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oleahd · 2 years ago

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hello hello! do you mind writing the narrator with a reader who has slight hearing issues? maybe they have trouble hearing the narrator's instructions, and accidentally disobey his story?

Narrator and a reader with hearing problems

The narrator snarks, and snarks, and snarks. You don’t seem to be capable of obeying his story at all. He’s not getting much in the way of visual responses either. You frown a lot, and shake your head as if trying to loosen something, occasionally pulling and tugging at your ears.

Eventually, he snaps. You haven’t done a correct run in more than fifty resets. “Why is this so hard for you to do?!” He yells. You jump, and look around. “What was that?” The narrator is incensed. “It’s me, you dolt! Your narrator! I’ve been trying to guide you through this story, can’t you tell?”

“I’m sorry, could you speak up? I can’t- I’m a bit hard of hearing, sorry.”

The narrator’s anger turns to ash. Was this the problem? Had his ranting and raving not been reaching you, because you had a disability of some kind? He lets out a few soft swears. Not that he has to keep himself quiet, if your hearing is as bad as he thinks it is.

He starts creating accommodations for you. He bumps up the volume of his mic so you have an easier time hearing him.

He creates a system of words floating in front of you when he speaks, a kind of subtitle that moves depending on where you’re looking. Similar to eye floaters, they jump around so they’re always in your sight.

Now that he knows you’re not doing it intentionally, he’s a lot kinder about it. He doesn’t hold it against you if you’ve been disobedient, you may not be doing it on purpose.

Something inside of him eases. His heart feels lighter, now knowing you weren’t being antagonistic. He would never admit it out loud, or even think it on a conscious level, but he feels less hurt now. It’s really hard to put work out there, and it’s even harder to watch it be rejected again and again. He’s a lot more chill now that he’s learned about your situation.

#oleahd's reblogs #oh.#im not hard of hearing or disabled but i have unbelievably strong auditory processing disability (i say im not disabled because it comes #with the adhd/asd)#and a lot of the time i struggle with not being able to hear people or hear them properly #but huh. i did not realize that coming from the narrator the kindness and levels of understanding i need towards it would hit so different #i like that he was annoyed before he understood the issue. thats realistic #too often i see people jump straight to [he's perfect and would never get angry at you!! he understands from the jump!!]#but like over fifty playthroughs without a proper go at it? and not realizing that reader has hearing issues?#yeah i imagine that narrator would be incensed. i would too #which is hypocritical of me but still.#sometimes even when people get angry at me and their voices get louder i still cant understand them #because in the heat of the moment words tend to get sloshed together and arent very clear #and that makes me feel. bad #so i very much like the idea of the floating subtitles #that way even if narrator's mic volumes are up louder and reader can't see his face/body language for clues it's still clear #what he's saying #actually this means reader would ALWAYS be able to tell EXACTLY what's being said.#the tugging at our ears is also very. important to me #i personally always pick at the outer inside of my ear because it always feels as though im somehow clogged up #sometimes i accidently make myself bleed that way too #i dont know. i have a lot of favourites from soup but even though this is a short one i really liked this.#im not sure why this one hit me so hard #jeez. im going to be saving the link to this one for a rainy day. this is fantastic.#im very sorry for these long tags

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