#according to ASL

[serenfloras]

it breaks my heart to see sabo not beating the british allegations because. he and luffy are brazilian. they were born on the same island they'd just be born in different states in a modern setting

to be more specific luffy is from ceará, sabo is from rio grande do sul

ace is the odd one out of the brothers since he was born in the south blue and then taken to dawn island by garp. i hc him as filipino for many reasons but one of them is so the "puto" thing comes up at some point (it's the word for steamed cake in the philippines and the male equivalent of bitch in brazil)

sabo already suffers enough in canon no need to make him british as well

[graff-aganda]

Director's commentary for the Ricky and Mischa doodle dump bc I've got thoughts. Ricky 100% knows all the fnaf lore, and delights in explaining it all after the movie if asked. Mischa goes into the movie blind to all of that hence the reaction, but he ends up liking it. Doesn't compare to Saw for him, but still good.

In my mind Mischa would absolutely be the first/fastest to start communicating with Ricky through ASL. He already speaks like, four languages? So I like the idea that he's very gifted with language/communication and he can absolutely put that to good use. Plus, after everything they went through, and Mischa's little "well, we'll listen to you now, space jesus" line, I really like the idea of Mischa really taking an initiative to get to know/befriend Ricky.

A little doodle that I didn't get to was Ocean butting in and asking if they wanted to share their conversation with the rest of the choir, only to hard cut to the two of them with sunglasses and flipping the bird. 😭 Probably accompanied either by "no" or "learn to sign, loser" but it felt a bit too silly.

Also. Mischa 100% absolutely the type of guy to wear his own merch. Bad Egg hoodie all day every day!!!

And finally. Trans flag toned socks. Whether it's for Ricky or Savannah. Who's to say. Both are epic. <3

[kelaeri]

The Many Languages of Dick Grayson

Apparently, according to Nightwing #54, he can speak 12, so I went on a little quest to see just how many I could identify.

Starting off with The Essential Batman Encyclopedia, the entry for Dick Grayson lists him as being trained in French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese with having some proficiency in an unknown Romani dialect. Given there are multiple examples of him speaking these languages throughout the comics, I am inclined to trust this claim. To start, we've got several examples of French (Gotham Knights #14, Detective Comics Annual #12, Nightwing #73, Grayson #10-- also featuring Spanish)

In Grayson #1 he speaks Russian only briefly, but in Detective Comics #36 he speaks it throughout.

As far as the Chinese languages go, while I believe Dick can speak Mandarin and/or Cantonese fairly well (Batman/Superman World's Finest #3), his Hanzi recognition and literacy could use some work.

Similarly, when the Titans head off to Japan in Titans Annual #1, we have Nightwing speaking Japanese in battle; however, when it comes to the prospective job of being a manga translator in Nightwing #125, he claims he doesn't know Japanese, which leads me to believe he is only proficient in speaking Japanese/Chinese and struggles with the writing systems.

So what about the languages not covered in the encyclopedia? To start, we have another romance language: Italian (Nightwing #72).

Followed by some alleged German (Nightwing #51, JLA #44)

And conversations in Farsi (Robin #175)

While I've seen some Tumblr and Reddit posts claim he knows Kikuyu, The Power Company: Manhunter #1 only says he "brushed up" on his Kikuyu before going to Kenya, so it is unknown how much of the language he actually speaks, but to me it doesn't seem likely to be a lot.

He also, to some unknown degree, speaks Tamaranean-- at least enough to hack into an alien computer (Action Comics #842).

As far as unspoken languages go, Dick is fluent in ASL, which is proven numerous times when he communicates with Jericho (New Teen Titans 1984).

And lastly, the two languages that remain rather uncertain are Romani and Cant-- largely due to the nature of the languages themselves and their representation in comics. "Romani," for instance, has several different dialects, and when Devin Grayson introduced it for Dick (Gotham Knights #20-21, Nightwing #91), she never specified which, and based on the lines she wrote, her research into the language was questionable at best. Writers since have recognized Dick's Romani heritage, but have not otherwise suggested he retained much of the language to be considered fluent.

Cant is an even wider term than Romani and can be seen as more of jargon for a particular language than a language itself, sometimes even being called a "pseudo-language." The colloquial term for American circus cant is Carny, or "Carny speak" as Boston Brand puts it in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #14 when he and Nightwing encounter a kid who speaks it.

So... this leaves us with 11 languages Dick has notable proficiency in: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Farsi, and ASL. And ~3 languages he has unknown proficiency in: Tamaranean, Kikuyu, Romani, and Carny/Cant (if you want to count it).

Maybe memory-loss Dick was including either Tamaranean or Kikuyu in that count from Nightwing #54, or maybe he knows some other language we haven't seen yet. Given how close the family is to the Al Ghuls, I personally think it would be cool if one of them was Arabic.

But anyway, hope you enjoyed this post! A lot I've seen covering this topic are very surface-level and label some of his more iffy languages as "fluent," so I hope this cleared things up. I've read tons of Nightwing, and I swear there are more examples, but sifting through the 1,000+ comics I've read of him is a lot haha. If y'all know of some others, let me know!

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

simple math

cw. fem!reader, childhood friend au, pre-relationship, dawn island era (ace is a brat)

pairing. portgas d. ace x reader

synopsis. the math is simple: ace is cool, so you like him.

notes. oh the beauty of growing up on dawn island, running around mt. corvo. i love you, post-war asl brothers flashback arc. i'll have to rewatch you. again

"Hey, you," Ace's voice pulls you out of your thoughts. "What's your deal?"

When you turn to look at him, his characteristic frown is plastered across his face, glaring all the while. It's a strange circle of events, being here in this moment.

Just the other day, what would have been typical of your coming to Mt. Corvo was Ace ignoring you and Luffy for the better part of the day. That spliced with him Tarzan swinging across the trees to avoid you both following him to wherever it was he went all the time. If you really got lucky and it was too late to head back into town, you'd help yourself to staying over at Dadan's much to the bandit's dismay.

"Damn brats keep multiplying by the day," she'd growl, going back and forth between pulling her flame-colored hair and smoking another cigarette. "Go home! We're bandits, not a daycare!"

Still, the bandit and her clan were too nice to kick you out. So you'd remain the rest of night, talking and talking and talking until Ace would snap in irritation for you to shut up. After a few days, you'd actually go home for a few days to tell your grandfather of your most recent attempts at getting Luffy to befriend his angry companion.

Rinse, wash and repeat.

This is all new, however.

Luffy is snoring, belly round with fish and a dope smile on his face and Ace is there. So is another kid ー Sabo, Ace's best friend ー who decided the other day he'd be living at Dadan's from now on. Dadan relented and now all four of you are outside by a lake, no more chasing although a dash of mortal peril still remains considering how Luffy almost got eaten by a crocodile. Again.

Something changed the day you got up the mountain too late to join Luffy in his nth attempt in chasing Ace down. By the time he finally got back, he was battered and bruised. That was consistent. What wasn't consistent, however, were Ace and Sabo's accompaniment also looking as if they'd all come back from a great battle. According to Luffy, there had been.

Now the four of you were all together, a new standard. Grandpa's not gonna believe this! You can't help giggling, wondering how the old man will react. Ace's frown only deepens and you remember you still haven't said anything to answer his question. "Sorry," you say quickly, scratching the back of your head. "I was thinking about my grandpa. What do you mean?"

"It means what I said," Ace squints at you with suspicion. "What's with you? Him I get because he told me," Ace kicks a foot at Luffy's, the younger boy's sleep completely undisturbed. That kid could sleep through anything, you're absolutely positive. "Plus he lives here. I don't get you, though."

You blink, owlishly, not quite understanding what the boy wanted from you. "What don't you get?"

"Why you were chasing me all the time!" Ace snaps, looking much like Dadan with how he clutches his hair. "You don't shut up most of the time, but now you do?!"

Sabo sighs at the freckled boy's reaction, the brim of his top hat covering his eyes for a moment. "Ace," he sighs once more. Rowdy as the blond could be, he's easily the calmer of the two and is constantly donned in your favorite color. You like Sabo, you decide for the millionth time in the past few days.

"Don't you have a reason?!" the wavy-haired boy stares you in equal parts disbelief and distrust.

You cock your head, blinking curiously, "does there have to be?" You find the bony remains of the fish you'd eaten more interesting, continuing your efforts in collecting them. You are a simple child, it doesn't take much for you to be impressed or for someone to make you like them. You figured that's how it was for everybody until you met Ace. Apparently you were wrong.

You like Demarius, Stacey, Pierre and Lisa Lisa so you play with them even if all Demarius wants to play is marines.

You like the sea so you always jump in the water without a second's thought.

You like collecting bones, empty snail shells and whatever else you can get your hands on so you take them home.

It's never been your best subject but the math has always been simple. 'Live freely and happily', that's what your grandfather always told you to do. It's why he didn't mind what you did all day as long as you checked in once in a while. Not that it was necessary because he somehow always seemed to know what you were up to anyway.

As for Ace… you look the boy over with his warm, freckled skin and wild hair. You decide, for the nth time, that you like him. Even if he thinks you talk too much, Ace is probably ー no, no, definitely ー the coolest kid you know. "I like you, you're cool," you say at last and it's nothing for the rest of your words to flow like a river to the ocean. Excitedly, you look at Sabo paying Ace's look of surprise no mind, "you should have seen him before, Sabo," you drop your haul, trying your best to mime someone swinging through the trees. Considering he's known Ace a good five years longer than you, he likely has but you still go through with the motion. "He was like phyoo!"

With a laugh, Sabo nods. "I was the one who taught him that, for the record," he tells you smugly. "I told him about this story I read about a human raised by gorillas and Ace said he wanted to try it. I'm pretty good too."

Puffing your chest, you are happy to tell Sabo you know the story well. "I knew he was being like Tarzan!" You weren't nearly as good at the movement, considering your natural clumsiness. Ace somehow makes it look easy, though. "I'm not that good yet, but it's fine I'm good with-"

"You're such a weirdo," Ace pipes up suddenly and you look over at him. It isn't much of a difference but his brow isn't as furrowed and his shoulders aren't as tense. Maybe one day you'll be friends the way he is with Sabo, you hope so at least.

You wear the title with pride, "heck yeah I'm a weirdo!"

Sabo snickers and Ace pushes him half-heartedly. "Yeah, yeah," the de facto leader of this newly founded quartet grouched on.

[ghostboneswrites2]

hello my sister is deaf so ive known asl my whole life so i was thinking that could you maybe write one where fem wife reader knows asl and shes really close with connie so when she connie and daryl go on a mission together connie just teases reader about daryl behind daryls back bc he now knows asl ❤️❤️

Mop-Boy

Summary: Daryl had a rough night and an even tougher morning. To avoid letting his soggy mood soil yours and Connie’s, the two of you resort to picking innocent fun behind his back.

Note: the ASL dialogue was in italics but somehow that disappeared when I posted this :’)

Warnings: profanity, Daryl is sensitive // mostly just a silly little fic

Masterlist

        “Why is he always so grumpy?” Connie signed to you as Daryl stomped up ahead. You smiled. 

        “He’s not always grumpy. Just usually.” You signed back. You both laughed silently, straightening your faces quickly and unconvincingly when he peered over his shoulder and shot you both a glare. 

        Daryl was annoyed about a few things. For one, you kept him up all night tossing and turning and swearing about not being able to find a cool spot on the bed. That was just one of your quirks, and while usually he could ignore it, he also had a killer knot in his back muscles that just made it harder to sleep through your flipping and flopping. Then, absolutely nothing on this mission had gone according to his plan so far. The route he wanted to take was too walker-infested, and the detour out you all an hour behind schedule. He specifically wanted to be back home by noon, which was why he dragged your well rested ass out of bed just before sunrise to get going. 

        To top it all off, he didn’t even plan on bringing Connie. You invited her without running it by him, and all these minor things compiled into one big majorly grumpy huntsman. 

       Connie smirked again when he turned his attention away from the two of you and back ahead. She quickened her pace to that she was ahead of you, but still behind him, and began to mimic his walk comically, right down to the way he lifted and dropped his feet and the way his fists balled up by his sides. You slapped a hand over your moth and stifled a laugh, which earned his attention. Connie immediately dropped the act and bit down on her cheeks to suppress a grin. She stiffened a bit, forgetting how she normally walked. 

        Daryl stopped and turned, staring at you both with suspicion and irritation. 

        “The hell y’all got goin’ on?” He asked. In unison, you and Connie both shrugged nonchalantly. “Mm.” He grumbled and turned away again, stomping onward, boots meeting the ground and crunching the leaves with a heavy thud. 

        Connie stopped and waited for you to catch up before she walked again. 

        “Jeez. He’s in a moody mood.” You signed to her. She shook her head.

        “What’s wrong?” She asked.

        “Just didn’t sleep well I think.” You signed. She nodded and the rest of the trip carried on with no conversation, vocal or otherwise.

        When the three of you had reached the destination and secured the guns you set out for, it was more or less the same. Daryl stalking ahead, brooding about this or that, while you and Connie hung back and chatted.

         “He needs a haircut.” She said.

        “You try telling him that.”

        “It looks like a mop.” She joked. This made you laugh. Daryl turned and stormed over to you both. 

         “Alright, cut the shit. Y’all got somethin’ to say?” He snapped.

        Connie glanced at you before signing, “Your head looks like a mop.”

        Daryl was caught off guard by the comment. Most people avoided picking at him or otherwise vexing him when he was in those moods, but Connie showed no fear. Really, he expected it from his wife, of all people. But Connie, too? He could never catch a break.

        “I like my mop, thank you very much.” He scoffed and turned away. Again, you both laughed at your attitude-riddled husband. 

        “That was brave.” You signed to her. She shrugged and pretended to dust off her shoulders pridefully. You just grinned and shook your head. By then you were nearly home, maybe twenty minutes out. 

        “Did he brush his teeth today?” She asked.

        “Don’t think so.” You admitted.

        “His breath stinks.”

        “Wanna tell him that too?” You chuckled as you signed your response. She waved you off. 

        “You know I will.” She warned.  

        “Trust me. I know.”

        Back home that night, when you were cleaning up after dinner and Daryl helped wash dishes because he’d feel lazy if he didn’t, he seemed to be deep in thought. 

        “Something on your mind, love?” You asked absently as you wiped down the counters.

        “Nah.” He shrugged. You stopped and eyed him, determining that was a lie. You crossed your arms, kitchen rag slapping over your side.

        “Tell me.” You demanded. 

        “Nothin’.” 

        “Daryl.” You pressed on.

        “Don’t worry ‘bout it.” 

        “Don’t shut me out.” You insisted. “We don’t do that, remember?”

        He finally let out a deep sigh and shut the water off before he turned to you. His eyes were steady and prying. He only looked at you that way when you did something that got under his skin and he didn’t know how to bring it up.

        “We’re ya talkin’ ‘bout me with Connie that whole time?” He asked. His eyes flickered to the floor once before returning to meet your own.

        “Oh.” You blinked. “We were just joking around to lighten the mood.”

        “Can’t lighten a mood if I don’t know what you’re sayin’.” He pointed out. 

        “Did we upset you?” You asked, suddenly dropping your arms to your sides. “I’m sorry if we did. Really, it was nothing bad. We got bored picking at each other so we picked at you instead.” 

        “Mm.” He nodded. “My hair looks like a mop?”

        You snorted. 

        “No. But you do need a trim.” 

        “Nah.” He shook his head. You raised your eyebrows. 

        “Suit yourself, mop-boy.” You smirked as you turned back to the counter to finish polishing it up. 

        “It’s mop-man.” He corrected. He internally smacked himself upside the head. Mop-man? Really? He couldn’t think of anything better? You chuckled and shook your head to yourself quietly. 

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[tomikashii]

tokyo debunker : mortkranken ghouls with deaf mc

the final part for this series, hope you guys enjoy ! 🩷

warning: ooc (?)

yuri :

he is japan's greatest doctor, of course he would know how to sign ASL & communicate with you !

the moment he found out you were deaf, immediately wanted some samples of your ear drums so that he could find a cure for your deafness. (you rejected, obviously)

signs according to his emotions. so everytime you see him sign to you, you'd watch out for his many facial expressions.

believe or not, tries his best to not use the phrase “are you deaf or something ?!” against the general students or even jiro whenever he is around you. (😭😭😭)

whenever you guys go on missions, he would indirectly ask jiro to protect you & himself (yuri) from the anomaly threatening your safety. when you do realise it, he denies it immediately.

would actually try to avoid you at campus so that he wouldn't scare you unintentionally you wouldn't bother him.

jiro :

i feel he would only learn it when yuri forced him too.

his ASL is abit messy but you could somewhat understand what he was trying to say (unless he somehow collapse infront of you and you start to panic)

would tease you still about your fear of blood & dead bodies though. but, tones it down to a minimum if you are really scared of it. (he doesn't want you to accidentally burst your ear drums from screaming so much)

during missions, especially when fighting anomalies, he would just swiftly swing you up on his shoulder and retreat before you could say anything.

he is working on his ‘appearing out of nowhere’ problem, okay. 😭 HE IS TRYING HIS BEST!!!

wouldn't worry about you so much when you go on missions, but would wonder how you are doing & how many injuries you may have gotten during the mission since you couldn't hear the anomalies coming after you.

refer to my masterlink pinned on my blog for the other houses ! 💝

[eretzyisrael]

by Shiryn Ghermezian

Former Miss Israel Noa Cochva talking to New Yorkers about Israel on May 6, 2024. Photo: Screenshot

Former Miss Israel Noa Cochva was threatened by an antisemitic woman in New York City this week while trying to have peaceful conversations with locals about Israel.

On Monday, Cochva participated in a social experiment with the organization Facts for Peace in which she walked around Washington Square Park in New York City while holding a sign that read, “I’m an IDF [Israel Defense Forces] soldier, ask me anything.” The 25-year-old beauty queen, who represented Israel in the Miss Universe pageant held in Eilat in 2021, was approached by some pro-Israel supporters who hugged her and thanked her for being brave and speaking out in solidarity with the Jewish state. Speaking to an American military officer who stopped to talk with her, Cochva discussed feeling a sense of purpose for serving her country. Cochva served as a combat medic in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

However, she also received a negative response from other New Yorkers, some of whom called her a “war criminal” and said, “This is f—king stupid. You guys should go home.” When one man asked Cochva,”“How do you sleep at night?” she clapped back: “I sleep really well because I know I’m on the right side of history.”

In a video from the social experiment that was shared on Instagram by both Facts for Peace and Cochva, the former beauty pageant queen could be seen talking to a man on camera when a woman crashed their discussion and said, “Sorry to interrupt, I heard there was a Zionist here.” The same woman lunged at Cochva’s team with a knife, cursed at them, and berated the group by calling them “little Zionists.” She also told Cochva’s cameraman, “My daddy owns your little Jewish b—ch daddy.”

When Cochva’s group invited her to have a conversation with the beauty queen, she avoided the opportunity by giving excuses such as, “No, I only care about being seen” and “I only speak ASL [American Sign Language].” When she asked one man in Cochva’s group for some of his water and he said no, she replied, “Oh, you’re a Zionist. I get it.”

Cochva filmed a video after the incident commenting on what took place and the criticism she faced from Israel-haters. While holding back tears, she told the camera, “I was just trying to have peaceful conversations with them. But it’s a whole different experience to witness something like that. We can’t let things like this happen.”

On Wednesday, the Instagram account Jew Hate Database exposed the knife-wielding woman as Ruby Marzovilla, a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio who works as a “professional performing artist” and “transformative mediator,” according to her LinkedIn page.

[deathmetalunicorn1]

HELLLO like i said ill be requesting and i read your rules so i hope this is fine.

Can you do young!Asl x f!reader like when Sabo and Ace was 10 and luffy was 7, reader here is 11. Reader wears a completely hair,chest and neck covering hijab and an muslim thob. Can you write a scenario where young!Asl meet f!reader when luffy and Ace were competing in their daily battle and while that happned that happned luffy hat flew off his head and flew away in the wind and Sabo,Ace and luffy go to find it and when they were looking aound they meet f!reader just walking in the forest with luffy hat on her head. Ace,Sabo and luffy hide behind a bush because they dont know about readers clothing and think she might be some dangerous pirate or assassin because living with moutain bandits dont really teach you about diffrent people around the world. But ofc luffy comes out the bush and trys to attack f!reader but she was able to pin him to the ground before he can do anything GIRL POWER and ace and sabo grab there metal pipe and they begin fighting with f!reader and at the end she gets beated by them and when she relize they want luffy hat she apologizes and gives luffy hat, blah blah *talking* (you can do this part between when they fight and back to Dadan place) when they reach Dadans place ofc her and the bandits want to fie because now they are taking care of 4 children now but luckly f!reader is actully helpful so Dadan actully like her.

How reader got on Mt.Cove

Reader was on a cruise with some of her relatives then a huge storm hit and broke the ship and she ploped into the ocean not able to swim because of the harsh waves then she passes out when her head hits a rock then later she washes up in shore in the forest and she wakes up and starts walking around then meets the brothers and when she gets to Dadans place they give her some bandages to heal up and she explains why she wear her clothing like this. Ace and luffy dont care, Ace still suspicous. Sabo intense listing. (So basically women in islam wear theses clothing because The hijab is about observing modesty and according to Islamic law should begin from the age of puberty. In Islam's sacred book, the Qur'an, two verses talk about the notion of hijab and how modesty should be observed by both Muslim men and women)

Sorry if this is to much

-You’re not completely sure where you were. It had been about two days since the storm that hit the ship your family was on, sending you into the rough waters below.

-You woke up, luckily, on a nearby island, after being unable to swim, but you were by yourself, you couldn’t see anyone else from the ship, the crew you had gotten to know or your family, there was nobody.

-You adjusted your hijab after removing your hood, only for a moment, making sure everything was covered and secure before you made sure your appearance was acceptable before you started walking through the dense forest, looking for someone else who would hopefully help you.

-You found some fruit trees along your way, picking just two for the moment, eating as you walked, listening for the sounds of other people, but so far there wasn’t any luck.

-You entered a small clearing, one that looked like it had been cleared out for a campsite, but here was no evidence of anyone being there for days, which made you pout slightly, a sigh leaving your lips.

-The wind picked up a bit and you held your hands to your cheeks, to keep your hood from blowing upwards, halting for just a moment before you heard a sound of something hitting a tree and you looked up, seeing a simple straw hat with a bright red band around it.

-This was a sign of civilization! Or so you hoped, as it was man-made as you picked up the hat before putting it on your head, to shield your eyes a bit as you looked around.

-It was only moments later when you heard a voice, “Give me back my hat!!” you turned, seeing a young boy, a small scar on his cheek, leaping out of the bushes to attack you.

-Your eyes went wide, only for a moment, before you dodged his blow, ducking down and he slammed into the tree behind you.

-You turned quickly, worried he had hurt himself but before you could ask him you heard two more voices, “Get away from Luffy!!” you saw two more boys, one with blond hair, wearing what looked to be a suit, and a boy who looked similar to Luffy, with freckles across his cheeks, both of them holding weapons.

-You ducked down again, dodging their weapons before you leg sweeped Ace, sending him to the ground before you rolled out of Sabo’s wait, “Wait I’m not-” you squeaked, only barely dodging another blow from Luffy who swung at you again.

-Sabo was the one who froze before he whacked both Ace and Luffy on their heads with his fist, sending them both to the ground with lumps on their heads, “That’s a girl!”

-A few minutes later you handed Luffy his hat back, after you explained you found it while looking for other people. Luffy beamed at you, “Thanks for finding my hat Y/N! It blew off when we were fighting earlier!”

-You were confused, tilting your head to the side, “Why were you guys fighting?” Sabo explained they fought every day to get stronger, but this time Ace hit him, “Shut up! Don’t tell this spy what we’re doing!”

-You blinked, your eyes going wide before you held a hand to your chest, “You think I’m a spy?!” the three looked at you, Sabo looking sheepish, Luffy smiling, and Ace glaring before Luffy spoke, “That’s what we all decided you were- that or an assassin, since you look like a ninja!”

-You tilted your head to the other side, “What’s a ninja?” they all looked at you, a bit surprised by your words before Ace sighed out loudly, “Fine. Let’s take you to Dadan, she would know what to do with you.”

-You thanked him warmly for his help, which made his cheeks burn, hearing your words as he turned, bristling lightly, “Yeah whatever!”

-Needless to say, when you arrived at Dadan’s place, the home of the Mountain Bandits, she and the others weren’t pleased to see a fourth child there, Dadan quickly yelling at the three boys for bringing another mouth to feed.

-By the end of the day, you were Dadan’s favorite.

-You told her and the others of the storm you had been caught in, before falling overboard and waking up on this island, and how you were looking for others to help you find your family or your ship.

-Dadan agreed to help, sending out some of her men to try to gather information and you thanked her warmly, agreeing to help where you could, to pay back her kindness, which quickly earned you brownie points with her.

-During dinner, Dadan asked you about your clothes, as she had never seen anything like it before. You explained that in your religion, as stated in your holy book, the Qur’an, which stated that both men and women should observe modesty while out in public, and this is how you were taught to dress by your family.

-Many thought it was a bit odd, as they had never heard anything like that before, Luffy and Sabo weren’t bothered, mainly because Luffy was convinced you were a ninja, but Ace wasn’t so sure, still not trusting you. But then again he was like that with everyone.

-Dadan was okay with your explanation, as she voiced, “There’s a whole world out there with different cultures and religions boys. Once you’re strong enough to get out of my house you can go find them.”

-Luffy cheered at the prospect of adventure, something Sabo and Ace couldn’t help but grin at, and you couldn’t help but smile, seeing their sense of adventure. It was refreshing really, as you wanted to explore as well, going on an adventure.

-You couldn’t wait to find out what tomorrow held for you, looking at it as an adventure, in a sense, as you smiled, glad that you had found such good people to help you in your time of need.

[forthegoob]

The background we have on Luke so far : (Based on my - not so good - memory, wiki and the board in s17x09)

Raised in Bronx.

Twelve years in catholic school.

He served in the 75th Ranger Regiment in Iraq. (Emily seems concerned when he said it to her. There was a scandal, but I didn't dig. And they didn't neither.). Discharge.

Father served in US army (that why he joined US army himself). Grandmother and mother have strong personality (according to him. So, he is used to strong female representation. We're talking to you Penelope.)

worked in the fugitive task force before he joined the BAU.

The first one who need to have a training to fully join the BAU (Special Agent to SSA, I guess ?). And the first one temporary demoted.

He knows English, Spanish, ASL, Latin and Morse code.

Brilliant at geo-profiling. (The wiki notice : skills in animal training ? French wiki says he trains dogs for combat ?).

He is a terrible cook. (from his friend Phil. Friend he lost in a terrible way.)

He adopt Roxy, a Belgian shepherd, to helps him returning in civilian life. (He feeds her better than he feeds himself btw)

Walks Roxy before sunrise.

He is allergic to cats.

One relationship known with Lisa Douglas. (But he was clearly already into Penelope at the time.). They break up (and the reason is not so clear.)

Have a house with garden and a second floor. (Poorly decorated before Lisa moves in. Does he still have Penelope's masterpiece ?)

Had a terrible date with Penelope.

But loves Penelope.

He plays video games and flight simulator.

Into action and war movies (I bet he can quote them by heart, nerd.)

Parades around in towel after shower (if they can prove that to us, to be sure about that piece of info... It's really important to us).

SIX SEASONS. SIX. AND THAT ALL WE HAVE.

Oh sorry, I forget : he made lasagna once.

[not-sure-what-im-feeling]

any good logan headcanons?

I mean I hope these are good :3 (tbh this is just me projecting but shhh)

- Used to be really excitable when he/Thomas was younger. It started to fade out when the others would get upset when he got too loud or infodump-y.

- Extremely critical of himself, though he won’t stand for it if the others are of themselves.

- Will talk until his voice is hoarse if you give him the chance to.

- Complete shit at cooking. Excellent at baking. This is because in cooking, it’s all “do whatever, measure with your heart!” whereas baking is precise and scientific. (Also Patton is the exact opposite. They assist in making dinners and meals; Patton does the dinner, Logan will do desserts).

- Gets overstimulated easily, especially with Patton and Roman. They're always... a lot, to say the least. Thankfully, Virgil knows how to deal with it. (I've had analogical on the brain, okay?!)

- Writes poetry to relieve himself of certain emotions. It’s very… robotic? Not in an ai generated way, just in the Logan way. Very technical and acute.

- He wouldn't describe himself as creative, but he is, just in ways that aren't "typical". (This one's less of a headcanon and more an observation)

- Prefers classical music to other genres, but if any of the other sides ask him to listen to music with them, he will. Virgil tends to ask him more than the others, leading to him having an acute knowledge of music from bands like MCR, FOB, and the like. When Roman asks him it often ends with Logan (begrudingly) watching a one man performance starring Prince Roman of a musical of said prince's choosing.

- He's the type of guy to get accused of being a bot when responding to an email. He's not. He's just like that.

- He has a fireplace in his room.

- He doesn't often think of some of the bickering with others as actual bickering or fighting, more so as their way of debate. Until things get out of hand. Then even he can admit that it isn't just "civil debate".

- I feel like he'd know German, Latin, French (though he's not entirely fluent), a bit of ASL (in accordance with a Virgil headcanon of mine), and, while it isn't a language, he'd understand floriography (the "language" of flowers) quite well.

- Actually respects Remus and Janus. Another one that’s less headcanon and more observation.

- Holds a festering emotional rage that dates back years. No one else remembers why. He’ll make them remember.

- Really likes sciences! Astronomy especially, but ecology and biology fascinate him, along with social sciences.

[can-i-see-your-passport-please]

ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR STANLEY PARABLE/HLVRAI CROSSOVER. ELABORATE PLEASE??

more under the cut :3

So the basic concept goeth thusly:

Post HLVRAI canon, Gordon ends up in the Parable somehow. Stanley immediately mentally adopts him, while the Narrator is like "Oh we can ABSOLUTELY NOT have GORDON FREEMAN here" (nod to tsp originally being a hl2 mod!) and basically tries to boot Gordon out the Parable. He resets, and now Benrey is here.

So already not fun for the Narrator (though much fun for stanley, who loves seeing the narrator distressed because stanley is a bastard). Wrangling Stanley is already a nightmare, and now he has two other guys, one of which is an alien who can just noclip, which is very frustrating.

However, there's another twist to this: the role of narrator keeps being shuffled around. Sometimes, the Narrator is not the narrator, it's instead Gordon. Sometimes it's Benrey. Sometimes Stanley. Sometimes there's one player and the other three are narrators, and sometimes two of them are narrators and the other two are players.

So basically: we have Gordon (argumentative as shit), Benrey (benrey), Stanley (very glad to be talking to someone aside from the british man), and the Narrator (his phucking story)

I'll explain the symbolism I put in their narrator designs. So:

The Narrator is Stanley's shadow. That shadow can stretch and grow, but at the end of the day, he's tied to Stanley. He literally cannot do anything without him- when Stanley stops moving (eg: not stanley ending), the Narrator can do nothing.

Stanley's narrator form is inspired by one of my favorite interpretations of Stanley- one where he didn't really use ASL or writing or anything, but instead communicated through drawings. So while Stanley has no visible form, he's present through little drawings.

Gordon's design is far simpler in my mind- his arc in this is realizing he's not fully human either, he's an AI who was completely shaped by the player. So when he's the narrator, his visible form is confined to screens. This also ties into a lot of themes of control.

Benrey's entire body shifts colors in accordance with his emotions, specifically Sweet Voice colors. The exception is the spot of pink on his chest, the hearts on his face, and his eyes. His chest glows pink always, as do the hearts on his face (showing that even though he is a fucking nightmare, at his core is love. Benrey loves, and he wants to be loved). His eyes don't shift color with his body, but they change with his emotions as well- blue when he's calmer/happier, yellow when he's stressed out. This is true even when he's not in Narrator form.

Benrey's narrator form is a very intentional parallel to the Narrator's. The Narrator is a shadow, and Benrey's literally glowing bright light. The Narrator's mouth can be seen, Benrey's can't. The Narrator is literally tied to Stanley, but Benrey's not tied to anyone. (To make the symbolism there blatant: the Narrator really wants to have control, which paradoxically leads him to have less control. Meanwhile Benrey doesn't care how much control he has, which paradoxically leads him to having more.)

Additionally: while everyone can be pulled out of their narrator forms into their normal forms, they can't do it on their own, it has to be their (for lack of a better term) game partner. Gordon is the only one who can get Benrey into his normal form. Stanley is the only one who can get the Narrator into his normal form. Vice versa.

So: that's the general stuff, and the Narrator designs. I have written down in Discord what I think their arcs would be, and how they all parallel each other. Gordon-Narrator and Stanley-Benrey are the biggest parallels, but Stanley and Gordon parallel each other as well (same with Benrey and the Narrator). I'll explain if asked and welcome ideas :3 But first I'm gonna pass the fuck out it's 18 FUCKING DEGREES FARENHEIT WHEN DID IT GET SO COLD

Anyway. Take this exchange I wrote when I first came up with the idea of this AU that's basically a script of how I thought I would write this (I didn't have it be post-canon beforehand, and I really should've had Gordon actually talk more, but I got enraptured by writing the Narrator he was so fun to write but also so anxiety inducing but also I am cringe yet I am free)

[howlsofbloodhounds]

Do you have any voice head cannons for Killer & Color?

Like, do you have any headcannons on what you think Killer & Color would personally sound like?

Oh this is usually more difficult for me cuz I tend to think in like, concepts and words and feeling/vibes. But I’m gonna be unoriginal and say that I agree with @signanothername’s pick for Killer’s voice claim, such as the one chosen in this post.

I don’t know anything about the character that the voice was taken from, but I feel like it fits Killer pretty well.

As for Color, I don’t have a specific voice claim, but I have like a general vibe of how he feels to me. I think he usually tends to take awhile to think before he speaks or responds to someone, because he is working out how to properly get across what he is meaning to say.

I think he is often careful with his words, either because he has his words twisted and misinterpreted before, or he just often struggles to put words into a verbal format.

I am admittedly projecting when I say I think Color has an easier time communicating when he has the needed time to pull his thoughts together, which is often why written communication tends to come a lot easier to him. He can get quiet chatty and verbal when able to write or text his thoughts.

His tone feels warm and low, something often comforting to certain people, but just as many others can read his tone as tired or grumpy. When he is extremely tired or just overstimulated/overwhelmed, his tone can take on a more flat/blunt way of speaking that others often mistake as annoyance or disinterest, although he’s really just tired or exhausted, which is likely another reason he resorts to ASL in these moments.

He probably isn’t much of a yapper verbally mostly because of the “barrier” between thoughts and spoken language, but he can noticeably excited whenever he’s talking about something he likes or is a special interest of his; especially in texts and sign language, where he often sends multiple paragraphs or signs so fast its hard to keep up.

All in all, I just think Color has an easier time expressing himself and his thoughts through written format and signing, because his tone can often be mistake for something unpleasant and he often takes awhile to reply; because he’s so focused on piecing words together to form a coherent “air tight, can’t possibly misunderstand this” sentence in his head. But most people are often taken in by and feel almost safe due to the obvious warmth in his tone and his..I guess, “light” way of speaking.

I feel Color often tends to take on a listener role in most of his relationships, and whenever he does speak, those who have the patience to wait usually tend to trust what he has to say because they know he has carefully thought it through or it is something he has been thinking for awhile before saying it at all.

I think Color just tends to prefer being straightforward and literal, in an attempt to avoid misunderstandings, although he always considers his words with empathy and sensitivity. His sentence structures and choice of words would also likely be affected by the fact he knows Arabic, so he may also have an accent when he speaks, that could possibly also get “heavier” according to his moods or when he says certain words or letters.

( @lovelyheartclover ).

[onepiece-asl-lover]

Reader my au x ASL Trio

Part 11 "Running away"

Everyone sat at the table that had bunch of food like shrimps , rice, spaghetti, heaven for what you usually eat with the Bandits. Little sparkles of lights surrounded all of you as you guys started eating the food, Makino brought.

“Yummy!” Luffy exclaims.

"Meals should be this good on the ship. Im going to get the best cook first thing when I become a pirate!" Sabo muffled voice as he kept eating.

"Im going to be a pirate first, so don't forget it"Ace adds.

"Thats not true! I'm going to be the best pirate and im going first!" Luffy added.

Everyone infront of you of you which included Dadan, Dogra , and some Mountain Bandits spited out whatever they were drinking.

You heard somone behind of you guys at the door clear their throat as you eatch Luffy and Ace face go purple. You turn around to see a old man around 68 maybe?

"Your still saying that pirate crap! You'll grow up to be Navy men!" The man said as he hit both Luffy and Ace head as hugs bumps grew onto their heads.

"Dadan!"

"Yes Garp-san!" Dadan says as she also gets his by the man called Garp.

"Why should I get hit too!" Dadan groaned.

"You're not educating the brats well!"

"Thats Garp-San, Luffy and Ace grandpa!" Sabo said.

"There is more of you brats, I heard you were talking that pirate crap aswell you squirt!" Garp said as he turned to look at Sabo.

"Sabo is not a squirt, he's Sabo! We all shared a cup of sake and promised to be pirates!" Luffy shouted as he stepped infront of Sabo.

"Such a big mouth" you mumbled.

"Well it looks I have to educate you three then!"Garp exclaims as he chases the three boys out the house as you heard their screams for help.

You stood outside just watching Garp "discipline" them well really, throwing, punching, flipping them over but you know they were okay, they are really strong!

After Garp finished beating them up he walked over to you. You looked up at him wanting to see his intentions towards you. Surprisingly he ruffled your hair and gave a teddy bear in a Marine outfit.

"I know i can trust in you to become a great Marine someday, don't listen to their pirate crap" Garp said as he walked away.

Now you have the job of waking up the passed out boys up. You walked towards Ace first and now you could see clearly Garp really did give a punishment bumps all over his head.

You boop Ace nose to wake him up. He didn’t really wake up just move a bit. So you had to use another method of yours, pecking his forehead.

You never did it alot as this was a big affectionate gesture for a person like you and Ace was someone he liked and you like back, but he might just forget it when he wakes up. You let out a breath as you quickly peck Ace forehead and move away quickly to see his reaction.

To your least of surprise Ace immediately wakes up but to your surprise when he woke up he slammed his head ,and accidentally slammed his head into a tree. He rubbed it out, he turned around to beat the asshole whoever just touched him. When he saw you he stopped and just blinked at you as you blinked back.

“I wanted to wake you up but you weren’t waking up, im sorry” You apologised.

“No, No it’s fine. Thought it was some one else” Ace mumbled the last part as he got onto his feet to help you out to wake up Sabo,Luffy. Sabo was easy to wake up, juts a “little” shake according to Ace ,and Luffy was just the smell of meat.

You all went back into your room dodging all of the sleeping Bandits and Garp on the floor. You all entered your guys room, peeking through the door gap to look around.

"If nothing is done, the old man will kill us!" Ace said as he turns to look at all of you.

"Even if we survive, he'll won't stop until we give up our dream!" Sabo adds.

"I don't wanna die"Luffy crys.

"Shhh" You put your finger on your lip in a shush motion to quiet Luffy down.

"We only have one choice. It times to make up our minds, together!" Ace exclaims.

You guys ran away from Dadan home leaving a note on a wooden pillar. You guys packed your blankets and futons to bring with you.

"We got away successfully!" Luffy happily says as you all stop running.

"They're not coming- Dadan and the others" Sabo confirmed.

You saw Ace thinking about something as you tugged a bit on his hand to bring him out of his thought.

"I can tell she's happy now because her troubles have gone away!" Ace stated.

You felt a drop water on your cheek as you went to wipe it away. More and more droplets of water fell as you realized it was raining.

"Its raining!" Luffy screamed.

You all started running to find some shelter. After a while you guys find a big hole in a tree as you all hid in there to keep dry.

"Let's stay here and hide from the rain." Sabo said as he bordly looks outside.

"This is exciting!" Luffy giggled.

After a while you guys fell asleep leaning on eachother for support. It wasn't comfortable and it was pouring outside, humidity, sweaty and wet which was horrible but you crawled into the back of the tree to restrain from the rain the most.

Sabo slowly wakes up first. The rain stopped after a long while, everything so green and fresh. Sabo walked out the hole in the tree to look outside seeing the tree you guys were in. It was HUGE.

Sabo wakes up you, Ace and Luffy.

Sabo pulls out a piece of paper that has a couple of drawings on it.

"Look at this!" Sabo exclaims showing off his work.

"What is it?" Luffy asks.

"I designed our hideout we can't just stay outside forever. So we gotta build a hide out on this tree!" Sabo answered.

"A hideout...that's so cool!" Luffy laughed.

"What about the materials?" Ace asks.

"Grey terminal is great for materials" You answered.

"Excatly!" Sabo adds. You smile, Sabo gave you a high-five.

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You guys went into Grey terminal to get some supplies, wood,nails,ect.. You had just carried an entire pile easy with your trusty devil fruit that sucks the things up and spits it out wherever you want it.

You all put your materials in this stroller, Ace pulling it back to the exact tree for the building of the treehouse.

You all started working in your assigned places you chosen. Luffy accidently hit his hand with a hammer while building the wall of the treehouse. It certainly gave you and Sabo a scare but Luffy is made of rubber so it was really no biggie.

You all had to make a big ladder to climb up the hight branch to make a crow nest. You made a big flag with your first initial "(first intial)ASL"

It flew proudly in the wind. All of you finished the treehouse after a long day leaving all of you exhausted.

"Yeah! You can see Grey terminal, Windmill village and the water of the East blue!"

"But we see those everyday." You say as you climb up to the crow nest.

"Yeah but it's diffrent!" Luffy shouts.

You,Ace and Sabo climb up the crow nest to look at the view. And indeed it was beautiful. You could see everything! The clouds, birds, the water!

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All of you started playing pirates, everyone was a captain, and your treehouse was a BIG ship! Bluejam pirates pulled up next to you, you guys started to fight. You imagined your opponents as boxes or pumpkins.Then going back on the ground to look up at your guys work.

“Wow! It looks just like the drawing!” Luffy exclaims.

“Im glad. Now we have our own personal treehouse.” Sabo happily says.

You saw Ace had his thinking face on a you poked his shoulder.

“Is something wrong Ace?” You asked.

“If we want to be safe then we should make some traps.” Ace said as he turns to look at all of you guys.

“Makes sense, alright” Sabo says.

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You guys all went to sleep after building the huge trap. You were always a light sleeper for safety percussion you called it but you heard someone climbing up into the treehouse.

You opened one of your eyes to see who is this intruder to your surprise it was Dadan. “What was she doing here?” You thought.

Dadan seemed happy to see all four of you so relaxed and asleep. She stepped forward a bit when she saw Luffy move his blanket uncovering him.

You saw that when she stepped forward she triggered the trap. You watched as the trap started to work. You sat up to warn Dadan to move out the way but it was too late you ducked your head as the 100ton hammer flung over you hitting Dadan in the stomach.

She got flunged out the treehouse hitting the ground with a big thud which woke up Ace and Sabo. You three ran to the window to see what happened.

“I don’t see anyone, it might have been a glitch, I did build this in a hurry” Sabo says as he goes back to bed.

You were about to go to bed, but Ace kept looking outside. You tugged on his shirt to get his attention.

“You saw Dadan, right” You asked worried if she hurt herself too much.

“Ya, she’s alright.” Ace confirmed. He went back to lay down on his futon.

You go back and lay down to go to sleep but something feels off. Like something bad is about to happen to you. You brush it off barely as you just lay down staring into the night the feeling starting to haunt you.

“Somethings going to happen”

[dawnofiight]

Milo as things I've said in Flicker

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Y'all got me bent

THE COMEBACKS ARE NAWT HITTING

why are we reviving useless people. What is a survivor supposed to do besides instigate?

WHO need to get decked?

I bet You you won't try it uggo

Murd kill me so I can clock this ghost ass flop he making me mad

The way that conversation ended 5 YEARS AGO YO

Girl you was dragging it and Eduardo you still dragging it

Defending someone you don't even know THAT hard when they're rage baiting is crazy work

(Someone: "Who's the evil here"

Yeah that'll work )

You still here? still not reading the room

Not the dancers, two people ago and people talking about straws. Flop behind server.

How am I pressed when she coming after me? Explain that to me right now.

Trying to clock me when this flop is having imaginary beef.

I'll bug out pls don't play with me

You weird asl for joining In with those freaky ass bastards

Spy/scout girl this is not multiple choice pick one

Y'all making me tweak real bad

Shut up the adults are talking

(Them trying to vote him out:

Don't try it

Don't you ever try it

That's how you quickly get up out of here )

How can you understand what someone said when you don't even know what language it is

Ok girl you not dr. Doofenshmirtz

Stop calling people big when we built the same it's a self roast and we having a mid off

Is that sarcasm? Ion like that

You mad suspicious accord to my journal anyway you flop.

You defending someone for rage baiting and for what ? He pick you yet?

"Why so serious" Ok girl you not the joker

Why are we dancing someone explain that

Joshua you stupid asl

[lordoftheringsmusical]

The Lord of the Rings - Seat Plan, Tickets and Prices

The Lord of the Rings will premiere in the US this summer! The show is scheduled to run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s The Yard from 19 July to 1 September 2024.

Here's what you need to know:

Dates:

previews from 19 to 25 July 2024

opening night on 26 July 2024

closing night on 1 September 2024

Times:

performances from Tuesdays to Saturdays at 7pm

performances on Sundays at 2pm

additional matinees on Wednesdays (1pm) and Saturdays (2pm)

Special performances:

Open Captioning: 21 August 2024 (both shows)

Projected Spanish Translation: 22 August 2024

ASL Interpretation: 23 August 2024

Audio Description: 25 August 2024

Tickets:

Tickets are on sale NOW and going fast! You can purchase them on the theatre's website. If you need recommendations for seats, you can check out this website.

This is the seat plan, coloured price bands added by me:

red - $68-$125

green - $59-$110

blue - $50-$99

pink - $44-$88

orange - $41-$79

The handling fee per ticket is $6. Ticket prices vary according to the date of the performance. Here are three rules:

Previews are less expensive than performances after opening night.

The first week of performances after opening night is less expensive than the following weeks.

Weekdays are less expensive than weekends.

TICKETS HERE!

[klapollo]

like regardless of how i feel about specific discourse events we also gotta stop pretending a lot of leftists just dont hate disabled people and resent that their liberation is included in Liberation. they bitch about the ASL applause at DSA events bc it's cringe, they try to pretend grocery delivery is bourgeois and get bent out of shape when people ask for basic covid precautions or to at least be included in some way at big events through remote access. they find disabled people inconvenient and annoying and cringe and i wish theyd just admit it instead of cloaking it in irony and Um Well Actually According to the Encyclopedia of Pthhrhthth