SolitaryGravestone

Visually impaired musician, writer, AO3 podficcer, and voice actress. She/Her

[distantandgravely]

Hi, I'm Graves!

I'm a visually impaired musician, writer, AO3 podficcer, and voice actress. Here's a little more about me.

I'm a vocalist, pianist, and flutist. I've been playing the piano for 15 years, singing for 7, and playing flute for 3. I'm also an alto in 2 choruses. Piano is my favorite, but singing is my best.

I'm an avid reader, and my favorite genres are fantasy, historical fiction, and sci-fi. My favorite book is Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Technically a book meant for middle and highschoolers, but definitely worth the read for adults as well.

I have severe vision loss and I use a screen reader to read fanfiction. Several years ago, I started speaking the dialogue to the stories I was listening to out loud. The screen reader would read it, and I would repeat it with the proper inflection and tone. Eventually, this transformed into me listening to the reader, and repeating what it was saying like I was reading it out of a book with my eyes. When I became confident enough in my skill, I wanted to share it with others. That's how I found out about podficcing. I've been doing it for a little over a year now and it's a lot harder than I thought it would be, but it's all worth it when it's done, posted, and out there for people to listen to and enjoy.

My current fandom interests include Hermitcraft SMP, The Life Series, The Scholomance, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and His Dark Materials.

That's everything I can think of to say. Feel free to send me asks about anything you like.

Graves

[domidominic]

this rabbit is flesh and blood.

[distantandgravely]

This artwork is absolutely beautiful, but what makes these drawings in particular so important to me, besides the fact that Stebbins is my favorite character, is the alt-text. As a legally blind screen reader user, I would not have been able to see and enjoy this art to the extent that I have been. I'm able to hear my screen reader describe a part of the image and zoom in on that part and understand what it is I'm looking at, which is something I struggle with when looking at a lot of art.

Thank you. Thank you for being kind and considerate enough to alt-text your beautiful artwork. The ones who need it appreciate it.

[sotwk]

Every time I see a BRILLIANT FIC or ARTWORK with just one or two reblogs I just get so frustrated thinking about all the great creations I have missed out on because people don't reblog things anymore.

And all the great writers and artists who threw in the towel out of frustration. What a loss to the fandom. Ugh.

I'm on Tumblr constantly and I know following blogs vigilantly doesn't guarantee we see every post from our faves. Tags and notifications constantly fail.

Reblogging = sharing. Reblogging is how we discover new content. It is SO important to Tumblr because we don't have subscription or bookmarking features like Ao3.

Please help the fandom out, guys.

[weaselle]

i really think we the U.S. public need to be SUPER FUCKING LOUD about how admirable we think this kind of thing is.

Anytime military members speak up about not liking their orders to be deployed against the american public, or especially REFUSING such orders, the nation needs to hear a great outcry of public support for that act

[crimsonflock]

Tango's episode ONE

Disclaimer: not a builder btw

[2dadsfromaz]

TANGOOOOOO

DECKED OUT 3 HYPEEEEEEEE

Skipping right past the Nether start and the early game grind and getting straight to the ZITS screaming in the Nether

HANG ON WHAT I’M SORRY?????

NARRATOR???

ILLUSTRATIONS????

LORE?????????

HOMESLICE IN THE CREEPY MANOR ON THE HILL DOING UNETHICAL AND PROBABLY MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS THAT PLUNGED THE LAND INTO AN UNDEAD CURSE?????????

ASDFGHJKLWGKGJKGAHLDJGH???!?!!

“The second one was a mild success” SHUT UP TANGO WITH YOUR SELF-DEPRECIATING UNDERSTATEMENTS I WANT TO POUR ICE WATER ON YOUR SHINY BALD HEAD

Creepy Victorian vibes??? Ohohoh my artist fingers are ITCHING

YESSSSSS I was rooting for the Creaking to be involved!! They don’t do much damage, but with the right environment—maybe in tight spaces, where the players are forced to turn their backs on the monsters, and when they’re already keyed up really high from suspense and stress—the Creaking’s weeping angel mechanics are too good to not be used in a game like this.

My hands are physically shaking at work as I listen to this I AM SO EXCITED

Tango’s giggles throughout the ancient city shenanigans are so good

HOMESLICE IS GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN???!?!!?

Tango. TANGO. TANGO. YOU ARE ACTUALLY FREAKING INSANE.

So what I’m hearing is that between Impy and Tango we’re just gonna grab a huge chunk of the ground and CTRL+C CTRL+V over to the left

He’s going to build a custom sky????

Estimated 4,000 to 5,000 black concrete blocks.

I just. I. I can’t.

At this point I’m just worried about him

BDUBS!!

Bdubs’ awe and terror of the Arizona dads’ base really puts into perspective just how hard they’ve been grinding

See, Skizz gets it. Tango’s gonna hospitalize himself if he’s not careful.

Tango making Impulse’s AFK body go up and down and up and down reminds me of the slime dance machine in the shopping district in S10

OH. OKAY. OKAY TANGO “I’M NOT A BUILDER” TEK.

YEAH ALL RIGHT YOU CAN OFFICIALLY FRICK ALL THE WAY OFF WITH THAT “I’M NOT A BUILDER” STUFF

YOU ARE BANNED FROM SAYING THAT PHRASE EVER EVER AGAIN

SMALL PIECE OF DECKED OUT MY FOOT

MODEST GATEHOUSE MY FOOT

THIS WOULD TAKE ME WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS AND YOU GOT IT DONE WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK AND IT’S GORGEOUS

I will actually fight him he makes me so angry 😂

I just want him to understand how incredible he is

“I am not about horsing around” heh pun

“Because it was 1 AM, I didn’t finish the back side of the wall…” I hate him /fond

Port-CULL-lis I think—emphasis on the middle syllable—but props for knowing the word portcullis at all

And for building a portcullis

Anyway yeah I’m gonna go uhhhhh chew the furniture now

[shay-creates]

Apparently, my decision to be silly and make fanart of someone's writing (because I genuinely enjoy the story the person is writing and I was struck with inspiration upon reading a particular scene) has benevolent and wildly unforeseen consequences.

I apparently gained a bit of control of the canon because said writer really loved the art and decided what I drew/draw is canon.

2. Writer put said artwork into the document of his story right below the scene, so now it's IN the story where people who read the story will see it (with a link to me)

3. He sent the artwork to all his friends and people he knows because he was so excited

Wholesome interaction and I watched him do all that in real time, good stuff. However...there are two more consequences I was notified of today...nearly a full week after I gave the artwork.

Seeing the artwork caused his friends to become interested in reading and hearing about his story, which means more people are reading what he's writing and giving him critique on the story (which he actively asks for).

Apparently, upon seeing the art, his writer friends got a sudden second wind to pick back up writing they'd abandoned for a few months. Because, I quote, "seeing that someone enjoyed {his} writing enough to take the time to make art of it gave them the motivation that maybe THEY can write something that will inspire someone to also create something." I have accidentally caused a writing frenzy among his writer friends and my silly idea to make art for someone has had a butterfly effect for people who I don't even know.

Uhh...I'm pretty sure there's a moral here but I am tired and have a great deal of emotions about this.

[never-ending-fanfic]

The moral is draw fanarts.

[27dragons]

Having experienced similar things in reverse (having written fic inspired by art) -- the moral is GET EXCITED AND MAKE THINGS.

[mama-qwerty]

Fandom is a community.

If something inspires you, let the op know!

If you drew or wrote something for them, let them know!

If you like something you see, let them, and everyone else know!

Interact, share, and encourage! That's what keeps fandoms alive and kicking!

[chalicepumasway]

If you had accessibility issues now is the time to share in Scar’s discord!

[snake-bytez]

Hey hi yeah I just watched Scar's vod to that absolute nightmare of an event that was the Twitch Rivals MCC (copper crown).

How do you have a stagewalk with zero stage access for wheelchair users? How do you knowingly have disabled participants and exclude them in a mini-event within the event? ("Everybody stand up and plug in those cords!") How do you fuck up your communication so bad that an award for heart was presented to a server without saying what it was actually fully for? (Scar said he was told it was about the Gamers Outreach charity streams, got presented live as an award to Hermitcraft in general for their 10 seasons of play instead and made it seem like he was pushing the charity event unprompted despite this award coming from Mojang themselves who contributed to Gamers Outreach because of the past charity events Scar hosted) How do you have up to 4 instances where players need to access the stage, 3 of which were pre-planned, and the 4th was a high possibility, and yet zero access to the stage outside steps anyway? Why is your first thought to make them go through the crowd instead as their entrance in place of their stage walkout, putting themselves at risk, all of which their safety is in your hands?

The whole thing was fucked. I already hated Twitch, but good lord, I feel like they screwed over Scar so much, especially with that setup placement too. Why are your speakers placed next to a streaming setup when you know they'll be blasting anyway? Ah yes, a competition, known to be won by the best players and teamwork dynamics of their player roster, and you set it up so when your ambiance is going on, a player's desk is shaking. How often does this happen?

And in the end, they still didn't know how to really treat Scar when Pink Parrots won. "Hold that crown up high with your team" meanwhile they all tower over his wheelchair. They can't control that one, but c'mon. She could've said literally anything else and yet she told everyone to put a hand on it and hold it high up.

Also so many of the crowd camera pans showed how many disabled people were in attendance. Can you imagine how horrible it must feel to watch another disabled person be dismissed and not accommodated to as an official member of the event, at a convention you paid hundreds of dollars to attend? Of which most of the time you were probably hyped for this event specifically? That's gotta feel shitty. This is how Twitch treats us? I dunno man, I would want my money back. Clearly they aren't using it for proper accommodations.

[sillybro]

SAY NICE THINGS TO PPL

[violet-hady]

Reblog to tell the person you reblogged it from that they are really cool.

[dreg-heap]

God could you imagine how mad geologists must have been to slowly watch the "hey all the continents kinda fit like puzzle pieces :)" guy get proven right

[madnessofmen]

It was a woman that did it!

[talldarkandautistic-deactivated]

I love girl talk, especially when it’s complex geological theory

[imgoingonanadventurebrb]

@rifle-yes

All the continents really did used to be one body so you really are never alone and girls said it first 💁‍♀️

[rifle-wtf]

My girl is an icon and we regularly turn this photo of her into a meme when men in our department say/do stupid things.

[shatteringstardust]

Prompt Tag Game!

I've never started these things before, but this popped into my head and it seems fun, so hello! Basically, complete the sentence "The day the world ended was the day ___." (minor alterations allowed if it works better), write a few more if you like, and tag some people! All tags are no-pressure, and if you weren't tagged but want to anyways, join in!

The day the world ended was the day that Tango's life began. Strange, right? But this, racing through the barren wastes on his hoverboard, chased by the Bamboozlers and tossing a wink over his shoulder to the blond? This was living.

Tags: @infernafiresword , @nancyheart11 , @neverspottedstingray , @watcheraurora

[watcheraurora]

Ooh! Game! Thanks for the tag! :-D

The day the world ended was the day Jimmy came back to life. Of course, Tango didn't know, at the time, that bringing a soul back from Hades would cause the end of the world. All he'd known was that he wanted his soulmate back. His husband. He'd always been a skilled Necromancer, but he'd never tried a true resurrection. Imbuing skeletons with magic to carry out his work was easy. Giving a perfectly-preserved body its soul back hadn't been easy. He hadn't known it wasn't allowed until Jimmy opened his eyes (those beautiful, beautiful eyes) and Tango's tower started to crack and shake violently.

Tagging, no pressure: @insane-about-tango-tek, @soemthingsparkly, @distantandgravely, @mellioops, and @nyxs-writing-ideas

And anyone else who might want to play! Just for the funsies! Enjoy some microfiction!

[distantandgravely]

The day the world ended was the day the sky began to follow him. He did not think. He just ran. His boots thumped rhythmically against the ground and his breath came sharp and loud. Fearfully, he glanced back over his shoulder. Terror jolted through him like ice in his veins. The expanse of empty, void like blue swallowing up the ground behind him was closer than he thought possible. "Faster," he whispered to himself. "Faster, faster, faster."

No pressure tags: @torchflowering @doversary-flemming @ponderingsoflife

[solidaritytek]

NOW it's WIP Wednesday.

So, hi. More transfem jim and transmasc oli :3c

they're t4t now and Jimmy forgot <3

tagging my friends <3

@bidoofenergy @twodiamondhoes @stygiansauce @insane-about-tango-tek @abschaumno1 @slooopes and if you wanna post something, feel free to pretend I tagged you :3c

[insane-about-tango-tek]

eeeeeee t4t jimoli my beloved <3333

here's mine

@uncooked-glass @justhereforfancontent @elias-the-alias @anxious-mess19 @watcheraurora @infernafiresword and anyone else who wants to!!

[infernafiresword]

Thanks for the tag, Dez!

Here’s a bit I haven’t shared before for Fell From Heaven :)

No-pressure tags: @shatteringstardust @neverspottedstingray @distantandgravely @aris-has-a-paracosm

[distantandgravely]

WIP, huh? Well, as it happens, I've recently just finished up my latest one! It was a piece for the @veryofficialtangotekfanzine , so unfortunately I cannot share it yet, but this does give me an excuse to talk about something else I've been working on. Thanks for the tag, @infernafiresword !

I wouldn't exactly call it a WIP ( as of now it has no words) but I've been making rough plans for a time travel AU set in the main timeline of @watcheraurora 's Ice Walls universe. The basic premise is that Tango, and maybe Gem, Pearl, and/or Jimmy (haven't decided yet) end up back in time in the 1980s and do their best to be parental/mentor figures to the young Stephen Carlisle, who would later change his last name to Violett, but he would be the most well-known as the powerful villain Impulse. He had a really crappy childhood with his abusive parents, but fortunately for him, there's a kind time traveler(s) who will do almost anything to help him, keep him safe, and make sure that he feels loved. Now, I'm absolutely positive that nothing will go wrong... right???...

Tags! No pressure.

@emberdragon34 @torchflowering @doversary-flemming

[ghast-mumbo]

everytime tango builds it feels like this

[greenekangaroo]

I think every time Tango pulls out an amazing build and says this shit while streaming Skizz should be legally allowed to drive to his house and macho man randy savage elbow drop him on camera.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I don’t care how disgusting or fucked up a fic is. NO writer should EVER be harassed for writing taboo fics, especially when the warnings are properly tagged and you choose to go ahead and read them on your own free will.

you’re not morally superior for harassing real people for the sake of fictional characters and fictional stories. you’re just a bully.

[hybbart]

Pro Gamer Tango Tek showing everyone how it's done.

[the-joju-experience]

The Square Hole might be the greatest trap in Life Series history because it is entirely self-inflicted. Everyone knows it's there, it's incredibly obvious, but no one on this server has self-restraint so it will work every time.