#from birth

[rannieverse]

I fear we moved on too fast from heran performing better by boa during island 😔. CAN WE SEE HER PERFORMING THAT AGAIN LIKE 2 YEARS LATER OR SOMETHING

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OH EM GEE WHAT A TAKE BACK 😭 bro she was such an icon for this performance. she had everyone sweating BULLETS 😭 and I agree, we did move on too quickly!

I can definitely see her performing it again a few years later!! she'd definitely cover it for the kbs festivals!! you deserve to see it, it would be such a 360 moment too 😫

[drabbles-by-branwen]

"Why is he speaking in Vulcan?" confused looks, "George, why is our baby speaking in Vulcan?"

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"Winona, did you teach Jimmy how to read... in Vulcan?"

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"Dad, Jim's being weird again. He told me swinging on the swingset is illogical."

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"He's a wonderful child, but I think he has needs we are unable to meet. He's already at almost college level education. Whoever has been teaching him has done a good job."

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"I'm sorry, James but you are just too young to enter Starfleet Academy. Kiddo, you're only 10."

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"Why did you not come to us for assistance sooner? His mind is not human, but of Vulcan."

[gemmasdeadwife]

Now when I say this I’m not saying that Mark and Helly/na can’t end up together, or that she is irredeemable. Personally I think reintegration can heal her. And once she and Mark are reintegrated I think it’s possible that it could work out for them, or for Mark and Gemma, or some other outcome. Maybe none of these relationships remain romantic in nature. Or maybe as they’re reintegrating everyone needs to take a step back from the romantic aspects while they’re figuring out who they are and prioritizing their platonic love for each other, and fighting for each other’s freedom, and then further down the line the possibility can be reopened (this would be my preference).

BUT I have to say it’s driving me crazy how many people are glossing over Helena’s SA of Mark in Woe’s Hollow. I’ve been seeing the argument that it can’t be, because they are still the same person, and Mark consented to sex with Helly. This logic doesn’t hold for me. If I have an STD and I sleep with you without telling you, that’s rape by deception. If I’ve been cheating on you with your sister for weeks and I sleep with you without telling you, that’s rape by deception. If I tell you I love you and I want to make a lifetime commitment to you because you’ve said you’re saving yourself for marriage, but I fully intend to abandon you immediately after, that’s rape by deception. By their reasoning, these things wouldn’t be rape because the person you agreed to do it with is the same.

In my opinion, if you withhold information that you can reasonably expect might change their decision to consent to sex, that’s rape. The sexual ethics of severance are obviously really complicated and tricky, to the point that there’s so many diverging viewpoints in the fandom, and that’s part of why I’m not interested in fully condemning Helena for this. But I think even if you don’t share my view that it was rape, we can at least agree it was a serious violation. I’m not comfortable ignoring that and laughing about it!

[bookwyrminspiration]

How do you think everyone would react if Fitz was deaf?

Well that would depend entirely on whether he was born deaf or if he became deaf later on in the series/his life! If he was born Deaf then it'd just be a normal thing with no reaction, but if he lost his hearing later on then it'd be treated a lot more like a medical problem to fix. And my response got long so it's under the cut!

If he was born deaf or became deaf early on in life, he'd likely be Deaf with a capital D, which is different. Being Deaf involves culture and community and the whole Deaf experience, while lowercase deaf refers only to the inability to hear. If he's been Deaf his whole life, then I don't think there really would be a reaction. That's just part of who he is and who he's always been. Fitz would adapt to his world with the tools that are available, and his friends and family are supportive and would do what they could to accommodate that.

It hasn't been mentioned in the series, but he'd probably learn a sign language (whichever one the elves have) and go about his life that way, relying on writing when he has to communicate with someone who doesn't know sign. If there isn't a sign language in their world, then throughout the course of his life he'd probably create one of his own that his family grows to understand. Sign languages aren't universal, but there are certain gestures that everyone can come to understand that he'd naturally build off of in his attempts to communicate. Things like pointing, miming drinking a glass of water, etc. So I think if he's been Deaf his whole life he'd either learn a sign language or create his own method of signing if one isn't available.

When Sophie is introduced to the series I don't think it'd be much different in terms of their friendship. She's open minded and willing to adapt, so the main hiccup I think would be her learning to understand how Fitz communicates because she hasn't been around him her whole life. There's also the matter of whether or not he'd be sent out to look for her, but I think he still could and that it's just the first events of them meeting (like him calling out after her) that would be different. There is the telepathy thing, but it's Fitz may not think in the enlightened language, and even if he did his telepathy likely wouldn't be his main form of communication given he hasn't always had it.

But if he lost his hearing for whatever reason later on--I'm assuming damage sustained during a fight or something--then it'd be treated a lot more like a medical issue. His hearing would be something that he had and then lost, rather than something he has no memory of losing because he didn't have it in the first place. None of his friends or family would be prepared for this situation. He'd probably rely a lot more heavily on his telepathy for communication, speaking with his mind and reading thoughts because his main method of communicating has been severely impacted.

He'd probably think of himself as deaf and not Deaf, and his deafness would be something he may want a remedy for. Elwin would say things like "I will fix this" and people would have the attitude that this was like a victory for the Neverseen or something. That they'd struck this blow and it was cruel and unfair. It's possible that it could go a Biana direction and he'd have a "these scars are a part of me" moment where he embraces becoming deaf and stops trying to hide from it, but it's not guaranteed. I think his recovery/journey afterwards would be one striving towards being a similar to his was prior to losing his hearing as it was afterwards.

I can envision a sort of "you'll get your hearing back" attitude from his friends because elven medicine is so superior and because it would be so difficult to adapt to, they're all striving to get him back to where he was.

At least up until he decides whether or not that's what he wants. Because I think if he decided that he wasn't going to focus on trying to get his hearing back and was instead going to focus on figuring out how to adapt--whether that's learning sign or something else--that the people in his life would be 100% supportive of whatever he wanted. They'd learn and practice sign along with him, look into Deaf history and Deaf culture. Find out if there are other Deaf elves, and if not Sophie would be entirely willing to look into and find things out about Deaf human culture to share instead.

So those are the main possibilities I'd expect if Fitz were deaf. If he was born Deaf, then it'd be as normal to the people in his life as everything else about him. It may alter how some things play out, but that's just how things are for him. But if he lost his hearing later in life, then it'd be considered a medical issue and treated as such until he shared that he wanted to approach it otherwise. That may be initiated by others like Sophie sharing what she knows about Deaf humans and how it's treated, but either way I don't think that path would be immediate.

That got long but hopefully some of that was interesting!!

[grievingchild]

sometimes i really think the way i was born had severe life-lasting psychological effects on me

eternal wound

[minikate--24-05]

the worst combination is favourite child + youngest son. from my experience there’s like a 50% chance, if not higher, of them turning into entitled little bitches.

[funny-bones-mcjones]

oh and why did you eat soap?????

[i did eat lotion once tho so i can’t really accuse]

Uhh I was like super young and I saw funny blue liquid and thought it would taste good lmao