G.I. Joe Classified One-A-Day Beamish-Style Poll - #60 - Sherlock (IDW)

Chooch555 said:
<needle scratch> F this thread, I now need to hear this story. I had no idea that was possible.
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I started getting double vision but it went undiagnosed for too long (GET GOOD EYE DOCTORS) and I somehow, without realizing that the muscles around my left eye were weakening, "trained" my right eye to be the one to stay focused. I'm still kind of trying to get it sorted. Constant annoyance, but it could be worse because I CAN get 20/20 vision (corrected) out of either eye, just they're constantly fighting each other for focus. It's miserable.

DetectiveHoag said:
I assume the creators didn’t think about any of that when making the character.
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I would be willing to bet 99 out of 100 times, a creator does not think deeply enough about when they give a character a prosthetic limb. I swear the closest we've gotten to truly acknowledging recovery is involved was seeing a droid test Luke's sensitivity to his hand in that last moment of Empire. Whenever I see Bucky commit some wild act of strength with his arm I think of the catastrophic harm that would case to whatever human bone or tissue it's anchored to.
 
docsilence said:
I started getting double vision but it went undiagnosed for too long (GET GOOD EYE DOCTORS) and I somehow, without realizing that the muscles around my left eye were weakening, "trained" my right eye to be the one to stay focused. I'm still kind of trying to get it sorted. Constant annoyance, but it could be worse because I CAN get 20/20 vision (corrected) out of either eye, just they're constantly fighting each other for focus. It's miserable.


I would be willing to bet 99 out of 100 times, a creator does not think deeply enough about when they give a character a prosthetic limb. I swear the closest we've gotten to truly acknowledging recovery is involved was seeing a droid test Luke's sensitivity to his hand in that last moment of Empire. Whenever I see Bucky commit some wild act of strength with his arm I think of the catastrophic harm that would case to whatever human bone or tissue it's anchored to.
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You know, that very same issue was pointed out to the creators of “The Six Million Dollar Man”. The writers had to do a little retcon, giving him re-enforced spine, and muscle structure to allow for his body not to crumple under the feats of strength. They even cited that his regular arm had grown more muscular in having to back up his cybernetic one (even though his body didn’t show it). But at least they tied to address the critique.
 
they did do a bit with him on that, yeah. And writers sometimes point out that Wolverine has an INVASIVE METAL on every inch of bone and would be in constant pain (and weigh like 350 because of the metal). Which isn't super realistic but it adds something to the character, acknowledging that you can't just fundamentally change someone's physiognomy and not have it really throw them off for a long time.

That being said, if a company that wasn't owned by an oligarch said "we can scoop out your meat eyes and fix a lifetime of vision problems for you" I'd volunteer in a heartbeat.
 
One of the post-ROTS Vader books went into a whole thing about his limbs, breathing stuff, and the suit as a whole, making it sound constantly excruciating. I assume the author had experience, or knew someone with experience, because he really went into that. It's actually the only thing I remember about the book.
 
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