The first one she was given was uncomfortable, painful and unwieldly, much like happens in real life for some. By the time a new and improved one was available she declined because as the other poster pointed out, she had already learned how to live and fight this way.
If you can’t understand that reasoning not sure what to tell you.
She actually tried several iterations, and they all caused her issues. It wasn’t just one. She got to the point where the blacksmith kept asking her to try new versions, and she’s like “I appreciate the effort, but this isn’t for me”.
Even in real life with modern technology, we aren’t making Star Wars hands that just replace your arm. You can’t control prosthetics with your mind the way you do an arm. You have to operate it. It’s a mechanical device. Imagine driving a forklift, only it’s your arm.
Yes lol, in my younger days when I worked at a lumberyard I was certified on all of the heavy machinery. Including the stand up forklift that used a joystick and 2 peddles for controls that almost noone could figure out. I mastered it in like 5 minutes, and after a half hour I was out-driving experienced operators.
Tbh I think an earlier thread made me curious and I’ve read experiences where people feel uncomfortable with their prosthetics. Like it can sometimes hurt or like get too sweaty and such
I can imagine. When my asthma was very bad as a child, it usually took multiple doctors to hold me down because I hated wearing an oxygen mask that much.
I’m an adult now, so I doubt I’d throw such a tantrum. I also wear glasses because lenses skeeve me out.
Yep, even in the real world we can’t magic something that works just like it would with a replacement arm like in Star Wars or Star Trek. Nerves in particular cannot be replaced or connected, so you would have no feeling at all in the prosthetic. Some people (especially those that lost an arm recently in a war or something) adapt and make do.
Have you seen the size of that thing? If people are going to nitpick the “physics” of Faerin’s shield, then they darn well better do the same to that big freakin’ piece of machinery he calls a “hand.”
It doesn’t though. She grew up learning how to succeed without it. She doesn’t want to relearn all over again.