#shout out disabled charecters

[olauivers]

Raghhhh I love your posts on viktor, I’m writing a story with him and love seeing perspectives on his disabilities :D you should totally use this as an opportunity to ramble about him if you would like, I always love seeing people talk about blorbos :3

Also, my personal take on Viktor using his crutch/cane on the same side as his weak leg is that piltover does not have the medical awareness at all when it comes to treating disabilities. They’re certainly not shown to prioritise accessibility and I’d imagine they’re a lot less willing to face and work with disabilities than Zaunites, where they are far more normalised and often better understood. We see a lot of characters with interesting prosthetics, so I wonder if the approach is just. Amputation. Regardless of if it’s actually fitting. But that would also probably be prohibitively expensive for most people which is why you get people that have lacking mobility aids/improper use of those aids. I think it would be an interesting way to reinforce class issues and how those interact with other, existing biases.

Lmk what you think !!

STOP THIS IS SO SWEET!!! genuinely didn't think so many people would love that post, but I'm so glad to see people loving it. And saving it for future reference.

But 100% if I'm honest it is more natural for someone to use it on the side of the weak leg, I mean, it makes sense right? Bad side need balance! It's also like, more comfortable to be like Right Leg and Right Arm go not Right Leg and Left Arm.

I think, especially in Zaun, it's easier, and better for you, to chop off a limb and be done with it. Cheaper too! These people NEED. TO. WORK. They can't spend time making and learning to use mobility aids, because how would they even THINK of it? Even more so when they probably see a lot of things in nature, drop something rotting, and live better. Think of Ekko's tree, ect ect.

I think sometimes we forget that mobility aids are inherently a classist thing! You NEED money for them. You NEED time off when the pain is bad. You NEED heath care. Hell! I had a situation where I genuinely thought about getting my leg amputated because it would be easier to work, that amount of recovery, and then it being okay ish, is better than living in a wheelchair, cause than I could work.

It's a real issue people face! If you don't have the money, to make something that inherently has to be very specific for you, and you need someone else to HELP MAKE IT WORK (think bolts and getting aids off and on ect.) it's just not feasible.

also please send me the story i will devour it!! I would also throw up if someone included him doing what a lot of us do which is leaning onto the bad leg cause the pressure takes away some pain. catch me leaning on my right leg when it hurts cause it feels better.