#esp after losing my ability to use my prosthetic for 3 years

[bleakbluejay]

i'm so convinced that every writer for every big show or movie that has the main character have an amputation is not personally close with an amputee

with the exception of maybe forrest gump bc i thought lt. dan was very convincing and compelling

but like. they make getting and maintaining prosthetics look easy. they make it look not very painful (or the pain is super temporary). they don't bring up the emotional distress being an amputee can create, and if they bring up the ableism, it's a distasteful joke. all the negativity is done upon amputation and never beyond. and that's just so unrealistic i think. unless i, myself, am the world's most sensitive bitchy amputee.

#eli talks #ableism #the way amputees and prosthetics in media are treated... #it's like “ok! they're all better now! it's like they aren't disabled at all!” #and like while yes it's good to have amputee characters thriving... uh... #maybe that sucks if that's all you get to see too? #it might make abled people think that we're fine 100% of the time and don't need support #which is DEFINITELY my fucking experience #asoiaf in general has awesome disabled rep thank you grrm #i love lt. dan even if he's pathetic and sad and he has the “look im all better now” reveal at the end #he was written so realistically and i relate to him a lot #esp after losing my ability to use my prosthetic for 3 years #i think the skywalkers are *cool* rep but they really just like #lose their HANDS and then move on with their lives like nothing happened #as if that isn't a disconnection of how they can communicate and receive information from the world... #hershel from twd show was *cool* rep as well but like they just found a fucking leg hanging around??? #and it HAPPENED to be the right socket size and fit and height??? #idk i really could just be nitpicky. idk.