As someone with audio processing issues I've noticed A LOT of people are actually chill only on the condition that you don't test their patience. Which is fine. I get it.
I'm not happy this is the fourth time you've had to repeat yourself either.
And on top of that I had been looking into ways that I could make or ask for accommodations for myself when this happens (I work in a busy and noisy teamwork based environment so me hearing you is IMPORTANT.)
So I've taken to basically gentle parenting my coworkers on how we can communicate with each other better which has gone sort of well but will still have issues so we end doing this..
I'll ask, "Hey can I do anything to help out."
They something and I can only hear the background noise or their words don't make sense in the situations context
Me: I didn't hear you, can you repeat that?
Person speaks louder and visibly more frustrated
Me: Sorry if you're able to can you try facing me
Person barely looks up and says the same thing but louder.
Me: I might understand if you use other words
Person: Nothing I say is that important
Me: Cool I'm going to do my own thing now because I still don't know what you said.
And dear readers it could have been important. I could have needed to know what they were saying. Which is why communication like that is important and accessibility for people is important. But you know what's even more important? Patience for this person who is not as adept as you are at something you perceive to be simple.
So, this is the son of a bitch who has plagued me with SILENCE for literal YEARS since I first began developing my One Piece OCs, who decided to abruptly to disturb my attempts at sleeping last night to announce his presence in my brain.
His name is Gaspard DesRosiers, and I hate him, and if anyone would like to take him off my hands—
..........Never mind, he just informed me that he's quite comfortable with his present living arrangements and has no plans of leaving. Ugh.
Not planning on rendering this any further for now. Fair complexion, black hair, black silk shirt, white pants. He's a fancy mfer.
Feel free to ask about him. He likes talking about himself.
A little more info on the asshole can be found beneath the startled Nu.
Devil fruit user. Paramecia type. Mofu Mofu no Mi, allows him to disguise his appearance at will, whether altering his own features individually or morphing into another person entirely. This much I've known for a long time, but the specifics were vague.
His devil fruit ability is fully awakened, granting him the ability to also change his voice to match whomever he chooses, and to mimic the physical abilities of whomever he's transformed into, with the exception of devil fruit abilities. E.G. let's say he were to morph into Crocodile, he would possess the same physical strength and knowledge of physical combat techniques, but not the abilities of the Suna Suna no Mi. He can't morph into animals, only other humanoid figures. This does include giants.
Ex-Marine, rank of Rear Admiral when he went AWOL eleven years ago.
In my Hearing Problems AU, he assisted in the destruction of an entire village, under the unsanctioned command of his revenge-maddened superior, Vice Admiral Jackson Vesper (also OC), in a vendetta against a retired pirate (also also OC). Vesper was quietly executed for his crimes to avoid bringing shame to the Marines and the World Government.
DesRosiers used his devil fruit ability to escape judgement for the same crimes. He is a wanted fugitive, but no bounty has ever been officially set—again, ex-Marine, wouldn't be a good look. He's been quiet, so the World Government assumes that he's of no concern, given he's been absent from the world stage for eleven years.
But he's still very much alive, and his goals have always been more grand than the petty vengeance Vesper sought. As fiercely loyal as he seemed working under Vesper, his agenda has always been his own. I should know, given he hasn't shut up about it since he emerged from my subconscious last night.
Still don't know much of his history prior to joining the Marines, but I know he joined them with the ultimate goal of betraying them.
His primary interests include gambling, women, gambling, wealth, power, more gambling, and evidently hearing the sound of his own voice because HE WON'T SHUT UP—
Also, regarding his voice, he sounds like Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones, except with a distinctly Cajun accent.
His primary weapons are a pair of handheld sickles. He's fairly adept with most firearms from his Marine training. He also carries a satchel of explosive dice, because of course he does.
He's an adept magician with immense skill at sleight of hand techniques, which grants him a great deal of advantage at his favorite pastime of, yes, gambling. Cheats at cards chronically, has never been caught at it, not even in his present place of employment. Also very skilled at counting cards. Blackjack, Poker, and Craps are his favorite tables, in no particular order; just depends on his mood.
At the present (pre-timeskip in canon), he's the head of security at Crocodile's esteemed casino resort in Alabasta, Rain Dinners. Crocodile has no idea how much money this bastard has cheated his business out of.
Crocodile also has no idea that his highly trusted and valued employee has been silently plotting to steal his Warlord seat for years.
DesRosiers is a master tactician and a master at manipulation, and he was more than willing to throw in his bet when he determined Crocodile was the most likely of the Seven Warlords to lose his status. He also knows that all he has to do to claim the position for himself is bide his time. He has leverage against the World Government, he has leverage against Crocodile, and he's patient enough to wait for the oportune moment to claim the power he craves.
I'm gonna draw up a full character profile for him at some point, but this'll do for now. Just know that he's a narcissistic pretty-boy asshole that views the whole world as the ultimate gambling table, and he always comes out on top in a bet.
Fun fact for anyone that's made it this far; he's technically a transplant of an OC from a different anime fandom. In fact, this guy started out his tenure in my brain as a LITERAL DEMON, who just so happened to also be known as the "Lord of Lies". He may be in human form for my One Piece AU, but that moniker still very much sticks. He's terrifyingly manipulative and has no concern for anything or anyone but himself. He is not to be trusted under any circumstance.
It is really hard to accept that our disabilities get worse and we might have found some more abnormalities. Like wdym I have hearing problems now? I used to love music, now it only annoys me that I can't hear it as clear as before. Wdym I might have PAGD? It would actually make a lot of sense. I just wish someone cared when I reported symptoms instead of shaming me :(.
I have auditory processing disorder and sometimes I’m worried about what kind of things I agreed to when I got tired of asking “could you please repeat” for a third time. I hope I’m not unknowingly part of the mafia or something like that 🙏
I probably have endometriosis and I’m currently on my period which means I don’t have the energy to shower and I’m currently proud that I when outside and that I eat more than just candy.
But I also have autism and it’s like 25 degrees outside and we do not have ac. The sweat is a sensory nightmare but the thought of showering feels like a sensory nightmare too and I’m way to tired to do anything.
At the same time, I have a balance problem that gets triggered by heat. And what helps bad period cramps? Heat.
So not showering will mean that I get dizzy and have bad sensory issues but showering means bad sensory issues and being exhausted.
I love being disabled and I would never want to get rid of my autism or my hearing problems but the endometriosis and the balance and dizziness problem can go fuck itself.
EDIT: I've realised I was in the wrong here and will likely not be engaging with this post in future, and frankly this is all a bit embarrassing, but I'm keeping it up for transparency.
Hoping to get a second opinion here, because I'm kind of second-guessing myself on whether this would be... appropriative?
As a person with Autism that includes audio processing issues, do you think it's okay for me to say "I have a hearing impairment/I am hard of hearing" when explaining this or asking for accomodations to be made? In my experience, people aren't usually super aware of audio processing difficulties, and this seems like it's better than having to explain.
