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Could you recolor these in a bright teal like 08FFFF?

hello! I can do that for sure! 💖

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Her name is Lis, and she is one of the main characters in an urban fantasy setting. She has an older sister who doesn't have albinism, and I'm still considering if I'm gonna give her (Lis) nystagmus and/or dyslexia as well (nystagmus because apparently it's common between people with albinism, so I thought it'd make sense, and dyslexia because it's an idea I've been cooking in my head since her early concepts). She also learns magic on the course of the story, if that's relevant.

She's a very bubbly teen with a chaotic personality, and I decided to give her a very colorful design to represent that, and I also thought tinted glasses would both help her photophobia and fit in with her overall design, so I'm doing more research on them as well. I'm still figuring out how her vision is because I'm not familiar with the concepts yet, but I think she has low vision moreso 20/60.

I was wondering which other aids she could use on her day-to-day vibe. Any tips?

And thank you for running this blog!

oh, i forgot to give another information in my former ask (about Lis, the girl with albinism), that my character lives in North East Brazil, that is, in a very warm and tropical country, so maybe the accomodations she needs might change because of that.

Hello!

We do not currently have active mods with albinism, so I will respond as someone with photophobia, just keep this in mind.

Glasses are definitely good. They do need to be darkened, but if you want to play with colors you can either give Lis colorful frames or use a dark shade of a color rather than just black/gray for the shades. You can also make it so she has multiple pairs that she switches around to go with her outfits if she's into fashion - she'd be probably wearing sunglasses every day, it'd make sense for her to have more than one.

Another aid that's really helpful (and not really seen as an aid) is a big hat, or at least big enough to protect someone from the sun above. Glasses are good, but they only cover the front (unless she's wearing sport ones that go closer to the skin) and the light from above can still be painful. Bucket hats, sun hats, baseball caps, anything helps.

This is the part you take with a grain of salt because I don't have albinism;

Giving her nystagmus and/or strabismus is good since it's really common. Dyslexia doesn't have anything to do with albinism, but there's nothing unusual about a person having two unrelated conditions.

Assuming she has oculocutaneous albinism (there are multiple types of albinism, and not all of them involve the melanin of the skin), she will need to protect her skin too to not be constantly sunburnt. Since she lives in a hot and sunny place, flowy, but long clothes would be the best. Think maxi skirts or breathable shirts with longer sleeves. If she has ocular albinism, I don't think this matters since her skin shouldn't be affected. For the rarer types, you'd have to check her specific one.

The rest would be focusing on her as a low vision character, and a character who has photophobia on top of that - you can be able to navigate well at home where it's relatively dark, and not see shit when outside because it's too bright. So she might, for example, have to use a white cane sometimes, but not at other times. Or if her sunglasses are unusable for whatever reason (those break just as all other aids do), she'd need some other way to navigate. What does she do then? Is she so used to relying on her remaining vision that she'd need a sighted guide (I definitely was there because of my photophobia being really bad), or does she have enough O&M training to be able to use a white cane? What would her resources allow? Etc.

I'm also assuming that she's not the only magical character, but I'd advise you to read up on the "mystical albino" trope, since it's really prevalent with characters with albinism (oculocutaneous mainly).

Hope this helps,

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63. What helps you calm down when you have nightmares?

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66. Do you think that you're going insane?

Her eyebrows raise. "Sometimes," she admits. "Maybe not... insane, though. Sometimes I just feel like I'm losing myself. I'll come back though, so... I try not to worry about it."

70. Do you think that you deserve this?

They grimace, but it doesn't seem to be out of sadness or discomfort with the question. It's just difficult facing this sort of thing head on. Their answer comes quickly. "I mean, yeah. In a literal sense, I asked for it. And in a... cosmic sense, I'm made for it."

you've sent a lot of asks (Which is super appreciated btw!! ty so much !!) so i'm gonna answer them one by one How are the mechs made?

The country (yet to name the country.. suggestions accepted lol) has their mechs mass produced by one specific (government owned) company. This mass production makes them lower quality construction but higher quality parts, e.g stronger motors (as i think i've said they're more brute force)

The rebels' mechs are more of an assortment, most of them are built from scraps by engineers from the state's side who have defected, which gives them lower quality parts (generally) but their construction is often more careful as the engineers are able to take more time to build them (less demand because rebel mechs are less expendable)

Where do these people live?

The state's pilots live on site at whatever miltary base they're currently deployed at, but the main one is on a large mountain overlooking the capital city. The living quarters for state pilots are small and mostly barren, akin to a particularly cosy prison cell. Two beds (two pilots per cell), one desk, a window (reinforced glass rather than bars) and a side room for a bathroom/shower.

Rebel pilots have much more generous quarters. They're allowed to choose between living at a base or at their own homes, though there may be periods where they're required to live at bases in case there's an attack. Their living quarters vary a lot more, but they tend to be something like a low quality hotel, all the amenities like bathroom, shower, comfortable bed, and space for leisure.

How do they get their food?

The state gets food like any real world country would, with farms (much more commonly industrial greenhouses than actual farms, though they do exist) but the pilots are only given a nondescript nutrient sludge porridge kind of thing. I've not fully decided the details yet but it's like, just barely enough to keep them alive without starvation. It's not filling at all though, so pilots are always hungry even if they've eaten enough to survive.