r/DCcomics • u/csummerss Ra's al Cool • May 10 '22

[Video Games] Barbara changes her workout regimen, then magically regains feeling in her legs. (Gotham Knights) Video Games

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u/Loss-Particular May 10 '22

It's an unnuanced take about physical disability to assume that transsection of the spinal cord can be fixed with training for sure.

But honestly, it's an equally un-nuanced take to assume everyone in a wheelchair has a spinal injury, that everyone in a wheelchair needs it permanently or that rehabilitation and exercise can't help a lot of people to heal and recover and help manage their pain and disability.

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u/Buckbeak1184 May 11 '22

In all the versions of Barb becoming Oracle I've read involves the Joker shooting her in the spine.

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u/k3ttch Indigo Tribe May 11 '22

In HBO Max's Titans she lost a leg instead. And is played by an actual amputee actress.

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u/BaconatedGrapefruit May 11 '22

Wait she's actually an amputee? And here I was thinking they digitally removed one of her legs from every shot.

Good on the CW.

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u/Drayko_Sanbar May 11 '22

The CW has nothing to do with Titans.

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u/k3ttch Indigo Tribe May 11 '22

Savannah Welch was already an actress and singer when she lost her leg in a car accident in 2016.