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cherry valley forever
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Kaminari: Oh! I know! poisson is poison in French!
Aoyama: Non, that is fish.
Kaminari: Hmm, then maybe it's pescado.
Sero: Nah, that's Spanish
Kaminari: No! I know that Spanish is Español!
*Aoyama and Sero give each other a look.*
Weird Fantasy (1950) #18 written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, with editor Bill Gaines
So he said it can't be a Black. So I said, "For God's sakes, Judge Murphy, that's the whole point of the Goddamn story!" So he said, "No, it can't be a Black". Bill just called him up and raised the roof, and finally they said, "Well, you gotta take the perspiration off". I had the stars glistening in the perspiration on his Black skin. Bill said, "Fuck you", and he hung up.
Al Feldstein, Tales of Terror: The EC Companion
Just to add context for those not aware of the impact of this story.
The reason it was so important for narrative purposes, was that the plot concerns the visit of the Astronaut, in his completely opaque spacesuit, to a planet populated entirely by self-aware robots (originally from Earth) who have built their own society and are petitioning to be allowed to interact with Earth again as equals.
They have a democratic government and free choice of careers etc. as the orange robot serving as guide tells the Astronaut.
The Astronaut notices that there are two different types of robot on this world; the orange ones, who are in charge, gifted access to all information and facilities. and the blue robots, who are seen as more limited in function, have less access to information and resources, and are not allowed positions of power or as wide a choice of employment opportunities. Even transportation is segregated.
The Astronaut investigates further and discovers that the blue and orange robots are actually structurally identical, there is absolutely no difference between their potential or capabilities, and it is only because the orange robots are instructed by their Educator system to consider themselves superior, that the difference exists.
The Astronaut tells the robots they are not ready for re-alignment with Earth, until they come to terms with their own unfairness, and how Earth had had to deal with this issue themselves. When that time comes, the robots will be able to ally with Earth.
Then he leaves in his spaceship, and it's only in that one final panel that we see the Astronaut is black.
Not subtle, nor should it be, but for 1950 this was a breathtakingly powerful statement, perhaps the first of it's kind in the genre.
The black character was not a caricature, or comedy relief, he was a main character in his own right, a human who "simply" was black.
When I was a professor I fucking LOVED teaching this comic. You can read the full thing here (and please read the letters to the editor at the bottom as well—including a message from Ray Bradbury).
I'm so glad people added the appropriate context here. Genuinely, this is one of the most important panels in the history of comics.
Hello! I noticed that some of your fics on Ao3 are tagged "Screen Reader Friendly," and I wondered what makes a fic screen reader friendly. Is it just about formatting, or does content matter too?
Hi, thank you so much for asking this question!!! Disclaimer I am not visually impaired so all of this information I have learned by seeing blind or visually impaired people talk about this issue.
It’s primarily formatting! I’ll list everything I do to try to make my fics accessible here.
Line breaks!!! Use the ao3 line break code instead of adding a bunch of symbols. This is the biggest thing I had to change once I realized my fics were not screen reader friendly.
HOWEVER some screen readers won’t pick up on the horizontal line, either. Another good option is to use a short series of symbols, for example: “~~” or “- - -“
Basically, just don’t use more than three symbols in a row. I used to use “~~~/\~~~” with a delta symbol in the middle to look like the triforce, but a screen reader would see that and say “asterisk asterisk asterisk delta asterisk asterisk asterisk” which is pretty annoying lol
Most screen readers don’t differentiate between regular text and bold/italics. It’s fine to have those in your story, but if the bold/italics significantly changes the plot or the implications of a sentence then it is not screen reader friendly
Screen readers can’t describe a line break that is just an empty space. For example, in one of my fics I have a character reading a note, and I have an extra ‘return button’ space before and after the note to make the note distinct from the rest of the text. To make that fic more screen reader friendly, instead of just an empty space, I wrote “[Line Break]”. That way, a screen reader can say “line break”, and readers still recognize it as a line break
If you have any sort of chat fic (AND this goes for hashtags on tumblr too!) with screen names, be sure to distinguish the separate words in the screen name. You can do this with by capitalizing the first letter of each word like this “ScreenNameHere” or with dashes in between each word “screen-name-here”. That helps screen readers and also people with things like dyslexia who have trouble distinguishing words if they aren’t capitalized or separated in some way.
Screen readers can read image emojis like this smiley face 😁 because they have embedded alt text, but they can’t read text emojis as an emoji, like this one “:D”. If you use any of those in your fic, add a description like this: “ :D [Image description: text emoji of a smiley face with a big, open mouthed smile. End description].”
Also, this one doesn’t have to do with a screen reader, but if you have an image embedded in your story, keep these things in mind:
Be sure to describe the image so anyone who is blind or visually impaired can still experience the image. I don’t think it’s possible to add alt text to the actual image, so I usually put this below the image: “[Image ID: description of the image. Note the important details, but be as concise as you can. /End ID]”. Including the image description instead of some sort of alt text is good for DeafBlind people who can’t see the image well enough but don’t use a screen reader.
Some blind or visually impaired people don’t use a screen reader and instead zoom in on the text. If an image is embedded in the story, be sure it is sized correctly. If it isn’t, it can make scrolling sideways to read zoomed in text more difficult because it makes the webpage much wider than the text itself.
Not all my fics have the screen reader friendly tag because 1. There might be a few I haven’t updated yet, and 2. I didn’t include the tag on fics that have weird formatting or are accent heavy. For example, in Kinship I wrote Twilight’s dialogue to represent his strong accent, and those kinds of things with apostrophes and half-words don’t come through well with a screen reader.
I personally don’t think it’s good practice to include a ton of apostrophes or shortened words to distinguish an accent. Even for people not using screen readers, it’s hard to read. For me, if I see a fic with things like that, I won’t read it. Maybe try having a few words that the character’s accent comes through on, or write something about their heavy accent outside of the dialogue.
The “Screen Reader Friendly” tag isn’t an officially recognized AO3 tag yet, but the more people who use it, the sooner it will be!
Those are all the things I can think of right now. If anyone has any other tips to add, please do so!!
If I was in a fanfiction and started coughing up flowers while working at a flower shop (because this is a flower shop au) I would NOT connect my crush on the tattoo artist next door to the flower cough situation. I would freak the fuck out and think the pollen at work was doing some Last of Us shit to me, quit my job and move FAR away. inadvertently my flame for the tattoo artist would fade with distance, solving my hanahaki situation and proving my 'the flowers were trying to turn me into a plant zombie' theory
@vargamornight have you ever read a Hanahaki disease fic?
also, I am mildly curious about whatever story you also mentioned about the jewels and the frogs
I can get behind murder, but I draw the line at misogyny.
Bakugo, Muichiro, Genya, Kurapika, Midnight.
come back from the w a r (continue posting good recs) pls I miss you hueue
ah, ive been busy so i didnt realise my q was depleted. ill update with the good stuff soon, thanks for the ask lmaoooo
Fic Recommendations for the Birthday Boi
Shinso Hitoshi Fic Recommendations
These are some of my favorite Hitoshi-centric fics! If you read them, please come talk to me about them இ~இ or I'll cry.
Boo! Did I spook ya?
By Shookspeare Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Maybe it happens because fear makes people believe they're going to die; the fear that happens during the cold sweat of waking up from a nightmare, or the pause before the drop at the summit of a roller coaster, or — in Shinsou Hitoshi’s case — a haunted house.
The Cultural Festival is here and Shinsou is determined to impress a certain broccoli boi the best way possible: by scaring him shitless.
Status: Complete Language: English Words: 34,417 Chapters: 7
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characters should be weird. they should have strange little hobbies and say things like “do you think birds believe in god”
Cheat Code: Support Strategist
By Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown) | Collection: For The Want Of A Nail Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
After All Might gives Izuku a much needed reality check, he has to find a new dream. When he learns that the support course at UA offers an emphasis in Intelligence and Analytics, it sounds like the perfect new passion for him to throw himself into. Who knew? Maybe Hero Analysis for the Future was never meant for his future as a hero, but for his future helping heroes...
Status: Complete Language: English (Translations Available: Español) Words: 197,423 Chapters: 89
Fic Link. Collection: For The Want Of A Nail
Nemesis
By Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown) Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
When villains become well known enough, they choose a hero to be their nemesis. This hero will get priority in all cases involving their nemesis, and have an additional responsibility to catch them. Nemesis call outs have been around as long as heroes and villains have existed, and are widely accepted as a normal part of the hero system. Mischief is the exception. Despite his power, he has never identified his chosen nemesis. Never, that is, until today.
Status: Complete Language: English Words: 9,273 Chapters: 5
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Cosmic Confluence
By Shookspeare Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Fate is cruel, and mean, and twisted. It's mandatory for Hitoshi to know and understand that. Life is full of wonder, but it's also full of tragedy. Hitoshi must be indifferent to both.
Hitoshi is a grim reaper sent to collect Izuku's soul. The only thing is, the boy just won't die.
Status: Complete Language: English Words: 6,789 Chapter: Oneshot
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Assigned Dad in the Teachers' Lounge
By i_am_snowils_admiral Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Eri has a question.
Aizawa is not prepared.
Status: Complete Language: English Words: 1,360 Chapters: Oneshot
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Hello Hotline
By blucross Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Hizashi had many things he was proud of: being a Hero, his job as a teacher at U.A., and his "Put Your Hands Up" radio program that reached thousands of Listeners across Japan. But the thing that Hizashi was most proud of was his Hello Hotline. This was an outreach program where anyone could call in to talk, whether they were having trouble with parents or partners, some difficulties with school or work, or, in many cases, suicide prevention. While Hizashi loved this part of his job, he always dreaded the day he would answer a call and hear a Little Listener, someone the age of his students, or younger on the phone, quiet and suffering and having lost all hope.
When Hizashi answered the phone at the start of his shift today, he could only close his eyes in grief when he heard the voice of a Little Listener, one who he was almost sure wasn't even in high school yet.
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After All Might left Izuku on a roof, Izuku sat on the edge for a long, long time before he decided to reach for his phone. He would call the Hello Hotline, and ask for them to leave a message for his mom. Little did Izuku know that the person he was talking to was determined to make Izuku see the next day.
Status: Complete Language: English Words: 5,809 Chapters: Oneshot
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Obstacles
By deafmic Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Yamada Hizashi is doing exactly what he's always wanted to do with his life—running his own preschool and daycare. Even though it's small, it's his and he knows he's good at what he does.
Then, Aizawa Shouta, an underground pro hero, enrolls his adoptive son, four year-old Shinsou Hitoshi, a boy who's been kicked out of every other daycare and school he's been put in since the development of his brainwashing quirk. Hizashi is more than happy to have him in his school, especially since Hizashi was born with a 'dangerous' quirk himself, and he quickly finds out that he has a soft spot for this kid and a serious liking towards his father that he has to learn to deal with.
Status: Complete Language: English Words: 10,248 Chapters: Oneshot
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