#AXELE

[artkumanorobin]

(some of the) artfight attacks 2021

[old art backlog 2021]

[bigweldindustries]

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?

[thecollectibles]

White Snake by Axel Sauerwald

[adrianprimes]

done by malezas777 (instagram)

song tattooed is axel f - crazy frog

[ceeejus]

looks like my summer vacation is… over.

[spocks-husband]

Can't believe Diane Duane invented love with this passage that's so crazy

[satan-is-a-furry]

Me reading an X reader fanfic:

[firestorm09890]

oh yeah I got a used copy of 358/2 Days and I was lucky enough that it came with the manual and I need to show you the absolute roasting they gave Axel

”yeah this is Axel he thinks he’s so smart and never shuts the fuck up”

[daemonfish]

the days experience

[pencilcomics]

that's pretty much how the game went, right?

[separatethingy]

Love the thought of the meanest characters being the nicest on set

Dugout Mom Saix

[merux2]

Sea salt family

[thecollectibles]

Mechanic by Axel Sauerwald

[lunarneo]

These two again 🧡💚

based on this post!

[1071png]

yeah i dabble in powerscaling