#tbh he's kinda proud of the prosthetic leg. Im sure half the reason he was so eager to push it onto his son was because his own company mad

[bunnieswithknives]

Okay but does Peri KNOW that Dev has a robotic leg when he shows up? Something about the fact that Peri's wand is a cane and the fact that Dev could have kept his leg and just had a cane for the rest of his life instead tickles my brain.

I mean he doesn't know immediately, he wasn't like briefed or anything, but he basically lives in Dev's house so he definitely finds out. Peri doesn't comment on or react to it all though really, there's no reason for him to think anything of it, plenty of people have missing limbs, a lot of people are born without them, it doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister happened. He had no reason to pry or ask and I think Peri's lack of reaction to it helped Dev feel a bit more comfortable in his skin. (Not by much but.. a little bit.)

[juatanothersideblog]

#fop Nature AU #<- I might rename it to something else idk give me ideas #LITERALLY thinking about the ableism implications of my AU so hard #Dale doesn't even stop to think that his son might not want a prosthetic leg #(Within the context of the AU the technology is good enough its basically indistinguishable from a real leg aside from lack of sensation) #he's basically deciding FOR his son that having his leg fully replaced would be better than living with a mild disability #After being the cause of that disability!! Double traumatization whammy! #If he stopped even for a second to ask Dev what he wanted he'd have learned that this was absolutely not it! #Half the reason Dev is so secretive is because he thinks being visibly disabled is showing weakness and is some terrible thing #You need accommodations right now man!!! Tell people what you need!! #Dale doesn't actually care all that much about people knowing about the prosthetic leg as long as Dev is quiet about the cause #and doesn't make him look bad #tbh he's kinda proud of the prosthetic leg. Im sure half the reason he was so eager to push it onto his son was because his own company made #it and wanted to try it out #I have so many thoughts this is getting so long

Okay but does Peri KNOW that Dev has a robotic leg when he shows up? Something about the fact that Peri's wand is a cane and the fact that Dev could have kept his leg and just had a cane for the rest of his life instead tickles my brain.

I mean he doesn't know immediately, he wasn't like briefed or anything, but he basically lives in Dev's house so he definitely finds out. Peri doesn't comment on or react to it all though really, there's no reason for him to think anything of it, plenty of people have missing limbs, a lot of people are born without them, it doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister happened. He had no reason to pry or ask and I think Peri's lack of reaction to it helped Dev feel a bit more comfortable in his skin. (Not by much but.. a little bit.)