#ghostlyask

[ghostonly]

Isn't the whole "speaks foreign language" subtitle thing due to the show itself not subtitling said foreign language? As in (and I hope I don't come off the wrong way), nine times out of ten it reflects the language barrier in the show itself amongst the characters.

The problem with putting "[Speaks foreign language]" isn't about it hurting the Vibes of the show, it's about the inherent inequality it causes between hearing and hoh/deaf viewers.

If someone is watching a show in English with Spanish as a language used periodically, a hearing viewer who speaks both English and Spanish will be able to understand everything being said, while a deaf viewer who reads/speaks both English and Spanish is refused subtitles for a possibly significant portion of the show.

I think, perhaps, the reason your thought process is so common among people in my notes is that people are conflating subtitling with translation. If a language barrier is a part of the story-telling (a poor, alienating decision in show writing, almost always), then the words don't need to be translated, but they should still be subtitled.

A translation, in shows where foreign languages should be understood, is usually built into the show, as many hearing viewers watch without subtitles on. However, when captions/subtitles are turned on, every spoken word should be subtitled in the language it's spoken in.

#subtitles #accessibility #captioning #deaf #deaf/hoh #hoh #auditory processing disorder #apd #ghostlyask

[citrineghost]

I was really confused who you were so I went to your blog since it didn’t look sus or anything and... the amount of people being like “:(( you made me uncomfortable because you sent me a picture and I don’t know you :(( stopppp”

My guy

you can literally just... choose to not unblur the picture.

Some of y’all need to grow up if you’re gonna be online like, you’re calling Stranger Danger over a random person sending you a picture of plants... because you were anxious about tumblr’s automatic image submission blur...

you can literally turn off the ability to include media in asks in your settings

You can turn off asks

This person isn’t even on anon, they are literally a wholeass blog with a sandshrew for an icon just go look at their blog what

Why are you getting mad at someone interacting with you in a neutral way on the internet?

Why are you getting upset about someone using the website, as intended, in a harmless manner???

I don’t usually say this but I think it really warrants it. Please go outside.

It costs zero dollars to delete an ask that makes you uncomfortable in any way. This random person on the internet is not holding you at gunpoint making you unblur the mysterious image they sent. You can literally choose not to look at it. You can literally delete it.

If you want a stranger to not send you anymore images because simply receiving one makes you nervous or anxious, 1) go to your settings and turn off media in asks; 2) block the stranger who sent you an image if it’s that much of a concern

“Ghost, it’s just people being anxious, why is this bothering you so much?”

Because it’s not about the anxiety. It’s not a crime to be anxious about something unfamiliar or that you don’t like. The problem I have with this is that it’s a symptom of something bigger: people refusing to take accountability for their own experiences online because they would rather foist the blame off on the people around them. You have the tools to prevent your own discomfort. Use them. Don’t just ignore them and then make guilt-trippy responses to people who haven’t done anything wrong. It is not this random stranger’s job to coddle you from the mere possibility of discomfort. It is not a random stranger’s job to never talk to anyone online ever again for fear of upsetting them.

Jesus, you would think they were sent hardcore porn or something it’s fucking ridiculous

They’re plants. It’s literally a cute thing, they are literally just sending cute pictures to people. That’s wholesome - what the fuck do you want from people??

#and for anyone reading this and wondering #no the other plants aren't all like the ones sent to me #I think these ones are a bit creepy with the mouths but that's probably just a me thing #also the blur literally shows you a blurred copy of the image why the fuck are people having anxiety attacks over things that aren't even #suspiciously colored #one of them was like some little grey bat flower pots like what are you expecting to reveal when unblurring??? #its grey! #im #ask #sorry to turn your ask into a fucking rant im just astounded to witness so many people literally posting the ask to complain about it #ghostlyask

[ghostlyumbre2]

Not an ask, but my friend sent a pic of ur doodles on a whiteboard and i thought they was cute! I followed!!

Oh crap I didn't expect my doodles to be noticed tbh

Thank you! I'm assuming you mean these doodles

I personally don't like them very much the board is very cruel to me (╥﹏╥)

But I'm glad you like them!

#I kinda draw these daily so #uh #expect more to come I guess #ghostlyasks #I find it funny how the only reason why I placed my username on them is because some person wrote their instagram next to the doodles #and I was scared that someone would think the doodles belonged to them ;w;

[ghostonly]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

I have not had this question before, because nobody really sends me personal asks :')

Well, they'd probably all be original characters of mine or my partner's, but if we exclude those, in no particular order:

Philip, from Travelers (Netflix)

Crowley from Good Omens

Aziraphale from Good Omens

Hob from The Sandman (Netflix)

Sollux from Homestuck

Nie Huaisang from The Untamed

Schmidt from New Girl

Saul Goodman from Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad

Frankie from Grace & Frankie

Geralt from The Witcher (Netflix)

My hands hurt a lot right now so I'm not gonna type up why for each one but I think you can probably see a pattern lmao. I really like people who have adhd, people who are absolute disasters, and guys who are extremely gay, or all of the above (or in geralt's case, guys who are just so fucking tired (and also look fantastic in leather))

#ghostlyask #characters

[ghostonly]

hey! im not sure how old the what i didnt know about t post i just reblogged is so feel free to delete or ignore this ask! so im going into sixth form (which i think is highschool in america? basically two years of work and big exams) and i wanted to ask if you personally think starting t during this time would be a bad idea? the (cis) people around me keep talking like if i go to school and go through t at the same time my brain is gonna explode and the earth is gonna open up (for extra info im autistic and disabled)

Lmao I think if cis boys can deal with it, it makes zero sense that a trans guy would cope worse

It's really not as dramatic as transphobes make it out to be. It won't feel any more difficult than first puberty. Your skin will get oily, you'll grow more hair (which might be a bit itchy at first), and your voice will change and stuff. It happens so gradually that it never felt particularly overwhelming for me. It all felt very natural and chill

Cw sex drive

The only thing that might actually impact your school performance, which I didn't personally experience, is like, unbearable libido. A couple friends of mine were genuinely having a very hard time staying on track because they kept getting completely derailed by their sex drives. But I don't think this exact degree is universal. For me, mine was heightened for a couple weeks and then went back to my normal

Basically, anyone telling you you can't handle it right now just because you're in high school is probably full of shit and just looking to postpone your transition because it scares them to some degree. How did you cope in school when going through your first puberty? If you did okay, you'll probably do okay with this too

#ghostlyask

[ghostonly]

hi sorry to bother but i was wondering if being academically gifted and having apd could affect the symptoms that are often shown in school such as struggles with reading comprehension and learning to read

It took me a hot minute to respond to this because I'm not entirely sure in what sense you mean.

Being "academically gifted" if/when you have ADHD is oftentimes just neurotypical adults' way of labeling bursts of productivity or unexpected focus that comes at a young age. Being called "gifted" is an extremely common experience for people with ADHD, followed by "gifted kid syndrome", a nickname given to the years of subpar performance that often follow in middle and high school due to the extreme lack of focus kicking in and the inability to work at that high, hyperfocused pace that adults think is your normal (and which isn't actually your normal)

(And this isn't to say you're not actually "gifted." Lots of people with ADHD are at a higher academic level than their peers; it's just not as common as the frequency of being labeled that way would imply.)

APD, on the other hand, I would expect to negatively impact a student's performance - assuming their teacher does most of their teaching verbally. However, if your teachers rely significantly on their class reading their textbooks, or give a lot of clearly-written assignments and instructions, APD might have a really minimal impact on performance. It's extremely unique to each person's learning environment. Someone with APD who learns primarily through tactile study might suffer under a teacher who expects their students to read everything. Someone in a class that does a lot of tactile learning and hands-on studying might suffer for the lack of written explanation.

As far as learning to read goes, I couldn't even begin to guess at the nuance of how each of these impacts it. I can say that, in my own life, I learned how to read much faster than my peers and was constantly underchallenged in reading. In 1st and 2nd grade, I was at more of a 4th or 5th grade reading level. By 5th grade, my state testing marked me as college-level.

Does this have anything to do with my brain trying to make up for my shitty auditory processing? Maybe. Maybe not. A sample size of Me is not a very viable study.

Either way, my reading speed peaked when I was about 12 or 13 and after that, steeply declined as my externalized hyperactivity turned to internalized hyperactivity and I could no longer focus on anything. These days, I read at a very average to below-average pace and struggle to process what I'm reading.

ADHD's effect on academics and learning is extremely far-reaching and varied and I'm not nearly qualified enough to make any strong statements on it. All I can tell you is, each person with ADHD tends to excel in some things and struggle with others and, as we get older, it seems like there's a shift. Some things a person was good at may suddenly become difficult and other things they're good at, they may get extra extra good at.

It seems to me like the extremes in our learning are more extreme than in neurotypicals, but that's not based on anything scientific.

I hope this was somewhere in the ballpark of answering your question :')

#adhd #ghostlyask

[citrineghost]

hi. i'm on a quest to find the original source of the ass used for the knighting edit in an attempt to help out horny reddit users. i tried reverse image searching it but couldnt find anything... do you still have the source?

I wasn't actually the person who got the image. @fuks was the one who made the post, I was just a contributor and did the more realistic edit people liked.

Just note, on your search, that all of the parts in the realistic edit that aren't in the crop-and-paste original are drawn, not part of the original picture.

#knighting #ghostpost #ghostlyask

[citrineghost]

thank you for your hard work, humanity now has a new piece of art to add to it's collection.

qqq Thank you

I know it’s probably kinda stupid to get emotional over an edit of a medieval ass, but it’s the principle of it, you know?

#i genuinely appreciate it #the people who have messaged me to let me know when others repost it #and the people who message to send support #and the people who back me up on other platforms #i love all of you and your kindness means more to me than you know #ghostlyask #ghostpost #knighting #sonisis

[citrineghost]

God *looks at tumblr*: I've about had it with this shit

Is this about the painting shop

#ghostlyask #ask #ghostpost #shop

[citrineghost]

Hey, are you @horsegirlupdates on Instagram? Because if not they have stolen your bootyknight photoshop/artwork and it’s been posted by some brands on there as well.

I am not... thank you for letting me know. What fucking brands are posting an ass edit of a knighting ceremony i...

#ghostlyask #Anonymous #knighting

[citrineghost]

your ghost avatar is very lovely

Omg thank you!

You guys know you don’t have to hide on anon, right? ;u; I won’t bite!

#ghostlyask #ask #Anonymous

[citrineghost]

i just wanted to let you know that the op of that "certain spaces are not meant for you" post is an aphobe. look up "ace" on their blog and all that comes up is shit making fun of ace people and excluding them. it completely recontextualizes their post

Oh shit, gross

Thanks for telling me

#aphobia mention #ghostlyask #ask #Anonymous

[citrineghost]

Hi! :) Sending you "Strawberry blond" by Mitski

For anyone who doesn’t know, I’m doing song ratings rn and including my favorite part of the lyrics - Send in some song recs! Rating: This is actively distressing me by how bad it is • Not my thing but not bad • Pretty good • I like this a lot and have added it to my library • This is literally one of my new favorite songs Thanks for the ask! Oh my GOD that’s where this comes from! I see the variations on tiktok all the damn time My favorite part of the lyrics is definitely  “All I need, darling Is a life in your shape I picture it, soft And I ache” That’s so gd soft and gay I mean idk if it’s originally gay but when I hear that it just makes me real gay u no

#song recs #ghostpost #ghostlyask #notreallylapa

[citrineghost]

Hey so I've known about my mental conditions for years already and have been pro diagnosed but never addressed hyperfixating before with a therapist. I was wondering if it's normal to get annoyed at other ND people's hyperfixations bc you'd rather talk about your own hyperfixations even though you get where they're coming from? Also one ND friend in particular never seems interested in my hyperfixations and I don't blame her, so it doesn't upset me, but then she wants me to be as enthusiastic...

(continued) ...about her hyperfixations as I am with mine. For ex. she'll make me watch MCU movies with her and videos related to the movies and wants me to get into it as well. While with my hyperfixations, I'm like "Hey I know I'm probably being annoying and have lost close friends and a boyfriend due to rambling/over-obsessing about my hyperfixations before, so if you just listen and be patient and don't say anything hurtful I appreciate it, you don't have to hyperfixate along with me." I have gotten upset at that friend before bc I feel like at least she could give me acknowledgement of "Ok, I can put up with your hyperfixations" the way I do with her. But she never lets me pick what to watch. I'm not into her stuff either but I am still willing to listen and watch movies with her, and encourage her by saying I don't mind her rambling. It's just she never treats me the same way. Do my reactions make any sense? Bc I feel a bit bad/confused. Thank you. (end of ask) Hello anon! First thing, I’m definitely not a professional so please don’t take my opinion as law, but this doesn’t sound particularly like an ND struggle. It seems like you’re wondering if your frustration at your friend is rooted in your ADHD. To me, it doesn’t sound like the two are related, even though hyperfixations are a point of contention. While I don’t know your relationship with your friend past what you’ve told me here, it sounds like she might be having trouble with empathy and/or compassion and doesn’t want to compromise. It sounds like she’s treating you very unfairly and expecting you to bend over backwards to accommodate her HF while she’s unwilling to be even slightly flexible about yours. If you’re comfortable talking to her and expressing that you feel this is unfair, I urge you to do so. Of course, I would approach this gently, but make sure you stand your ground about your feelings. “I feel” statements are very helpful in these kinds of conversations as they help you to avoid stating anything as fact, which would likely cause your friend to become defensive. If you feel too scared to approach this conversation with your friend, I highly recommend talking to your therapist about what’s going on and get their input. With as much as I know, this could be anywhere from a lack of communication to a seriously toxic friendship and there’s really no way for me to know.  In the end, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being frustrated if you’re being constantly pushed to interact with someone else’s interests when they won’t do the same for you. That’s completely normal. You shouldn’t be expected to give your all to someone who won’t give you even a little. If you find that this is a continuing issue with her and other friends, even after discussing it with them, it might be worth trying to find some friends elsewhere who are more kind and fair in that regard. I can’t stress enough that this is not professional advice and I really don’t know the details of your friendship, so please do what you think is best, given that you know a lot more about what’s going on than I do. My inbox is also open if you want to discuss this more in private or even just talk about hyperfixations for a bit. Best of luck~

#ghostpost #asktheghost #ghostlyask #Anonymous

[ghostonly]

Are you looking for additional information about captions and the ADA?

I don't know that I'll have the spoons to do anything with it for now, but if you want to DM me, submit information, or send me links, I'll absolutely get around to it at some point!

#ada #accessibility #disability #ghostlyask

[citrineghost]

you’ve come to terms w your sexuality and realized you’re gay? asking bc i saw you saying some nonsense abt bisexuality in a post’s notes.

I don’t know where you were going with that, Anon, an I’m not sure I want to. 

Anyway, I ID as gay because I’m a nonbinary man who’s primarily interested in men and nonbinary people who are more on the neutral, masculine, or Other side of things. 

I ID’d as bi for a while because I’m attracted to more than one gender, but I feel that because I ID as both nonbinary and male, and those are both important parts of who I am, that being attracted to people who are nonbinary and/or male, which I share, can be considered gay regardless of being more than one gender. It’s complicated.

The point is, I feel more at home in the gay label and have a hard time relating to bi culture because it doesn’t feel right for me, personally.

I don’t know what comment in what notes you’re talking about, so I can’t really comment on what I said, but if it was something regarding bisexuality being the attraction to 2 or more genders or that bisexuality includes trans and nonbinary people, I stand by that. 

Also I respect you changing your mind for fear of starting shit, so if you see this and don’t want to respond, that’s fine.

#ghostpost #Anonymous #ghostlyask #askghost #ask