Post by Teяa253 on Aug 28, 2008 5:31:00 GMT 1
just a little something about Sanaki's blindness...
nothing to fancy
UNSEEN CONFESSIONS
“Don’t worry about me; I’m just a little blind girl...”
Such words had been repeated out of Sanaki’s mouth for so many years now—ever since she knew how to form those words and learned their meaning.
It was true that Sanaki liked to joke about her blindness, even to the point where she said she liked being blind, but the real reasons behind Sanaki’s statements were not what they appeared to be.
“I like being blind because it makes me different,” she confessed once to her best friend Tera, “I mean, I don’t know what seeing is like, but it almost sounds like... like a fantasy. I mean, I hear people ask me if I see blackness or darkness, and I don’t really know how to answer. What is darkness? What’s black?”
The only “color” Sanaki knew about was red, and that was because it was the color of fire. Sanaki “saw” things through firebending. Different levels of heat indicated her surroundings and “red” was the hottest for her, being the color of fire which she would bend.
“You’re funny, Sanaki,” some of her friends would say, “You get me with those blind jokes every time.”
Sanaki would often make jokes about her blindness because she was a cheerful little girl who enjoyed good humor, but there was a more profound meaning to her jokes than just the humor. Every time she went somewhere with someone, they’d always mention how beautiful it was—or how beautiful she was. Sanaki would usually just giggle or blush, and then thank the person, but deep down, it gave her a burning curiosity. What made the crashing of the ocean waves beautiful, or the crackling of a fire, or the wind in her hair, or the sand or ground under her feet? What was the definition of “beautiful” and how did she fit it? The closest Sanaki had ever been to knowing what she looked like was from impressions that fire showed her.
A few years ago, Sanaki had been insecure about her blindness, thinking people would not like her the same way if they knew. She eventually outgrew this after she learned that they didn’t, but Sanaki’s original fears had actually sprouted from an incident she knew nothing about—her birth, and her blood parents.
They had actually gotten rid of her because she was born blind. Her adorable charm had not penetrated through to these, her own parents. Luckily for her, she was raised by a family that loved her, and her real parents were actually dead, but that’s another story.
“Blind jokes?”
That was sometimes something Sanaki would suggest if she and her friends couldn’t think of anything to do.
Each one would be about something she wasn’t able to see. Although she appeared to not be concerned about it, she was wondering deep inside:
“What is color? What color is “red” what color is my tanned firebending skin? What color is this blackness that people describe my hair with? What color are my eyes—something I have never had a use for?”
And yet, deep down, despite all the burning curiosity of this little blind girl, her stance on her blindness remained the same.
“I’d much rather be the firebender I am and remain blind,” she had said, “There is nothing that I have that I would give up just to be able to see.”
And yet, there were times, though unintentional, when her older twin sister Mikaya would say something.
“Sanaki, you look so cute today,” she’d giggle, and then she’d remember that her younger sister was blind, and that that was why she wouldn’t return the same comment.
“I’d probably say the same about you, sis,” Sanaki would reply, “but I have no idea what anything looks like, not even you or me.”
Then they would often giggle. Sanaki’s life, both past and present, was filled with all sorts of mystery, not all of it good. However, her blindness was not a handicap at all to her, and so she never complained. This was part of what made Sanaki so loveable. Sanaki just hoped now that people wouldn’t ever think less of her just because her eyes didn’t function the way other peoples’ eyes did. She was determined to prove that she could do almost anything a normal person could do, despite being blind. So far, she seems to be succeeding.
~Sanaki~
nothing to fancy
UNSEEN CONFESSIONS
“Don’t worry about me; I’m just a little blind girl...”
Such words had been repeated out of Sanaki’s mouth for so many years now—ever since she knew how to form those words and learned their meaning.
It was true that Sanaki liked to joke about her blindness, even to the point where she said she liked being blind, but the real reasons behind Sanaki’s statements were not what they appeared to be.
“I like being blind because it makes me different,” she confessed once to her best friend Tera, “I mean, I don’t know what seeing is like, but it almost sounds like... like a fantasy. I mean, I hear people ask me if I see blackness or darkness, and I don’t really know how to answer. What is darkness? What’s black?”
The only “color” Sanaki knew about was red, and that was because it was the color of fire. Sanaki “saw” things through firebending. Different levels of heat indicated her surroundings and “red” was the hottest for her, being the color of fire which she would bend.
“You’re funny, Sanaki,” some of her friends would say, “You get me with those blind jokes every time.”
Sanaki would often make jokes about her blindness because she was a cheerful little girl who enjoyed good humor, but there was a more profound meaning to her jokes than just the humor. Every time she went somewhere with someone, they’d always mention how beautiful it was—or how beautiful she was. Sanaki would usually just giggle or blush, and then thank the person, but deep down, it gave her a burning curiosity. What made the crashing of the ocean waves beautiful, or the crackling of a fire, or the wind in her hair, or the sand or ground under her feet? What was the definition of “beautiful” and how did she fit it? The closest Sanaki had ever been to knowing what she looked like was from impressions that fire showed her.
A few years ago, Sanaki had been insecure about her blindness, thinking people would not like her the same way if they knew. She eventually outgrew this after she learned that they didn’t, but Sanaki’s original fears had actually sprouted from an incident she knew nothing about—her birth, and her blood parents.
They had actually gotten rid of her because she was born blind. Her adorable charm had not penetrated through to these, her own parents. Luckily for her, she was raised by a family that loved her, and her real parents were actually dead, but that’s another story.
“Blind jokes?”
That was sometimes something Sanaki would suggest if she and her friends couldn’t think of anything to do.
Each one would be about something she wasn’t able to see. Although she appeared to not be concerned about it, she was wondering deep inside:
“What is color? What color is “red” what color is my tanned firebending skin? What color is this blackness that people describe my hair with? What color are my eyes—something I have never had a use for?”
And yet, deep down, despite all the burning curiosity of this little blind girl, her stance on her blindness remained the same.
“I’d much rather be the firebender I am and remain blind,” she had said, “There is nothing that I have that I would give up just to be able to see.”
And yet, there were times, though unintentional, when her older twin sister Mikaya would say something.
“Sanaki, you look so cute today,” she’d giggle, and then she’d remember that her younger sister was blind, and that that was why she wouldn’t return the same comment.
“I’d probably say the same about you, sis,” Sanaki would reply, “but I have no idea what anything looks like, not even you or me.”
Then they would often giggle. Sanaki’s life, both past and present, was filled with all sorts of mystery, not all of it good. However, her blindness was not a handicap at all to her, and so she never complained. This was part of what made Sanaki so loveable. Sanaki just hoped now that people wouldn’t ever think less of her just because her eyes didn’t function the way other peoples’ eyes did. She was determined to prove that she could do almost anything a normal person could do, despite being blind. So far, she seems to be succeeding.
~Sanaki~
