JONES, DAPHNE BAY

[DAPHNE BAY JONES]

DAPHNE BAY JONES
Maybe if my heart stops beating It won't hurt this much
And never will I have to answer Again to anyone

NICKNAMES: Dappy, Baybay, [or the Hand Sign for 'Fire' with one hand by the hair]
GENDER: Female
ANIMAL: Red Canary
SEXUALITY: Straight
AGE: 14
GRADE: Freshman
OCCUPATION: N/A
SCHEDULE:

TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF.

I am completely deaf. I have been deaf since I was born, it is hereditary. My mom became deaf when she was an infant, and my father is only partially deaf. I know complete use of Sign Language (ASL), and I am very good at reading lips as long as the person is talking to me and not talking at the speed of light. I'm only human after all. I've been homeschooled pretty much my whole life, and this is my first year in an actual public school.
Likes: Cooking/Baking, Drawing/Doodling, Writing Lyrics to songs I wish I could sing, Dying my hair vibrant orange/red, Reading, Poetry, Painting with spray paint, Listening(well, actually just feeling) music, Flying is also fun, Daydreaming, and Staring at clouds. Oh, and actually having taken speech therapy, so I can actually use my voice, but it sounds very awkward and I'm not always comfortable with talking, so I'll simply just sign if that's possible.
Dislikes: Sometimes being deaf is annoying, when people talk about me right to me face(because they think I don't understand), the stereotype that deaf people are ignorant/freaks, there really isn't a whole lot. I can get frustrated easily when I'm around hearing people and they all talk a mile a minute, amd in five different directions so sometimes I can't keep up. I often feel like I'm holding people back by being deaf, but it's not like it's my fault. Right?

TELL ME MORE, PLEASE? WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?

Positives, hmmm.. I'm generally very optimistic. I have to remind myself, that I very much could be dead by now, but someone/thing is keeping me here, and I don't mind at all. I know that people out there care about me, so it makes the days worth living. I really hope one day I can say that I have changed someone's life in a positive way, that would be a dream come true. I'm pretty quiet, mostly because if I keep to myself then maybe people won't stare at me, or laugh at me if/when I talk. I actually like signing, it really is interesting to see the emotion people can put behind their hands, it's a beautiful way of expression.
I can often have a short temper, or patience. I feel like I'm trapped in myself, and to hearing people it's so unbearably hard to make/help them understand what I want/need to say that it makes me want to explode. I'll just drop the conversation or problem, and pretend it never even happened. I simply just give up on people sometimes. They're always trying to make me talk, or make me like them, or push the idea of a coclear implant. I don't want anyone messing with my brain. It's always about them, never about me. Nobody ever really makes an effort to learn sign language and try to talk to me on my level. It's their way or the highway, screw that.

THAT’S INTERESTING. CAN YOU TELL ME A SECRET? I PROMISE NOT TO TELL.

I keep my hair dyed bright orange/red, so when people give me funny looks because I am deaf and use sign language, I can pretend they must think my head is on fire. The amount of awkward stares I get makes things really uncomfortable, and it helps for me to think they must be staring at something else about me, not just the fact that I'm deaf.

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OOC

YOUR NAME: Otay
YOUR GENDER: Female
OTHER CHARACTERS: Addison Oleander and Alan Outlaw
FACE CLAIM: Hayley Williams (at age 14&15)
RP EXAMPLE:
(is lazy) Look at Addison or Alan's pages? xD
[Also, yes the inspiration for this character is from the TV show Switched at Birth, and you'll probably see a lot of similarities if you've watched the show, so I'm giving credit where it's due right now.

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[Reptilian Rissa]

♛ ACCEPTED !
welcome to sabal palm private high, daphne!
do not forget to stake your claims.