tma fans are like “i love them so much asuqjdiqkwkzj” and the character looks like this
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When writing a blind character, what are some things to avoid?
Ah! So this is definitely a bit of a broad question, but I can give a few basics:
Blind people don’t actually give a shit about touching faces, so please, please stear clear of that. The only exceptions may be the same way sighted lovers may caress each other’s faces and parents may hold a child’s face in an emotional moment, but it’s just like a sighted lover or parent would, nothing more.
Please avoid giving your character a cure. One of the most crushing things as a disabled reader is to finally have a disabled character, but for them to end up with a fantastic magic cure half-way through. It rarely makes for a good story, and often a much better story is that person’s journey in understanding themselves as equal and learning that they aren’t broken and useless and can do whatever they want, overcoming internalized ableism rather than “overcoming the disability.”
Few blind people actually wear sunglasses or eye coverings, so your character probably won’t either if the likelyhood says anything. Chances are they will not be part of that minority, so probably better not to do that.
Something similar can be said for characters with white or cloudy eyes. The vast majority of blind people will not have very abnormal-looking eyes, so chances are your character will not be part of that minority.
Another very similar thing should be noted about the level of vision they will have. Somewhere between 80 and 90% of blind people have some level of remaining vision, weather it be little more than light perception or enough that they were forced to use their eyes a lot growing up and weren’t taught braille or to use a cane because they could get by well enough not to die most of the time.
So these are just the first several things I can think of at the moment, but definitely feel free to ask about more things!
i think more people should use the fact that melanie used to run a ghost show to make her like, actually know avatar stuff. not in any super useful way, just like, she’s heard a story that jon hasn’t because they have different means of getting information. it’s pretty obvious that sarah baldwin was melanie’s first notable supernatural encounter, but how fucking funny would it be if jon was like, “jude gave me the address of an avatar named mike crew” and melanie just went “oh, you mean creepypasta mike?”
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Yes, Spain!!!!
Yikes!
It threw me off so bad yesterday when I listened for the first time, but I love the emotional spiciness of a circumstance where you can’t show fear without attracting more Hunters, even if your most loved one is in danger.
The mechanics of “Trevor can’t actually kill Martin as long as Trevor is Prey, but if Jon or Martin show too much fear he can turn Hunter again and WILL have the power to kill him”?? Jon hoping that he would be the one taken hostage, because it would be so much easier to remain calm with his own life threatened than have to pretend he’s not upset over Martin’s in danger? Emotionally Repress or Die scenario?? FUCK
Kind of a fantasy au with Inn keeper Martin and quest focused adventurer Jon
(based on a tiktok that was just…so Martin)
This is so good!
Can I just say I am in LOVE with the Teacher Jon AU. Just,, imagine the absolutely ABSURD things his students could find out about him. Imagine the shenanigans.
Love thinking about the bizarre answers he could give to their questions
“Mr. Sims how did you burn your hand?” “Let’s just say I shook hands with someone who had a very firm grip.”
“How did you get all those weird holey scars?“ “…worms.”
“What was it like working at that Magnus place?” *small smile* “Hell. Anyway back to the lesson-”
“Did you know you were a suspect in a murder?” “I was aware, yes.” “And..did you kill someone?” “I mean, I didn’t kill her.”
And I know people have talked about this before but think how hilarious it would be for both his friends & the avatars to have a blast bugging him at school.
Martin shows up all the time of course, all the students love him. He’s on the pta even though he doesn’t have a kid there. Everyone is a little confused though since he seems so nice and normal when Jon is so…not
Daisy will come by to pick him up sometimes, the kids are mostly scared of her but think she’s really cool. Everyone is confused as to how this tall strong butch lady is bffs with their tiny stick-thin English teacher but it’s amusing all the same.
Melanie and Georgie found out early on that bugging Jon at work annoys him so they come all the time and think it’s HILARIOUS. All the students who are What the Ghost fans freak out. They love telling students New Mysterious Facts about Jon that makes them even more curious about him
Helen will pop in out of nowhere and Jon just facepalms like “what are YOU doing here” “oh, you know, just checking up on you!!” she makes a lot of jokes and probably scares some of the students and has a great time
Oliver randomly shows up one day, sticks his head in like ‘oh hey Jon what’s up’ says some vaguely ominous things, and leaves. Jon is very confused. He came because Helen payed him fifty bucks to do so
Are there any other like. Living avatars?? I can’t think of any, that is sad
And lastly can we just appreciate the random weird things Jon would do that would confuse his students. Like.
They come in to class one day to find him ferociously batting away ceiling cobwebs with his broom, muttering ‘damned spiders..not TODAY web….you hear me annabelle?? Not on my WATCH’ they are all a little disturbed and Jon is even more mortified that they saw.
If he still has his Beholding powers after the apocalypse then he can A) automatically know when someone is cheating and B) know things about his students that he definitely shouldn’t know. Sometimes it works in their favor, sometimes it doesn’t
Sometimes he just makes offhand comments that are totally bizarre? Like one of his students will say “dont take this the wrong way but you’re really weird, Mr. Sims” and he’ll be like “Oh you think I’M weird, you should meet some of the other people I know.” and one of the kids will ask “…like who?” and he’ll just count off on his fingers “ohh met an undead goth once, couple of vampire hunters, Jared Hopworth was quite a character. Still mad I gave him two of my ribs. Anyway, our lesson for today is about-” and he’ll just say it all with a completely straight face!! And all his students are very very confused
When they’re analyzing a character from literature or idk something like that, Jon will sometimes be like “oh that reminds me of this guy I knew” and proceed to say something so wacky that everyone thinks he must be making it up (but who really knows at this point.) He’ll say “ah yes, people will believe the craziest things. I knew a woman once who thought her purpose in life was to kill the sun” and no one will say anything because what are you supposed to say to that??
He gives the weirdest advice too. After the bell rings when everyone is leaving class he’ll be like “and remember, don’t trust deliverymen” or “never go through a door that wasn’t there before!” or “don’t ever ever listen to a singing wasps nest.” all his students are just like “okay Mr. Sims whatever you say”
Someone asks “oh who’s the guy in the picture on your desk?” And Jon will say “oh that was my friend Tim, sadly he died trying to blow up a bunch of clowns” and the kid will just be like. “okay Mr. Sims” because who KNOWS at this point
This was super super long but. Teacher Jon AU guys