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Here's my first amcheck. If this isn't helpful just ignore it idk what I'm doing really

To your first point, I guess I agree that "impair" isn't very visceral, and that some of my other suggested alternatives might have the wrong connotations. But your suggestion of "kneecap" works great! There are lots of body-horror verbs that would fit better than "cripple" ("hamstring," "gut,"...

Can writers stop using the world "cripple" in their analyses? That word is a slur for disabled people and I feel like we're excluding them from Smogon by throwing the word around so much. It should be easy to replace with words like "impair," or "shut down," or "restrict." For instance, in the...