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In an added scene in The Day of The Doctor's novelization, the Eleventh Doctor gets bored and calls Clara's work as if he were calling her parents for a playdate, with the school knowing who he is because of Ian and Barbara.

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Niche Kin(type) Appreciation Challenge.

14. Create a PFP or userbox set for your kin(type).

I've made some centipede userboxes! Free to use, have fun!

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Handplates AU: Transcribed Masterpost

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[interstellarsystem]

The Anatomy of: A Skarmory

So, we've decided we're going to start a little "series" of posts about our alterhuman identities. Specifically aimed to be about the anatomy/life cycle/biology of species that don't exist on this Earth but do exist in our system (such as Pokemon, other fictional species, mythical beings or anything else). Earthly beings may also make their own entries to explain their experiences--there isn't going to be a strict "who can" vs "who can't" rule--the point is to talk about our experiences and our species more. 

Anyhow, onto the actual post!

Skarmory, the Armor Bird Pokemon--that's me! A bird made of metal, with wings as sharp as blades. But how does all of that work, exactly? Well... let's get into it!

Word count: 4,081 Warnings: Discussion of species dysphoria, discussion of animal (pokemon) harm, discussion of hunting pokemon. Archive: On our website!

Basic Anatomy:

Information about a skarmory's body! Some of these are words I've made or assigned to describe specific parts, as there's either no canon alternative or no this-world alternative.

Beak: The structure on a skarmory's face, similar to a bird beak but made of metal. It has a few teeth on the bottom jaw, while there are none on the top jaw.

Crest: The pointed blade/sail atop a skarmory's head.

Wings: The parts of a skarmory that allow it to fly--consists of roughly 4 metallic bladelike feathers (or wingblades).

Wingblades: Referring to an individual feather of a skarmory's wings, it usually has 4 per wing. These are sharp as knives. Each wingblade can be moved individually!

Armor: The hardened, metallic feathers/skin that cover a skarmory's body.

Plates: The individual metallic sheets of armor that cover a skarmory's body.

Legplates/neckplates/etc: Referring to a specific grouping of plates on a part of a skarmory.

Talons: A skarmory's feet. On each foot, it has 2 toes facing forward, and one facing backward--each tipped with a sharp claw.

Tailblade/Rudder: The tail of a skarmory, generally important for changing direction during flight. It is made out of metal, much like wingblades.

QNA:

Now, we move onto some general questions and answers about skarmory as a species.

1. What does a skarmory eat?

Like a lot of pokemon, skarmory are omnivorous. They'll eat berries, fruits, seeds, and a variety of prey. Due to our fast flying capabilities, we'd often swoop down at high speeds and snatch other smaller pokemon up from the ground.

Skarmory are also known to eat stones from certain locations, and we had gathering points where the stones and cliffs were rich in minerals that promoted healthy growth of our armor. We'd meet there, and drill at the rocks with our beaks until they were bite-sized. This possibly also helped with the digestive process, but I'm not familiar with our inner biology.

2. How does a skarmory become metallic?

As stated in some of the pokedex entries, skarmory chicks are raised in harsh conditions. Oftentimes, we'd nest in thorny bushes, brambles, sharp and rocky cliff-faces or anything similar. This would provide protection from outside predator pokemon, but also serve as our first line of training and building of our body's defenses.

Our skin and feathers have a property that makes them heal stronger after becoming damaged. Each time we'd get scratched, our body would heal it stronger than before. This meant that over time, feathers became scales attached to our skin, which became plates of armor that cover our bodies. This is supplemented by parents bringing their chicks small scraps of metal or mineral-rich stones to eat.

3. How does it move if it's made of metal?

There's gaps between our plates that enable us to move around still--much like the neck and leg plates you can see on the official artwork above! Though, skarmory from where I come from tend to have more that are visible, mainly around joints. They just look like little creases!

It really is like a suit of armor, just attached to your body. It's surprisingly moveable! Moving around normally as a chick while your feathers are hardening forms creases in the development of the armor, so when it's fully formed, it's unlikely that you'll have any restricted movement. The plates form around your movement, so if you move at all as a chick, the plates get molded to the shape of your body and how far your joints allow you to move.

So... theoretically, if a skarmory never ever moved, then its plates wouldn't be shaped to its body and it would be stuck, but I've never heard of that happening.

4. If a skarmory is made of metal, doesn't it rust?

Well... Yes, actually! Partially, at least. You won't see a skarmory rust all the way through, as we're not wholly made of metal. But our armor can and will rust if it's exposed to too much water and not able to dry properly. We tend to avoid the rain and hide wherever we can from it--usually in caves, tree hollows or somewhere similar. Particularly rainy seasons can spell disaster for us as a species, and oftentimes we do end up forced to share caves while we wait for our territories to stop being so watery.

Due to our armor often shedding its plates, rust usually isn't a permanent problem and can be shed off most of the time. Usually, it might make us itchy or sore due to crumbling bits getting stuck between plates, but that's the worst of it. However, rust can make it very hard for a skarmory to move properly if it's particularly bad, or gets in the joints between plates. This isn't too common due to how much we avoid water, but it can cause major issues if we do end up having our movement restricted. Particularly bad rust that's gotten into the plate joints can even begin to rust the new armor that grows underneath, if you're not careful. Most of us tend to avoid moisture both from water and humid air wherever possible due to the risks associated with it.

To attempt to negate this, sometimes we sunbathe after it's rained. This is usually fine to do, though on particularly hot days, it's incredibly easy to overheat. Sunbathing is best done close to a shady, dry spot you can hide in afterwards. Another method to remove as much water as possible is to fly/glide at top-speed or sit in very windy areas, basically like using a blow-dryer.

5. Does a skarmory overheat easily?

It depends on the situation, but overheating is definitely a possibility. Skarmory armor might defend us from slashing claws and biting teeth, but it's incredibly susceptible to heat--be it from fire types or from the sun itself. Our armor is generally lighter coloured, but skarmory with darker armour have a harder time staying cool.

On most days, overheating from the sun is avoidable! In the warmer months however, a skarmory may need to slip away into a cave or inbetween some foliage to escape the heat. We become more active around dawn and dusk during the middle of spring toward the end of summer in order to escape the hottest hours of the day, and focus most of our hunting at those times.

Due to the rusting problem, we don't tend to use water to cool down unless absolutely necessary. You'd have to be extremely overheated by staying in the sun too long, or under attack from fire-type moves to even consider water, though.

6. Does a skarmory have feeling in its armor?

No, a skarmory doesn't have feeling in its armor plates. However, we can feel when a plate is pressed down on! The plates are attached to our skin, so pressing on them pushes our skin too, and that's what we feel. To a skarmory, touching it feels like if you were to touch the top of your fingernail--you can't feel the surface, but you can feel the nail pressing on your actual skin below.

Our sense of touch on our body is likely duller than most other pokemon. The plates on our talons (aside from our claws) are thinner than in most places on our body, though--and those are our main means of touching and investigating things aside from our beak. The armour is still tough, but the plating is thin enough that we're able to sense things a lot better with them. Therefore, we can be more careful with what we're doing, such as holding a delicate berry, or knowing that prey we're holding is wriggling to try and escape.

We don't have feeling in most of our wingblades, most of our tailblade, or the tip of our crest, however. These parts are mostly hollow metal and are far enough away from the rest of our body that they need to be touched with a lot of pressure or from specific angles to be felt.

7. What if a skarmory's armor gets damaged or dented in a fight?

Short answer? A skarmory just.. sheds! Every so often, new armor will grow through and push the outer layer off, like someone losing a tooth as they grow. Plates will just fall off, and underneath there's new armor ready to go. This includes our wingblades! Normally, we shed one wingblade from each wing symmetrically to enable us to still fly--like a this-world bird shedding their feathers! This helps us to keep in the sky while growing our new wingblades.

Sometimes, they take a little while to fully grow back in, so we may be grounded for a week or two in some cases--but these are usually caused by injury, in which a skarmory has lost all of its wingblades at once or has lost multiple from one wing, rendering it off-balance and unable to fly. This is usually from severe damage of some sort and not a regular biological process.

8. How does a skarmory fly so fast?

Like birds of this world, our bones are hollow! Also, as stated in the pokedex entries, our wingblades are also mostly hollow too! We're able to tuck our legs in to create a more streamlined shape, and our facial structure mostly does a lot of that work for us.

Though, to reach top speeds, we normally dive. We'll exert a bit of our energy flying upward, and then soar around using the wind to our advantage. Minimal flapping, and plenty of time to survey the area without tiring out. Then, the skarmory will spot something it wants (prey, another food source, something invading its territory), and it'll dive almost head-first toward the ground, but curve to move more parallel to the ground as it gets closer. Almost like the shape of a really tall slide! Those swoops are where we reach real, true speed.

Doing this, we can maintain that speed gliding parallel to the ground for quite a distance if we dive from high enough. We just hold our wings straight out and glide like a paper plane. If a skarmory needs to glide for longer without breaking the momentum, a slight tilt of the wing-blades will change its direction to going slightly upward, and then tilting the blades again to head back downward gives a little bit of a boost. This is best done when the ground is in a downward slope, so you have room to dive a little more to keep up the speed.

9. What's a skarmory's social life like?

Skarmory tend to be pretty territorial, unless at mineral gathering spots which are usually areas of peace as everyone's too busy chipping away at rocks to eat or bring to their chicks.

Skarmory generally fight over territory. They keep to themselves, with the addition of a mate (or sometimes multiple mates) and their chicks, who leave to find their own territory once old enough. A skarmory will usually defend its territory viciously against other skarmory and other pokemon--especially other flying pokemon.

Territorial disputes aside though, skarmory have a few social gestures that are noteworthy in this section!

We have a greeting gesture that's usually an indication of friendliness--beak clacking. A skarmory will open its beak and snap it closed again in rapid succession to create a metallic clanking sound. It sounds similar to a large bell mixed with hitting a metal rod with a hammer, a constant ringing trill.

We also do a slightly different beak clack in anger or as a threat. The difference between a friendly greeting and a warning clack is how fast and hard we're snapping our beaks shut. Warning clacks are loud, strong, and generally much slower than a greeting one due to putting more force behind each snap. Greetings are closer to a softer trill or metallic rumble.

Skarmory also have another threat gesture–we fan out and slide our wingblades across each other to make a metallic scraping noise.

We preen each other (and ourselves) as this-world birds do, another friendly gesture. We pay particular attention to wings, sharpening each other's wingblades by clamping our beak down on them and sliding along it.

10. Is a skarmory at a higher risk of lightning strikes?

If a skarmory were to be flying through a storm, possibly, yes! However, when it’s raining, skarmory will try their best to stay hidden from the water. Which has the added effect of being largely protected from lightning strikes too, especially when they choose to hide in caves! Most other flying pokemon also seem to prefer to not fly through thunderstorms due to the risks associated with them.

As for attacks by electric-type moves–yeah, we’re pretty easily damaged by those. That and fire types are the main threats we face out of any of the other types. Water damage can also be an issue, but it’s rarely an issue in-fight, it’s simply a problem if there’s rusting after the fight.

11. What does a skarmory feel like?

A skarmory’s plating is smooth, and feels just like touching polished metal. It’s usually cold to the touch too, unless it’s been sitting in the sun. The wingblades and tailblade feel the same even though they’re more lightweight–its entire body feels metallic! A skarmory is also much lighter than it appears–due to our hollow bones and lightweight armor, we can look very heavy while being relatively light.

12. What is the crest used for? 

The crest is occasionally used in fighting other pokemon, though the wingblades are normally used for that much more often. The crest can be used as a horn, and is useful when using iron head and similar moves. It might also help with steering while flying, though I don’t have anything definitive to say on that matter.

13. What is the tailblade used for? 

The tailblade is used for steering! It’s similar to a rudder you’d find on an aircraft or a boat. A skarmory will use it to change its flight path, in combination with the angle of its wings. A tailblade isn’t really ever used for fighting. It also sheds less often than other parts, possibly due to its important role in properly controlled flight. A skarmory without a tailblade will be a clumsy flier at best, though they’re luckily not usually grounded because of it.

14. Can the wingblades be used for things other than flying?

Yes! Wingblades are used often in fighting. They’re sturdy, sharp, and kept in pristine condition by preening done either by the skarmory itself or its mate. A skarmory will swoop down and hit an opponent with the tips of its wingblades as it flies past, slicing them.

For humans of the pokemon world, they’ve been known to take feathers dropped by skarmory to fashion swords and daggers! There’s been some instances of poachers in the past, though they’re much less common in the era I’m from due to humans being easily able to create their own blades.

15. What habitats do skarmory prefer?

Skarmory are pretty adaptable, but they prefer areas with little humidity and low heat. They can live in mountains, forests, cave systems, fields, and more! Skarmory are particularly susceptible to damage from both water and overheating, so you won’t find many living near an ocean, in a swamp, or in a desert. Though, these locations don’t always spell disaster to simply cross, so you may see one flying around in areas you normally wouldn’t expect to see one as it passes through.

It’s unlikely that a skarmory provided with adequate shelter will be seen out in the rain or in the heat, in which case they usually can be found hiding in or amongst trees, or in caves.

16. Are there any subspecies of skarmory?

Kind of! Skarmory can all look a little different from each other, and our armor can definitely be different colours–our colour variation is actually pretty broad. We can also have slightly different shapes to our plating, or extra features such as more than the standard 4 wingblades per wing.

I stayed in mostly the same areas, so I only know my local skarmory and how they look. The physical variations mainly are in the colour or wingblade number–though maybe skarmory from different climates can have different shapes?

Some Colour Examples:

Notes:

Pied colour forms can have as little as a single part being a different colour. You could have a shiny with one red wingblade, or a standard with just one neckplate being lighter. I also believe there could be light/dark or dark/shiny pieds as opposed to just light/standard, dark/standard and shiny/standard, though I haven’t seen any.

I’ve never seen a full shiny, though I did see a skarmory with a single green wingblade, which I can now categorise as a pied shiny with very minimal shiny colouration.

I saw a blue skarmory once, I’m unsure if it’s another variation of a dark colouration or not, all I know is he was very territorial. He’s in his own little category for now.

In This World:

And here, I'll talk about my current, this-body experiences as a skarmory fictive. This ranges from shifting experiences, to self expression, to in-system experiences, and anything else I want to cover.

In-Body, Euphoria

While fronting, I get pretty dysphoric, so I try to express myself when I can, which does bring a lot of joy!

I've become a fan of jewellery--particularly necklaces, as having something on my neck feels right. The bulkier and heavier the better! I absolutely need to buy some more, maybe some thick bangles for my legs!

I also tend to wear greyish colours to match my own armor colour. Grey hoodies/jackets are the best, because having them unzipped feels almost like having wings attached to my sides. To match my colours even more, I like wearing a red shirt under a grey hoodie to kind of mimic my read wingblades in the best way I can.

I've been known to attempt to clack my beak at people, which unfortunately doesn't go very well for someone with human teeth. However, clicking my tongue is similar enough that it gets the point across, so I love doing that too!

In-Body, Dysphoria

I've talked about this before in another post, but I'll do it here again.

I get very, very dysphoric about my body shape. I have two wings and two legs, and having arms at all feels.. So, so wrong. My arms have hands and fingers, which are close to talons, but they're where my wings belong. My legs aren't bent at the right spots. My skin is soft and getting an injury doesn't make it tougher. So many things are different about this body, and so many things upset me about it.

Phantom Shift Map

I've made a map detailing where my skarmory parts are placed on my human body, and how frequently these parts are felt. Keep in mind, these percentages are for when I'm in control of the body/fronting.

Notes:

My phantom shifts often feel like a presence--that's the best way I can put it. You know how people can tell where their arm or leg is in space, even with their eyes closed? How you can close your eyes and hold up 3 fingers and know which you've put up, even if they're not touching each other? It's like that, but I can sense specific outlines of my body parts. Sometimes they feel more "real" and tangible than others, but most of the time, it's a presence.

My neckplates, talons, and leg/thighplates are often the most "real" feeling phantom shifts.

I almost constantly have wingblades while in the front. They often tend to "clip" through objects--right now they're through the wall as I sit here and type this. I'm able to individually move each wingblade as I would have been able to before.

My tailblade also has the same issue as wingblades, always clipping into things.

Interestingly, I get a beak more often than I get a crest. I can take a guess and say this is because the crest had very little feeling in it in general, which also lines up with my wingblades feeling more like a sense than a tangible feeling.

In-Headspace

Inside the headspace, not much has changed about my body. We have a decently realistic headspace, so all of my regular parts and physics tied to them work the same. However, I no longer need to worry about rust and I haven't shed since I got here. Other people in-system still have their hair grow with time, so either I simply don't need to shed anymore, or it hasn't happened yet.

I don't feel any territorial needs anymore, and I mostly exist around other pokemon inside. Particularly a talonflame named Thrash, and a noivern named Echo. Flying type solidarity!

I'm also very glad that there's no fighting for survival with other pokemon in-headspace either. I don't need to worry about getting hit with a fire-type attack or getting downed by rock-throw mid flight--that's always a plus!

Differences from Source Media

I’ve noticed a few differences in my anatomy vs that of souce skarmory. The differences are pretty small, but some are also fairly strange to me. The main difference I’m weirded out by, is the beak shape of canon skarmory. Skarmory where I’m from have a toothlike structure on their beak, and their bottom jaw lines up pretty well with their top jaw–very much unlike canon.

I’ve included another diagram demonstrating the differences below.

Notes:

Wingblades are generally longer than in my drawn image, but they can vary in length anyway. They do, however, often end up being quite thick and covering most of the body-length.

A skarmory in my canon can have more than the regular 3 neckplates.

A skarmory in my canon can have, as far as I’ve seen, up to 6 wingblades per wing.

In Conclusion:

That just about sums up everything I can think of! Going through all this and writing it all down has actually been immensely helpful to me, and helped me remember loads of things I didn’t think about along the way. I’ll definitely look back at this later on, when maybe I have more information, or maybe when my memory starts failing as it always does, and get a refresher when I need it. Hell, if I find out enough new information, I might add some updates to this.

Being a kinda niche pokemon species, I wanted some representation for my experiences. The pokedex entries from the games offer a bit of info–most of which I covered here–but what I remember about our world and our lives goes so far beyond just little lines of flavour text. I’ve never seen another skarmory alterhuman out there, and my experiences might not even line up with those of another skarmory, but I at least wanted a reference for myself. If it helps others, great. If it doesn’t, that’s also fine. I just wanted this to be out there.

Maybe it could be a starting point for some. Maybe it’d spur on memories in someone else? Maybe it’d help someone discover that they are a skarmory, or have another alterhuman connection to it? Maybe it’s just cool to learn about! Either way, I wanted to document my experiences, so here we are.

[soleil-in-the-sky]

Are you trying to give your OCs something to wear but feel that all you do has no style? Have you scoured the internet for clothing design tutorials and still cant come up with anything you like? Many years ago, I had this problem. I now know that while I knew the basics of clothing design, I did not know how to IMPLEMENT them because I had zero fashion vocabulary! I finally solved this by creating........

My clothing design inspiration board! It has a bunch of different types of clothes, accessories, patterns, and the like!

As a bonus, below the read more are some clothing/costume design advice primarily for character design purposes!

These are (sorta) recreations of notes—made for the general ideas section—which are currently impossible to find (though the advice below has more thoughts.) never mind guys i found them so now this post is gonna be a bit disjointed cause im just gonna slap in any unique advice from there. on top of the fact this has been sitting in my drafts for 3 thousand years. so, if this is hard to understand tell me and i will make a new version with a more unified and serious writing style.

first two-and-a-half advice were written yesterday who knows how long ago on pinterest, thats why they sound so informal. actually the whole post is so informal wow

Varied wardrobe:

[Title: Varied wardrobe]. If you have the time, give your characters different outfits! That can tell us so much more! (Not part of OG notes, but giving OCs different outfits for different situations can reveal stuff about different sides or layers of their personalities/headspaces! You can also just give them a wardrobe of different clothes. Either way, you can have different outfits have similar silhouettes and/or shapes, or have them be completely different, which could be used for a purpose like what I talked about above.)

Layers:

[Title: Layers]. Layers........... layeersssss....... yes.......... uhhh, yea I love layers (this is def not what i sounded like in the OG note) So layers! They make your outfits more interesting! They're really cool and, in my opinion, they make outfits feel more real. Also they give you an excuse to go crazy go stupid with clothing designs hahahahahaha brb im gonna go put 5 shirts on my OC plus 50 scarves and 2 hats (DEF not what I said in the OG notes its been a while and i have a lot more thoughts about this now)

ok and some thoughts from the original notes: Layering can tell us a lot about your character. You can even merge different clothing items! Think about it: short sleeves on long sleeves can make for a unique touch on an otherwise boring shirt. Go ham on the combinations!

Research (this one's important):

[Title: Research (this one's important)]. Research is cool! Look at all those buttons [, click: here: for link], no wonder there was a button shortage. Also obviously you have to research stuff before writing about another culture otherwise its gonna be some inaccurate crap. a well researched portrayal will be way more interesting and research (at least for me) can be rewarding in general. But you can also do research on time periods, jobs, and more! Research can be intimidating, but sometimes, you just gotta do it. And as I said about well-researched portrayals being more interesting, researching can give you ideas you would've never thought about [, click: here: for link to source]. Told ya research makes stuff more interesting. (really realizing these are more than just recaps, wow. im even citing crap.) So yeah, research is important for many aspects of storytelling, including costuming, and even if it's scary, your future self will thank you.

Imagery:

[Title: Imagery]. This is where you unleash your inner English teacher. You slap some object's shape, pattern, image, etc. somewhere to represent something. It could represent some deep-seated secret of the character, but it doesn't even have to be deep. It may just be a simple reference to a personality trait. Where you put the symbolism can also mean different things, like for example, hearts on a character are usually positive symbolism, but a heart on the sole of a shoe can, if you so desire, mean the character crushes others dreams.

Clothing variations:

[Title: Clothing variations]. Just look at this [, click: here: for link to an image of variations of vests]. Details. You can change them. All the details. Play around with them. Go even further, change the details no one notices. Have you ever seen a denim shirt? No? Make it happen. Make all those weird things happen. Yeah, that's it really.

Details:

[Title: Details]. (literally just copy-pasting the original note apart from maybe one awkward word replaced) Simple details like buttons, hemlines, lace or pleats can make your outfit feel all the more real. The possibilities are endless for such small add-ons.

Don't limit yourself to one type of anything, it's why I made this board! (Other than my own lack of ideas.) For example, learning to draw pockets is cool and all, but are you sure that's all you can do? I have a whole section for them!

So yeah that's it. I am tired and this post is very disjointed.

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we are pro-Zionism go figure.

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we do not accept endos on this blog, or transID (plain text: trans-identities) as in trans-autistic or trans-plural.

and a slight clarification, cultural practices or spiritual practices that revolve around being more than one, or more than one soul or such.

are allowed on this blog. it's more of "hey a lot of endos practice those practices incorrectly or culturally appropriate them most of the time and many people have called out that this is happening in many circles" thing.

there is nuance here, and I'd rather clarify that before something happens.

again, anti-endo, anti-tulpamancy (as in terminology and practice, as it is a cultural appropriation of both Tibetan and Buddhist cultures. as many Buddhists have said you are welcome to learn the proper Buddhist techniques and skills and not resort to whitewashed appropriated terms and practices.)

not anti-spiritual and religious practices, (Buddhists and others you're not banned or something) as again not the same thing as endogenic and should not be classified together.

Endogenic being used as a classifier and umbrella label has not worked out, or well. and I personally encourage the separation of spiritual practices not tied to endos or the endogenic label.

as they drastically differ in mode, mentality, spirituality, culture, and religion. and endogenic spaces have not provided either a safe place for people too happily exist or to have their cultures and practices respected.

as endogenic as an umbrella term or shorthand for those practices does not work, as endogenic plurality and culture is drastically different from those with different spiritual and cultural practices and often clash.

that's my piece, though.

thank you for reading my blurb.

[alternia-confessions]

I. I named a wriggler Fucker. I KNOW IT’S HORRIBLE I JUST. I HAD to!!!

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[ghxst-system]

"I care about accessibility" motherfuckers when you ask them to make shit readable and possible to view with a screenreader

[ Image ID: A light brown cat with darker stripes and spots in a car. He has both right paws on the shoulder of the person taking the photo. His back left paw is on the seat of the car and his left front paw is out of frame against the window of the car door. The cat has a surprised expression on its face with its mouth wide open as well as its eyes. He is looking at something behind the camera. // End Image ID ]

[pizzacade]

The Fourth Doctor's "apology" letter (with omissions planned by The Brigadier) to the Prime Minister, answering why he didn't attend the dinner at the end of the episode Robot.

[turquoisewaves07]

idk if this already exists but concept for a small business/cooperative: image description/alt text writing.

Regular lay people writing social media posts either as social media managers for work, or their own posts, don't know how to do this properly and well (me included). It would be really convenient to have a service where you could get trained people to write image descriptions. In terms of funding, it could be that for commercial purposes, businesses pay some money per post etc. And for things like personal or low budget things, there could be options to get services for free at point of service. So additional funding by donations/training that the org runs/other stuff that people more knowledgable about running a company would know about.

It'd be work people could do remotely so would also be good for disabled folk. This all comes with the implication that the company would be owned by the workers, and idk intricacies of charities, CICs, b Corps etc are, but in some format that would be sustainable and ethical & not be profit driven. Just chucking this out there before I forget.

[necrosine]

please don't use or repost my art.

image description in alt

(who was anxious when they posted this.. ermm.. yapperversity over here /edit)

[spot-the-ableism]

Had a job interview where multiple people had told me I'd do well at the job, despite my disabilities, only to have the owner over exaggerate the amount of physical labour in the job to get me to leave by myself.

(I had my cane with me, she pretended she didn't see it, and also made me do an on-paper, no calculators math test?? (It was for a jewelry making business fyi))

the actual fuck? Okay that’s actually horrible and Yup! that’s a ableism right there!

”I had my cane with me, she pretended she didn't see it, and also made me do an on-paper, no calculators math test? (It was for a jewelry making business fyi)” - from anon

I’m actually dyscalclic (the math dyslexia) and that is SO WEIRD, I’d understand if it was fast paced grocery store or hell even a small restaurant. But a jewellery store/Jewellery making business? One of the most laidback types of stores?

I actually know a jewellery maker very well, and have met many of them and this is so completely wrong it pains me.

I think genuinely the person interviewing you was trying to fail you for being disabled, and or dyscalclic because the random math test happened.

if you can I’d report them for discriminatory practices, I’m unsure where you live so I can’t help more than that.

But that is in most cases and places discriminatory behaviour, especially the over-exaggerating of the physical labour in an attempt to discourage or dissuade you and others.

And also the random maths test! So weird? Some jobs may make you do competency tests for various things, but usually they tell you that you’re going to have to do them.

For someone to basically give you one out of nowhere is extremely suspicious and as someone who’s been through actual hell because of my severe learning disabilities, they DEFINITELY thought that because you were physically disabled you were mentally or learning disabled as well.

I’m so sorry that happened to you, shit sucks sometimes.

but I hope my response helps :smiley face:

[bacchusbasil]

Handplates: Last-Minute Notes, Foreword, and Key!

I'm currently going over the first 10 pages in preparation for uploading. Making small fixes, doing some last proofreading. I'm hoping to be done today, but I've had some distractions. In the meantime, this is the preluding post to Handplates. Keep reading for the foreword!

Foreword: I’ll try and not be too much a fanboy and keep this short!

It’s a great honor to be able to work with zarla on this! I’m doing most of the legwork while zarla just double-checks to make sure everything looks fine. Whether she realises it or not, the Handplates AU was a massive game-changer in terms of fanfiction and fanon within the Undertale community. It helped spawn several dub channels, inspired many to begin writing their own AUs, and ignited multiple curious lore-hunters into inventing science behind Souls in Undertale! It was also one of the first long-term AU projects, and one of the longest that ended up being completed. In my opinion, Handplates is definitely one of the main reasons Undertale found its home on Tumblr. Handplates will always hold a special place in my heart, and I hope this transcription will do it justice and serve as my love letter to this eight-year project. Here’s hoping it won’t take me as long to undertake this transcription!

-Basil

P.S. I am absolutely writing every word of this with the Gaster Ukagaka (Link here: zarla-s gaster ghost post) hanging out on my desktop. 

Key:

[Italicised brackets will include environments first when applicable, then the actions taking place.]

Character: Spoken lines will have the character’s name then the line after a colon.

Character: (Internal Monologue) Internal monologues will be like spoken lines, except written in italics and will have “Internal Monologue” in parenthes for the first of that page, and “IM” every instance after.

Gaster: (signing) Gaster gets a special set of rules! If he is speaking in cipher around those who understand it (Subject 1 and Subject 2) it will be a spoken line. However, if it is around or to those who need sign language, the indicator “signing” will appear. Imply that he is always speaking when signing.

Gaster 2: (in cipher) Sometimes Dr. Gaster won’t sign when speaking to those who need it. In these cases, his lines will be preceded with “in cipher” in parentheses. Again, while we the reader know what he’s saying, those he’s speaking to can’t understand him.

Other notes: For the time being, I intend on writing events of panels in the order that makes most sense. For instance, sometimes in a panel, a character will be reacting to something said in the panel, so I may write the line first, then the character’s appearance.

Last thoughts:

I am NOT a professional! I’m doing this completely voluntarily and on my own time! I’m keeping things easy on myself with relatively lax uploading schedules, as well as having a bit of wiggle room with more pages prepared.

That being said, I would love to accept your criticism! If you use a screenreader or often require text descriptions, PLEASE tell me what I’m doing wrong or right!

If you like and support what I’m doing, hit that like! Hit that reblog! Let me know, share the love!

Master Post link incoming

[alternia-confessions]

[recording begin]

when i see trolls with slashes as a part of their quirks i tend to think they're trying to make some new pronouns with every phrase

[recording end]

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[pizzacade]

The Twelfth Doctor's note included at the end of The Companion's Companion.

[questionmarksys]

Here's what the jokes say, for screenreaders:

Joke one: How do you make a watermelon laugh? You just give it a little 'squeeze'!

Joke two: Why did the orange go to school? To improve its juice-knowledge!

Joke four: I kept trying to figure out how to make the pun "sole man" work, but it just wasn't my forte.

Joke five: What do you call two thieves walking through a warehouse full of shoes? A HEELING PROCESS

Joke six: Why did the artist take up gardening? He wanted to brush up on his still-life skills.

Joke seven: Why are bicycles always so calm? Because they're always in a relaxed state of mind

Post script from image ID writer: I have never used a screenreader, so I don't know what extra bits I should add to make it clear what is happening. Improvement tips are appreciated.

so if you google "__ puns" you mostly get a bunch of AI websites as the top results, and i am kind of fascinated by them, because they read exactly like the kind of jokes little kids tell when they have recently learned about the concept of Humour but they're too young to understand why things are funny:

great job everyone let's hit the showers