#paravolleyball

[gayaest]

3rd years (updated with alt-text!)

PARAVOLLEY AU! 🏐♿️

[coachrey]

SpikeNet’s John Kessel Interview Sure do miss this guy's volleyball email updates. So much knowledge of our game, especially the history...

[lacroix2007]

(со страницы Russia, Moscow - May 11: Anna-Maria Sariluoto (4) Under The Net During International Sitting Volleyball Tournament Game On May 11, 2014, In Moscow, Stadium Izmailovo, Russia Stock Photo 208524109 : Shutterstock)

[gayaest]

I just want to say your Paravolley AU has helped me a lot with overcoming internalized ableism, made me learn about sitting volleyball, and has also gotten me to read and watch Haikyuu again after years. I've been a volleyball person my whole life but I got a sports injury in highschool and now use a cane (and hopefully a rollator walker in the future).

Kageyama Tobio has always been my favorite character and seeing him in your AU hit me really hard. Though we don't have the same injury, I saw myself in your portrayal of him very much.

Your AU had made me re-evaluate the Haikyuu manga and anime through a disabled lense, and made me fall in love with Furudate's story all over again. Even stronger than it was before. And I adore the parallels you decided to put with your own AU.

I've since been searching up if there's sitting volleyball in my area (with little luck so far but dammit I'm going to keep looking). I'm so disappointed that it's never been brought up to me when I got injured. I'm upset that I was convinced that I'd never have a place in volleyball again. I legitimately started crying tears of joy when I learned sitting volleyball existed.

Thank you so much for your AU. I think it'll have a special place in my heart for a long time.

This is a genuinely sweet and kind-hearted message, and I have to thank you for sending it.

It means a lot that my AU brings comfort to not only myself, but other disabled people as well — the idea that my experiences, thoughts, feelings, research, etc is being put to good use to help and soothe people is more than I could ever wish to achieve or want.

I think something so important in my AU with Kageyama is that he wasn’t born disabled, he got his spinal cord injury at one of the worst points in his life, while simultaneously losing his support system (grandfather). He had no idea how to cope with becoming disabled because the people he surrounded himself with previously (MiddleSchool Volleyball Team) all turned their back on him and his drive to still want to play volleyball and feel lost without it. In turn, he turns that anger and fear and disappointment into internalized ableism, and even some outwards ableism he doesn’t even realize he needs to fix, because it’s just something most able-bodied people get told or believe. He pushes himself past his limits, hoping that he could one day be back to his old self, but that old self no longer exists, and that’s something the Karasuno Sitting Volleyball team teaches him. They teach him acceptance, support, community, etc when he didn’t even know it existed before.

I’m glad my AU can resonate with so many people, and I wish I could blab even more about it because it’s always in my head constantly, so if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask about it.

Furudate’s story is truly amazing, and to me, it doesn’t lose it’s charm and meaning for me as a disabled person, in fact, in makes me want to form even bigger bonds with community and other disabled people.

Thank you again for the ask, anon! It’s very sweet.

[gayaest]

Planning on redoing / redrawing some parts of my paravolley au and getting back into it ☁️♿️

[gayaest]

Third years — players ! 🏐

Paravolley AU *:･ﾟ✧

[gayaest]

Introduction to disability card for my paravolley au: DAICHI! 🏐🫶

[gayaest]

Paravolley AU: Asahi Azumane 🏐🧡

Redraw from a year ago of the character introductions with disability info!

[gayaest]

i love your para volleyball au so much it makes me so happy seeing other disabled people drawn

Thank you!

It’s been on hold a little bit just because i’ve been sick + wanting to research more and accurately before continuing ^_^

Once I’ve finished all the headcanons for the AU (intro cards on their disabilities etc) me and my boyfriend (who is also disabled) will be making a fic based around it! He’s an amazing writer and I know he is one of the only people I know that I trust to do it justice!

[gayaest]

Some kagehina from my paravolleyball au (which was commissioned by @/pj95.mp3 on insta!)

[gayaest]

Pardon me if I’m mistaken but I don’t think I’ve ever seen you make art of an arm amputee before. Do you have any oc ideas in the works?

Doesn’t count as an “OC”, I suppose but I have made art of arm amputees — just in my “paravolleyball” AU of HAIKYUU!! ❤️🏐

[gayaest]

hello, hope you don't mind! but i was just wondering what kind of prosthetic Ryuunosuke wears in your paravolleyball AU? I'm fully-abled but I have OCs who are disabled and I'm trying to figure out what prosthetics they would have (would also like to ask good resources relating to people with disabilities and such? asjdhakdad)

It’s a specific prosthetic for people who get a rotationplasty. They specifically have the foot “backwards” because the foot and ankle then can act as a “knee” and bend.

Since the ankle flexes in the opposite direction as a knee does, they rotate it, so the ability to flex it as a knee and walk with a prosthetic that way! This also helps with walking because the foot and ankle is weight bearing and toes can help with balance and powering the prosthetic!

For your other question, I honestly can’t answer it. I often get this question a lot for resources and websites — but I can’t teach someone how to properly research, they must learn to do it on their own. Plus, research is more than 1 site, it’s hours of knowledge collecting, experience collecting, and putting it together. That requires extensive research which takes multiple websites at a time.

Just remember: these people are real. Disabled people with these disabilities are real people. Respect them and acknowledge their experiences and livelihood.

[gayaest]

your paravolleyball au is better than even the show in my opinion! having kageyama's internal struggles be about being disabled would be suuuuuch a compelling plot

I really appreciate the sentiment — but I truly LOVE haikyuu for what it is and how furudate’s writing has affected me and so many other people.

The paravolley au wouldn’t exist without furudate’s hard work and the entire story of haikyu! I am so forever grateful and in love with the story, it is something I cherish so closely to my heart.

It’s simply a parallel of the original plot! Just with a twist — a disabled perspective! With what my experience and many other disabled people’s experience.

Don’t get me wrong, I am so so so thankful people like my au, truly. It means so much to me and drives me to keep going and keep making it.

Furudate himself has acknowledged sitting volleyball, disabled players in the Paralympics.

[gayaest]

I just stumbled upon your paravolleyball AU and it's something I absolutely love. I've been struggling with my health lately and seeing characters I love existing with disabilities/ chronic health issues brings a lot of comfort <3

I’m super glad! It’s an AU that brings me a lot of comfort as well — even if i’ve been too ill to work ok it. I’m glad it brings comfort to others too!

[gayaest]

Have you drawn the first years like Shoyo and Kageyama for the Paravolleyball au?

Currently have only drawn Yamaguchi, Tsukishima, and Yachi — but I’m currently working on Kageyama’s and next is Hinata’s! ❤️

[gayaest]

Paravolley au (an AU I’ve been in the works of making for haikyuu!! Disabled volleyball players FTW!) - i’m disabled btw

WHEELCHAIR USER HINATA SHOYO

I’ll share more about the au if anyones interested! (Pls don’t take my idea/concept especially if ur able-bodied) !!