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I once read a fanfic written by a blind person, it was really cool. Are there any other fanfics written by blind people? (self.Blind)
submitted by CleverestPony70
(Note: I know that there probably are, I meant "Can you show me the best ones/your favorite ones".)
DreamingTheMelody 1 points 6y ago
Oh wow, I'm also curious to know what fic this was. I'm pretty entrenched in fandom, but I don't think I've come across other blind writers.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 0 points 6y ago
If I remember rightly, it was a Dragonball Z fanfic starring a blind Namekian. He made his OC a Namekian "Because they sound like they look interesting", and his oc wore a red shirt because while he couldn't see, he liked the sound of the word red the most so he decided that colour was cool.
It's been years since I read it, so I remember 1-2 facts about it in compressed format.
Edit: Oh, and he only revealed that he was blind when one reviewer complained about the writing describing stuff like voices and the sounds the blind Namekian's cane makes when it hits different types of ground instead of doing the whole "Omniscient third person perspective" thing.
It's been years since I read it, so I remember 1-2 facts about it in compressed format.
Edit: Oh, and he only revealed that he was blind when one reviewer complained about the writing describing stuff like voices and the sounds the blind Namekian's cane makes when it hits different types of ground instead of doing the whole "Omniscient third person perspective" thing.
DreamingTheMelody 1 points 6y ago
Ahaha, that's perfect. I love it. Despite the fact that I'm blind as well, I don't think I write like I am, if that makes any sense. My understanding of colors is limited, but I have read enough about them to get it, I think. And I just... feel like half of writing is being able to paint a picture for your reader, so I suppose I feel obligated to write that way. But props to him, I think. For just doing his own thing.
I'm sorry I can't recommend you any fics, in answer to your question; like I said earlier though, I haven't met many blind people in the bit of fandom that I dabble in (very limited, to be fair). I hope you find something though! You might could try r/fanfiction? Their community is more dedicated to this sort of thing, anyway--and is just bigger in general.
I'm sorry I can't recommend you any fics, in answer to your question; like I said earlier though, I haven't met many blind people in the bit of fandom that I dabble in (very limited, to be fair). I hope you find something though! You might could try r/fanfiction? Their community is more dedicated to this sort of thing, anyway--and is just bigger in general.
fastfinge 1 points 6y ago
What fic did you read? All the fics I've read tend to be "blind girl/boy goes to Hogwarts!" I've never found a fic by a blind person that wasn't just a Mary Sue.
I've been fiddling around with my own fanfics for, like, 4 years. But I've never published anything, and at this point it seems unlikely that I ever will. Everything I want to write a fanfic about has either movies associated with the books, or is a TV show, or has associated comics. So I'm deathly afraid of publishing something that has incorrect descriptions of settings or characters. If I ever do publish a fic, it'll have to be of a book that has no movies/comics/illustrations in the same universe. And most books have cover art, so it'd have to be something old enough that it was originally published without.
I've been fiddling around with my own fanfics for, like, 4 years. But I've never published anything, and at this point it seems unlikely that I ever will. Everything I want to write a fanfic about has either movies associated with the books, or is a TV show, or has associated comics. So I'm deathly afraid of publishing something that has incorrect descriptions of settings or characters. If I ever do publish a fic, it'll have to be of a book that has no movies/comics/illustrations in the same universe. And most books have cover art, so it'd have to be something old enough that it was originally published without.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
I can see Blind OC at hogwarts getting sueish fast, but...
Is it as Sueish as HPMOR? I remember one guy ranting about Scrappy Doo so hard TVtropes called the trope The Scrappy, but I think the entirety of HPMOR has become my personal scrappy, the yardstick I use to measure badness.
Is it as Sueish as HPMOR? I remember one guy ranting about Scrappy Doo so hard TVtropes called the trope The Scrappy, but I think the entirety of HPMOR has become my personal scrappy, the yardstick I use to measure badness.
fastfinge 1 points 6y ago
> Is it as Sueish as HPMOR?
If HPMOR is your yardstick of Sueishness, you ain't read nothin'. For what it is, HPMOR is pretty good. The real problem is it lies to the reader, and tries to pretend to be something it's not. It's not a scientific exploration of the HP universe, no matter what it claims. It's an adventure comedy, mixed with a rationalist anti-death tract. When you judge it that way...sure, it's overrated by a lot of people. But it's not really bad, either. Just kind of mediocre.
Now, if you want something depressing, sueish, and offensively awful, try $1 on for size. It's a girl in a wheelchair, not a blind girl, but still. It does have a blind girl who kills herself for no reason though! It's the worst fanfic I've ever read that wasn't a troll, intentionally crackfic, or written by a child. Nope, the author intends us to take this mess of angst, abuse, and out of characterness seriously. I recall reading someone who I think was the author saying her character can't be a sue because she's disabled, and bad things happen to her. Nope, sorry. She's a pity sue.
Now, would you like me to load you up with My Little Pony self-insert fanfic links? The wonderful thing about human in equestria self-insert My Little Pony fanfics is that they usually have correct grammar, and all the words are spelled right. Yet, they're still unreadably awful! Also, you usually get human/pony flirting! So...yay?
Anyway...back on-topic. I don't know that all of these are Sue's, but they're all pretty bad. $1 is about Alice-Alizia Malfoy, who is blind, and falls in love with Sirius Black. Then we have $1 about Kate Kenova bringing her dog to Hogwarts or something.
Oh! $1 that wants to know: "What if the only daughter of Severus snape was blinded in a horrible potions acident? Can Draco bring light to the darkness that is the mind and heart of a blind girl?" I love that blind girls also apparently have dark hearts. I haven't read this one, but based on that, I'm going to! Also, bonus points for the author opening with an a/n to clarify that she herself is blind.
Anyway, that's the kind of thing that always, always turns up when I look for fanfics by or about blind people. I have yet to find one that's actually any good.
If HPMOR is your yardstick of Sueishness, you ain't read nothin'. For what it is, HPMOR is pretty good. The real problem is it lies to the reader, and tries to pretend to be something it's not. It's not a scientific exploration of the HP universe, no matter what it claims. It's an adventure comedy, mixed with a rationalist anti-death tract. When you judge it that way...sure, it's overrated by a lot of people. But it's not really bad, either. Just kind of mediocre.
Now, if you want something depressing, sueish, and offensively awful, try $1 on for size. It's a girl in a wheelchair, not a blind girl, but still. It does have a blind girl who kills herself for no reason though! It's the worst fanfic I've ever read that wasn't a troll, intentionally crackfic, or written by a child. Nope, the author intends us to take this mess of angst, abuse, and out of characterness seriously. I recall reading someone who I think was the author saying her character can't be a sue because she's disabled, and bad things happen to her. Nope, sorry. She's a pity sue.
Now, would you like me to load you up with My Little Pony self-insert fanfic links? The wonderful thing about human in equestria self-insert My Little Pony fanfics is that they usually have correct grammar, and all the words are spelled right. Yet, they're still unreadably awful! Also, you usually get human/pony flirting! So...yay?
Anyway...back on-topic. I don't know that all of these are Sue's, but they're all pretty bad. $1 is about Alice-Alizia Malfoy, who is blind, and falls in love with Sirius Black. Then we have $1 about Kate Kenova bringing her dog to Hogwarts or something.
Oh! $1 that wants to know: "What if the only daughter of Severus snape was blinded in a horrible potions acident? Can Draco bring light to the darkness that is the mind and heart of a blind girl?" I love that blind girls also apparently have dark hearts. I haven't read this one, but based on that, I'm going to! Also, bonus points for the author opening with an a/n to clarify that she herself is blind.
Anyway, that's the kind of thing that always, always turns up when I look for fanfics by or about blind people. I have yet to find one that's actually any good.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 2 points 6y ago
Adventure comedy? Sorry, but the smug circular ramblings of an arrogant git that thinks he's better than J.K. Rowling for putting his story in a "more rational" AU where every badfic trope ever is used without intelligence or self-awareness could have been funny, but it stopped being funny fast. It quickly becomes clear Elizer only knows of three kinds of comedy: "Haha wow harry is so cool and funny", "omg life makes no sense and people are dumb", and "haha weird stuff just happened". Harry-Elizer will frequently ignore the rules of the world because the author decided it makes no sense, which would be like a Pokemon player suddenly being able to have his Pikachu's Thunder be super-effective on everything because the person playing the game decided type matchups make no sense. Elizer only knows how to write four character types: Smug arrogant prat, girl, The Masses, and old people. Remember when events conspired to force Hermione into an unbreakable vow that made her Harryzer's slave? What brilliant writing that was, he said sarcastically. I could write books on why HPMOR is the worst work of fiction on the planet, easily surpassing SAO and My Immortal in terms of badness, and some day, I probably will.
Anyway, on-topic: What is it with the HP fandom and hyphenated names being Sue indicators? Also, I think it meant "Deark heart and mind" in a more metaphorical sense, like bringing light to a cave that is dark because there is no light in it, not like bringing the light of love to an emo prick's dark soul.
Oh, and MLP... It has its own fanfic site, and it's terrible. Mods are trash, inmates are running the asylum, and assholes will run up to you and insult you and say your fanfic made them want to drink bleach, then they'll smirk at you and insist you can't handle "harsh criticism". Sure, because that's totally what LeafyIsHere-level cringe cancer is, he said sarcastically. Anyway, wasn't there a MLP animation starring an original character named Snowblind?
Anyway, on-topic: What is it with the HP fandom and hyphenated names being Sue indicators? Also, I think it meant "Deark heart and mind" in a more metaphorical sense, like bringing light to a cave that is dark because there is no light in it, not like bringing the light of love to an emo prick's dark soul.
Oh, and MLP... It has its own fanfic site, and it's terrible. Mods are trash, inmates are running the asylum, and assholes will run up to you and insult you and say your fanfic made them want to drink bleach, then they'll smirk at you and insist you can't handle "harsh criticism". Sure, because that's totally what LeafyIsHere-level cringe cancer is, he said sarcastically. Anyway, wasn't there a MLP animation starring an original character named Snowblind?
fastfinge 1 points 6y ago
> Oh, and MLP... It has its own fanfic site, and it's terrible.
I don't actually know much about the internal politics of fimfiction.net. I get all my pony fiction recs from reviewers like $1. The few times I did venture down into the comments, because I wanted clarification on some story aspect or something, I didn't notice anything wrong with them. Also, fimfiction offers epub downloads by default, so fimfiction.net is best fanfic site. Oh, and the little "also liked/similar" thing on each story page is nice; I've found a few gems through that. I'd never post a comment there, though; they require a profile avatar before even allowing you to post comments. I'm not creating a pony OC, and then commissioning someone to draw it, just to post on a website; GTFO!
> assholes will run up to you and insult you
fanfiction.net reviewers are just as bad. If it were up to me, making any comment about the author in a review, good or bad, would be an instant ban. I highly enjoy making fun of badfic; but making any comment about the authors of the fics I'm mocking is way out of bounds.
> wasn't there a MLP animation starring an original character named Snowblind?
I wouldn't know. The only MLP art I pay attention to is fanfic, music, and radio dramas. I can follow the show because of the high quality transcripts, but fan animation isn't going to be described at all, so I'm not interested.
> ...in a more metaphorical sense...
The only time I've ever heard someone described as having a "dark heart" it was because they're evil. To me, that reads like she's calling her Sue evil, because she's blind. It makes me giggle.
> on why HPMOR is the worst work of fiction on the planet,
It's really not that bad, though! I mean, it isn't good, I grant you. But the things you're complaining about are all things other fics have done, and done much worse. Sure, it's obviously an AU. But thousands of fanfic authors change the rules of the universe to fit the plot. The ones who make me crazy are the ones who aren't familiar enough with the original work to even know they're getting the rules wrong! HPMOR knows it's making changes, and tries to justify them, at least.
> Remember when events conspired to force Hermione into an unbreakable vow that made her Harryzer's slave?
Well, at least HPMOR never did anything objectionable with it. Have you ever read $1? In that fic, events conspire to force every female character in Hogwarts (including the teachers), plus some OCs, to be Harry's sex slave. He has so many sex slaves the author has to put a scorecard in every chapter to help readers keep track of them all! Oh, and I should warn you: that has graphic non-consensual sex in it. You can skip all of those bits without missing any of the "plot", though. I'm sorry, but HPMOR just can't compare. It doesn't even rate a place in the top 50 of badness. It's just a mediocre adventure comedy. It's mediocre because the comedy isn't funny, and the adventure isn't that interesting.
I don't actually know much about the internal politics of fimfiction.net. I get all my pony fiction recs from reviewers like $1. The few times I did venture down into the comments, because I wanted clarification on some story aspect or something, I didn't notice anything wrong with them. Also, fimfiction offers epub downloads by default, so fimfiction.net is best fanfic site. Oh, and the little "also liked/similar" thing on each story page is nice; I've found a few gems through that. I'd never post a comment there, though; they require a profile avatar before even allowing you to post comments. I'm not creating a pony OC, and then commissioning someone to draw it, just to post on a website; GTFO!
> assholes will run up to you and insult you
fanfiction.net reviewers are just as bad. If it were up to me, making any comment about the author in a review, good or bad, would be an instant ban. I highly enjoy making fun of badfic; but making any comment about the authors of the fics I'm mocking is way out of bounds.
> wasn't there a MLP animation starring an original character named Snowblind?
I wouldn't know. The only MLP art I pay attention to is fanfic, music, and radio dramas. I can follow the show because of the high quality transcripts, but fan animation isn't going to be described at all, so I'm not interested.
> ...in a more metaphorical sense...
The only time I've ever heard someone described as having a "dark heart" it was because they're evil. To me, that reads like she's calling her Sue evil, because she's blind. It makes me giggle.
> on why HPMOR is the worst work of fiction on the planet,
It's really not that bad, though! I mean, it isn't good, I grant you. But the things you're complaining about are all things other fics have done, and done much worse. Sure, it's obviously an AU. But thousands of fanfic authors change the rules of the universe to fit the plot. The ones who make me crazy are the ones who aren't familiar enough with the original work to even know they're getting the rules wrong! HPMOR knows it's making changes, and tries to justify them, at least.
> Remember when events conspired to force Hermione into an unbreakable vow that made her Harryzer's slave?
Well, at least HPMOR never did anything objectionable with it. Have you ever read $1? In that fic, events conspire to force every female character in Hogwarts (including the teachers), plus some OCs, to be Harry's sex slave. He has so many sex slaves the author has to put a scorecard in every chapter to help readers keep track of them all! Oh, and I should warn you: that has graphic non-consensual sex in it. You can skip all of those bits without missing any of the "plot", though. I'm sorry, but HPMOR just can't compare. It doesn't even rate a place in the top 50 of badness. It's just a mediocre adventure comedy. It's mediocre because the comedy isn't funny, and the adventure isn't that interesting.
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