually change anything other than the look of the chatacter, and im really, really desperate for some actually decent amputee representation in games.

[cy-cyborg-draws]

Nix's Nexus: Siblings

My sister and I have a pretty good relationship, don't worry, we just liked messing with each-other as kids.

[ID: A comic with 6 panels depicting two anthropomorphic dragons, Nix and Violet. Nix is purple with dark purple spots, dark purple horns and a yellow underbelly and wings. They are a double leg amputee and is wearing a navy blue shirt and black shorts. Violet is a more blue-purple, with short blue horns, blue spots and teal wings and underbelly. She wears a mint-green shirt and grey shorts. In the first two panels, the two dragons stand side-by side, showing Nix is taller. Panel 1 has a text box in the top left corner that reads "how people expected my sister and I to act when we were kids". Violet has her head bowed and her eyes closed and says "This is my poor, poor sibling. They have no legs so I am extra nice to them because there is no possible way they could fight back." while Nix looks to them with a blank expression. In panel 2, Nix closes their eyes and says "yes, and I am just a sweet, innocent disabled child, so I have no desire to fight with my sister like a "normal" child". Panel 3 has another text box that reads "Vs how we actually acted" and shows Violet running out into a yard and leaping off a wooden ramp with a pair of blue prosthetics in her arms as Nix, off screen, yells "HEY! Give me back my legs!" which is written in a speech bubble with a lot of spikes. Violet answers this with "No, you keep kicking me!" while she runs. Panel 4 shows that Nix has followed them out and is sitting at the top of the ramp, looking mad, while Violet looks up at them smugly. Nix says "You kicked me first" to which Violet replies with "I was just being annoying, your legs are metal! they hurt a lot more! Now, if you want your legs back, you have to come out into the bindis and get them!" There is a small yellow text box in the corner that reads "Bindis are a type of thorny weed that grows in the grass in Australia, and can hurt quite a lot to step on". Panel 5 shows the pair looking down at the grass. a speech bubble with "..." hangs between them. Panel 6 shows Nix being smug, and asking "where's your shoes?" and Violet responding with "shut up..." /End ID]

[spice-honey]

I have low stakes niche knowledge on this scene:

First, love the amputee representation in the show. In my previous career I was a Registered Prosthetic Technician. I have made, repaired and adjusted hundreds of prosthetic limbs over many years.

I appreciate Shaw Hatosy is NOT an amputee, so this was Holywood magic, but Holywood has yet to get how prosthetic limbs work. The leg used for this scene has an Ossur Icelock 200 series (personally not my favourite lock) for the suspension mechanism. The lock receives a pin (you can see the release button touching his palm), and the pin is attached to the bottom a silicone gel liner (the light grey thing protruding from the the top of the prosthesis). The liner adds padding, protects chaffing on the surgery scars, and sticks to the skin which ultimate is how the prosthesis stays on while the user walks. When you remove your device, the liner is not supposed to come with it like shown here. You press the pin, the leg comes off, then you roll the liner off of body. Again Hatosy is not an amputee, but with the right body double they could have shown this. Chances are, the amputated leg shown was CGI.

That said, a liner coming off with the leg can happen 2 ways: if the socket is ill fitting: they lost weight, or their amputated limb shrunk over time - it's normal; swelling goes down over time, plus the muscles atrophy.

The other explanation is when there is shrinkage throughout the day - also normal. As you are active throughout the day, the weight and compression shrinks your leg a bit - like if you were wearing a corset all day. Once they feel their sockets to loosen, users are to adjust it by taking their leg off, donning special cotton socks on over the liner, to eat up the extra room between the liner and the socket, then put the leg back on.

Obviously, Jack Abbott did not have the time to pause and add on socks throughout his shift, considering *gestures at episodes 11-15*. This would have the socket extra uncomfortable, with bony, pressure intolerant areas receiving a lot weight, the cut bone at the end of his leg would be touching the bottom and receiving his body weight as we stood and walked. If it got really loose, it would put the socket at risk of twisting and pistoning, which makes it a fall hazard (if the socket twists, the foot goes with it).

But in my heart, Jack compartmentalized the pain and just pushed through it, riding the bottom of the socket and taking the whole thing off in one go the first safe second that he could.

[redactahoe]

Hi…. So it’s been a awhile but I come bearing the fruits of mine labor in the form of a wip and trivia about my treasure oc

More under the cut

This is Erin my straight faced king. I’m being so serious he’s straight faced 90% of the time and the other 10% is him being a sarcastic little shit

He’s very down to earth with little to no patience for bullshit. He has to care deeply for you (I’m looking at you porter) to put up with any amount of melodrama from you and not ghost you(porter, I know you can see me, seeing you)

Has deep and honestly a little concerning fixation on marine biology. It’s gotten to the point where he will spend all nighters reading over the latest studies released in the field just so he can regurgitate the information to anyone who will listen. Porter actually finds everything Erin tells him very interesting and thinks it’s so adorable that Erin is so detected the learning about fish.

Him and Casey are childhood friends and met in the hospital Erin’s mom worked at. Erin has always been sickly and Casey was visiting his at the time dying mother and they just clicked and are still friends despite everything that’s happened

Erin is a double leg amputee and even if the department gave him super fancy magic prosthetic (that totally weren’t a way to apologize for not doing their jobs and also keep an eye on him so covert wasn’t broken again) he still uses a cane or crutch.

Sometimes when his stumps get sore or the prosthetics are in for repair he’ll just run around on his hands and it’s the freakiest thing ever. He is fully capable of walking on his stumps he just chooses not to. The first time porter witness this was at like 3 am and it was pitch dark, it’s safe to say porter was scared shitless(though it’s not like he’ll ever admit it no matter how hard Erin teases him about it)

Does not like Willam at all, but he keeps that to himself… for the most part. To be honest most rich white people make him uncomfortable but there’s something about Willam that especially pisses him off

Very unhinged advice to give, porter will come to him to talk about all the vampire clan bullshit and he will dead ass, straight face as ever and tell porter to just kill those people. He’s joking mostly but he will say shit like "just leave those people." And he’ll never out right say to kill them but he will say is "the world could use one less billionaire.."

Did not like David when they first met he thought he was a pretentious asshole and spoiled brat. This has changed as he’s grown but he still sometimes jokingly calls David a brat and a dick. Don’t worry he’s kidding and David typically responds back with a bitch or asshole

Has an insane memory, you cannot lie to him😭. Erin loves to write shit down too so you know he has receipts for everything

[cripplecharacters]

Hello! I wanted to ask about whether a character of mine would be alright. This character is a double above-knee amputee in a futuristic setting, and I wanted to know if having prosthetics that work a bit more reliably (like under-knee prosthetics, as they replicate the functionality of a knee) would be okay. They don't use their prosthetics all day and do still cause pain like other prosthetics, nor do they give them any other advantage. They still do also use a wheelchair for most of the day, and do not use prosthetics for most of it. For reference, there are also other major characters with limb differences that do not use prosthetics, as well as few other wheelchair users (ambulatory and non ambulatory), some of which have done so due to traumatic injury, and others that were born with limb differences or other congenital issues. This character in specific is in a position of privilege that gives them the chance to opt to the best available technology too.

I wanted to approach this carefully and make sure it wasn't falling into a harmful trope. I'm also physically disabled, for context, although I am not an amputee.

Hello!

Standard disclaimer, we don't have amputee mods right now.

Yes, it's fine to give your character prosthetics that work - they work for a lot of people. We just stress that they aren't a miracle cure-all because usually in fiction, prosthetics are treated as essentially aesthetic (if the author wants to show they Done Research, they will mention that the character has phantom pain once). But prosthetics, just as other mobility aids, are well - aids. They have their cons and pros, and sometimes they are useful and sometimes they aren't, and there's a billion factors that go into that.

We do currently have prosthetics that essentially mimic a knee, they're called microprocessor knees and they basically try to adapt to how the person walks. They're quite expensive, but I know that a lot of amputees who use them find them really helpful.

This obviously still doesn't make them perfect in every way. It's still, for example, more tiring to walk on prosthetics. You're using less muscle to move around more weight. This can sometimes be difficult when going up and down the stairs, for example. A lot of the DAKAs I've seen walk with very straightened legs, and many of them need to use a handrail to maintain stability when using the stairs. In this video you can see someone who is (presumably) similar to your character (a young fit guy) and he himself says that it's a bit of a complicated process. You need to use a lot of momentum. All of this gets easier with more practice, so you might have to consider how long has your character been an amputee for - if they were born like this, they'd probably have a lot of this long time figured out, but if it's more recent, they might still be in the relearning phrase; it's not easy to just change the way you walk overnight.

I know some DAKAs who use "little leg" prosthetics (I'm honestly not sure what the english name is), they're basically shortened prosthetics that take the calf part away, and you have much more stability, etc. Some people use these at home since you can save energy and don't have to walk anywhere too far. So that could be another option you could include that I don't think I've seen in anything ever.

TLDR; yes, it's perfectly fine to give your character a working mobility aid - just keep researching as you write, and don't be afraid to check even the most basic "how do DAKAs do XYZ" stuff - there's some nuance even in figuring out how to get up from the floor after you fall down. :)

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