Honestly as a blind person I’m so tired of seeing fictional blind characters who don’t use white canes or other guides. “They have special powers so they know what’s around them” or “they’re confident enough to not need a guide” are common tropes, and I’m tired.
Are people scared that using a white cane will make their blind character seem weak? They can’t use a cane because they’re so special that they already know what’s around them, and other blind people who use guides are inferior because they’re not special?
I’m tired. Give your blind characters white canes and other guides. Let them hold onto their friends, let them have guide dogs. Don’t make white cane users feel ostracized for not being “strong enough” to go without.
Another thing that pisses me off is when a sighted character comes up with the fantasy equivalent of braille and teaches it to the blind character. Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a blind man, in 1824. The blind character should be the one coming up with it.
Tldr I’m blind and tired of sighted people lol
Wow this is really interesting context for characterisation.
I say, jolly good show, chaps. And did I panic? I think not.
This amazing advice, helpful, too. Reblogging, so I remember it.
Good stuff.
This is fun, thought I reblog it to remember. I knew most of this from my own deep dives in Arthurian stuff. But Sir Bedivere & sorcery associations is a new one. Huh, I got to hunt down that stuff. Interesting
The English: This is our legendary King Arthur. His bravest knight is named Gawain who cut off a green giants head
The French: That’s cool, but what if his coolest knight was FRENCH and practiced INFIDELITY with the QUEEN
The English: That’s not…
The French: His name is Lancelot.
The English: Okay actually that name frickin rules. Proceed.
Cool
Also how can Arthur Conan Doyle write a character like Irene Adler 1891 and have her 1. Outsmart Sherlock Holmes and get away with it and 2. Be in no way a damsel or love interest to Sherlock.. But every modern retelling not only has her be a sexual /love interest character but she is posed as being very very smart… But never smart enough to just outwit him, get away with it and move on? Women can be smart, sure, but no one is allowed to be smarter than Sherlock.
It’s been over 120 years and Irene is, at her best, never as decently treated as the original.
Wow amazing art.... that includes Kida!!!
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I love the idea of this. Mainly I’ve because I always loved this song and critical role.
THIS SONG IS THE PERFECT FJORESTER SONG BYE
This is incredibly helpful. This definitely something I wish had when first diagnosed With Autism. It all checks out with my understanding. Some of the methods for dealing with sensory overload are things I do myself to help with it. There’s still heaps of other pieced of advice that look super useful or address things I noticed but couldn’t put into words. So reblogging to remember this easier & because it is super useful.
I decided to create something that I wish I had when I first got diagnosed with autism - so here’s my comic for ASDComicTakeover! You can find out more about the project here!
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This is so relaxing & beautiful
A short self-indulgent fjorclay comic I drew
this is so cool
p2 pathfinder/dnd tokens! these were originally for a zine that went tits up due to mismanagement (my zine luck is so bad i just wanna draw man).
these are free to use in private games! (not streamed ones, due to the whole "these are characters from a copyrighted game" thing. yknow how it is). Obviously you don't need to keep them as the character they're made to represent, but I'll include the Pathfinder 2e ancestries and classes I had for these guys below the cut.
Tatsuya: Ifrit Fighter (Flames Oracle dedication)
Eikchi: Tiefling Bard
Lisa: Half Elf Monk
Maya: Undine Cleric
Yukino: Half Orc Barbarian
Jun: Aasimar Sorcerer (Demonic Bloodline)
Ulala: Cavern Elf (drow) Barbarian
Katsuya: Ifrit Champion
Eriko: Elf Investigator (though she'd also work great as a thaumaturge)
I got College of Lord Bard. Fun & accurate. I like creative writing, character building & world building.
idk if uquizzes are still a thing that anyone cares about, but my love for quizzes will never die, so i’m back with another one! i made a dnd class quiz focused more around personality and mindset and less about what abilities you’d like to have in the game.
also, if anyone is interested in a subclass quiz for any of the classes, let me know! i’m totally down to make those, i just don’t know which class to start with haha
link to the quiz in reblog
Persona, Fire Emblem Awakening and Dragon Age Ace fan girl.
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