#six-of-snakes

[cripplecharacters]

hello! in the story I'm currently writing, there is a deaf character. Ey use sign languge (fantasy world so it's their equivalent of asl), and several other characters also speak fluent sign language to communicate with em and in various other situations. the issue I'm a little stuck on is that some of the characters who use sign language also speak verbally. i read a post on here about not putting sign language in italics, instead presenting it as speech and using dialogue tags, which is preferable to deaf readers, so I'd like to do that. what I'm stuck on is that my dialogue tags then become super repetitive, but since the characters switch between sign language and spoken language fairly often, I'm struggling to communicate how they're communicating without being super repetitive or very unclear. any advice on how to write these dialogue scenes more smoothly?

Hi!

For conversations that are in sign, and followed by a spoken conversation (or vice versa): Clarify when the switch happens, then continue on, using whatever dialogue tags you want.

For conversations where it’s going back and forth, such as when one character is interpreting: Mention at the beginning who’s doing what, or clarify after the sentence. Examples:

“I like that idea,” A signed, then said aloud.

“Don’t do that!” B said, while A interpreted.

Once you’ve established who signs and who speaks, who interprets, etc, you do not need to re-establish these roles every sentence or every scene. Maybe occasionally as a reminder.

Also, please do not have characters speak and sign at the same time. This is called simultaneous communication and it's rude. They should sign first, then speak.

Mod Rock

[stabbyfoxandrew]

vampdrew for wip Wednesday please? 🧛

WIP Wednesday (10/16) | Vampire Andrew AU (Part 190)

Neil's eyes go wide. "You didn't."

"I did." Andrew grins in the face of Neil's panic. And he is panicked, Andrew can tell. Because no matter how he hides his thoughts, he can't hide his pulse. It kicks up into overdrive, suddenly sounding like a herd of stampeding buffalo.

Andrew focuses a bit too intently on the sound and for a moment he thinks he can almost see the blood rushing through the veins on his arms. Andrew blinks hard and pulls himself back from the edge, turning his head to the side to nonchalantly give his shoulder a sniff. 

"I do not care about your secret binder, Neil. I do not care about your eyes or your hair or your money. I only came here to invite you out to our favorite club this weekend."

Neil blinks, in confusion or surprise Andrew can't tell, then opens his mouth. "You're... inviting me someplace?"

"Yes. See how nice I'm being? Some people would try to blackmail you into coming, threaten to tell the rest of the team all your scary little secrets. But here I am, politely asking you to come with us on Friday night." Andrew keeps smiling as he stares into Neil's eyes, trying to determine what color they are underneath his lenses. Neil's brow furrows and Andrew sighs. "I'm extending an olive branch here, not a sword."

"A drowning man will grab either," Neil mutters under his breath.

"Oh how incredibly profound. Does this mean you'll be joining us, drowning man?"

[joanofexys]

hi i know absolutely nothing about anything dc related but i would love to hear about your ocs if you'd like to share (and if you'd like to wait for someone who knows dc to talk to about them that's absolutely chill i just think your characters are cool & that there's no harm in mentioning im interested haha)

HI YAY THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABT THEM

okay so real quick

Harlowe Wayne:

She/her, lesbian

Blind with some light perception

Minorly enhanced senses

6’0

Ellis Wayne:

He/him, unlabeled, aspec

Glasgow smile scarring

6’2

The two of them are basically copy and paste of Bruce Wayne appearance wise. Ellis is easily mistaken for his father if people don’t notice the scars. And Harlowe often takes over as the Bat when Bruce is out of Gotham because she’s built like a brick wall and with a vocal modulator she can easily pass as Batman

They’re the eldest of all the Wayne children (despite him having 10 million kids jfc) and because there has to be a little bit of projection in everything, Bruce was a teenager when the twins were born (which also leaves them growing up pre-Batman and seeing Bruce create the hero which I’ve had fun with). Typically with the timelines I go for Bruce is usually in his 40s which puts the twins in their 30’s most of the time (sometimes late 20’s).

Harlowe went blind at 13 and can perceive light and shadow, and a few years later at 15 an accident enhances her other senses slightly though her sight worsens

At 16 Ellis is the target of one of the Joker’s attacks where a permanent smile is carved onto his face. Out of all the Wayne’s/Bat’s Ellis becomes the most frequently targeted for his civilian identity, while he’s rarely targeted when he’s out acting as a vigilante. Scarecrow takes a particular interest in him which leads to a lot of fear toxin being used on him, he develops not exactly an immunity to it but a less severe response, he’s less likely to hallucinate or experience true fear unless in high doses and insteads becomes restless and irritable until the toxin has worn off.

Harlowe becomes a lawyer and works for Wayne Enterprises for awhile. Ellis’ focus tends to be engineering and tech though he doesn’t exactly have a steady job and spends a lot of time travelling. As adults the twins actually tend to go long periods of time without seeing or even contacting each other even though they might be more consistent with their siblings (not because of a lack of care or closeness it’s just something they don’t tend to think about).

Harlowe takes after Bruce even when she’s not in the suit and as a vigilante she’s known to be brutal but she has an inflexible moral code. When she’s not working as Batman she tends to stick to smaller areas of the city and doesn’t focus on the big rogues, people know she’s pretty reliable to seek out because she usually can take the time out of her patrol to help people as needed.

Ellis has a much more flexible moral code and could probably be convinced to kill if given enough evidence it was necessary or the lesser of two evils. His constant traveling has the added advantage of him being able to track criminals and organizations for long periods of time and that tends to be where his focus is. He can get very single minded about things and can struggle to tear away from an ongoing mission to work on another one or to help people.

Ellis is 3 minutes older and it doesn’t really matter until they’re arguing and suddenly it really matters (he’s taller AND older so obviously she has to listen to him). They’re both bossy little shits but Harlowe at least knows how to work with a team, Ellis will try his best but that same flaw with being narrow minded can cause problems and he’s not much of a team player.

Ellis somehow ends up the most emotionally intelligent one here against all odds and he’s the most likely to reluctantly sit down and actually talk about his feelings.

Harlowe’s the most likely to actually acknowledge her injuries and take at least most of the proper time to rest and heal rather than pushing herself the next day

Uhhhhhh I have other stuff to say about them I’m sure but I’m blanking now so that’s a little bit about my babies

[queerslurheritageposts]

I love identifying as a faggot <3

hell yeah, so much faggy pride in the inbox today

[anti-terf-posts]

trick or treat? something funny please :3

[malecsecretsanta]

Merry Christmas, @six-of-snakes!

Merry Christmas Oliver!

as promised, here is a White House AU with shenanigans and occasional idiots <3

*****

earthquake weather

Magnus sorts the last of the printouts in his hand into the not entirely consistent and ever-growing piles at his feet. If there’s anything he hates about his job, it is this; culling the hundreds of photos he’s taken to the ones he can use and then culling it down again until he has a workable amount instead of five times the required number.

What makes it worse is that this hadn’t been an ordinary job, one that lasts just a few weeks or maybe a couple month. No, this job had lasted a full eight years –and then some, on and off, in the years after, though at that point it had felt less like a job and more a favour for a friend, for family– and therefore the culling process is proving to be about a thousand times worse. He’s only been at it a few days –a week at the most– and already the walls of his home office are plastered in pictures, the floor, tables and every other available flat surface completely covered over in the discards.

He's so absorbed in sticking the ones that make the cut –this round of culling at least– to the wall that he doesn’t notice he’s no longer alone in the room until there’s a warm body plastering itself up against his back, arms winding around his waist and a chin settling on his shoulder.

Read on AO3

[tara-the-star]

🍎, ✨, & ❤️ for zahra?

ty for the ask <3

info on zahra for reference

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

Growing up, Zahra wasn't exactly bffs with her parents (only bc she was quite reclusive) but they supported her in her exy journey and wanted the best for her. And 'best' meant the Ravens, obviously. After she joined, her parents were quite concerned when their phone calls were not returned and tried contacting the university to get in touch with her, but to no avail. Their worries were slightly eased when they saw her play, but being unable to talk to her, check in on her, know how she was, was definitely unsettling. I want to say five years dulled the feeling but how can you stop grieving a daughter you never really lost?

Now Zahra had completely blocked out every memory of her life before the Ravens because she 100% bought into their ideology. She knew *theoretically* that her parents loved her and they were always there for her, but she couldn't actually remember anything that was not the Nest. After starting therapy, her therapist suggested that she should get back in touch with her parents. When they got that phone call... let's just say there were a lot of tears. They invited her over and she spent a couple of days at her parents' place while she looked for an apartment in her pro team's city. Zahra makes sure she calls them up every week, whether it is to ask them for recipies or just to update them on her week :)

✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

Idk reallly, i knew i wanted it to start with 'z' but nothing much... did a few google searches (algorithm thinks im pregnant now) and yeah! thats how zahra popped into my head

❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?

like i mentioned above, she didn't really remember much before the nest but winning her first little league exy match is pretty much embedded into her brain. Her best non-exy memory (not so much memory but) would be when she saw her first sunrise after eau :)

a close second is kissing @jeanmoreauss' oc Emiko. she thinks about it WAY too often.

oc ask game!

[mad-madam-m]

for wip wednesday, perhaps the prompt for #27?

The prompt for #27 is:

27. any, any, the lost spells

And you get a Gargoyles ficlet!

Gargoyles, Owen & Xanatos, The Book of Lost Spells

"Has the clan already left?"

"Yes, sir. Just after dusk. They seem to think they've found a lead on this book of lost spells."

"Really?" Xanatos drummed his fingers on the glass case, where the book of lost spells sat inside. "Well, good luck to them."

Owen raised an eyebrow. "I don't suppose you want to mention that you found it on our last excursion two months ago?"

Xanatos waved off the words. "Oh, come now, Owen. Where's the fun in that?"

[labelleizzy]

what happens at stark tower stays at stark tower for wip wed please?

Thank you for asking about that one, it's been languishing in my files for literally years. And your ask kicked my ass to finally put something up on AO3 for it. It's chunky and bullet pointy, but it's something, and it's HERE.

[lazinesswrites]

dealer's choice for wip wed please!

Thanks for the ask! You get a few lines from the fic currently known as Bracca canon divergence!

“Alright, sounds like it’s time for us to go, Tech,” Echo yells from where he’s manning the tail gun. It’s probably good timing – he doubts they can keep evading the Imperials without actually escaping for much longer. “Copy that,” Tech confirms from the cockpit, “Swinging around now.”

Find the rules and titles for this week's WIP Wednesday ask game here.

[clonerightsagenda]

six-of-snakes

Keladry of mindelan, tbh. she had sort of crushes, but turns out romance isn't her thing, which she learned as she got older and is totally valid. she's also canonically aroace, so yay!

GDI Kel is my first ever aro icon I KNEW I was forgetting someone.

You're so right.

[lizhly-writes]

blood of the covenant for wip wed please?

it is kinda far from wednesday but here i am! and here is this snippet!

Kim Namwoon follows his gaze to Soo Taehee and scoffs. “So what if she can’t cross the bridge by herself? She’s useless. Look at her, she’s already having a hard time keeping up.”

… Indeed, this exertion is a lot for an average salaryman, let alone an old woman.  Kim Namwoon has been handling the worst of it, fighting through hordes of demonic people to get to the bridge, but it’s difficult even without the fighting.  

While Soo Taehee is doing a remarkably good job matching their pace and dodging any blows directed towards her, the physical activity is clearly taking a toll.  She’s pale-faced and sweat-soaked, her breath rough enough that he could swear the dry rasp of it draws blood.

It’s not a state any elder should be in.  In a normal world, he might have offered her his seat on the train carriage, or a 50 won coin to buy a drink to sooth her throat.  In this world...

“She’ll probably die of a heart attack pretty soon,” Kim Namwoon says encouragingly.  “If she’s going to die anyway—”

[stabbyfoxandrew]

vampdrew for wip wed please? <3

WIP Wednesday (11/6) | Vampire Andrew AU (Part 196)

On Friday, Andrew watches through his cousin's eyes as Nicky presents Neil with a bag full of clothes and a request. After some coaxing, Neil accepts both and agrees to meet them at nine. Little does he know they'll be coming to him. 

It's not hard to break into Neil's dorm. Andrew's done it once before, the dorm's locks are shit and he's got vampiric precision. Once he's unlocked the door, he steps into the room and is almost overwhelmed with the scent of Neil, Neil, Neil.

Sure, Gordon and Boyd also live here. But their scents are almost imperceptible amongst Neil's heavenly stench. Andrew inhales, then exhales. He's fine. He's got this. Kevin cuddled with this top after practice. He's in control. He doesn't want to eat Neil at all.

Andrew nearly convinces himself that it's true. Then Neil steps out of the bathroom and Andrew is standing in the bedroom doorway blocking him in before he registers he's moving. Neil turns and startles at his presence, but plays it cool. "I don't remember inviting you in."

Andrew nearly laughs at the vampire pun hidden in there. Nicky does, from the living room.

"I invited myself. I see you're almost ready," Andrew says, eyeing him up and down. Damn Nicky's good taste. Neil looks edible in more ways than one.

[joanofexys]

oc stuff for wip wed please im dying to hear more about florian!!

OC stuff is a collection of snippets/drabble/oneshots/whatever written about all my ocs so have this little bit of Florian and Kevin:

“You kept it.” Kevin tilted his head, picking up the small figurine from the bookshelf.

Florian turned his head to look at Kevin, raising an eyebrow. He leaned against the counter, arms crossed, and narrowed his eyes at the trinket. “I did.”

Kevin didn’t say anything else but Florian couldn’t look away. He watched Kevin turn the little rock bear over in his hand, the way his fingers traced over the grooves, the small smiled that tugged at his lips. 

“You got it in California. We had just beat the Trojans, you scored the winning point. I don’t know when you found the time to go shopping, but you gave it to me in the airport when we were waiting for our flights.”

This time it was Kevin who turned to look at him, gently setting the figurine back on the shelf. “You remember all that?”

Florian rolled his eyes, “I know it may come as a shock Kevin, but you occasionally do things worth remembering.”

[planeoftheeclectic]

tfp for wip Wednesday, please?

"Well, you...you certainly know how to make an argument, Mr. Edgeworth."

"I have made something of a career out of it, Lieutenant."

Columbo rubbed his temple. "There's just one thing I'm not sure I understand--well, two things really."

[anti-terf-posts]

hey just wanted to drop by and say that this blog has been particularly amazing to see, especially all the positivity!

I've been identifying as a trans guy for most of year, and I've recently started letting myself experiment with gender & presentation and how that interserscets with the rest of my identities, and that's been a bit hard for me, so it was amazing to find this blog, which is so genuinely kind and happy!

So- thank you and make sure to take care of yourself!!!

awww!! glad I can bring some positivity into people's lives 🥹

take care!