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My autistic physical chemistry student (who also has tremors) study on Viper’s hands, or more specifically, her tremors and twitching and how it is most likely ruining her.

The “Incident” was, if not directly, a major contributor to the tremors. I’m going to (reasonably) assume her work with toxins and poisons is the main cause of the shaking. Her core abilities in game (and objectives in daily life and the war if we ignore the terrible game and see it world wise) revolve around controlling space and dealing damage where it’s needed.

Now, Toxic Screen and Poison Cloud creates an area of toxic gas that is meant to damage and obscure vision. What would these chemicals be (If I had to assume)? This is a war, a very stressful and very tense war, morality and empathy are often forgotten under stress in soldiers when their life is on the line.

So, what would these hypothetical chemicals be?

- Sarin gas

A nerve agent that can obscure/blur vision. It disrupts the nervous system and leads to symptoms such as: Moisis (constricted pupils), eye pain, seizures, difficulty breathing.

Adding in the morality of Valorant and the fact she hasn’t seemingly gone completely insane, and assuming chemical warfare laws stand in the Valorant universe as they do here, using a nerve gas that is considered a war crime is a line I feel like Viper wouldn’t cross.

If she isn’t using a highly illegal gas, what could she be using? Maybe it’s simply CS gas (tear gas).

- Non-lethal

- Causes symptoms such as eye pain, lacrimation (tearing up), and respiratory irritation.

- Obscures vision and forces enemies to disperse/clear out of a site

- A little more ethically okay while still being effective

How is any of this relevant? If she is using something as harsh as a nerve gas, it would explain the tremors. Nerve agents work by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (an enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine) leading to buildup of acetylcholine in nerve synapses. This excess acetylcholine overstimulates nerve cells which causes various symptoms including muscle twitching, weakness, and tremors. Working with this for years, even with PPE, would still do damage.

If she’s using something more civil such as CS gas, while hand tremors aren’t a commonly reported thing with CS exposure, there can and is still secondary effects of other neurological symptoms that might arise from exposure in either her lab or the field. CS often irritates the skin. In some cases, exposure can lead to more severe neurological symptoms including muscle weakness, numbness, and imbalance, which all potentially contribute to tremors.

Once again, how is this relevant?

Uncontrolled tremors often and will significantly impact one’s emotional well-being. They can lead to anxiety, depression, feelings of social embarrassment, affecting self-esteem and quality of life ect ect. The difficulty of simply functioning with tremors, especially when you’re a chemist working with very dangerous and deadly toxins and poisons all day, has to be god awful. Tremors affect the much simpler things such as eating, drinking, and writing which Viper does a lot of (both paperwork and experiments).

Depression caused from the tremors. Limitations imposed by tremors on daily activities and social interactions can lead to depression, depression leads to other emotions such as anger, anxiety, grief. Things along those lines. Stress Viper definitely doesn’t need in her already stressful life. Viper is so painfully alone and isolated. Having another agent see her tremors, seeing such a vulnerable part of herself definitely adds to her isolation. Locking herself in her lab for hours, days even, simply because of the tremors.

Shooting. Twitching or shaking hands and trying to hold and shoot a gun doesn’t go together very well. Despite this, once again choosing to put my mind into the lore wise world, Viper’s aim would be what I assume to be nearly perfect. Everything else about her is calculated and controlled, it’s assumption she’d pride her shot on being one of the best in the protocol. But as you could imagine, shaky hands would likely lead to missed shots on a few occasions. Despite her having shaky hands she stays calm and collected and can shoot with guns precisely, keeping her control and the show of being calculated around the others.

In conclusion, she definitely has what I would assume to be emotion driven tremors. Fear, guilt, discomfort and perhaps excitement are all adding to the shaking and twitching. Unfortunately I feel like any ounce of stress placed on the chemist would cause the tremors to worsen.

Going by her personality and way of processing things and reactions to situations, she’d definitely be the type of person to hit her hands off of her desk or lab bench in pure frustration at not being able to do an experiment or handle chemicals due to the tremors. Or in worse situations of panic and rage, I definitely think she’d try to break her hands if she got angry and desperate enough.

In conclusion again, she is definitely suffering with most likely very simple daily tasks on the bad days, and while they’re controlled as much as possible and hidden, it is still a contributor to her isolation and grief (and likely self hatred).

does any of that make any sense lol

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here’s my monthly “the fic is being worked on i promise” post

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prompt 591 (brutalia w/hijabi talia) for spinninggaround via @dcforgaza ! requests close on the 21st!

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it’s international freddie day 😛😛😛😛

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been cyb(e)rfr(e)dding it up for a whole year YAHOOOO

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i am hoping 2 finally finish the first chapter of my f1 au this month :DD hopefully soon! i have been more motivated these days and have been working on it little by little :))))

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(Heavily referenced off of some 1993 Robin panels/kind of a Tom Lyle style study)

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man i’m so over the moon with the fact that ppl r actually finding my linguistics post interesting!!!! :DD it’s what i study and i love sharing what i learn!!!!!

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I’m SUPER happy this was helpful!!! And right?! I’ve always thought the way Viper spoke was unique but I couldn’t put my finger on what specifically was unique until now! Who knows, maybe I’ll analyze how another character speaks in the future :D

Viper and Her Linguistic Quirks

Hello! I was reading the latest chapter of @/craving-for-chaos’ sagebean fic (oomf, your fic is so peak) and while trying to imagine Viper’s dialogue in her voice, I started thinking about the peculiar way Viper talks. Peculiar is a bit harsh, but she does have little linguistic quirks I thought were interesting and just had to talk about it! In fact, I paused reading the chapter just so I could start narrowly transcribing the way Viper has said some words LOL. That being said, here’s what I find interesting about the way Viper talks:

1) Aspiration where it isn’t typical in American English

Viper sounds very proper when she speaks and it isn’t just because of her word choice. Viper tends to aspirate /t/ in the way a British person would (or at least a British person that speaks using Received Pronunciation (RP), that typical accent Americans associate with the UK).

What is aspiration? Glad you asked! Aspiration is that puff of air you hear after the sounds /p/ (as in “park”), /t/ (as in “talk”), and /k/ (as in “cat”). /k/ is the IPA symbol for the c/k sound. We’re going to focus on /t/ here. In American English, when /t/ is in the middle of the word, it typically becomes a tap/flap. A tap/flap is when your tongue tip very quickly touches your alveolar ridge (that bumpy part on the roof of your mouth, behind your teeth). It sounds like a quick /d/ sound. Take the word “thirty” for example. That second /t/ sounds very much like a quick /d/ if you speak American English.

Another thing that can happen to /t/ in the middle or end of a word is that is can become glottalized. Now what the hell is glottalization? When you talk, air is moving through your vocal folds. Glottalization means you pause the flow of air. Think of the word “uh-oh.” That pause you feel in between “uh” and “oh” is a glottal stop.

Lastly, /t/ (as well as /p/ and /k/) can become unreleased in the middle or end of a word. When these sounds are unreleased, you won’t hear that typical puff of air. If you speak American English, try saying “bat.” It’s very likely you won’t hear any air after the /t/.

Now that typical British accent features a lot of glottalization of /t/ (think of how a stereotypical British person would say “bottle of water”), but there are many cases where they aspirate /t/ where an American wouldn’t. For example, when a British person says the word “important,” they aspirate that first and second /t/, unlike an American who would typically glottalize the first and keep the second /t/ unreleased.

Viper, however, will often aspirate /t/ in the middle and end of words like a Brit would. Here’s an example:

Listen to how aspirated /t/ is. The average American wouldn’t release the /t/ in these words, but Viper does. I think that British quality to her pronunciation contributes to how proper she sounds (because, come on, British English sounds all proper and hoity toity to Americans).

2) Changing voiced sounds to their voiceless counterparts

Viper is quite breathy when she speaks and this sometimes affects her pronunciation of voiced sounds.

What are voiced and voiceless sounds? When a sound is voiced, air is passing through your vocal folds as they tense up and come together and vibrate. On the other hand, when a sound is voiceless, the vocal folds do not come together and air passes freely between them. You can test the difference yourself! Put your hand on your throat and go “zzzzzzzz” then go “sssssss.” When you say “zzz,” you’ll feel buzzing against your hand. That’s because /z/ is voiced. When you go “sss,” however, you won’t feel anything because /s/ is voiceless.

Because Viper can be so breathy when she talks, she will sometimes pronounce a voiced sound like its voiceless counterpart. Listen to this voicemail and pay close attention to how she says the word “exhausted.” Instead of saying it like how it’s normally pronounced, “egzausted,” she says it more like “eksaustet.” In the word’s normal pronunciation, you will hear the sounds /g/, /z/, and /d/. Viper pronounces it with the voiceless cognates /k/, /s/, and /t/.

I also think of this voicemail where she says the word “second” like “secont.” Now these are very specific examples, but if you listen to how Viper talks, she won’t always change the sound straight up, but it won’t sound as voiced as it typically would. I think of that one voiceline where she says “If any of you die, I lose a bet with Brimstone. So don’t embarrass me like that please.” The end sound of “please” sounds closer to /s/ instead of /z/ when Viper says it.

TL;DR Viper aspirates the hell out of her Ts and her breathy-ness affects her pronunciation of voiced sounds.

If anyone has anything to add, please feel free to! :D

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I’m so glad! I know linguistics can be a bit boring, but I think it’s very fun talking about little quirks like these! I think I’ll definitely go check her other roles and how she speaks in general and compare it to how Viper speaks! I’ll post about whatever I find :D

And ouchie that does sting :( How do you keep breaking my poor heart AURGGGGHHH VIPER MY LITTLE MEOW MEOW :(((

Viper and Her Linguistic Quirks

Hello! I was reading the latest chapter of @/craving-for-chaos’ sagebean fic (oomf, your fic is so peak) and while trying to imagine Viper’s dialogue in her voice, I started thinking about the peculiar way Viper talks. Peculiar is a bit harsh, but she does have little linguistic quirks I thought were interesting and just had to talk about it! In fact, I paused reading the chapter just so I could start narrowly transcribing the way Viper has said some words LOL. That being said, here’s what I find interesting about the way Viper talks:

1) Aspiration where it isn’t typical in American English

Viper sounds very proper when she speaks and it isn’t just because of her word choice. Viper tends to aspirate /t/ in the way a British person would (or at least a British person that speaks using Received Pronunciation (RP), that typical accent Americans associate with the UK).

What is aspiration? Glad you asked! Aspiration is that puff of air you hear after the sounds /p/ (as in “park”), /t/ (as in “talk”), and /k/ (as in “cat”). /k/ is the IPA symbol for the c/k sound. We’re going to focus on /t/ here. In American English, when /t/ is in the middle of the word, it typically becomes a tap/flap. A tap/flap is when your tongue tip very quickly touches your alveolar ridge (that bumpy part on the roof of your mouth, behind your teeth). It sounds like a quick /d/ sound. Take the word “thirty” for example. That second /t/ sounds very much like a quick /d/ if you speak American English.

Another thing that can happen to /t/ in the middle or end of a word is that is can become glottalized. Now what the hell is glottalization? When you talk, air is moving through your vocal folds. Glottalization means you pause the flow of air. Think of the word “uh-oh.” That pause you feel in between “uh” and “oh” is a glottal stop.

Lastly, /t/ (as well as /p/ and /k/) can become unreleased in the middle or end of a word. When these sounds are unreleased, you won’t hear that typical puff of air. If you speak American English, try saying “bat.” It’s very likely you won’t hear any air after the /t/.

Now that typical British accent features a lot of glottalization of /t/ (think of how a stereotypical British person would say “bottle of water”), but there are many cases where they aspirate /t/ where an American wouldn’t. For example, when a British person says the word “important,” they aspirate that first and second /t/, unlike an American who would typically glottalize the first and keep the second /t/ unreleased.

Viper, however, will often aspirate /t/ in the middle and end of words like a Brit would. Here’s an example:

Listen to how aspirated /t/ is. The average American wouldn’t release the /t/ in these words, but Viper does. I think that British quality to her pronunciation contributes to how proper she sounds (because, come on, British English sounds all proper and hoity toity to Americans).

2) Changing voiced sounds to their voiceless counterparts

Viper is quite breathy when she speaks and this sometimes affects her pronunciation of voiced sounds.

What are voiced and voiceless sounds? When a sound is voiced, air is passing through your vocal folds as they tense up and come together and vibrate. On the other hand, when a sound is voiceless, the vocal folds do not come together and air passes freely between them. You can test the difference yourself! Put your hand on your throat and go “zzzzzzzz” then go “sssssss.” When you say “zzz,” you’ll feel buzzing against your hand. That’s because /z/ is voiced. When you go “sss,” however, you won’t feel anything because /s/ is voiceless.

Because Viper can be so breathy when she talks, she will sometimes pronounce a voiced sound like its voiceless counterpart. Listen to this voicemail and pay close attention to how she says the word “exhausted.” Instead of saying it like how it’s normally pronounced, “egzausted,” she says it more like “eksaustet.” In the word’s normal pronunciation, you will hear the sounds /g/, /z/, and /d/. Viper pronounces it with the voiceless cognates /k/, /s/, and /t/.

I also think of this voicemail where she says the word “second” like “secont.” Now these are very specific examples, but if you listen to how Viper talks, she won’t always change the sound straight up, but it won’t sound as voiced as it typically would. I think of that one voiceline where she says “If any of you die, I lose a bet with Brimstone. So don’t embarrass me like that please.” The end sound of “please” sounds closer to /s/ instead of /z/ when Viper says it.

TL;DR Viper aspirates the hell out of her Ts and her breathy-ness affects her pronunciation of voiced sounds.

If anyone has anything to add, please feel free to! :D

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Viper and Her Linguistic Quirks

Hello! I was reading the latest chapter of @/craving-for-chaos’ sagebean fic (oomf, your fic is so peak) and while trying to imagine Viper’s dialogue in her voice, I started thinking about the peculiar way Viper talks. Peculiar is a bit harsh, but she does have little linguistic quirks I thought were interesting and just had to talk about it! In fact, I paused reading the chapter just so I could start narrowly transcribing the way Viper has said some words LOL. That being said, here’s what I find interesting about the way Viper talks:

1) Aspiration where it isn’t typical in American English

Viper sounds very proper when she speaks and it isn’t just because of her word choice. Viper tends to aspirate /t/ in the way a British person would (or at least a British person that speaks using Received Pronunciation (RP), that typical accent Americans associate with the UK).

What is aspiration? Glad you asked! Aspiration is that puff of air you hear after the sounds /p/ (as in “park”), /t/ (as in “talk”), and /k/ (as in “cat”). /k/ is the IPA symbol for the c/k sound. We’re going to focus on /t/ here. In American English, when /t/ is in the middle of the word, it typically becomes a tap/flap. A tap/flap is when your tongue tip very quickly touches your alveolar ridge (that bumpy part on the roof of your mouth, behind your teeth). It sounds like a quick /d/ sound. Take the word “thirty” for example. That second /t/ sounds very much like a quick /d/ if you speak American English.

Another thing that can happen to /t/ in the middle or end of a word is that is can become glottalized. Now what the hell is glottalization? When you talk, air is moving through your vocal folds. Glottalization means you pause the flow of air. Think of the word “uh-oh.” That pause you feel in between “uh” and “oh” is a glottal stop.

Lastly, /t/ (as well as /p/ and /k/) can become unreleased in the middle or end of a word. When these sounds are unreleased, you won’t hear that typical puff of air. If you speak American English, try saying “bat.” It’s very likely you won’t hear any air after the /t/.

Now that typical British accent features a lot of glottalization of /t/ (think of how a stereotypical British person would say “bottle of water”), but there are many cases where they aspirate /t/ where an American wouldn’t. For example, when a British person says the word “important,” they aspirate that first and second /t/, unlike an American who would typically glottalize the first and keep the second /t/ unreleased.

Viper, however, will often aspirate /t/ in the middle and end of words like a Brit would. Here’s an example:

Listen to how aspirated /t/ is. The average American wouldn’t release the /t/ in these words, but Viper does. I think that British quality to her pronunciation contributes to how proper she sounds (because, come on, British English sounds all proper and hoity toity to Americans).

2) Changing voiced sounds to their voiceless counterparts

Viper is quite breathy when she speaks and this sometimes affects her pronunciation of voiced sounds.

What are voiced and voiceless sounds? When a sound is voiced, air is passing through your vocal folds as they tense up and come together and vibrate. On the other hand, when a sound is voiceless, the vocal folds do not come together and air passes freely between them. You can test the difference yourself! Put your hand on your throat and go “zzzzzzzz” then go “sssssss.” When you say “zzz,” you’ll feel buzzing against your hand. That’s because /z/ is voiced. When you go “sss,” however, you won’t feel anything because /s/ is voiceless.

Because Viper can be so breathy when she talks, she will sometimes pronounce a voiced sound like its voiceless counterpart. Listen to this voicemail and pay close attention to how she says the word “exhausted.” Instead of saying it like how it’s normally pronounced, “egzausted,” she says it more like “eksaustet.” In the word’s normal pronunciation, you will hear the sounds /g/, /z/, and /d/. Viper pronounces it with the voiceless cognates /k/, /s/, and /t/.

I also think of this voicemail where she says the word “second” like “secont.” Now these are very specific examples, but if you listen to how Viper talks, she won’t always change the sound straight up, but it won’t sound as voiced as it typically would. I think of that one voiceline where she says “If any of you die, I lose a bet with Brimstone. So don’t embarrass me like that please.” The end sound of “please” sounds closer to /s/ instead of /z/ when Viper says it.

TL;DR Viper aspirates the hell out of her Ts and her breathy-ness affects her pronunciation of voiced sounds.

If anyone has anything to add, please feel free to! :D

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wip :P yet another f1 au drawing

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i think desi bruce is a beautiful thing but the resemblance between him and dick becomes 10x stronger so i almost died 5 separate times while drawing

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who up tryna peter their parker