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going through the hades 2 stuff and im sorry but i just have to ramble a second because look at Hephaestus

he's not just a wheelchair user but also an amputee. an above knee amputee. wheelchair users are already next to nonexistant in video games but amputees exist in this really...disheartening? spot where they're pretty much just reduced to "person with a cybernetic limb" - it's always just somewhere from "just a cool visual design" to flat out "superpower". I can't think of a video game amputee that is actually disabled by their limb differences - I'm all for futuristic worlds where prosthetics and other disability aids are far advanced from what they are now, but that's not really what's implied by these designs. They're just... Cool designs that in no way reflect on the real-world experience of being an amputee.

Look at Hephaestus, though. Look at that prosthetic. Whilst stylised it very much looks like it functions like common mechanical knees - knee bends when thigh is lifted, knee straightens when thigh is lowered. He's a wheelchair user as well as a prosthetic user - every prosthetic user I know is also a wheelchair user as a prosthetic is not usable in every occasion and also cause exhaustion and pain if used constantly.

Whilst we can't see much of his wheelchair the position he's sat in and the wheels very much evoke active wheelchair to me - this carries on to very specifically the thickness of his arms. Whilst a lot of Hades designs are muscular Hephaestus has very noticeably thick arms - which makes sense, as active wheelchairs require a lot of arm strength.

Just overall this design is making me want to cry - he's not just an actual wheelchair user in a video game, he's a realistic depiction of an amputee, a disability usually brushed over in order to give a character a fun design quirk and nothing else. He's fat and he's hot and he's a realistic depiction of an above knee amputee. Oh my god. Oh my god?

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Expression sheet for MisoZoupp!

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*Sees a thoroughly rusted Cybertruck abandoned by the side of the road*

Me: "Wow, how far in the future did we go?"

My time-traveller friend: "About two weeks."

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Hi ☀️☀️☀️

#😍😍😍 #cutuals

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now its time to bring the haterism

if you think multiple are bad vote for the one you hate the most <3

#10.6% of people voting in this poll have awful taste get well soon #Skyrim was fun like 10 years ago but society have moved past the need for bethesda games

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#truly

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I found this one in the gallery and I thought I looked hot

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my benchmark won't let me wear the Viper gear so I kept getting Senshi Upskirt Jumpscares

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Felt cute tonight.

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just gonna start killing people i dont find funny

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Turn based sex. Take as long as you need to think of a strategy.

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did you know? if you do your laundry you can get your clothes back

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#a not-insignificant chunk of my salary goes to them every year so yeah they fuckin owe me

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In a stunning turn of events, Iroh of the Fire Nation has dethroned Steve Blueclue and is now moving on to round 4! His challenger: Laios Touden of Dungeon Meshi!

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I had a dream I was watching keeping up with the kardashians and Kylie had gotten cyborg legs like they had taken the legs of an AT-ST from Star Wars and put them on her lower half so she was like 11 feet tall and Kim was like “I think Kylie’s new legs are SO fun..”