i'm sort of having a mild brain fog moment rn so i can't fully articulate what i'm on about, but i think a lot of able-bodied artists view things like canes and crutches as interchangeable. and they often don't know enough about the wide range of mobility aids to make an informed decision about what their character might actually use based on their disability

Study of Colt Seavers from The Fall Guy (obsessed with the lighting in this shot)

*Colt gets my chronic pain and grief about it sorry mate

**I don’t know anything about spine injuries so creative liberties were taken

His apartment is always set up for if he needs the wheelchair. Wide gaps between furniture and walls, making walkways accessible.

He has lots of essential things stored in the lower cabinets just in case, so he doesn’t have to worry about overstretching in the chair and hurting himself more.

Goes through periods of grieving everything he’s lost, then having periods of hope that he will get better, citing his progress as proof he’s getting there.

Sometimes after he’s had a long day of being in pain, people staring at him in the chair, losing then regaining his fine motor skills he just cries. Cries for the stupidity of his accident, cries for his disabilities, cries for what he’s lost. He’s just exhausted. He didn’t realise how much he had it easy before the accident. Sure, he had bruises, scrapes and enough muscle soreness for 4 men, but it was a different kind of pain. One that didn’t sap his energy all the damn time.

Even a year and a half after his accident he still gets shooting pains down his spine. Sometimes he’ll get pain in random areas such as his arms or feet.

The first thing he does each morning before he even gets out of bed is try to take stock of how his body feels. Some days he knows he’ll notice the pain less once he gets out of bed, but others it doesn’t go away or gets worse.

He still has shower and toileting aids for days where he can’t take care of himself standing up.

He notices how lifestyle choices such as eating lots of takeout, not doing physio, getting poor sleep, not drinking enough water can all influence his pain. He does his best to keep on top of everything but sometimes life just gets in the way and he pays the price.

Will sometimes randomly trip when he loses feeling in his feet, he always looks around to make sure no one saw.

Will sometimes lose or have reduced fine motor skills in his hands which honestly just piss him off out of inconveniance

Doesn’t happen often but will sometimes have nighttime accidents due to breaking his lower back which impacts the muscles around the bowel and bladder.

———Jody———

She always always always asks his permission before helping him in any way. Even if to her he looks like he needs help, sometimes he doesn’t and she does her best to respect his autonomy. He’s lost and regained so much that she can give him a choice of if he wants her to help.

She doesn’t mind helping him with washing himself or toileting, she does mind the embarrassment he feels because of it.

She tries to normalise it as much as possible. It’s just another thing she does to help him sometimes. Like him helping her with handiwork around the house, or with dinner.

Will always encourage him to do his physio exercises. She will usually workout next to him. As he gets better he’s able to do more training and eventually combine the exercises with his normal workouts.

Jody is always on his back to drink water. He forgets all the time. It’s the one thing health-wise that the man just cannot do.

She encourages him to be honest with her about how he’s feeling. Colt is already pretty emotionally intelligent but she just helps by encouraging him to tell her or journal or find some other outlet because what he’s dealing with is a lot.

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐?

Chapters: 1/1 Words: 2,599 Fandom: The Fall Guy (2024) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jody Moreno/Colt Seavers, Colt Seavers & Dan Tucker Characters: Colt Seavers, Jody Moreno, Dan Tucker Additional Tags: Panic Attacks, Colt Seavers Has PTSD, Flashbacks, Protective Jody Moreno, Fire, Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Some Humor, author has done way too much research to whump this man Summary:

They were going to have to light him on fire in T-minus thirty minutes.