Think of DareDevil. He's blind.

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I find it difficult to envision blind characters.

Heightened senses other than sight. Touch, taste, smell, sound. Direction of sound can tell height. Speech patterns can tell other things like race and gender. Smell and sound might reveal to the blind person that the woman has a second mouth. Say they are walking behind each other, the blind person smells the woman’s breath but her speech is not directed towards him. Either there is another person walking backwards in-front, or the woman has another mouth. I’m not blind and I don’t know any other blind persons, except daredevil (I don’t know much about him though), so these might not be like what they experience.

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Umm... in braille?

Human echolocation is a thing. It sounds far fetched, but it's been documented - check out the video. If writing a blind character is too hard, perhaps you could do that. Maybe that wouldn't work, though, since he/she might see the mouth with echolocation... but it might be a little harder to notice, at least. It would be easier to hide, anyway.

[quote]Probably without eye sight. [/quote] ^-blam!-

By killing him off in the first chapter.

Well, you have to consider if they have been blind their whole life, or were made blind by some accident, disease, etc. later on in life. If the latter, then they can reflect on certain thing's physical state, insofar as they have percieved it before, and the core of their understanding was developed through sight before they went blind. If the former, then descriptions they give, or things they say would require the precise details you give to sight, but for the other senses. If you wish for them to describe something, you must realize they have never seen it. So the only point of reference is the other senses. But this applies for everything. Their interpretations, interactions, strengths, weaknesses. It also depends greatly on how blind they are. Most people classified as blind are not totally so. Though fiction would have you believing otherwise.

You should also add something with dialogue like: “Look over here! Oh, sorry.” Adds a bit of comedic value, and actually grounds it in my opinion.

I would of thought a character with a mouth in the back of their head was more difficult to write than a blind person.

I searched the futakuchi-onna lady, and...ya leaving them blind is the best option, that would be very hard to hide if the secondary mc could see (though I think they'd notice by the sounds the second mouth is making, so there could be a different option to work around that). I appreciate you writing a blind character to be honest, since there's barley any stories about people who are blind, or deaf, or any other disability (and it's really annoying when said stories focus on racism or sexism instead. Not that I have a problem with it, it would just be nice to break away from the norm for once). I never met anyone who is blind though, so I'm making an educated guess. I guess they'd rely on their other senses, and would learn how to heighten them or sense their surrounding in some way (which is commonly a walking stick, or someone or something that can help guide them to their designated area).

So, is there any particular reason she has to hide her second mouth from her partner? I wouldn't think it was THAT far-fetched for a friend to be willing to overlook something weird. If you worked on them becoming friends before they became adventuring partners, it could lend credibility to the partner's acceptance of a... strange traveling buddy. Just keep in mind that it's YOU who is writing the story; what you write is what happens, even if it isn't believable. Obviously, you should write it how you want it to go, but if you don't want to write a blind character, you don't have to. Just sell it, whatever you go with.

You can try making them somewhat psychic, if that fits in your universe. Like the Force from Star Wars.

Simple. Make them used to being blind, and have them use their other senses to *CRACK* [b]FEELSES DHERE WAY AROUND![/b]

I would assume they just have a heightened sense of spacial awareness and develop certain habits/routines to help them navigate. They'd likely keep things in relative order and develop habits so the 3D space they typically occupy would remain familiar. Basically, stand at the door to your room, close your eyes and try to stand just in front of your bed. How close did you make it? I'd guess a blind person could nail their location every time just because they're so used to keeping track of their surroundings. Better yet, close your eyes and move your hands within an inch of each other without touching. Can you do it? If we're walking through the dark we might think "OK, the table should be about 6 steps to the left". A blind person would likely be so used to it, it'd just be subconscious processing. That's all speculation though. I do know sound is a big thing. Not quite echolocation but studies have shown blind people can estimate the size of a room by talking and hearing how their voice reverberates. Same with some large objects like a dresser or desk (though they likely couldn't make out the exact edges), particulary hard ones. Different materials, of course, could affect this however. Getting around outside, however, where the world is more variable, they often need assistance such as with a seeing eye dog. [b] [/b] What I don't get is why a blind person would be any less aware than a seeing person. If she's hiding the mouth, a seeing person wouldn't notice it anyway. If the issue is speaking, I'm sure the blind person would be pretty sensitive to the sound being muffled and directed away rather than unhindered and projected towards you. If the issue is while she's eating, you have the same problem as a blind person could likely tell something was off based on the sounds of eating from the back of your head would be such that it sound like you were turning away for each bite (sound projected away rather than towards you) yet none of the other sounds of turning away such as the squeak of your chair or rustling of your clothes was present but, when you spoke, the sound would be coming from the frontal mouth. Also, pretty sure the dog would figure it out before anyone (assuming there was one). All in all, I don't think you "need" a blind character. That said, it could open up new plot avenues, such as having a more immediate sense that something was off but taking considerably longer to really put it all together (because you lack the instant reveal of blatantly seeing it).

Why is them not caring about the second mouth far fetched?

Bump to help you find answers, I think the story would be pretty cool

Just write how you normally would, full discription and everything, just leave out any visual details. After all, it’s simply natural to the blind person.

About a show airing that has a blind character as a main .. character.[spoiler]It's funny because there is anime airing right called Dororo where the main character is blind, as he wonders around Sengoku-era Japan fighting Daemons to obtain his body back. When he was born, his father made a deal with Daemons to bring prosperity and rank to himself and the land. The sacrifice being his son, they each wanted a part of his body but a Buddha statues sacrifice saved his life but: - He was blind - You -- His body was .. A mess He was discarded and thrown away but as luck would have it he would be found by and someone and be raised. Saving his life wasn't the only thing the Buddha did. Though he was blind, he could also see humans as gray clouds but also sense daemonic ways (red) and beings of Buddha (green). The story is a relatively sad and grim tale but it isn't without heart. Dororo is not the blind persons name but the kid who's parents have passed and is all alone in the world, until one fate full day they meet and Dororo decides to follow the blind person in his en-devours.[/spoiler] If it's a blind character I've mostly seen them written to have something that they can gain from being blind Like: - Toph being a near master at earth bending - Or the example in the spoiler being, being able to tell the difference between demonic or not. - In kill la kill someone liked to fight and his abilities ranged from being able to see a whole ton. When he was defeated by a crucial weakness, after he forced the sewing club room to make him blind. Because of that hes abilities in being able to see everything was enhanced even further, as ridiculous that is. But does that mean because someone is blind, they should get something to compensate for it? A question that rings in my mind. I think what's most important is having the resolve to make your decision no what chaotic thing comes your way. So if a blind character wished or wanted to follow someone based on their own free will, then it should happen because that is their desire ! >_> <_< Long time since I typed so much. Haha.

Traditionally, futakuchi-onna have long black hair covering the second mouth. They’d kinda have to seeing as the main way to defeat them is stuffing their hair in their mouth.

First question a writer asks himself, [i]why[/i] is this character like this? [i]what[/i] is the purpose? Varvatos doesn’t quite understand why you would want to do that with a character, and to be frank, it’s really really bizarre and weird

It’s actually pretty easy. You just have to write him/her without the ability to see. Boom! You’ve just written a blind character.

I don't know anyone who is blind, so ultimately you need to find someone who is blind, and speak to them about this, writing notes in a notebook while you question them. Until then, writing a story from a character's perspective is all about senses. Obviously this is usually sight in a story setting, but with a blind character you'll be writing from the [i]other[/i] senses. Also, the internet is your friend. Go on Google and YouTube and find articles and videos on blindness, discrimination that blind people face, how they cope with blindness etc. But really, you need to speak to actual blind people. It's important that you tackle this subject sensitively and accurately.