pluvi! what are your thoughts on shanks and phantom pain?
Ough it’s complicated LMFAOOOOO bc like realistically he wld probably have pretty bad phantom pain—he lost his whole left arm, which was his dominant one, and it was a traumatic amputation, plus he’s implied to have alcoholism issues which itself would imply a history of depression and all of those things mean he’d almost certainly have phantom pain and it’d probably be pretty severe…….
ALL THAT SAID he’s also a fictional character and from a NARRATIVE standpoint I v much like the idea of him not noticing the missing arm all that much LOL
Still I def think it’s there. Apparently phantom pain tends to get better over time so I’m gonna say it was worse in the first few years but now that it’s twelve yrs out it’s gotten much better 🙂↕️🙂↕️ and I think phantom sensation is a bit more common for him than pain specifically, if only bc I think he generally has a fairly high pain tolerance so. Idk I feel like a couple times a yr it happens but he hides it Very well
And it’s technically a different thing but I also think residual pain at the sever point & shoulder is more common too!!! Bc it was a traumatic amputation there’s no way those nerves were cut properly even with Hongo tending to it, and I think Shanks does get pretty bad flare-ups, specifically during extreme conditions like hot/cold islands or bad storms. Not nearly enough to ground him tho, his officers can tell when it’s a bad day but anyone else wouldn’t be able to. Again I think his pain tolerance is Very high pfft
ANYWAY TY PROWL this was fun to think about 🥰
