Flash

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I haven't talked much about The Flash here - partly because I haven't talked much about anything here, but mostly because there's just not that much to talk about: it's a fluffy popcorn show. Fun, but for the most part forgettable. But last night's episode, while one of the weakest so far, did something fairly interesting.

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Well, that's the thing - I now know a few people with various issues who can walk without pain or discomfort for a few steps, or who have days where it's not a problem and days where it is. There were quite a few of them at a wheelchair event I went to. I was really surprised - I thought it was just me. And one of the other wheelchair users on my street is a double amputee who goes back and forth with his chair - he keeps his prosthetics on regardless, but it's a question of just how far he has to walk. (Or if he wants to take the bus like MUST we keep doing this strap-in crap, Orange County?) But this just doesn't get shown on television - you get spinal patients, or walking awkwardly patients, or the Mitt Romney campaign keeping Ann Romney away from cameras on her bad days.

In the hallway scene, Wells was shown not just unable to speed, but unable to move at all. It did seem to be a side effect of losing his speed, but it did leave him needing his wheelchair - and it was very much like what happens to me after I've overdone things. Which is another reason I use a wheelchair - it's a buffer for overdoing things. This seems to be a similar situation - Wells uses the chair partly because he does sometimes really need it, partly because it means he's not straining himself when not using his speed.

I still haven't seen Justified. I know, I know....But I'm glad to hear that they countered this trope too. So that's at least three good wheelchair representations - Nikita had one - spinal patient, but good - Justified, and now this.

Now if Flash could just HAVE IRIS FIGURE IT OUT we'll be good. Or at least better.