#heightened hearing

[whispersinthedawn]

Between the Heavens and the Embers

Apollo snapped his fingers again. “Focus,” he commanded.

Percy sucked in a harsh breath, unable to believe that she’d slipped back away into believing herself an eagle in the middle of a conversation with a god, however amiable, by virtue of just recalling the past.

“I can hear things,” she finished pathetically.

It seemed to mean more to Apollo than it did to her, because the god drew back with a look of understanding on his face.  “It’s just an evolution of your battle reflexes.”

“Evolution?” Percy echoed.

“Have you never wondered exactly how you’re always aware of your surroundings?” Apollo asked in a tone so similar to Chiron’s when he’d been pretending to be Mr Brunner for her sixth-grade that it sent a sharp ache through Percy’s chest.

“You have the same number of sensory neurons as any other human. Your brain simply happens to dismiss less of the information as irrelevant than others’.”

“So, my brain’s lost even more of the restrictions than before?” Percy asked, unsure. It … didn’t seem right. She couldn’t claim to be the absolute best at biology, certainly not with Greek Mythology involved with its sapient sheep and talking trees, but she rather doubted being able to hear objects miles away lay within human capacity.

Apollo chortled. “Don’t be ridiculous. You’d be leaking out your brains if that were the case.”

Just as Percy had begun to relax, the god continued brazenly, “In moments of terrible stress,” Apollo glanced around their banal surroundings and amended, “or moments of great paranoia, demigods are liable to direct their untapped potential into cultivating their senses for a power-up.”

Percy frowned at him in silent inquiry even as her brain raced. She’d … she’d been trying to overhear the sounds of pursuit, hadn’t she? Denied the dubious respite of dreams, her hyper-active brain had instead slipped straight into her favourite pastime of imagining every single thing that could go wrong. And then her straining ears had captured more and more input until something about the eagle had captured Percy instead. 

“You’re transitioning – from human to something more … demigodly. You’re literally growing more sensory receptors. But your brain–” Apollo shrugged as if the state of her pitifully mortal brain matter was a foregone conclusion. “Brains are delicate. Elastic, but given to self-preservation. It’ll be a long time if ever until you adapt to your senses.”

“I’ve never heard of this before,” Percy protested, not truly dubious yet unable to accept his words as the unvarnished truth.

Apollo’s eyes glinted darkly at her with an unnamed emotion. It wasn’t sympathy or anything as self-blaming as an apology. But not entirely devoid of the bitterness that came from knowing the unfairness of reality.

“It’s common enough for demigods,” he told her with unprecedented gentleness. “They just tend to die before they can pass the information on.”

In moments of terrible stress or extreme paranoia.

If demigods sprouted new powers according to need – what constituted a greater need than the fangs at your throat, than the claws around your heart?

What greater danger than the monster about to kill you?

Percy swallowed. “Will I finish evolving by the time the train stops?” she asked without true hope.

Apollo chuckled disbelievingly. “I think not,” he said incredulously. “The nervous system can take up to thirty years to heal any damage – and you’re talking about creating new pathways altogether.”

Percy sank into her seat and wrapped her arms around herself. Angled her head so that Apollo could only witness her troubled profile while she herself could detect every single non-existent wrinkle on his refection in the side-view mirror.    

“I suppose I’ll die before mastering my powers too,” she whispered.

“Undoubtedly,” Apollo agreed without hesitation.

“Perhaps even on this quest,” she continued fatalistically.

“Perhaps,” Apollo dismissed with a callousness she couldn’t quite bring herself to believe.

Their eyes met through the glass of the mirror and caught.

“Are you sure you can take that risk?” Percy whispered. “Let that perhaps turn into a yes?”

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#fanfiction #pjo #fem percy #percy jackson #apollo #heightened senses #discovering you're sprouting extra abilities just in time to get killed by them #the trouble of depending on a god for your information #titan's curse #Apollo discovers the pleasure of being blackmailed by a demigod #heightened hearing

[shironezuninja]

I underestimate just how much voice actors can accomplish by doing extra unlisted credits in the recording booth’s group session. But it’s also BECAUSE of my experience listening to some examples during my maturity, that I find some old DM episodes (which I never got a chance to see growing up) boring, once I pinpoint the similar vocal tones from those 4 80’s actors doing unlisted credit characters too.

Still, am I wrong that Sammy Boy voiced Zog?

#layouts #screenshots #hobby #habit #youtube #sensory #sound #hearing #experience #heightened hearing #autistic spectrum #i ❤️ voice actors #detection #unlisted credits #group #recording booth #too obvious #old enough to distinguish #donatello 2003 #heart turtles #sam riegel #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2003 #donny kun #too inexperienced back then #vocal tones #it’s a game to me #tmnt 2003 season 1 #similarities #obscure #discreet

[lorephobic]

“the class commentary in saltburn was shit” WHAT CLASS COMMENTARY???? NOT EVERY MOVIE WITH RICH PEOPLE HAS TO OR SHOULD HAVE CLASS COMMENTARY. EMERALD FENNELL KNOWS VERY WELL THAT SHE IS NOT THE RIGHT DIRECTOR FOR A MOVIE ABOUT CLASS COMMENTARY WHICH IS WHY SHE DID NOT WRITE A MOVIE ABOUT CLASS COMMENTARY.

#saltburn posting #saltburn #begging everyone who is complaining about the ‘message’ of saltburn to watch ANY interview with emerald #when you see her attention to detail and hear the way she talks about these characters #you will understand that this is a movie about obsession #and the cattons being rich heightens this for sure and pushes oliver into an uncomfortable position #in the exact same way that it pushes farleigh into an uncomfortable position #they will grant you help as long as you don’t ask for it #desires are messy and ugly so it’s better to just not have them #these ideas are absolutely a result of the catton’s wealth and status #but as far as the plot goes #their wealth is just a narrative tool to push these ideas about beauty and obsession #watch the cufflinks scene again and really think about it #think about venetia and what she wanted and farleigh and what he wanted #and all of the desires that are left unspoken at saltburn #and the desire to BE DESIRED #think about all of this and try to tell me that this is a movie about material gain

[darkxsoulzyx]

DAKOTA TRUTH VIRUS AU WOOOOOOOO

TW: Swearing, Threats, Mentions of Trauma (?)

Unfiltered Dakota isn’t good lolol

They try to have a clear head and give everyone the benefit of the doubt… but when there is a virus that makes all of your first thoughts a reality, theeeeeen things get a bit messy :)

Truth virus was made by @garbagechocolate !! Go check them out, they're super cool!! ^^

#truth virus of itself isn’t canon to Dakotas main story #but some of the stuff they talked about is #it’s just heightened #so take everything you hear Dakota say with a hint of salt haha #this virus would probably just ruin their relationships with people period #dakota #fnaf #fnaf fandom #fnaf oc #fnaf y/n #fnaf daycare au #fnaf au #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf daycare oc #into the y/n verse

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Did you see the part where Meg was annoyed that only dogs can be qualified to be service medical dogs? lol guess she's mad a bird can't be a service cardic arrest animal. Once again pulled up the "people think only DOGS can be trained to do this!!! How dare they!!!" *grumbling about mammalian bias* argument. I'm sorry Meg but your fucking bird or a rabbit cannot be a service animal for the blind or anything that dogs have be bred to do

me when they won’t let my service crocodile into Walmart:

#Dogs are favored because they have been domesticated for thousands of years and selectively bred for extremely specific behaviors #they also have heightened hearing and smell that can allow them to detect certain medical emergencies early #and because a dog can be predictably trained to not attack someone #yes you can train a Komodo dragon to perform a lot of what is asked of dogs #but as a wild animal guess what #they are more likely to attack someone because they are more likely to perceive normal human behavior as a threat #and even domesticated non-mammals just generally aren’t built for a lot of what a service animal needs #what would a service pigeon do for you exactly #and even if it could do something to help you it’s still a pigeon and if you take it outside there is a very present chance #of a hawk plucking it off your shoulder as dinner #generally don’t need to worry about a golden retriever being carried away by eagles #not to mention dogs being able to be potty trained which. Many animals cannot reliably be #even rodents and other small mammals can’t generally since they don’t have voluntary bladder control

[bears-are-my-favourite-colour]

I have seen gifs/pics of Astarion's wiggly ears. And I love it. But I need to see Halsin's. I need to see my druid grumpy with droopy ears.

#halsin #astarion #The idea of them having heightened hearing - lea'zel and karlach too - and them hearing something mid battle so they sort of jsut claw #At their heads because wtf is that noise #While gale and wyll are just looking around in confusion #What do you mean I can't have my elves whining and grabbing at their ears because there's a loud continuous noise driving them insane

[getmoneyghoul]

Yippee Akiyama siblings are finally real

#I reread the chapters she’s in and she’s very sweet :) #chapter 8 esp is heightened just by hearing her voice

[epikhightechnology]

i can not believe my EYES 2 minutes in IM SCREAMING

#HE HAS HEIGHTENED SENSES???? LIKE HEARING AND SHIT OH MY GOD #this is brilliant #pit babe the series

[musical-chick-13]

Can somebody please explain to me what the appeal of vampires is.

#I'm genuinely curious #people seem to go absolutely feral over this concept and I want to KNOW I want to UNDERSTAND #and there are some really excellent vampire aus that I love and I want to love them MORE because I want to GET IT™ #because all I see are like...societally conventionally attractive people with fangs. who maybe (depending on The Lore™) #can't go out in the sun. and that just...doesn't resonate with me? #like I understand metaphors for 'othering' and the concept of monstrosity but I feel like that gets a little lost if there isn't anything #actually UNPALATABLE about them. like if they just look like what we culturally have idealized in human appearance then how can #they serve as a metaphor for ostracization or being misunderstood? #is it primarily an aesthetic thing? is it a *danger is sexy* thing? #but ordinary humans can be plenty dangerous too (see: 90% of the female characters I'm obsessed with) #so is it in the sense of you can vicariously experience that danger and heightened emotion in a situation that's removed from reality #so it feels less overwhelming when you're watching/reading the piece of fiction??? #like I have seen this used effectively as a metaphor for marginalization (undead murder farce) and an exploration of how society #defines a 'monster' (shiki) but that doesn't seem to be the way most people or works engage with this concept #is it just that people like when characters are covered in blood because I DO understand that one lmao #I just feel like vampires have been branded as a Key Aspect of Bisexual/Gay Culture and I feel like I am on a separate plane of existence #because It Is Not Clicking For Me #(tbh I feel like there are a lot of Quintessential Queer Experiences™ that don't apply to me but. that's a whole separate thing.) #ANYWAY would love to hear people's thoughts! #I am cooking up a Meta Post™ about fandom reaction to the concept of monstrosity and I want to gather as much information as possible

[achillean-knight]

So I have been designing....

#Hey I finally rendered Vulture :) #These are all beans belonging to my spider-sona's world #I love how I can get away with punk and emo shit because that's literally my Sona's world #UHHH YOUR HONOUR Felicia and Mattea are girlfriends and in love #Mattea is a pro skater despite being blind. She can hear extremely well and because of Felicia's heightened senses from her being black cat #she helps her girlfriend out alot where she can't :3! #Felicia is also trans hell yea #Also I have a massive crush on my Vulture #HHEHEH #OC #Spiderman Oc's #not spider sona's? #daredevil #black cat #vulture #felicia hardy oc #mattea murdoch oc #vulture oc #marvel #marvel ocs #I will literally ramble about them all if you ask me i will not shut up i love them #my art #oc art

[bruisedconscience-reblogs]

YES HELLO AMAZN PRYME X-RAY FEATURE I HAVE A CRITICISM YOU HAVE NO MENTION OF THE SONG CHECK YES JULIET BY WE THE KINGS PLAYING WHILE JULES, JULIET, CHECKS OTHER LADIES AND KNOCKS THEM DOWN IN A GAME OF ROLLER DERBY—

#[ excuse me. the fcking GALL ] #kris liveblogs #psych #ooc #autistic heightened hearing thanks

[chubbidust]

esper reading

#esper #esper the hedgehog #sonic #sth #my oc #i guess? #fusion #i mean they're still sonic silver and shadow but ig the concept of them being fused into esper belongs to me #those are noise cancelling headphones btw #tails built it for them #my art #okay so quick explanation: being fused heightens their senses a shitton #but due to the fusion not being natural and instead a result of a Fun Scheme by a Certain Egghead #they have struggles and the body they're in can't cope with having 3 minds nor being 3 bodies merged at once lmao #it's not gonna straight up fall apart or anything but it's a lot of sensory overload #they can hear Everything. see Everything. smell Everything #it's very overwhelming #overstimulating #hence they frequently lash out even when they try to keep under control #noise cancelling headphones are a godsend for them #maybe some sunglasses would help too #also they're reading really slow in that pic cuz all 3 of the minds are invested in the story #but they all don't read at the same pace so they going extra slow to ensure everybody is on the same page

[liyawritesss]

2 scholarships down....10 more left to hear from

#which i probably wont hear from till mid april #which only heightens my anxiety #pray for me yall #cuz this decideds if im gonna be able to stay at this school or not #liya talks

[st4rstudent]

ALRIGHTY SO- (I'm so sane and normal about these toons and cogs I swear) as I said before, personally I really like to think that brian's brain is a motherboard and/or wires/neuron like things covered in a silicone mold that made it shaped like a brain-! It would explain why when he starts getting more and more frustrated during his battle he starts overheating and eventually leading to his brain exploding at the end- (which leads me to believe that mayhaps his wiring needed some extra cooling to help him prevent that, perhaps being the reason why he has a dome head in the first place so that way it could be liquid cooled by being placed inside of- whatever brian has inside of there shchsdhs) which in turn would make the silicone brain a pretty solid idea-!! Keeps all his wiring n electricical brain bits all nice and dry, but also gives him a little flair and from the looks of it, seems like a fairly efficient way to help stop any overheating caused by his emotions or stress- (I mean he literally starts going red with rage, that's gotta be some hot pieces of parts in order to do that even with some cooling factors in place-) but what's really got my gears turning is that if he does have a sort of wiring inside of that brain mold of his, it would basically be the like- in between of cog parts and toon-ish parts-! Assuming that his wiring would help out his processors n act as any neurons should, they would not only help out his thought process (him being the self proclaimed smart man that he is /lh/lh) but it'd also allow him to feel things-!! Neurons are the main units of the brain and nervous system, they help the brain feel any sensory input from the outside, send signals to help the body control motor functions, and in general just relay electrical signals throughout the brain all the time- Which sounds very much close to what the cog equivalent of a brain could also do (and does for brian)-!! I know all the cogs have brains and all their inner bits, but I justshfhs I think it would be really cool if brian's brain had just a little bit more brain-like functions-!! I don't know if I'm making any sense here, but- if he can think, that man can feel too-!! Probably more than the average cog, but he would also probably just decide not to draw much attention to it-!! I know this started out as silly snowglobe dome talk, but in all reality I'm so very interested in the complexities that the cogs and toons have-!!! Doesn't mean I don't think it'd be silly to shake that man around and see what happens, that'd be silly- even more so to bonk him with hammers- BUT I JUSTSHFBS I THINK-!! THE COGS DESERVE SOME MORE THOUGHT INTO HOW THEY COULD ACTUALLY FUNCTION N FEEL THINGS AND WHAT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THEM COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE-! BRAINS HELP SHAPE WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE… SO I THINK IT'D BE COOL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE COGS AS WELL- but yeshdhghs I'm . very sorry that this got so much longer than I intended, but thank you very much for letting me ramble out my thoughts-!! I hope you enjoyed hearing some of my thought process SHCHSDHS

OHHTHIIS IS REALLY GOOD. i never even thought about him possibly having a heightened ability to feel things like touch . i imagine with his brain also moving around, there's probably other pieces in there that would also be shifting which would increase the need for it to be in a somewhat cooled down area.

BUT YEAH . it's all very interesting to think about!

#clemask #sorry i dont have much to add but i did enjoy hearing your thought processes! it has opened up some new ideas to explore #to go back to the feeling thing i think thats interesting bc i always just imagined cogs having a certain lacking of like physical sensory #not that they dont have it id imagine but its much less because they dont have the receptors right on their hands/fingers unless built in #same with smell too . honestly anything other than audio and visuals #like they can feel pressure and vague stuff but theres a lot of subtle texture differences they might not notice. just as a general idea #so your idea of that brain freak having a heightened ability to feel is a really fun idea to think about #BUTYEAH THIS WAS AN AWESOME READ THANK YOU FOR SHARING! #i usually chalk a bunch of stuff up in tt to cartoon physics (especially with toons) bc i think its funny to do so #but exploring actual potentials of why is always fun . i love hearing different thoughts and explanations/interpretations #also do not apologize about it being long! i dont mind at all. shirt that says I LOVE LONG READINGS #ialso get on long tangents (mainly in tags) as youve probably seen so i completely get it

[trintiitty]

projecting onto every spider-person ever. none of them can get through a movie in a theatre since their heightened senses make them hyper aware of everything. gwen and miles movie date except they both leave mid previews because the guy 5 rows down is audibly chewing his popcorn.

#miles morales #gwen stacy #there’s two movies now. how do I tag this. #spiderverse #‘they don’t actually have heightened hear-‘ shhhh. Shhhhh.

[oculusxcaro]

Which rage language are you?

Men, raise the drawbridge

When you're angry, all your defenses go up. The unfortunate person or thing that managed to piss you off is suddenly talking to a wall. On the inside, you're screaming and crying and cussing them out, but somehow you can't express it. You're blank. emotionless. To anyone's knowledge, you could be zoning out of a lecture. Because of this, it's hard to express how you're feeling when the person asks for your thoughts. You've choked your feelings down, and they won't come back up.

Tagged by: @brokentoys (thank you wikia ♡) Tagging: Whoever would like to do it?

#🌈 || dashboard games #🌈 || memes #O-oouh ;u; #This hit a little close to home haha... #Khare is ABSOLUTELY this asdfghjkl #It can be hard to tell when she's angry because she so rarely is #She does zone out a lot in general so when she is mad it's tough to tell #She struggles to express many things but pure rage is just -locked- #She will not forget and she will not forgive #Okay she might forget eventually but ASDFGHJKL #Mmm good soup right dere 👌 #Okay but hear me out for a sec #This is eerily close to something I discussed with Holly #When Khare is experiencing heightened emotions and especially negative ones like fear she's just... 😐 #Anger would be the same #Most stoic expression ever as she sizes up whether or not it's worth clubbing somebody's head in or not