#speech tag

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[whyissupernaturaltrending]

a former US president gets shot at and rather than trend himself he causes supernatural to trend instead because everyone is sharing the news via the destiel meme. unparalleled

[oddthesungod]

calling 911 on sam riegel for emotional damage 😭😭😭😭

[rystiel]

au where ford gets over himself when he gets to gravity falls and reaches out to stan sooner

stan thinks ford still doesn’t want him around and is gonna kick him out the moment he doesn’t need his help anymore ahaha. but like also they’re so sillayyyy

(plus a part 2 & part 3)

[lucabyte]

monologue

[bluepandadraws-log]

The Amazing Digital COMIC #22-Bullying Aftermath

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[teja-has-puppet-autism]

I need to type to speak so that I can remember what I said and not get confused about what I'm talking about or talk in circles

but

typing is also hard for my brain, and I can't explain complex things well even if I understand them in my brain. so for THOSE situations I need to use my mouth to speak

but

my mouth doesn't always say what I want it to, and I frequently lose speech and am unable to finish my thoughts on a subject. so for THOSE situations I have to type

but

...

[bloobydabloob]

Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.

[wishchip106]

just thinking about erik making his house accessible on genosha

all the other mutants wondering why this tall guy made all his furniture low to the ground

they express their concerns about his back

then it all makes sense when he brings charles to live on genosha

“Oh he was just down bad this whole time”

bro looks like an egg. smooth ass dome

[neuropathyfordpines]

If you have speech issues due to brain fog or psychosis or schizophrenia spectrum or intellectual disability or aphasia or whatever reason love you forever. We are not stupid, we are not freaks, we are disabled (if you identify that way) and deserve to be normalized. Speak "strange" forever

-schizophrenic with somewhat constant disorganized speech and writing

[fullcollapse-mp3]

i love when musicians who have histories of like depression, drug abuse, alcholism, etc, just. get better yk? they get old and they have wrinkles and gray hair and they look OLD but they're happy and actually having a good time and IDK IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY. they just went through the hell and came out of the other side happier and a better person and just AGAGSTSTGS

[flowersforthemachines]

Some thoughts on the way Spite speaks

Every fic writer that heavily features Lucanis in their works will have to deal with incorporating Spite into the narrative sooner or later, and since I reached that point myself, I've decided to look through the script to have a deeper look at his speech patterns.

Most of the time, we hear Spite speak directly through Lucanis, taking control of his body by force. During such moments, Spite's speech is quite jagged, frequently separating auxiliary and main verbs into different sentences, and a lot of sentences being a single word:

(during the Murder of Crows) Lucanis (Spite) : Too much. Walking. Where. Is our prey?

(in banter with Emmrich) Lucanis (Spite) : Curiosity. Has. Feet!

(in conversation with Curio and Keepsake at the Necropolis) Lucanis (Spite) : You two! Stop. Being. So. Bright!

However, in the scenes where we see him directly talk to Lucanis, as well as in the Fade during Inner Demons, Spite is capable of using full sentences. Even if the sentences he uses are comparatively short, they are complete rather than a single sentence broken into several smaller ones:

(after the recruitment mission) Spite : He doesn't want to hurt you. How rare. Everyone else does.

(during Inner Demons) Spite : Lucanis is here. Always. Behind locked doors. I can't break through.

My personal interpretation of it is that he may have difficulties with the physical act of speaking - he can think coherently, but he's not used to controlling a body, so he struggles with articulating. I would argue that from Lucanis's POV, the Spite he hears in his head could generally be more eloquent than the Spite that actually gets to speak.

Though there are also some lines that are contradictory to that idea. Some examples:

(after the recruitment mission) Spite : I want. To talk. To Rook!

(during Bloodbath) Spite : No. I want. Her heart. Quivering. On our knife.

(during Inner Demons) Spite : His mind. Is still here. He wants. To stay here. So he keeps. Me here!

There are multiple ways to explain what could cause the difference. I personally see it as him either getting overwhelmed by strong emotions, or wanting to put more emphasis on his words by adding pauses.

But Spite only has 140 lines in the entire game, so you know. Not a lot to go on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[littlenastieswewhispered]

“buffy ended the show single :)” ok but only because her current love interest just DIED!! (he near quite literally died in her arms! in sacrifice for her!) her last words of the entire series were telling him she loves him and then saying his name in admiration. she isn’t single; she’s a widow.

[kiidart]

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pt.1

i love bratty computers breathe if u agree <3

this is a little long, so continue reading below! :3

[sabeedraws]

Josh sketch based on this tweet u/lexithenerd03 shared in the until dawn subreddit

[biblically-accurate-dca]

immaculate consumption