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Lauren Ridloff in Jason Wu at the 2018 Tonys.

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lauren ridloff in new amsterdam 1x19: “happy place”

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Angel Theory and Lauren Ridloff BTS on set of TWD season 10  | Angel Theory’s IG

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❛ For some people, their work is their passion, if you’re truly blessed. ❜

                    she  squints  her  eyes  instinctively,  allowing  the  words  coming  out  of  the  other  woman’s  mouth  to  just  flow      she’ll  worry  about  piecing  together  a  sentence  with  them  afterwards.  most  people  believed  that  because  she  was  deaf,  she  was  automatically  able  to  read  lips.  truthfully,  connie  still  struggled,  especially  with  strangers.  she  catches  “job”,  and  then  a  moment  later  connects  it  to  the  word  “passion”  before  a  soft  smile  appears  on  her  lips,  followed  by  a  slight  nod  of  the  head. 

                        a  passionate  job  was  everything  to  connie.  before  the  apocalypse,  she  had  stopped  at  nothing  to  prove  that  she  could  become  just  as  successful  of  a  journalist  as  anyone  else.  there  were  people  that  needed  to  be  exposed,  she  couldn’t  just  hold  back  because  someone  wouldn’t  take  a  chance  on  her  because  of  her  deafness.  pulling  out  her  notepad  from  her  back  pocket,  she  scribbled  out  a  few  sentences  on  her  notepad  before  turning  it  over  to  be  read.  i  was  a  journalist  before  t h i s.  it  was  my  whole  life,  both  an adventure  and  necessity.      

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question !! for the people who put   in their replies, do you manually put it in between each word? i’m so very confused by this, but adore the way it looks on the dash.

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* don’t starters

‘ don’t be a stranger. ’

‘ i don’t think i can. ’ 

‘ don’t say that. ’

‘ you don’t have to go. ’

‘ don’t be what they made you. ’

‘ you don’t have to be anyone’s hero. ’

‘ why don’t you stay right here? ’ 

‘ don’t you trust me? ’

‘ you don’t have to be on your own. ’

‘ i don’t like to think about it. ’

‘ you don’t get to make that call. ’

‘ don’t act like you care. ’

‘ we don’t think alike. ’

‘ you don’t need to worry about that. ’

‘ i don’t know why. ’ 

‘ you don’t mean that. ’

‘ you don’t have to tell me. ’

‘ i don’t trust many people. ’

‘ i don’t have a family anymore. ’

‘ you don’t care what they think. ’

‘ don’t listen to them. ’ 

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There’s one part – I don’t know if people actually noticed this – I thought it was so cool. There’s a little glimmer of light at the very beginning of the fight sequence where I ducked because I saw a Whisperer walking through the room behind me because of a light flash. I think that really shows how Connie survives – how she uses cues from her environment. That little flicker of light from behind the door opening was awesome. – Lauren Ridloff

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good morning !! just so everyone knows, i’m still working on perfecting my theme & all the pages. i have a google doc set up which has my rules, verses, and a little about connie for anyone who doesn’t want to bother with the theme!  

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To Writers Who Have Deaf Characters:

I am Deaf myself and it is very common that hearing writes misrepresent Deaf people and our experiences. So, I made a list of common misconceptions.

Deaf people cannot read lips word-for-word. Even the best lip readers in the world can only understand 30-45% of words.

Hearing aids do not magically make you hear perfectly. The microphone on the hearing aids pick up sound and amplifies it into the user’s ear. This helps to pick up when someone is talking or a loud noise is made. It only helps with hearing and picking up on cues. It does not magically help you hear perfectly.

Sign Language is not a universal language. For example: In the United States, Deaf people know American Sign Language(or ASL) and people in the United Kingdom use British Sign Language(or BSL).

Shouting/talking slower does not help Deaf people understand you. This causes the face to become distorted and it makes it harder to lipread. It also causes speech to becomes more muffled.

Not all Deaf people hate being Deaf, many of us love being Deaf. One of the largest misconceptions I see in Deaf characters is that we do not want to be Deaf and we want to be “cured” and be able to hear. This is extremely untrue. In Deaf Culture, we are proud and actually love being Deaf. We are not searching for a cure and we are DEFINITELY not looking pitty.

This is not exactly a misconception, but it is still important. Please do not refear to a Deaf or Hard of Hearing person as “hearing impaired.” This infers that the person is “broken and needs to be fixed.” When that is most definitely not the case.

Last but not least, YES DEAF PEOPLE CAN DRIVE! Deaf and Hard of Hearing people are actually more cautious and observant while driving.

Feel free to add more!

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starter for @buildhope​

                      how is he doing?      connie held out her worn out notepad to alden while simultaneously cradling an invisible baby with her left, non-dominate hand to show that she was referring to baby adam, the same baby she rescued from the whisperers in the cornfields. she was glad that the baby had people      a family, that could give him the love and care he deserved, but she would be lying if it hadn’t brought up a lot of hard emotions she hadn’t dealt with. for now, she kept those feelings to herself, knowing that dwelling on the past didn’t do her any good. 

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            connie’s eyes happily lit up when she read the other woman’s note. any knowledge of sign language was greatly appreciate, even if it was just the alphabet or a few signs. “ don’t be sorry, ” she signed in return, doing the same sign for ‘sorry’ that the other woman had, and then following up with it by holding out the palm of her hands and shaking them slightly to signal that she had no reason to be sorry. she then held out her hand to ask for the notepad so she could write back, the smile on her face growing larger with excitement that someone was interested in learning her language. 

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The brunette takes the notepad as it is offered to her, scribbling down a message. I only know a little ASL. Simple but informative. She’s certain she’s not the only one who isn’t that educated on sign language. Still, Hannah cannot help but feel bad for not knowing more than the basics. A sympathetic look is given, followed by her signing “sorry.” ❛ I’d love t’ learn more though. ❜

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                                  send me a ▲  & i will put our                                   character's  names  into  this                                   generator and  write a starter                                   based  on  the  scenario  that                                   comes up!

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THE 100 SENTENCE STARTERS, SEASONS 4-5. * survival, regret, guilt, battle, murder, etc.

i know you want to make up for all the things you’ve done, i do too. but we need to think of the bigger picture.

i made the call, and i’ll live with that.

how many people do you have to save before you forgive yourself?

you still have hope? 

you’re the one going too far, using the same justification, ‘ it’s all for my people. ‘

if you just tell them the truth, maybe they’ll surprise you.

i think peace is overrated. it’s the fighters who survive.

you can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.

here’s the take away: you have to be willing to die to really live.

for all its faults, earth is really beautiful.

whatever choice i make, somebody always dies.

have you ever loved someone so much that no matter what they do to you, or themselves, you take it?

it’s gonna be wonderful. you’re gonna rebuild the world.

if we leave, we can’t come back.

is that really a risk you’re willing to take?

we’ll survive. we’ll just wish we didn’t.

we made death the enemy. that’s how we survived.

you’re a healer, not a fighter.

it’s not the truth. it’s what we say to justify the horror we inflict on other people.

why do you always have to be the one to sacrifice?

you didn’t need me anymore. 

i don’t ever want to see this place again. 

you did things to survive, that’s in the past.

what’s one more, right? we’re already murderers.

we’re talking about taking one life to save hundreds. 

if you say we’re doing the right thing enough, maybe i’ll believe you.

i’ve been fighting the abusive power all my life.

i want to see an end to the violence just as bad as you.

i’m not preparing for war, i’m planning for peace. 

we’re all just people. all this will ever be is a battlefield.

seeing you fighting to survive, that’s who i fell in love with.

as soon as this fight is over, you will fall apart again.

i was part of something bigger than myself. i didn’t know i needed that, but i did.

it felt good to be safe. i never felt that before - like i had a home. 

don’t tell me you’ve never killed for revenge.

i don’t need you to protect me. i protect myself. i always have.

you know nothing of my pain.

we were happy once, weren’t we?

i don’t want to be a killer anymore.

i don’t want to take lives to save them.

everyone dies. let’s show them how to live.

we survive together. all of us, like always.

only a fool fights a war they can’t win.

living with what we’ve done to survive is worse than death.

what happened to us being the good guys?

how do you explain the sun to someone who’s never seen it?

i know it sucks, but sometimes there are no good choices.

how many innocent lives have you sacrificed?

you were just trying to save your people, so am i.

you think better days are ahead, but that’s not true.

there is no light at the end of the tunnel. there is only the tunnel.

we are the problem - human beings, all of us. 

it doesn’t matter what we do. all we’ve done is make things worse.

trust can be earned.

i won’t apologize for protecting you from yourself.

our friends come first.

i’d walk through fire for you. i’d die for you.

you’re better at blowing things up than fixing them.

be strong, direct, unrelenting.

peace without war is still possible.

i came here to tell you that i love you very much, no matter what happens. 

careful. you took a thorn out of a lion’s foot, but they’re still a lion.

we’re still on the same team, right?

you want to weaken than enemy? what’s weaker than an enemy at war with itself?

real warriors hate war. 

this is a place we can start over and rebuild.

the ghosts can have this place.

if you do this, there’s no coming back.

you can’t save someone who’s already dead.

go to war if you want to, but at least tell them they have a choice.

it means we lost the battle, not the war.

hey, you still want a gun?

how do you choose between the monster and the devil?

what we do here now is how we survive.

living with ourselves is another story.

i’m not mad at you for saving my life. i’m mad at you for making me care about yours.

i never said i was a hero because i’m not one.

a week ago, you were a traitor. next week, you might be again.

i’m just tired of always having to choose the least bad option.

it’s broken. i broke it.

we’ve all got blood on our hands, don’t we?

i should have killed you when i had the chance.

i don’t need ghosts telling me what i lost.

i know you’re scared, i am too. but i have to do this, and you have to let me.

life should be about more than just surviving. 

it was you who saved me. 

i may never be able to fix what i broke, but i can save you. 

look around you. do you see signs of hope here?

it’s hard to keep track of whose side you’re on.

first we save their lives, then we let them prove that they deserve it.

so it’s okay for me to be the monster, but not you, right?

your mistake was power - liking it. it’s the kiss of death. 

one garden. two serpents. eden never stood a chance. 

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just so everyone knows, connie relies very heavily on visual cues to reference someone later on. what might be considered rude to someone who is hearing would actually be very normal for the Deaf community. for instance, pointing out someone’s weight, height, hair color/style, and/or size of something (for example, if someone has a bigger nose) are all valid examples of how connie could reference someone! obvi your muse is totally allowed to ask about it, but please do not think i’m doing it as the writer to be disrespectful :) 

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starter for @pinkjacketed​

                   it’s a visual thing: connie had been forced to rely so heavily on her eyes from the second she was born, one could almost say she was prepared for the apocalypse. she could read her surroundings so easily that it was second nature to her. maybe that’s why the sight of a pink jacket caught her attention and refused to let go until connie walked up to the woman, the cap of her pen in her mouth as her hand quickly scribbled out a few words onto her trusty notepad.

                       nice jacket, the note read. by habit, connie raised her right hand in the form of a “p” in american sign language and brushed it against her chin, fluently and happily signing ‘pink’, mouthing the word simultaneously. 

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psa;; you can still form meaningful relationships with another muse even if their mun doesn’t write smut. i totally get that there is a certain appeal to writing nsfw scenes and that may be your thing, but it can be equally fun and meaningful to write about your muses making dinner together, watching the sunrise/sunset, holding a baby for the first time only to be spit up on, etc. there are so many possibilities that can challenge your muse’s platonic relationship with mine!!