Dragon prince amaya mute or deaf9/26/2023 He still had his hearing when he was learning how to play music which he was a prodigy and genius at. And yes, Beethoven was dead but he wasn't born deaf. Beethoven was deaf and he's one of music's greatest composers. All in all, it's a character with a disability that works well because her disability and the role/occupation Toph has don't clash and don't break the immersion.īut wait, you might say. She can't really sense pejoke with sand because it's too loose and can't really sense attacks that are coming from the air. And even with that, she still faces weaknesses. It makes perfect logical sense in-universe, expands on one of the key principles and Magic systems (Earthbending), and it has a real world precedent in that blind people's other senses like their hearing and sense of smell and touch get heightened to compensate. And even though she's blind, she can get around that by having her hearing and the ability to sense vibrations in the ground which is why she's such a skilled Earthbender. Contrast that with Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender, who's blind. And Amaya doesn't have any special ability to compensate for her deafness. In all honesty, Amaya's deafness is a very real risk to not only her life but the lives of all the soldiers under her command. But Amaya won't be able to hear a twig break under an assassin's or warrior's foot before she feels a sword run through her chest. In low-light situations like that, your hearing is the best sense that you have in surviving in that situation. Or let's say that she and her soldiers are fighting during night against enemies that can see in the dark. Amaya won't be able to unless someone in front of her either signs it quick enough to her or she can read their lips fast enough to understand. Any other soldier could probably hear the arrow or Magical attack parting/disturbing the wind and be able to dodge it. The same principle applies if she was shot from behind by an arrow or Magical attack. She'll never be aware about an assassin or Moon Elf assassin that strikes her from behind because her comrades behind her can't warn or shout to her about the enemy right behind her. And I can list off from the top of my head several situations in which Amaya's deafness presents a big danger to herself and her subordinates in a fight. I mean, how many soldiers in real life are still alive today because they could hear their allies scream/communicate to them, "GRENADE!" or "AMBUSH!" or "SNIPER!"? Hearing is one of the most vital senses in combat. Now, Amaya is a great character and a badass fighter and her representation as a Deaf/HoH person would be perfect if it wasn't for the fact that being a soldier is the worst possible occupation to combine deafness with.ĭeafness is a terrible disadvantage as a soldier and it's an unacceptable risk for all the men and women under her command. I know I'm going to get some controversy for this but some things need to be said.ĭiversity and inclusion is great and all but not at the cost immersion and believability. Think you've been wrongfully banned from our Discord server and want to prove it? Anything above that threshold will be removed.
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