Those "fascinating, compelling, and dramatic possibilities" translates to what that AI image suggests, the cripple is a liability that other characters need to toil and sacrifice in order to get them where they need to go. Remember in Game of Thrones, where the crippled Bran decided he absolutley needed to adventure out into a frozen wasteland deep into the territory of lich lords with undead armies? He was dead weight the whole time, and two of his companions died protecting him.
I once played a game of Parhfinder where one of the players decided it would be fun to make a character with a severe head injury so all her character could say was her name. Having to play charades to communicate got really frustrating really quickly.
And then you reach the end of the series and realize how much better off the world would have been if Bran had died from that fall in the first episode.
Those "fascinating, compelling, and dramatic possibilities" translates to what that AI image suggests, the cripple is a liability that other characters need to toil and sacrifice in order to get them where they need to go. Remember in Game of Thrones, where the crippled Bran decided he absolutley needed to adventure out into a frozen wasteland deep into the territory of lich lords with undead armies? He was dead weight the whole time, and two of his companions died protecting him.
I once played a game of Parhfinder where one of the players decided it would be fun to make a character with a severe head injury so all her character could say was her name. Having to play charades to communicate got really frustrating really quickly.
And then you reach the end of the series and realize how much better off the world would have been if Bran had died from that fall in the first episode.