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9-1-1 | S02E08 • Buck, Actually THE GOOD PLACE | S04E09 • The Answer

#911 tv #the good place #what if i sobbed and cried and lost my mind then what

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I WILL BE HERE

AT BOOTH A5316 THURS - SUN THIS WEEKEND

I'm going to be at Calgary Comic Expo (25 April - 28 April) selling copies of The Spider Prince Trilogy! More details to follow as and when I get them, but for now know that you'll be able to find me somewhere in Artist's Alley at a table that will probably be covered in spiderwebs 🕸️ 🕷️ 🍃

The Spider Prince Trilogy follows Author Wilshire, Edna Koch, and Eddie Karpinski as the three humans from Fairy Hill, Alberta, Canada make their way through faerie realms in search of curse cures.

#sr / #come say hi!!! #if you will be there i would love to see you :)))

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I’m bored and nosy. Please reblog this with the book you’re currently reading.

#elektra by jennifer saint! #i’m also part way through bable by r f kuang #i’m slowly reading paradise lost by john milton #those are the main ones rn at least lmao i have two or three others on the go too #tag games #books

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South London Forever

#quotes #art #photography #faerie tag

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Fearsome being #sketch #ink #pen #sketchtember #angel #monster #traditional #fallenangel

#art #angels tag

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i felt like tumblr would enjoy this shirt

Shortcuts, by Emma Ivansson, 2021. embroidery and paint on cotton/polyester

#art #fashion #blood tw

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Do you rather read or write?

Yes, definitely. Not reading or writing would be awful.

#felt

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okechukwu nzelu here again now

kofi

#quotes #………… #(knowing Jordan will yell at me for this) #ref bodyshare

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#911 tv #feeling. many things about this actually

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god i wish i had a superpower so i could do one singular unexplained thing in public and watch people theorize for years after. like if i could fly the first thing i would do is put on a morph suit and fly over the henday at rush hour and then never do it ever again

#as someone who grew up in this area. funniest post i’ve seen in a long time #name dropping the henday specifically just adds a certain je ne sais quoi #humour

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hey [plays a fun upbeat indie song from a 2000s comedy film over your darkest hour]

#minute for yourself monday !! !! #what if i sobbed #i am due a lucids rewatch (esp if i want to write That Fic at any time soon lmao) #lucids

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i love tumblr

#ljs life #this came across my dash and just. yeah #where else will you see this sort of ad

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Writing ASL: Techniques to Write Signed Dialogue

Hey, guys! I've been reading a lot of DC Batfamily fanfiction lately, and in doing so I realized how little I see of ASL being represented in written text (love you, Cass!). I wanted to briefly talk about tactics to writing American Sign Language (ASL), and ways that these techniques can help improve your writing in more general contexts!

SOME THINGS BEFORE WE GET STARTED

I will be discussing everything in terms of ASL! If you have a character who uses Chinese Sign Language or even British Sign Language, the same rules will not necessarily apply! Don't be afraid to do some extra research on them.

Do not let this dissuade you from writing a character who signs ASL! This is by no means the end-all be-all to writing ASL dialogue, and I do not intend this post to insinuate that by writing ASL the same way you write English you are deeply offending the Deaf community. If this is something you're interested in though, I highly recommend experimenting with the way you write it! Above all, have fun with your writing.

Related to 2nd rule, but still very important: not everyone will agree that sign language should be treated/written any differently than English. This is a totally valid and understandable stance to take! I do not hope to invalidate this stance by making this post, but rather to introduce an interested audience to how ASL operates in the modern world, and how that can be translated into text.

ADDRESSING SOME MISCONCEPTIONS

ASL is the same as English, just with gestures instead of words.

Actually, no! There is a language that exists that is like that: it's called Signing Exact English, and it's an artificial language; i.e., it did not come about naturally. All languages came from a need to communicate with others, and ASL is no different! It is a language all on it's own, and there is no perfect 1:1 way to translate it to English, just as any spoken language.

2. But everyone who signs ASL knows how to read English, don't they?

No, actually! Because it's a completely different language, people who sign ASL and read English can be considered bilingual: they now know two languages. In fact, fingerspelling a word to a Deaf person in search for the correct sign does not usually work, and is far from the preferred method of conversing with Deaf people.

3. Because ASL does not use as many signs as we do words to articulate a point, it must be an inferior language.

Nope! ASL utilizes 5 complex parameters in order to conversate with others: hand shape, palm orientation, movement, location, and expression. English relies on words to get these points across: while we may say "He's very cute," ASL will sign, "He cute!" with repeated hand movement and an exaggerated facial expression to do what the "very" accomplishes in the English version: add emphasis. Using only ASL gloss can seem infantilizing because words are unable to portray what the other four parameters are doing in a signed sentence.

4. Being deaf is just a medical disability. There's nothing more to it.

Fun fact: there is a difference between being deaf and being Deaf. You just said the same thing twice? But I didn't! To be deaf with a lowercase 'd' is to be unable to hear, while being Deaf with an uppercase is to be heavily involved in the Deaf community and culture. Deaf people are often born deaf, or they become deaf at a young age. Because of this, they attend schools for the Deaf, where they are immersed in an entirely different culture from our own. While your family may mourn the loss of your grandfather's hearing, Deaf parents often celebrate discovering that their newborn is also deaf; they get to share and enjoy their unique culture with their loved one, which is a wonderful thing!

YOU MENTIONED ASL GLOSS. WHAT IS THAT?

ASL gloss is the written approximation of ASL, using English words as "labels" for each sign. ASL IS NOT A WRITTEN LANGUAGE, so this is not the correct way to write it (there is no correct way!): rather, it is a tool used most commonly in classrooms to help students remember signs, and to help with sentence structure.

IF THERE'S NO CORRECT WAY TO WRITE IN ASL, THEN HOW DO I DO IT?

A most astute observation! The short answer: it's up to you. There is no right or wrong way to do it. The longer answer? Researching the culture and history, understanding sign structure, and experimenting with description of the 5 parameters are all fun ways you can take your ASL dialogue to the next level. Here are 3 easy ways you can utilize immediately to make dialogue more similar to the way your character is signing:

Sign languages are never as wordy as spoken ones. Here's an example: "Sign languages are never wordy. Spoken? Wordy." Experiment with how much you can get rid of without the meaning of the sentence being lost (and without making ASL sound goo-goo-ga-ga-y; that is to say, infantilizing).

Emotion is your friend. ASL is a very emotive language! If we were to take that sentence and get rid of the unnecessary, we could get something like "ASL emotive!" The way we add emphasis is by increasing the hand motion, opening the mouth, and maybe even moving the eyebrows. It can be rather intuitive: if you mean to say very easy, you would sign EASY in a flippant manner; if you mean to say so handsome, you would sign handsome and open your mouth or fan your face as if you were hot. Think about a game of Charades: how do you move your mouth and eyebrows to "act out" the word? How are you moving your body as your teammates get closer? There are grammar rules you can certainly look up if you would like to be more technical, too, but this is a good place to start!

Practice describing gestures and action. ASL utilizes three dimensional space in a lot of fun and interesting ways. Even without knowing what a specific sign is, describing body language can be a big help in deciphering the "mood" of a sentence. Are they signing fluidly (calm) or sharply (angry)? Are their signs big (excited) or small (timid)? Are they signing rushedly (impatient) or slowly? Messily (sad) or pointedly (annoyed)? Consider what you can make come across without directly addressing it in dialogue! Something ese about ASL is that English speakers who are learning it tend to think the speakers a little nosy: they are more than able to pick up on the unsaid, and they aren't afraid to ask about it.

Above all, don't be afraid to ask questions, do research or accept advice! New languages can be big and scary things, but don't let that make you shy away. Again, there is nothing wrong with deciding to write ASL the same as you write your English. I've personally found that experimenting with ASL dialogue in stories has aided me in becoming more aware of how to describe everything, from sappy emotional moments to action-packed fighting scenes. Writing ASL has helped me think about new ways to improve my description in more everyday contexts, and I hope it can be a big help to you as well, both in learning about Deaf culture and in pursuing your future writing endeavors. :)

P.S: I am quite literally only dipping my toes into the language and culture. I cannot emphasize how important it is to do your own research if it's someting you're interested in!

P.P.S: I want to apologize for my earlier P.S! What I meant by “I am … dipping my toes into the language and culture” was in direct regards to the post; what I should have said is “this post is only dipping its toes into the language and culture.” While I am not Deaf myself, I am a sophomore in college minoring in ASL and Deaf Culture, and I am steadily losing my hearing. Of course, that does not make me an authority figure on the topic, which is why I strongly encourage you to do your own research, ask your own questions, and consult any Deaf friends, family, or online peers you may have.

#about writing #resources #ref twvd #orange

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HEY GUESS WHAT I CAN FINALLY SHARE

Official character art for the main characters from The Spider Prince Trilogy, brought to life by nikcandoart (twitter, instagram)

Following Author Wilshire, Edna Koch, and Eddie Karpinski as the three humans from Fairy Hill, Alberta, Canada make their way through faerie realms in search of curse cures, this story revolves around friendship, love, and making one’s own way.

CHAOS AND THE SPIDER PRINCE: When Author Wilshire’s oldest friend, Eddie, is attacked by the Wild Hunt and transformed into a spider, Author must travel to Lockswood to reconnect with an old friend and plead for the help of the Spider Prince. It might have worked, if only the Spider Prince weren’t cursed as well.

THE WITCH HAZEL TREE: Edna Koch has been cursed since birth to only speak in questions, which keeps her cut off from experiencing the full joy of her magic. When another witch offers to help her, she isn’t expecting being roped into faerie politics and an anxiety-inducing romance. Good thing she has friends in Author and Eddie, who will drop anything to come help her.

SPIDER SPIDER BEE: There’s a faerie in Eddie Karpinski’s room, and he’s claiming that they’re friends. With little memory of the faerie world, and none of the events that this strange faerie boy keeps describing, Eddie agrees to help search for a missing human girl, but does not agree to make it a smooth process. Even Edna’s insistence that everything is true doesn’t change Eddie’s mindset, but maybe more time amongst the fae and magic will.

The Spider Prince trilogy is available NOW!

[ID: A series of five images, depicting five different characters from the Spider Prince Trilogy. In order they are: Author Wilshire (a square jawed white woman with chesnut brown hair in pigtails and a yellow denim jacket, wearing gold earrings and bells in her hair), The Spider Prince (a faerie with skin the colour of spider silk, pointed ears, eight black eyes, and black hair, wearing a golden circlet and a brown capelet), Nuisance (a faerie with warn brown skin, pointed ears, black hair, and honey coloured eyes, wearing a black capelet and golden jewellery), Eddie Karpinski (a Black person with short black hair and gold wire-frame glasses, wearing bell earrings and a red flannel), and Edna Koch (a blonde and blue-eyed white woman with her hair in a braid crown, a white dress, and earrings shaped like autumn leaves). All drawings are from the shoulders up. END ID.]

#sr / #puts this in front of you again. look at my kids

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Evening jacket, 1937, by Elsa Schiaparelli

A fine and important Elsa Schiaparelli couture Zodiac jacket, the Astrology Collection, Winter, 1938-39, Paris. This is arguably one of the most beautiful of all Schiaparelli's creations with its glittering embroidery, shimmering star-shaped beads and rhinestones set against a midnight blue velvet background. Marlene Dietrich was photographed in her Beverly Hills residence in 1938 wearing the zodiac ensemble with matching dress. Schiap was fascinated by the night sky that she used to view as a child through her uncle's telescope - the renowned astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, director of the Brera Observatory in Milan. He inspired in her a lifelong fascination with the celestial realm. He commented that the moles on her cheeks reminded him of the Big Dipper which she adopted as her 'lucky star', incorporating it into printed fabrics, the fabric lining her salon, her own personal jewellery as well as on this magnificent jacket. Schiaparelli's press agent Hortense MacDonald stated that the Astrology collection was defined by Euclid's famous geometric treatise - 'Elements'.

#fashion #schiaparelli

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I'm going to be at Calgary Comic Expo (25 April - 28 April) selling copies of The Spider Prince Trilogy! More details to follow as and when I get them, but for now know that you'll be able to find me somewhere in Artist's Alley at a table that will probably be covered in spiderwebs 🕸️ 🕷️ 🍃

The Spider Prince Trilogy follows Author Wilshire, Edna Koch, and Eddie Karpinski as the three humans from Fairy Hill, Alberta, Canada make their way through faerie realms in search of curse cures.

#sr / #still going insane about this #just so y’all know

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#not binary not non binary but a secret third thing #also prev i would like you to know that one my characters ids as genderqueer specifically bc i saw you using it and this character #went ‘yes that one! that’s the one!’ #tag games #polls