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iamapoopmuffin · 2 years ago
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Pokemon Gyms and whether my wheelchair user player character would be able to navigate them
Pewter City: Straight line on some cobblestones. Compared to the rest of this bullshit, this is luxury. Brock needs to come down off his staircase throne at the end of the corridor though.
Cerulean City: Yes. Mans can just scoot scoot around the edge of the pool. Misty has to come down to meet him though, she’s also on a staircase throne.
Vermilion City: Once he gets past the initial ‘what the fuck’ of the thunder barrier, as long as the bins are spaced out enough he’s fine. Doesn’t appreciate rummaging through trash though. At least mans isn’t on a staircase throne this time.
Celadon City: Depends entirely on how much tree is actually left after using cut.
Fuchsia City: He can make it through, but after about the third time of bumping into an invisible wall he’ll be real sick of this shit.
Saffron City: Runs entirely on little teleporters. Gucci.
Cinnabar Island: I never got to Blaine in LeafGreen but it looks like a straight shot.
Seafoam Island: Wouldn’t even be able to enter the gym in the first place. Can’t climb ladders.
Viridian City: Would probably develop motion sickness from all the spinning but I think he can navigate this one.
Violet City: I wouldn’t feel confident navigating the sharp turns 50 feet in the air walking, never mind trying to manoeuvre a chair through them. He can do it, but he won’t be at all comfortable.
Azalea Town: Stairs right at the entrance. Motherfucker.
Goldenrod City: Hard nope. Multiple steep staircases. Fuck you, Whitney
Ecruteak City: Morty, I love you, but the narrow walkway entirely in darkness over the void to hell isn’t exactly able bodied person friendly, never mind this-
Cianwood City: Another hard nope, those stairs look homophobic
Olivine City: Another straight walkway with an elevated leader. She’s definitely nice enough to meet him halfway too.
Mahogany Town: Ice gyms as a whole are bad. Not sure how well the chair will do on the ice (do you want to slip and skate or have traction?) and in Vernon’s case he is paralysed from the waist down so his lower body isn’t great at the whole temperature regulation thing. He’s definitely learning about winter’s harshness, thank you. Compared to the other ice gyms this one is pretty chill though.
Blackthorn City: The warning of unstable footing at the start is worrying, but the puzzle itself can be done.
Rustboro City: It’s all ramps until you get to the almighty stair throne, so okay. Also he’s absolutely stopping to look at the little museum.
Dewford Town: Give him enough room between all the exercise shit and we’re gucci
Mauville City: More of these random electric death walls? Eh whatever, the floor’s level at least. ... NEVER MIND I FOUND MORE STAIRS
Lavaridge Town: What the fuck. Fuck you.
Petalburg City: Doesn’t seem to pose any problem, yay!
Fortree City: I don’t think he’s getting in, dear.
Mossdeep City: Y’know what? All this floating around is pretty cool, actually
Sootopolis City: WALLACE YOU MOTHERFUCKER WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS
Oreburgh City: Ah yes. Vernon’s actual home region serving him an immediate slap in the face with steep ass stone stairs. Wonderful.
Eterna City: Ahh, so peaceful, so chill, such a vibe. Maybe there is hope after all.
Veilstone City: Goodbye hope, hello whatever the fuck I have to push and a lot of stairs before you even enter the gym itself-
Pastoria City: Besides this being the weirdest fucking swimming pool I’ve ever seen, it’s another fuck you to wheelchair users. Though Vernon can swim, so if there’s a clear path from the entrance to the leader via the water he can make it, he’s just going to have to fight the battle soaking wet, in a swimsuit and on the floor.
Hearthome City: As long as you can do maths, you’re alright.
Canalave City: He can navigate it but those super speed lifts are giving him motion sickness for sure.
Snowpoint City: He’s dead now. He fell down the stairs right into the massive piles of snow and suffocated.
Sunyshore City: It’s another hard nope, and I had high hopes when I saw the catwalks-
Striaton City: No problem no worries, Hakuna Matata.
Nacrene City: As long as someone can get the books down for him he’s good.
Castelia City: Pushing through the gooey shit will be annoying but it is possible as long as it doesn’t gunk up the wheels too bad.
Nimbasa City: It’s possible, but only if someone brings his wheelchair round to where he’s getting off the rollercoaster, or the chair can go on the coaster.
Driftveil City: Lifts and scaffolding? Okay. Random staircase right at the very bottom? Not okay.
Mistralton City: The cannons themselves are fully disability friendly. The stairs are not. So close.
Icirrus City: I’m giving this one a no. Even without the stairs, that jump, the fuck? We’re not all stunt ready actors, sir.
Opelucid City: The path is narrow and winding, but it has cool trick ramps and that’s a win in Vernon’s book! But also there’s stairs so 0/10
Aspertia City: Straight shot with a stair throne. Cheren you patronising cunt, get your ass down here.
Virbank City: Stairs right at the beginning. They’ll never hear him scream.
Humilau City: Getting on and off the lilypads looks like a pain, it might be easier to swim it again. Also it looks like you need a lot of momentum to move those pads.
Santalune City: He’s fucking dead again.
Cyllage City: Grant what the French fried fuck is this?
Shalour City: Yeah no this is impossible. Sorry, buddy.
Coumarine City: WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS. I can't fucking do this shit with fully functional legs.
Lumiose City: Finally one we can fucking do. Thank you, puntable looking children.
Laverre City: The warp panels are annoying but mountable.
Anistar City: Trippy as fuck and totally doable!
Snowbelle City: Fuck this disco fuckery.
Turffield: Ignoring the stairs in and out (rage), we can handle herding some Wooloo. Git along lil tumbleweeds!
Hulbury: So anyway I don’t like Nessa-
Motostoke: So again ignoring the stairs in it’s totally doable-
Stow-On-Side: Can transfer in and out of the spinny cups, but someone has to bring the chair down while he does it.
Circhester: Fuck you and your pitfalls.
Ballonlea: OLD LADY HAS RAMPS YAY
Spikemuth: What a nice wheelchair friendly street!
Hammerlocke: I forget if you can actually get in the room, but hey it’s just double battles, sweet.
Cortondo: The olive roll is possible.
Artazon: May depend entirely on where the Sunflora choose to hide. The gym itself is elevated up some stairs though so...
Levincia: All you have to do is sit there and look at some cameras and look pretty for the fans.
Cascarrafa: The trek through the desert to get Kofu’s wallet back to him ain’t gonna go well, but this is supposedly not the usual pre battle challenge so ehh.
Medali: The stage at the treasure eatery is a whore but everything else is fine.
Montenevera: Once again, access to the stage and the gym itself are whores. He’s gonna pet all the ghost dogs though.
Alfornada: You just gotta make faces for this one, right? Surely any other exercises Dendra and Tulip give you should be able to be adapted for the disabled anyway.
Glaseado: Uhhh the snow slope run is done on the back of a Pokemon as far as I remember so it should be fine.
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