Asking my mom about her disability so I can give you all pretty accurate information on Viktor o7
She has post-polio, and has a leg brace like he does. So for all your "could Viktor do this?" questions, I go to my mother ♡ He most likely has a combination of things, but definitely seems to have post-polio. So yes, other things could stop him from these activities but overall, this is a swing at how it works for this aspect of his life.
What I know as of now about Viktor, most likely,
- could skateboard
- could drive a motorcycle
- drive a car (has to use good leg to press on pedals)
- does NOT sleep with the leg brace on
- dead silent when he takes the brace off
- my mom played sports that involved throwing more than running (softball (pitcher), volleyball, she did try out for football at some point but the coach didnt want a girl trying out)
- sigh...yes...he can do the deed without breaking a fucking hip. He isnt made of glass. Im not going into detail on this one thanks
- roller skating
- shoot a gun (idk why this is debated)(also though i will say that for some guns, the kick is too strong. The entire body is effected by polio, its just most severe in some parts like his leg)
- ice skating!!! I know this is a hot debate, she has gone ice skating
Ill ask my mom about more if you have any specific questions 👍
More info edit:
My Mom's leg has unfortunately gotten worse, which is nothing new considering it's been worsening her entire life, but this means her heel bone is now digging through the skin and muscle of her foot. She will be getting surgery to shave the bone down and hopefully that will help her to walk better on it again once it's healed. Take that as you will in reference to Viktor and his worsening condition. She has told me several times that she is in a lot of pain, which she typically does not vocalize.
- can carry kids around for short periods of time (she babysits my nieces and nephews constantly)
- can HAVE kids for that matter (for all your trans and mpreg needs 😭) though this certainly was a toll on her body even back when she was younger
- maybe this is just specific to her but every single time something gets mentioned that could even POSSIBLY be polio, she gets worried. I mentioned my little cousin being sick and suddenly not able to walk on her own (she is doing okay right now, no pain) and she instantly asked if she had drunk any dirty water (where polio is most commonly found) She freaked when my sister was born with a little wonky leg even though it's 1) not passed down from mother to child and 2) fixed itswlf within a month. All my siblings were immediately vaccinated for polio as well as other major things, though she gets very nervous about new vaccines because she got it from the polio vaccine which contained the live virus at the time (no longer used) She did not want me vaccinated for covid or HPV because of this worry.
- When she gets sick, she gets sick BAD. Last time she was sick, she was in a fever state for three days and doesn't remember a single thing.
- Fear of death, judgement, or being arrested has never really affected her. She has a DNR (which I'm not a fan of, but I understand if shit goes wrong, she doesn't want to be resuscitated just to experience way more pain), she's always lived on the crazy side but stopped once she had kids (I mean used to ride her motorcycle like she was trying to speed run death), always tells me I need to stop caring what people think cause she stopped giving a shit early on with all the bullying, she has in fact pulled a gun on a man for hurting me and the ONLY reason I think she didn't pull that trigger is because there was someone else in the way, she actively encourages cops, security, etc to try and stop her when it comes to the safety of her family (she most recently started shit with staff because my nephew broke his arm at school and no one will tell her what happened)
- She handles her farm pretty much alone. Chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, rabbits, turkeys. And I'm so sorry to say they are both long term and short stay animals....We only name pets. Anything without a name is sent to freezer camp 😭
- Which leads me to tell you she is a butcher, and has always hung up meat and quartered it herself. She also hunts, so she does it with venison too. Plus we try and use as much of the animal as possible as to respect it. So that's butchering, tanning hides, cleaning off bones, making twine.
- She loves to lie about what happened to her leg. Her favorite for kids is that she's a cyborg or a transformer. Most adults just assume military and she doesn't tell them otherwise. She used to tell ppl for a while that she jumped out of one of the towers on 9/11.......💀 crazy since she was born and raised in New York
I get very sad every single time I think about the fact that when I watched Gravity Falls, when it was still coming out, I was just as blissfully unaware as Dipper and Mabel. And that now that I'm older, I'm seeing it through Stan's lens.
All that time. All that work. And hiding it from them, too. Being the best parental figure you can he when you barely had your own parents. When you've lost all of your family. When you're searching day in and day out for a way to get your brother back home. And fuck, he did a good job too.
Dipper and Mabel were loved and cared for. Stan went through so much, and now that I'm older, maybe not his age but older than the twins, I see it.
No one saw it.
Just the idea of Stan being so alone for so long..I think Mabel and Dipper were just what he needed. Both in the sense of finally getting Ford back when he gets the third journal, and needing family. Needing love. Needing family.
If Bradley Uppercrust III won the first five years of the X-Games, then that means this mf has been in college for 7 years. You're telling me Mr. So–far–in–the-closet-the-locals-of-Narnia-know-him is in college for a DOCTORATE????? He's getting a motherfuckin PhD?????????