#prosthetic user

[canon-disabledcharacteroftheday]

The disabled character of the day is Hephaestus from Hades 2 that has a limb difference and uses a wheelchair and a prosthetic.

[rimbaudsleg]

The practicalities of donning an AK prosthesis

[lanziamputeeclub]

See more of Beibei here: Beibei OOE amputee girl missing one arm and one leg wearing a prosthetic leg and prosthetic arm.

[cy-cyborg]

The Perfect Prosthetic: Video Version

The perfect prosthetic is a super common trope surrounding amputees and people with limb differences who use a prosthetic limb, so let's talk about it!

This is a kind of extended version of the written post from yesterday with mostly the same stuff, plus additional examples, "red flags" that this trope is showing up in your work to watch out for and some additional detail that got cut from the written version.

[hayamivideosphotos]

Emo amputee girl + amputee model

[disabledcharacters]

TV ANIMATION: Della Duck (Ducktales) - Amputee, Prosthetic Leg User

Della Duck made her animated debut in the television series DuckTales, first appearing at the end of the two-part season finale “The Shadow War!” on August 18, 2018.

She is a seasoned pilot and adventurer, having once accompanied Donald and their uncle, Scrooge McDuck, on globe-trotting expeditions. The mystery surrounding her disappearance serves as the emotional core of the show’s narrative.

Unique to the series, however, is the character’s depiction as an amputee. As revealed in the episode “What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!“, Della’s leg was injured in the crash, resulting in her amputating the limb and instilling a robotic prosthetic in its place.

The showrunners collaborated with the Amputee Coalition of America in portraying Della as an amputee. According to Youngberg and Angones, they did not want Della’s disability to define her character, as “she's dealing with a lot of other things,”.

They explicitly wanted to avoid portraying her as “the amputee hero”. Rather, the circumstances surrounding Della’s disability highlight the perseverance and overall spirit of her character, proving that “nothing would stop her." [wiki]

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Join me as I celebrate and post about different Disabled Characters throughout the month. Tracking #dcotm

[thisis--ableism]

This is a response to a comment I left on a video about how nice it is seeing adults express joy and whimsy. The guy in the video has two prosthetic legs and was having fun making giant deer tracks in the dirt, which is what I was originally referencing.

Idk correct me if I'm wrong but this feels ableist ;/

[ID: A screenshot of a censored YouTube reply that reads: TBH, if you're stuck with prosthetic legs, you might as well make the most of it. /End ID]

Thank you for the image ID! I also think adults deserve to express joy and whimsy and that this commenter is ableist!

[starryknight-dragonarts]

Captain Marianna and Zosimo

Captain Marianna Perola de Fantasma is an older veteran pirate who has been in the business for a good many years and has a reputation for being laid-back and fun loving, but you would not want to be on her bad side, she did not get this far as a Pirate by being a big huggable pushover. She dislikes unnecessary acts of violence and cruelty, and is generally honest and honorable with a side of trickery and mischief. She usually won't open lie (though she has no qualms with doing so if necessary) but will withhold information tactically finding it more fun to trick pokemon with the technical truth. She tends to use her calm and friendly demeanor to negotiate her way through problems, and if her charm doesn't work then negotiations always go better with some good drinks and lots of food, however her jolly carefree demeanor ends immediately to those who threaten anyone under her protection.

In her youth she was considerably more of a spitfire; she took a great many risks chasing after treasure and lost some things along the way, but her Solosis buddy Zosimo has helped her recover and covers for some of her losses forming new limbs from the goo that surrounds their body. He'd be her right-hand mon if he weren't actually her left hand. Zosimo does not do a lot of talking, at least not in any language that anybody comprehends except for Marianna who understands him perfectly. Probably because of Telepathy. They also have other unique psionic abilities not because of Zosimo's own psychic powers but because of their combined abilities allowing them to do things like alter luck in their favor and pull off uncanny maneuvers.