Here from Heavy MetasistermagpieNovember 1 2009, 22:35:05 UTC
I hadn't read any of the other reactions you're talking about, but reading this I just wanted to say that I had the exact same reaction you did. I would have thought it was completely unbelievable if Bobby wasn't angry. I imagined it would be the definition of frustrating, the way that he suddenly has taken away an ability he's always taken for granted. It maybe sounds dismissive to just call it an inconvenience but it seems like it would be a huge inconvenience--as we see with the stairs. He's just as smart and committed as before, but not being able to move around as easily as he once did is just a big wall in front of him he'd constantly have to get around.
I don't have Bobby's experience, but even at times I've had minor situations like that, like a sprained ankle, you can be fine with it one minute and then you have to get somewhere and you're frustrated all over again. So god, I don't think it's whiny at all. Easy for the person without the problem to say it doesn't sound like that big a deal. Bobby never seemed self-pitying to me at all. He had way far to go before he got to self-pity. This was just somebody dealing with a huge change to his life and identity that would take a while. It would be ridiculous if it seemed lik Bobby was just the same now, only in a wheelchair. He'd be having his own drama going on alongside the same hunting he'd always done.
I don't have Bobby's experience, but even at times I've had minor situations like that, like a sprained ankle, you can be fine with it one minute and then you have to get somewhere and you're frustrated all over again. So god, I don't think it's whiny at all. Easy for the person without the problem to say it doesn't sound like that big a deal. Bobby never seemed self-pitying to me at all. He had way far to go before he got to self-pity. This was just somebody dealing with a huge change to his life and identity that would take a while. It would be ridiculous if it seemed lik Bobby was just the same now, only in a wheelchair. He'd be having his own drama going on alongside the same hunting he'd always done.
In short, go Bobby, imo.
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