So a few weeks ago, a creator on TikTok who has a disability spoke about how the show doesn't really portray Egg's disability, which is something I never really considered. Egg is supposed to be badly burned, with severe nerve damage, but they have him walking around doing things that shouldn't be possible for him, at least without causing him a lot of pain.
And in last night's episode, when Egg was bending down in front of Aemond and swinging a sword around, all I could think of was, how are you doing this? How are you bending down fluidly and raising a sword without trouble when you were burned so badly that metal fused to your skin? Keep in mind that suit of armor was made of Valyrian steel, which doesn't burn (#PlotWhole), so it had to get really hot for it to melt. Also, you fell out of the sky. Yeah, Sunfyre broke your fall with his wings, but that can only do so much.
So, like the creator said, they are not showcasing his disabilities properly. Egg is severely disabled, yet he's moving like he's not. At most, he has a limp. And perhaps if we got a timeframe of everything, we could say oh it's reasonable for him to move like this but if I'm being honest, I don't think he would ever realistically be able to move like that, no matter how much time has passed. And if he did get to the point where he could move like that, it would take years.
And I'm not blaming Tom for this because he's only going based on what they're telling him to do.
TikTok Creator: @kestrelunicorn Kestrel Targaryen.