[ID: A 2-panel comic. The first panel shows two buttons directly next to each other, with a hand tentatively hovering between them. The first button reads, "Getting diagnosed to receive necessary accommodations and treatments to improve my QOL." (QOL meaning Quality of Life). The second button reads, "Remaining undiagnosed and deteriorating to avoid risking the loss of my rights at any moment under 47." The second panel shows the man to whom the hand is attached, sweating and dabbing at his head nervously with a cloth. He is labeled "Disabled person who knows what they have and just needs it put on paper." End ID]
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Here's a link to the AO3 version: archiveofourown.org/handplatestranscription
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“There are, on the other hand, two kinds of injustice — the one, on the part of those who inflict wrong…”
“For he who, under the influence of anger or some other passion, wrongfully assaults another seems, as it were, to be laying violent hands upon a comrade.”
“But in any case of injustice it makes a vast deal of difference whether the wrong is done as a result of some impulse of passion, which is usually brief and transient, or whether it is committed wilfully and with premeditation; For offences that come through some sudden impulse are less culpable than those committed designedly and with malice aforethought.”
“Injustice often arises also through chicanery — that is, through an over-subtle and even fraudulent construction of the law. This it is that gave rise to the now familiar saw: ‘More law, less justice.’”
Passive Injustice
“The other [kind of injustice is] on the part of those who, when they can, do not shield from wrong those upon whom it is being inflicted.”
“He who does not prevent or oppose wrong, if he can, is just as guilty of wrong as if he deserted his parents or his friends or his country.”
“The motives for failure to prevent injury and so for slighting duty are likely to be various: People either are reluctant to incur enmity or trouble or expense; or through indifference, indolence, or incompetence, or through some preoccupation or self-interest they are so absorbed that they suffer those to be neglected whom it is their duty to protect.”
“There are some also who, either from zeal in attending to their own business or through some sort of aversion to their fellow-men, claim that they are occupied solely with their own affairs…But while they steer clear of the one kind of injustice, they fall into the other: they are traitors to social life, for they contribute to it none of their interest, none of their effort, none of their means.”
Final Note
“It is not an easy matter to be really concerned with other people’s affairs.”
But justice demands we try.
An English translation. The complete work is onsite. Part of a large site on ancient Rome and classical Antiquity.
I'm currently going over the first 10 pages in preparation for uploading. Making small fixes, doing some last proofreading. I'm hoping to be done today, but I've had some distractions.
In the meantime, this is the preluding post to Handplates. Keep reading for the foreword!
Foreword:
I’ll try and not be too much a fanboy and keep this short!
It’s a great honor to be able to work with zarla on this! I’m doing most of the legwork while zarla just double-checks to make sure everything looks fine. Whether she realises it or not, the Handplates AU was a massive game-changer in terms of fanfiction and fanon within the Undertale community. It helped spawn several dub channels, inspired many to begin writing their own AUs, and ignited multiple curious lore-hunters into inventing science behind Souls in Undertale! It was also one of the first long-term AU projects, and one of the longest that ended up being completed. In my opinion, Handplates is definitely one of the main reasons Undertale found its home on Tumblr.
Handplates will always hold a special place in my heart, and I hope this transcription will do it justice and serve as my love letter to this eight-year project. Here’s hoping it won’t take me as long to undertake this transcription!
-Basil
P.S. I am absolutely writing every word of this with the Gaster Ukagaka (Link here: zarla-s gaster ghost post) hanging out on my desktop.
Key:
[Italicised brackets will include environments first when applicable, then the actions taking place.]
Character: Spoken lines will have the character’s name then the line after a colon.
Character: (Internal Monologue) Internal monologues will be like spoken lines, except written in italics and will have “Internal Monologue” in parenthes for the first of that page, and “IM” every instance after.
Gaster: (signing) Gaster gets a special set of rules! If he is speaking in cipher around those who understand it (Subject 1 and Subject 2) it will be a spoken line. However, if it is around or to those who need sign language, the indicator “signing” will appear. Imply that he is always speaking when signing.
Gaster 2: (in cipher) Sometimes Dr. Gaster won’t sign when speaking to those who need it. In these cases, his lines will be preceded with “in cipher” in parentheses. Again, while we the reader know what he’s saying, those he’s speaking to can’t understand him.
Other notes: For the time being, I intend on writing events of panels in the order that makes most sense. For instance, sometimes in a panel, a character will be reacting to something said in the panel, so I may write the line first, then the character’s appearance.
Last thoughts:
I am NOT a professional! I’m doing this completely voluntarily and on my own time! I’m keeping things easy on myself with relatively lax uploading schedules, as well as having a bit of wiggle room with more pages prepared.
That being said, I would love to accept your criticism! If you use a screenreader or often require text descriptions, PLEASE tell me what I’m doing wrong or right!
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[ID: A 2-panel comic. The first panel shows a gray cartoonish figure excitedly reaching out to grab a yellow ball. This ball is labeled, "Getting diagnosed to receive necessary accommodations and treatments to improve my QOL." (QOL meaning Quality of Life). The second panel shows a large pink blob-monster with an unsettling expression holding the gray figure back, preventing them from reaching the ball. This blob-monster is labeled, "47's admin trying to make an autistic registry, gutting accommodations, and throwing away disability rights." The gray figure is looking backwards at the blob-monster sweating, being frightened or annoyed, but still smiling. End ID]
