I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This But If Audio Processing Disorder, Being D/Deaf/hoh, Not Having The

My child is autistic. He doesn’t do well with change. Even little things that would be meaningless to most people.

For example, his hairbrush was getting old and worn. He had chewed the end of it. The cats had chewed some bristles. It was dirty and dusty. But I didn’t say anything. Because it’s his hairbrush.

Finally, he said he thinks it’s time for a new brush. Ok, I say, we’ll put it on the shopping list, and get one next time we’re in town.

So we go to town and we go to the store. There are many hairbrushes to choose from. He picks one and they even have it in his favorite color. We buy it, take it home, and remove the packaging.

I go to put it on the shelf where the old hairbrush is. Can we throw out the old one, I ask.

That’s when he stops. That’s when he freezes and gets a momentary look of panic on his face. Throw out the old one? That hadn’t occurred to him.

Because here’s the thing. Hair brushing is a part of his morning routine. And not just hair brushing, but hair brushing with that particular brush. To most people, the act of hair brushing is the routine, but not the brush itself. The objects are interchangeable. But not to my child. Not to someone with autism. The brush itself is just as important as the act of brushing.

So I take a breath. I put the old brush down. Think about it, I say. Let me know tomorrow what you want to do with this brush.

He decides. He realizes keeping an old hairbrush is not necessary. But it’s still important to him. So he asks if I can cut off one bristle. To keep. As a memory of the old hairbrush.

I don’t laugh. I don’t tell him it’s silly. I respect his need. I cut off the bristle. He puts it in his treasure box, along side some smooth rocks, beads, sparkly decals, a Santa Claus charm from a classmate, a few other things meaningful to him.

He throws the old hairbrush away himself. He is able to move on, and accept the change.

MIWeek day 4

Ok I’m thinking we can do this three different ways

Guybrush makes his own. Guybrush does a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle and a real-ass goddamn pirate sword on it. Definitely gold and red highlights on the flag.

I’m thinking like a memento to his time back on melee, so like I’m thinking of the “I beat the swordmaster of melee island” T-shirt.

My personal favorite…. Guybrush glued Murray to a flag and stuck him there as a flag of terror and possible lookout.

As you can tell, I am COMPLETELY serious, deathly if you will. A flag’s gotta mean something. Could his flag mean death??!?

reblog this if you’re jewish or your blog is a safe space for jewish people

in light of recent events as well as a new rise in creating nazi ocs I think this post is an important one to have on your blog if you stand behind your jewish followers or are jewish yourself.

Hi everyone! This is the Guy In Space (gender neutral) Tournament, reporting live to tell everyone that we are opening submissions for characters in the Tournament!

This tournament is for any character who you feel has a strong association with space! Whether they live in space, work in space, or are just in a very space-heavy media, this is the tournament for them! Some examples include Doug Eiffel from Wolf 359, or Luke Skywalker from Star Wars.

If you have a character who you feel meets these guidelines, please sumbit them to this form: https://forms.gle/SwQVahJRNMGpMHgH9

That's all! Have a good day :)

I am sick and tired of people saying the new Harry Potter game is "Just a video game" and that "You are being antisemitic for seeing Jewish people as goblins" (we fucking dont, but to you people dogwhistles dont exist, so)

So Im gonna fucking tell you how its NOT just a video game, and that dogwhistles are a thing that exist, and you need to start seeing them if you want to be an ally to Jewish people.

I think the most obvious thing to people is the use of a Shofar as a "Goblin Artifact." For those who dont know, Shofars are a Jewish religious instrument :)!!!!

Wow!!! That doesnt look good! What does that artifact look like to you...?

Aha!

You see that?

"Used for Jewish religious purposes."

Now, lets get into the less obvious things to you people (that SHOULD be obvious)

In the Harry Potter world, Goblins were depicted as bankers. In the movies, they were depicted with large, hooked noses and pointy ears, with sharp rat like teeth.

"But OP! Thats just what goblins are in fantasy! They are greedy and ugly!" Have you ever considered that old folklore and fairy tales could be antisemitic too? Antisemitism ran in Europe for CENTURIES, not just during WWII.

You know what else is an antisemitic jewish stereotype? Greedy for money, maybe bankers that rule things behind the scenes with big hooked noses, rat like looks, pointy ears and occasionally horns.

How are none of you seeing this.

Not only that, in one of the movies, inside the bank, a symbol that looks suspiciously close to the star of david is used.

Oh but yk..its just a game, I guess, according to y'all.

The game of course has other problems. Its world building is awful, the story is literally just a blood libel (which is also antisemitic), theres not enough content for the $60 its worth unlike other $60 games, and they legit named a trans women character fucking Sirona Ryan. Any money you give to this game will be given to JK Rowling because all of the programmers and developers already recieved their pay. Not only that, but their lead dev is just as awful if not moreso than JK Rowling.

"Its just a game! Look at the transgender people being killed in the streets!"

Maybe you'd be right if it werent for the fact Rowling literally has the status and money to fuck trans people over in the UK. And not only that, you are actively consuming antisemitic content and not caring for your jewish cousins around you because of your want for a nostalgia factor.

So no, Carol, its not just a game.

Buy it or pirate it if you want, but dont be surprised when transgender and jewish people alike dont trust you, because I certainly wont.

my beautiful boy thru the years

JD's new years benediction, 2023

hello!! so me and @commsroom are going forward with organizing a project for the 10th anniversary of wolf 359 this year. the basic idea is putting together an anthology of fanworks--both new and old fanworks can be submitted. separate from the anthology will be a kind of 'thank you' card for the cast and crew to express that the show matters to people. as this part will be seen directly by members of the cast and crew, the thank you project will be curated apart from the anthology. you can submit things for both.

a more formal interest check has been put together, so please take a moment to fill it out and let us know your thoughts! and rbs to spread the word will be very appreciated, thank you 💕💕!!

Google Docs

Wolf 359 10th Anniversary Project

Anniversary date August 15th, 2024; deadline... some time before that. Both new and old fanworks accepted; anything that shows love of the s

Another one of lerin's good/bad ideas:

mechanisms (specifically tbi) and bullet train

ensemble of characters all interconnected with each other in ways they didn't know at first. sort of a mystery trying to figure out what the hell is going on and why are we all trying to kill each other. KILLER soundtracks/albums mmmmmmm. costumes are ✨IMMACULATE✨ i want to look like them so much aaaaa. secret plot twists on who and how and why and oh gods-

also, trains! and also, people have really bad times on trains...

A PSA from Team StarKid themselves about bootlegs from 2019, in case yall have forgotten

And for good measure how about their one from just last year!

If you seek out or record any bootlegs of Starkid shows, I’ll just say it, you are NOT a fan.