I like Homestuck.
But now I’m seeing posts for, “Learn to Sign!”, “ASL Tutorial”, “Help for Signing”. I am not okay with this.
People cosplaying as Terezi and being “blind” are troubling enough to me to begin with. As a person who suffers from sight problems, and watching various family members struggle to prove disability for this, it’s hurtful to see people pretend to be blind, and have a “walking stick” that I could actually use, and that the government won’t grant me. Stop that.
As someone who’s been studying sign language since High School, I’m offended people just want to learn it for a cosplay. Learn it because you want to be a part of the deaf community. Learn it because you want to learn a language. Don’t learn it because it’s a trend, or betters your cosplay. Stop. That. Right. Now.
Homestuck…stop.
