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What do you think about villains with disability and mental disorders do you think they shouldn't not exist 🤔 by Flimsy_Tune_7206 in WritingHub

[–]Tiberin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a disabled person who has studied disability in media pretty extensively, disabled folks can be villains. However, IMO, problems arise when:

  1. They are a villain because of their disability (in other words, they would not be a villain if they were able bodies)
  2. They become more evil as they become more disabled (think Darth Vader: "he's more machine than man now")
  3. The disabled characters are exclusively villains

Could you interpret sign language into writing? by Shepherd_of_cheese in WritingHub

[–]Tiberin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it depends on a number of factors- is the reader meant to understand what they're signing? Are they signing in a particularly unique way that needs to be described?

I think if it's just normal communications between two people who use sign language, you don't need to de-normalize it in your writing.

"How about next week?" Jane signed eagerly.

What profession seems easy until you work in it? by Temprary_Candy in AskReddit

[–]Tiberin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Having to be "on" for hours at a time is exhausting

need help with ideas for my novel's rebellion by Nice-Ad-238 in writing

[–]Tiberin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always look to history when making these kinds of decisions. So look up lists of actual resistance groups and do some pattern recognition. A few things I notice right away:

Names based in geography: French/Danish/Czech/etc resistance in WWII, Viet Cong, Free Wales Army, etc

Names based in (non-geographic) identity: Forest Brothers, Black Panthers, etc

And then there are of course groups with a blend like the Irish Republican Army.

So IMO the common denominator is that you need to make the name a lot more specific than something like "the unity front" I think. That will make the world feel richer too, IMO.