I think disabled people deserve high income for free forever with no strings attached and I’m not kidding
disabled people deserve basics. but we also deserve to go on vacation. we deserve splurging on a $50 video game every once in a while. we deserve nice meals and nice clothes and nice things. we deserve a nice candle. and fancy soap.
disabled ppl deserve to be comforted by human impulses like the rest of y’all
Toy Story toys from the official Disney Store bought back in 2019, still in boxes and still selling! (updated the time stamp)
* Buzz Lightyear Special Edition
* Woody Pride
* Jessie Pride
* Bullseye
* Bo Peep (Toy Story 4 version)
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The Mystery Flesh Pit ARG is amazingly well-executed but also incredibly funny because at the heart of it its central conceit relies on the idea that suburban families who enjoy visiting national parks were going hiking inside the bowels of an elder god like it wasn’t a big deal
I have a mute character in the story I’m writing and one of my beta readers suggested I use italics when they sign so that I don’t have to keep peppering “they signed” or “their hands flashed” throughout the piece.
But like…I always read italics in a different tone like they’re thoughts. It seems quieter than using normal quotations which makes what they say look less significant on the page than other character’s dialogue.
I really don’t think my audience needs me to use completely different punctuation around a mute character. There’s no need to act like they’re speaking a different language since their muteness isn’t a focal point in the story.
So really this reader’s comment has done the complete opposite of what they intended. Now I’m actively taking out as many of my “hands flashed” notations as possible and just writing in normal body language because, clearly, the other characters understand them and my audience doesn’t need to be coddled.
As an HOH reader and writer I can affirm that once the signing has been established it can just be treated like “said”.
You can add little things for emphasis though, like how fast or flippant a sign is given, also a lot of our “punctuation” is in facial expressions, so wild looks is kind of normal. Also messing up signs and just.. pushing them aside. Like, you mess up a fingerspell and just take both hands and shove the air in front of you to your side, people who sign eventually end up doing this for other things, like a “forget it” motion. It’s like a “wave it off” gesture.
Body language for someone who signs is a lot more animated than someone who speaks, as we use our upper body a lot in our conversations, so the act of “signing” is more than just hand signals.
Yes….yes GOOD this is the good stuff right here. I’m going to incorporate some of these ASAP ESPECIALLY the pushing the air but to clear it of your mistakes
Let’s stop doing kungpowpenis and start doing this shit instead:
The hideous demon creature, Jar Jar Binks, stares lustfully, with a sinister smile. ------------------------------------------ Age: 31 / Pronouns: She/Her
