he doesn’t have an arm.
the internet is wild
He’s not disabled… he’s transhuman. He’s augmented. He’s not disabled… he’s enabled. His arm gives him enhanced and superhuman abilities. In the future, transhumans won’t be considered ‘disabled’… if they were, the human race wouldn’t be aiming for a future like that. Disability implies some sort of limitation whereas Bucky has more power in that arm than in the rest of his body.
While it’s a sci-fic superhero story and something with the control and power of Bucky’s metal arm doesn’t currently exist, it is still a prosthetic. Bucky is an amputee with a prosthetic. He is disabled.
My brother says “you wouldn’t want to wank with that arm. It requires a team of specialists to maintain and repair. It’s not self-healing. While it is a very nice prosthetic, it’s still a prosthetic.”
Bro studies transhumanism, and assures me wankery is important.
Nondisabled people are incredible.
@feathersmoons gets into this really well in Your Blue Eyed Boys. Yes, it’s incredibly powerful, and he can do things with it that flesh arms can’t do. It’s also heavy as hell, which fucks up all of the surrounding muscle groups; doesn’t have sensory perception like a real arm, which makes it real hard to do things like pick up a cup of coffee without crushing the cup and spilling it; and the lack of nerve feedback (at least in her universe, but it seems really well researched so i bet there’s some scientific basis here) leads to a kind of background nerve static – like the feeling right before pins and needles, but ALL THE TIME. so, yeah. Sounds like disabled to me.
Kimchi and Justice 