#amputee yang

[goldenamaranthe-blog]

Blake: (signing to Yang)

Yang: Okay, I think I got this! (Struggles to make same signs using one hand and fails gloriously)

Blake: (laughing so hard that she's crying)

Weiss: (wearing protective eyewear) Ruby, what's going on?

Ruby: Yang’s trying to learn Sign Language.

Weiss: Sign language?

Ruby: Yup!

Weiss: The amputee is learning Sign Language?

Ruby: From Blake.

Weiss: From the mute, deaf girl.

Ruby: Hey, it could be worse. Blake could be trying to teach you.

Weiss: ......

Ruby: Too far?

Weiss: I'll let you decide. (Grabs her cane and walks up the small set of steps)

Ruby: Weiss! (Rolls wheelchair over to the steps) Come on! That's not fair!

[pmpknsoup]

modern AUs that dont make yang an amputee are boring and dumb send tweet

[lefemmerougewriter]

Definitely relevant for sure. I can think of Yang as a primary example of this... with her prosthetic arm and all.

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ Disabled Characters Showdown Quarterfinals Poll 1

Vs.

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Edit: This is a two vs. one because they tied (by our defenition) back in round 4 and moved on together.

Harrier ‘Harry’ du Bois-Disco Elysium

Qualifications:

Bisexual. Struggles with addiction, post-polio syndrome, multiple kinds of mental illness, and whatever else he's accrued by living in a city with no accessible healthcare.

Propaganda:

You know who he is. Vote for him.

Kim Kitsuragi-Disco Elysium

Qualifications:

Visually impaired

Propaganda:

I dunno man. He's Kim Kitsuragi. There's nothing I can say about him that hasn't already been said. He's quiet and reserved and uncomfortable with emotions. He's a self-proclaimed Torque Dork who loves his car like a child. He listens to heavy metal music. He's a centrist. He's a homosexual. He's consistently given shit by everyone around him for his race, his sexuality, and his disability, and he's taught himself to respond to it with cold professionalism. He dresses in historical communist pilot cosplay. I love him with my entire heart.

Yang Xiao Long-RWBY

Qualifications:

She is canonically wlw (has been for years but specifically kissed and got together with her now girlfriend in the latest season) and uses a prosthetic arm and has been shown to struggle with PTSD due to the traumatic nature of losing it during the show.

Canonically had her right arm chopped off, uses a prosthetic. Has PTSD. Is canonically in a WLW relationship.

She has a canon girlfriend and canonically has a prosthetic arm and PTSD

She's canonically sapphic (part of a recently canonised wlw slowburn relationship) and is an amputee (due to events from the 3rd season finale) who wears a robotic prosthetic. She also suffers from PTSD which is explored in the show

Propaganda:

I will keep on submitting Yang to relevant brackets until I die. RWBY has plenty of strengths and weaknesses with writing, especially Yang's recovery arc, but instead of forcing her to push past her trauma and enter the battlefield immediately, we see her struggle with it, take time to process, and not be pushed into repression and when she chooses to wear her prosthetic, chooses to train to ready herself, and chooses to seek out her family and save lives, she isn't perfectly healed, as no one is. The show depicts her having flashbacks due to sudden loud noise, shaking hand the first few times she has to fight for her safety instead of training with her dad, and snapping at friends when they bring up Blake, the person she lost her arm trying to save (who, near immediately after ran away due to feeling she was endangering those she loved, furthering Yang's already present abandonment issues.) It isn't done perfectly but the intentions and general message sent are extremely positive and honest. She struggles less as the show progresses, and there are opportunities to consider herself less for being disabled or "become whole again" but she explicitly refutes these ideas and says that's she's better because of her failures and losses, and isn't any less whole. Her becoming disabled is also extremely tied to her being LGBT, because, as previously mentioned, she lost her arm protecting her then friend and partner, now girlfriend, directly after the villain who cut her arm off told her love interest that he would "destroy everything [she] love[s]. (Camera pans to Yang, he looks at her.) Starting with her." LIKE. He attacked her BECAUSE Blake cared for her so much and Yang ran to her defense blindly BECAUSE she loved Blake so much. When they reunite, they struggle with communication because Yang feels Blake is seeing her as weak, and through several things, mostly a climatic battle against the man who severed Yang's arm, they affirm each other as equals. I can go on but this is already too long. YANG SWEEP!!!!!

Yang lost her arm while protecting her best friend and future girlfriend from said girlfriend's abusive ex. Had a whole arc about learning to live with that loss and dealing with PTSD. Is totally devoted to and in love with Blake Belladonna and is just the sweetest but most badass character in the show.

She's one of the main characters, and just finished a 10 year slow burn romance. Plus, she has both physical and mental disabilities, but is never treated as lesser or incomplete.

Yang Xiao Long was one of the first examples of a sapphic character I ever saw in animated media with her character journey in the show being an iconic part of my teenage years and current young adulthood. The loss of her arm after a traumatic event in the show's 3rd volume was one of the big shockers of the show that nobody saw coming. Since then the show has done an amazing job in exploring both the mental and physical effects of her losing a limb, gaining a prosthetic arm and the recovery journey. Her character also has a major arc regarding handling her PTSD from both this and her past most notably in the 5th and 6th volume. Her character also has a slow-burn romance with her teammate and fellow main character Blake Belladonna which is one of my fave romances ever (it has everything: canon soulmates, friends to lovers, sunshine x grump,battle couple etc..) that has recently became CANON BABIEE!!! There are MULTIPLE characters in RWBY with various disabilities that are handled well in the narrative but i would say Yangs definitely the top FAVE!

[disabled-character-of-the-day]

Yang Xiao Long for RWBY is disabled

Yang is an amputee.

Day 34

(Requested by @jayfeathers-neo-bumbleby)

[douknowthisgaydisabledcharacter]

Do You Know This LGBTQ+ Disabled Character?

Yang Xiao Long is an amputee and has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She is WLW and uses she/her pronouns.

[dailydoseofdragon]

Day 210- Yang Xiao Long (PTSD and Amputee)

Happy Birthday to Yang!

[moltensmusings]

I'd seen people talk before about how yang became much less feminine once she was an amputee/was gearing up to get with Blake and honestly I don't think that really sunk in until arrowfell.

There is a notable difference between how yang is depicted vs how the other girls are. They have visible lips, soft coloring around their eyes, and notably yang isn't drawn as busty as she is in canon. Being busty isn't inherently sexual. It's a normal thing for some people to just have a larger chest but the choice to make yang more flat than the others feels intentional.

Yang was one of the more girly in the group at the start

She's drawn as soft and flirty in a way that leads to it being a bit of a surprise when she's the brawler of the group. She wears skirts and is comfortable in heels. Out of the 4 it's Ruby who is the tomboy. Ruby who is averse to fancy dresses and heels, who dresses practical constantly.

But when yang loses her arm, we see a shift.

Now I don't think the shift in her visual in volume 4 is bad necessarily. Her losing a portion of her body and not being capable of finding her identity following that makes sense. Her dressing less like her usual self is fine in theory. But that's not what the intention of the shift was and it's clear once we get to volume 7.

Now I Want to note: I'm a massive volume 7 yang design fan. But I can also acknowledge how bias' might have shaped it. It's also important to note we don't actually have a super feminine character with a prosthetic in the show.

Queer and physically disabled people both have an issue in media of them almost being seen as seperate from feminity. As if you need a certain level of physical perfection to perform it. Before Yang, the only female character with physical evidence of a battle injury was Weiss who has a tiny facial scar that to me isn't at all reflective of the actual fight she was in. It's a delicate injury.

I think this shift was also tied to the fandom perception that yang being a brawler means she has to be more masculine by nature when her original design was a subversion of it. Her shift was done so most of the fandom didn't even notice it was there.

Note: I don't think the writers did it maliciously I think it was unconscious bias that caused it. I'm not trying to hate on them, but I do think it's worth a mention

[doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter]

Do You Know This Disabled Character?

Yang Xiao Long is an amputee and has PTSD.

[lovingdabeessss]

I do believe that Yang was largely left responsible for Blake’s knowledge of all the shit going on, and I do think that while Yang was going through her ptsd amputee all that matters depression spiral this was a mistake, however it has some very funny implications

If Blake asked Weiss about it she’d just back Yang up like “no yeah some birds aren’t real keep up”

[citadelofmythoughts]

I have one tiny, itty bitty criticism of RWBY I would like to see changed. I would love to see more of yang without her prosthetic. I know it is very much a part of her, but amputees (at least the few I know) do not typically use their prosthetics 100% of the time. In the atlas montage she even appears to be sleeping with it on. I know that Atlas tech is far more advanced and comfortable then fake limbs IRL but IDK I would like to see her just hanging out with the team or Blake with it off. I think it would also symbolise how she's finally letting her guard down because its also one of her weapons. This is such a minor thing but the writers and animators have been so good with Yang's status as an amputee I would just like to see this included as well. let Yang show off her stump!

You know, I almost said that it's probably because they couldn't afford to create and animate a separate model but definitely post V9 that doesn't seem to be an issue.

So hopefully. It would definitely be a nice touch.

[amputeeblondiebattle]

[diaryofamadsunwukongfan]

I'd argue Yang isn't even good disability rep because her PTSD is just gone ever since they killed Adam and she got a girlfriend and the CRWBY forget she's missing her arm so often that occasionally in animation and even on merch they forget her prosthetic all together. Not to mention she has none of the symptoms someone with her type of amputation usually have. (I know everyone experiences that differently but a little acknowledgement on how her amputation differs from the rest of the amputees in the cast would have been nice).

All good points (about this)

[renthebarbarian]

Omg the way I want Ashley Johanna Williams and Yang Xiao Long to meet

Bimbos

Amputees

Having little sisters

Never finished college

Nice tits

Having one parent who cast them aside

Iconic modes of transportation

Trauma

Using bravado to mask said trauma

Action girls™

Loving women juice

They’d be best friends!!!!!

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Semifinals Poll 1

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Yang Xiao Long-RWBY

Qualifications:

She is canonically wlw (has been for years but specifically kissed and got together with her now girlfriend in the latest season) and uses a prosthetic arm and has been shown to struggle with PTSD due to the traumatic nature of losing it during the show.

Canonically had her right arm chopped off, uses a prosthetic. Has PTSD. Is canonically in a WLW relationship.

She has a canon girlfriend and canonically has a prosthetic arm and PTSD

She's canonically sapphic (part of a recently canonised wlw slowburn relationship) and is an amputee (due to events from the 3rd season finale) who wears a robotic prosthetic. She also suffers from PTSD which is explored in the show

Propaganda:

I will keep on submitting Yang to relevant brackets until I die. RWBY has plenty of strengths and weaknesses with writing, especially Yang's recovery arc, but instead of forcing her to push past her trauma and enter the battlefield immediately, we see her struggle with it, take time to process, and not be pushed into repression and when she chooses to wear her prosthetic, chooses to train to ready herself, and chooses to seek out her family and save lives, she isn't perfectly healed, as no one is. The show depicts her having flashbacks due to sudden loud noise, shaking hand the first few times she has to fight for her safety instead of training with her dad, and snapping at friends when they bring up Blake, the person she lost her arm trying to save (who, near immediately after ran away due to feeling she was endangering those she loved, furthering Yang's already present abandonment issues.) It isn't done perfectly but the intentions and general message sent are extremely positive and honest. She struggles less as the show progresses, and there are opportunities to consider herself less for being disabled or "become whole again" but she explicitly refutes these ideas and says that's she's better because of her failures and losses, and isn't any less whole. Her becoming disabled is also extremely tied to her being LGBT, because, as previously mentioned, she lost her arm protecting her then friend and partner, now girlfriend, directly after the villain who cut her arm off told her love interest that he would "destroy everything [she] love[s]. (Camera pans to Yang, he looks at her.) Starting with her." LIKE. He attacked her BECAUSE Blake cared for her so much and Yang ran to her defense blindly BECAUSE she loved Blake so much. When they reunite, they struggle with communication because Yang feels Blake is seeing her as weak, and through several things, mostly a climatic battle against the man who severed Yang's arm, they affirm each other as equals. I can go on but this is already too long. YANG SWEEP!!!!!

Yang lost her arm while protecting her best friend and future girlfriend from said girlfriend's abusive ex. Had a whole arc about learning to live with that loss and dealing with PTSD. Is totally devoted to and in love with Blake Belladonna and is just the sweetest but most badass character in the show.

She's one of the main characters, and just finished a 10 year slow burn romance. Plus, she has both physical and mental disabilities, but is never treated as lesser or incomplete.

Yang Xiao Long was one of the first examples of a sapphic character I ever saw in animated media with her character journey in the show being an iconic part of my teenage years and current young adulthood. The loss of her arm after a traumatic event in the show's 3rd volume was one of the big shockers of the show that nobody saw coming. Since then the show has done an amazing job in exploring both the mental and physical effects of her losing a limb, gaining a prosthetic arm and the recovery journey. Her character also has a major arc regarding handling her PTSD from both this and her past most notably in the 5th and 6th volume. Her character also has a slow-burn romance with her teammate and fellow main character Blake Belladonna which is one of my fave romances ever (it has everything: canon soulmates, friends to lovers, sunshine x grump,battle couple etc..) that has recently became CANON BABIEE!!! There are MULTIPLE characters in RWBY with various disabilities that are handled well in the narrative but i would say Yangs definitely the top FAVE!

Eda Clawthorne-The Owl House

Qualifications:

She has a magical chronic disorder which has flare-ups, is mitigated by taking medication (potions), and has similar side effects to many real disorders such as fatigue, greying hair, and physical impairment (drains magic, a natural ability of *most witches). Unlike in other stories however, her condition is NOT ever completely cured. It does evolve and become more manageable over the course of the story, but she still experiences symptoms from it. Eda also loses one of her arms later in the story. She does get a replacement hook, but it is never shown whether she has a functional prosthetic or not. Most likely, she only has one fully functioning arm after this. As for being queer, she is in a relationship with a nonbinary person and is all but confirmed bisexual (has a secret box with the bi flag on it seriously why else would she have this). Also the owl house has a Lot of queer characters in it and I mean. just look at her. I would be surprised if she wasn't queer somehow.

Bisexual, and has a curse that affects her day to day life

Bi & lost arm and has a chronic illness metaphorically

Propaganda:

Has canonically dated both men and a non-binary person. Her curse affects her ability to use magic (and at one point outright stops it), which is very important in witch life. Said curse also causes her body parts to fall off sometimes. Many have said her curse is like a metaphor for depression but really it's more like a magic version of a physical disability (although I wouldn't be surprised if she actually also had depression).

Uuuuh she’s great and stuff idk I can’t propaganda well sorry

[saltwukong]

A more concise version for people that still don't get it:

Your humanity is not tied to your flesh and blood. Your humanity is who you are, and your ability to experience the world around you and interact with other people, to perceive and understand them and be perceived and understood in turn. Humanity is not your skin and blood and muscle, it is you. The experiences and morals that enable you to love, trust, hurt, hate, and grieve.

Rooster Teeth aiming for "loss of humanity" with the triple amputee traumatized veteran is the problem. That on its own is ableist. But the fact that it only seems to apply to Ironwood when Yang and Penny's humanity is consistently validated, prosthetics and robot parts and all, is an extreme double standard.

The constant buzzword usage of "fascist" by the RWBY fandom and even Arryn Troche among others is an attempt to try and justify this, because then they can dodge the black mark. It's not his prosthetics that make him evil, it's his throwing away his humanity! Except those two things can't be separated and choosing to write that abundance of evil and apathy for human life onto the disabled character will always be a problem.

Ableism in media, at least the variation dealing with amputees, isn't that different from attractiveness idealism (you know, where characters who are evil tend to be designed to be unappealing to look at). Ask yourself why Adam has a massive disfiguration on his face, why Cinder is down both an eye and an arm, why Salem looks like black goop in human shape, and why Mercury is firmly villainous while Emerald gets the sweet redemption deal.