Indeed. It may be a type of advanced "science-y" cochlear implant that only exists in that flash universe, but I do wish that they at least put some thought into it so that it actually made sense for those who knew how real-life implants worked. but the way they wrote it I think they only did the implant thing so that they could have the "gross out factor", instead of presenting the character as being actually deaf.
But I did notice that CW writers very rarely put any thought into episodes or characters that had some sort of disorder or disability.
Sometimes even writing the epodise so that it had an awful ablest message.
They did this several times on Smallville... like with Jodi, who had a horrible eating disorder that led her to become a fat-sucking vampire. Her eating disorder was only used as a plot device, and not handled very well.
And then there was Lana's secret admirer who were severely abused at home and not allowed to go to school, just because he had an mutant power that pretty much turned him into a disabled boy. In fact some of it seemed to have a strong parallel to autism. and then once everyone found out that he was a mutant it was suddenly perfectly okay that his parents were severely beating him and locked him up in a dark basement. Because Mutants are not real people, they're just animals amrite? *rolls eyes*
And it's just not Smallville, I've noticed other CW shows not knowing how to handle people with disabilities or how the devices for disabilities work at all. So they come away with all sorts of awful messages about people with disabilities.
I love the shows, but man... I really hate the CW writers at times.
But I did notice that CW writers very rarely put any thought into episodes or characters that had some sort of disorder or disability.
Sometimes even writing the epodise so that it had an awful ablest message.
They did this several times on Smallville... like with Jodi, who had a horrible eating disorder that led her to become a fat-sucking vampire. Her eating disorder was only used as a plot device, and not handled very well.
And then there was Lana's secret admirer who were severely abused at home and not allowed to go to school, just because he had an mutant power that pretty much turned him into a disabled boy. In fact some of it seemed to have a strong parallel to autism. and then once everyone found out that he was a mutant it was suddenly perfectly okay that his parents were severely beating him and locked him up in a dark basement. Because Mutants are not real people, they're just animals amrite? *rolls eyes*
And it's just not Smallville, I've noticed other CW shows not knowing how to handle people with disabilities or how the devices for disabilities work at all. So they come away with all sorts of awful messages about people with disabilities.
I love the shows, but man... I really hate the CW writers at times.
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