wibta if i asked someone to adjust how they’re writing a blind character?
this is also rp related 👋 i’m 24. you can use any pronouns for me. i’m legally blind and use screen readers to navigate the internet. i work from home which gives me a lot of freedom, so i fill my time in multi fandom rp servers. they’re a lot of fun, usually
in one server i’m in, there’s someone (28nb) writing a blind character. it’s not an oc of theirs, and the source the character is from is sort of… bad at handling the character’s disability. not offensively bad, it’s just obvious the writers didn’t put much thought into it
i know the person writing the character is not blind. here is my problem: the way they write this character concerning their disability is just… it’s really uncomfortable. the first thing i noted was that they went out of their way to mention the character is blind at basically every opportunity. most conventions the character is in they end up bringing it up, like it’s the default topic they turn to when roleplaying the character. and obviously, as a blind person, i understand it’s a big part of our lives, but to bring it up every single conversation? they had the character make an offhand comment about how they would probably struggle to learn the names of the stores in the area (??? i assume because they wouldn’t be able to read the signs, but there are plenty of other ways to learn store names?) and in another instance the character asked another character to do a google search for them, claiming they couldn’t do it themself. there are just a lot of instances of them obviously over exaggerating how difficult some mundane tasks would be for a person who is blind, in a way that comes off as belittling
the thing that really got to me though is the fact that - despite writing a character who uses a screen reader - this person clearly as no idea how screen readers function or what they do. ic, their character (character a) fussed at another character (character b) for having a slightly erratic typing style. character b does make a lot of typos, but their messages are by no means unreadable. screen readers can be pretty smart and often know how to sound things out. but character a was making a stink about character b saying things like “oki” claiming it was unreadable. any actual, decent screen reader wouldn’t have a problem with that. my screen reader doesn’t have a problem with it, i can interact with character b fine and i always have. i was literally sitting there listening to them complain about messages being unreadable by a screen reader and using a screen reader to understand those “unreadable” messages
it’s so, so obvious that this person has but no work or effort at all into understanding the disability they are trying to write here. it’s extremely uncomfortable. i don’t think it’s done out of malice, but it is lazy and, i’ll say it, reeks of ableism. on one hand i feel bad for trying to dictate how people write their characters, but on the other i feel justified in pointing it out, as someone who is blind. but also this is a casual rp server for fun so it’s… maybe not a big deal? wibta if i asked them to maybe do some research and fix their writing accordingly?
What are these acronyms?
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The main group reacting to the person being 5'1 in height, please?
Okie
Hank:
He thinks you’re adorable
He likes to pick you up and carry you around everywhere.
If anyone makes fun of your height, they’ll be sorry for even attempting.
He makes sure not to crush you when hugging you, the most dangerous man in Nevada has his gentle side you know?
Sanford:
Bro’s heart is melting faster than the ice caps (I’m sorry)
Likes carrying you around and holds you like a plushie
He’ll give anyone the death stare if they insult your height
Nah fr if anyone gets cursed by the stare of Sanford then they might as well write their last will and testament
Deimos:
Teases you from time to time (that usually ends in you giving him the slap of god)
He just does that cuz finally he’s no longer the shortest member in the group, meaning his ego has risen from 90-100
Cocky Deimos aside, he does think you’re precious and cuddles you whenever he feels kinda down
If anyone makes fun of you for ur height, he challenges them to a roast battle. Sometimes he wins, but other times, he legit gets owned so bad that u have to come in and kick the other guy’s ass and comfort him (he acts like he’s cool as a cucumber but he does need it and really enjoys being comforted after getting burnt)
2BDamned:
Kinda scared of you because you’re so tiny that you can sneak up on anyone and scare them so much they see heaven or hell
Other than that he does enjoy your presence, especially if you’re clinging on to him while he’s working. It makes him feel relaxed and warm whenever you’re there just being an affectionate lil bean
Dude gets passive aggressive whenever someone makes fun of your height. Like: dumbass: lMaO sO sHoRt Ur LiKe An AnT lolololol 😂😂😂😂😂 2B: you say that shit again and I’ll throw you into a white van with a free Candy sign on it with your fucking face tied up, so don’t make fun of my love okay good sir 😇?
Also holds you while sleeping
Hell yea new request finished after so long. I’ll work on others asap
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Custom Rig / SimRipper Tutorial
Hi hello, welcome to todays lecture! Nah it's real simple even if it doesn't look it, I promise! I'm gonna go ahead and assume you have some basic knowledge of Blender/pose making for this tutorial, so I won't be going over how to set up your rigs or anything. Feel free to ask me any questions though! My previous pose tutorial is here if that's what you're looking for.
Disclaimer: I use this process to rip sims for posing only, idk if it's different for making renders 'cause that I ain't my jam. Although I assume it's pretty similar.
You're gonna need Blender (I use 2.79b but I'm pretty sure the newer version works okay for posing too) and SimRipper which you can get here...
Blender (2.79b)
SimRipper
First things first, you're gonna wanna dress your sims! Just go in game like you usually would and once you're done dressing 'em you can save and exit.
Hint: SimRipper will load up your sim wearing the outfit they're dressed in when you exit the game. I usually make sure they're wearing the right outfit before I quit. You can load up other ones later but it can take a while so it just saves some time.
Okay! Once your simmies are dressed and you've downloaded the SimRipper/extracted the file, double click on the .exe to open the application. You'll be greeted with this:
Click "Retry" to set up the correct paths then hit save.
(I only needed to set up the first one so I'll assume you do too! If not just let it know where everything's installed)
Once you've hit save the application will open! Hit "Select" on the right and choose the correct save file, like so:
Hint: SimRipper is slow so don't worry if it says Not Responding or seems to take a while, it's pretty normal. The less sims/outfits there are in a save file, the quicker it'll work. You can make a blank save to make it faster but I don't bother; it doesn't take too long and I can't be arsed.
You'll be greeted with a long list of all the sims in that save file. Find and click on the sim you wanna rip:
Once your sim has loaded up there's a couple of things we wanna change:
Change the top drop down menu to "Solid and glass meshes and textures" - this'll make it easier to get rid of eyelashes etc later (we don't really need those for posing and they get in the way of the eyes)
Click HQ - it'll look better, trust me!
You can change their outfit here too if they're not wearing the right one - though it'll take a while to load up again.
I like to hit the "Tanned" option, especially for paler sims, since blender seems to really wash them out and it hurts my eyes 😂 - personal preference though!
Once everything's set you'll need to click on "DAE" near the top right, this'll save your sim as a .dae file ready for blender. Again, it might take a while! Once you're done, you should have these files:
Okie doke! Now we're off to Blender. Open up your rig and click the little plus to the left of it to extend the menu.
You're gonna right click on each of these body parts like "bottom" "feet" etc etc and hit delete until they're all gone.
Once you've deleted every body part, you'll be left with an empty rig like this:
Now that our rig is empty, we can import our .dae file!
Go to "File" -> "Import" -> "Collada (Default) (.dae) like so:
Find your .dae file and double click on it to import it.
Hint: I like to make a separate folder for my .dae files and I regularly delete 'em once I've saved my rig. I like tidy files!
Hi Oscar!
I'mma go ahead and right click on this extra lamp that was imported and hit delete 'cause I don't need it! You can keep it if your eyes aren't sensitive little babies like mine, it doesn't matter much.
Okay.. so now we should have a "rig" and a "rig.001"! Click the little plus signs to the left again so you can see what's in the hierarchy of each one, and then:
Click the upside down orange triangle of your sim from the "rig.001" rig and drag it up to the first one, then drop it on top of "rig"
A box should come up like the one below and you wanna click on "Object"
All we've done here is move Oscar (or whoever) from the extra imported rig to the original. We don't need that extra rig or the glass textures (the eyelashes etc) anymore so get rid of it by right clicking it and hitting "Delete Hierarchy" like so:
Hint: "Delete Hierarchy" is different from "Delete" and gets rid of the whole hierarchy (shocker) at once!
I like to rename my rigs, it can get complicated when you start posing more than one sim so naming them just makes it easier. Double click on where it says "rig" then rename it:
Now we need to attach your sim to the rig, as below!
Left click on the sim (aka "OscarFinch" in this case)
Head to the toolbar just below and click on the little wrench/spanner.
A little further down, click on the box beneath "Object:" and choose your sim/rig
In this case it's called "OSCAR", but if you didn't rename your rig it'll still be called "rig".
And that's it, you now have a custom rig 👍
Just make sure you save it!
You can go ahead and click on the little plus/minus to hide the drop down/extra info of the rig and start posing! \o/
Once you've done this a couple of times you won't even have to think about it anymore! I do it almost everyday and I had to really pay attention to what I was doing for this tutorial 'cause I was like ??? when I tried to think how I do it lmao.
They're so much more fun to work with than the base rigs, no more clipping, better facial expressions, poses with clothes in mind?! Amazing 😌
Extra Hint!
If you rip a sim who's dressed with a pose accessory assigned to a stigmata joint, it'll still move as if you imported that accessory via blender. I randomly found this out by accident but it might save you some time!
I hope you found this easy enough to follow, but lmk if you have any questions! I think this is one of those things everyone kinda does a bit differently. Like.. one tut I saw you had to add the textures in separately n' shit? Idk that one confused me so this is how I do it and it works, so I hope it does for you too! ❤
Happy SimRipping!
(sounds kinda painful, doesn't it? ouch)
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Astrhoe Observations Pt.5 🫂🥰🫶🏻
(Here we go again….👀😗)
Back to 👉🏻 my materialist 👁️🫦👁️.
a lil disclaimer : these are just my personal observations, so don’t take any of them to heart🥳.Some could be applicable to you and some would differ, so take all of them with a grain of salt OKIE! enough of me blabbing let’s get on with it🫶🏻🥰
😈🔥: Aries/Capricorn/Scorpio placements what is it with y’all and wanting to experience the enemies to lovers/rivals to lovers trope??! 👀🤨 (Not me calling myself out😁🤡)!
😃😭: Pisces placements be making eye contact with random ass strangers and start journaling about how they met their soulmate at the subway 😝😝 like baby no, they ain’t your soulmate 🥰.
🎤🎧: Pisces placements could prefer listening to old school music (70s, 80s, 90s etc) 👀🎧👩🏻🎤 whereas Aries placements would prefer listening to the latest upbeat pop/hiphop music 🎵🔥✨.
🌋🌍: 9th house placements could be really good at geography. They’re the one’s who’d randomly pull out a map during an argument and say HA! I told you the Colorado river flows through the Grand Canyaon!! Like??😭😭( YES WE GET IT!! y’all are smart 🤪🥱🫣).
🦴😖: I’ve noticed Chiron in Capricorn peeps could have broken a bone at least once in their lifetime😭.
👩🎤🧚🏻♀️🧝🏼♀️🧞♀️: Mutable placements could really be into cosplaying yk?? Or might have a thing for people who cosplay👀😌 (maybe a turn on?🫣😳).
😏🗣️: Libra in the 3rd house (Leo risings) are such SMOOTH talkers, like nah fr. Can literally lie their way out of any situation, y’all slick frfr😈👀🤨.
🔮🧿: Scorpio in the 3rd house (Virgo risings) have such amazing intuitions. They’re literally the friends who say “I told you so” 😀😗 cause they’re always RIGHT. (Yes I love Virgo rising’s!! AND WHAT ABOUT IT!!🥰 will always compliment them at any chance I get).
👩👦👦💖: Your momma’s 4th house sign could be a prominent sign in your chart.
For instance if your mom has Sagittarius in the 4th house, you could have prominent sag placements 🤔💭😗.
🤪😛: Sagittarius placements are either : let me tell you this story which really inspired me to tap into my philosophical side of being📚📖📆🧐👩🔬🤔 or let’s fuck this shit up baby!!!😈💅🏻🥰🥵🥳🎉🍾👯♀️🎊 (or both teehee🤭) - sincerely, a sag dom here!!😘.
Okay that’s all for today luvs🥰🫶🏻
(Please do not copy or plagiarise any of my work <33)
- san✨🍵🪴📖🧘🏻♀️
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born to say ‘oopsie daisies!’ 🎀
forced to say ‘mb bro’
born to say ‘OMGGGG thats sooo relatable :3’ 🎀
forced to say ‘real shi’
born to say ‘teehee :P’ 🎀
forced to say ‘lmao’
born to say ‘liar liar pants on fire:(‘ 🎀
forced to say ‘nah man u capping’
born to say ‘nuh uh >_<‘ 🎀
forced to say ‘nahh’
born to say ‘geez louise :o’ 🎀
forced to say ‘oh my god bruh’
born to say ‘oki doki! :D’ 🎀
forced to say ‘ok’
born to say ‘see you later alligator >w<‘ 🎀
forced to say ‘alr ima go’
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Evelynn: This is serious. We need to practice stranger danger. I'll pretend to be the abductor in the car. You guys need to avoid being kidnapped. Got it?
Kai'Sa, Akali, and Ahri: Got it.
XXX
Evelynn, driving by: Hey, your girlfriend wants me to pick you up.
Akali: Nah, you're lying. She always picks me up herself.
Evelynn: Well, she sent me to do it. She got hurt.
Akali: No, thank you. Please go or I'll call the police.
Evelynn: I have spicy ramyun.
Akali:[Stops and considers it]
Evelynn: Babe, no. Keep walking.
XXX
Evelynn, driving by: Hey, Evelynn sent me to pick you up.
Ahri: I don't know you. Please leave me alone.
Evelynn: I have her credit card.
Ahri: Can I have it?
Evelynn: If you get in the car.
Ahri, entering the car: Okie!
XXX
Evelynn, driving by: Hey, Sivir asked me to pick you up.
Kai'Sa, jumping through the car window: OH THANK FUCK, KIDNAP ME PLEASE AND TAKE ME AWAY! GO, DRIVE, NOW!
XXX
After the social experiment is over...
Evelynn to Akali, Ahri, and Kai'Sa: You girls didn't even TRY.
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