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Edward IV
Jan 15, 2006

Sindai posted:

Granted it would have made more sense if they were just too badly mutilated to save but then they would have had to do the awkward TV censorship thing.

Her arms don't necessarily need to be mutilated to require amputation. An injury that would result in the complete severing or blockage of the brachial artery in the upper arm would, given enough time before it could be treated, result in the arm going necrotic. A severely broken or mangled upper arm or a gun shot wound that passes through the artery would do it.

Of course that would be a little difficult to visually convey short of a hilariously out of place "X-ray Kill Cam" à la Sniper Elite V2. Then again, her arms going completely limp from the lack of blood flow and associated injury to the median nerve (which is directly adjacent to the brachial artery in the upper arm) could have also worked.

To be honest during the first time that final moment with the Major played, I had thought Violet had gotten her arms crushed in rubble or something and just ripped herself free Terminator style. Or at the very least from repeated injuries during combat and she fought so hard that they just fell off. Losing her arms to a couple of cheap shots from the enemy was a little lame but I guess that was to highlight Violet's vulnerability without the Major. That said, losing her arms to a single gun shot and a grenade blast that only manages to injure her arm is a gross exaggeration.

Edward IV fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Mar 15, 2018

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