Adolin’s leg

[Impact he/him]

I really liked the whole part about how Adolin was able to adapt to his prosthetic because of his background in dueling. I’m sure a lot of people might find it silly, but it actually resonates with me a little bit.

 

I have been doing martial arts for about 25 years and back in August, I had ACL surgery. I wasn’t on crutches, but my leg was functionally immobilized, and it was hard to put weight on it and I could not bend my knee for weeks. I was still able to go teach classes, and even participate in a seminar because I was able to adapt how I stood and moved. I was able to help kids with their cuts within a week, as long as they knew to adjust their stances to be better than mine. 
 

My point being that when you’re used to controlling your steps and your weight, you do learn to adapt, so it actually made sense that Adolin was able to participate

[1000CremlingsInATrenchcoat He/Him]

Nice. It's always cool to feel seen by a story. Sanderson does seem to have a decent knowledge of neurology and kinesiology - enough to write about Adolin in a way that makes sense and matches with what human bodies do.

[Impact he/him]

5 hours ago, 1000CremlingsInATrenchcoat said:

Nice. It's always cool to feel seen by a story. Sanderson does seem to have a decent knowledge of neurology and kinesiology - enough to write about Adolin in a way that makes sense and matches with what human bodies do.

For me it wasn't even abut feeling seen, (the mental health stuff is closer to that for me, and I'm recovering very well) its just cool to see that an injury like that not being portrayed as life ending

[Ahriman he/him]

I thought that was cool too. I also like how it ended up being permanent. Sometimes "everyone gets healed all the time" removes the depth and impact.

[DSCrankshaw]

He did get a nice prosthetic at the end, with built-in intelligence and a neural interface.

[1000CremlingsInATrenchcoat He/Him]

8 hours ago, Impact said:

For me it wasn't even abut feeling seen, (the mental health stuff is closer to that for me, and I'm recovering very well) its just cool to see that an injury like that not being portrayed as life ending

Definitely nice to have characters who "just get on with it". Adolin doesn't have time to suffer, which is a very intense reality of war. So he just sacks up and makes it work.

[Impact he/him]

26 minutes ago, 1000CremlingsInATrenchcoat said:

Definitely nice to have characters who "just get on with it". Adolin doesn't have time to suffer, which is a very intense reality of war. So he just sacks up and makes it work.

I love that about him. No time to wallow or rue. The only option is to peg up and go

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11 hours ago, Ahriman said:

I thought that was cool too. I also like how it ended up being permanent. Sometimes "everyone gets healed all the time" removes the depth and impact.

That's exactly how I feel about Brandon's unfortunate tendency to play "Republic serial villain" and keep characters alive who narratively should be dead.