diff --git a/code/modules/emotes/emote_mob.dm b/code/modules/emotes/emote_mob.dm
index 1fc894d530..8c63ecbfc9 100644
--- a/code/modules/emotes/emote_mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/emotes/emote_mob.dm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 	var/decl/emote/use_emote = get_emote_by_key(act)
 	if(!istype(use_emote))
-		to_chat(src, span_warning("Unknown emote '[act]'. Type <b>say *help</b> for a list of usable emotes."))
+		to_chat(src, span_warning("Unknown emote '[act]'. Type " + span_bold("say *help") + " for a list of usable emotes. ([act] [message])")) // Add full message in the event you used * instead of ! or something like that
 		return
 
 	if(!use_emote.mob_can_use(src))
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
 		var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 
 		if(!T) return
+
 		if(client)
 			playsound(T, pick(emote_sound), 25, TRUE, falloff = 1 , is_global = TRUE, frequency = ourfreq, ignore_walls = FALSE, preference = /datum/preference/toggle/emote_sounds)
 
@@ -224,7 +225,11 @@
 						message = span_emote(span_bold("[src]") + " ([ghost_follow_link(src, M)]) [input]")
 					if(usr && usr.client && M && !(get_z(usr) == get_z(M)))
 						message = span_multizsay("[message]")
-					M.show_message(message, m_type)
+					// If you are in the same tile, right next to, or being held by a person doing an emote, you should be able to see it while blind
+					if(m_type != AUDIBLE_MESSAGE && (src.Adjacent(M) || (istype(src.loc, /obj/item/holder) && src.loc.loc == M)))
+						M.show_message(message)
+					else
+						M.show_message(message, m_type)
 					M.create_chat_message(src, "[runemessage]", FALSE, list("emote"), (m_type == AUDIBLE_MESSAGE))
 
 		for(var/obj/O as anything in o_viewers)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
index 94d1e093fc..e3989e326a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ var/list/channel_to_radio_key = new
 			if(M && src) //If we still exist, when the spawn processes
 				//VOREStation Add - Ghosts don't hear whispers
 				if(whispering && isobserver(M) && (!M.client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/ghost_see_whisubtle) || \
-				(!client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/whisubtle_vis)  && !M.client?.holder)))
+				(!(client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/whisubtle_vis) || (isbelly(M.loc) && src == M.loc:owner))  && !M.client?.holder)))
 					M.show_message(span_game(span_say(span_name(src.name) + " [w_not_heard].")), 2)
 					return
 				//VOREStation Add End
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ var/list/channel_to_radio_key = new
 /mob/living/proc/say_signlang(var/message, var/verb="gestures", var/verb_understood="gestures", var/datum/language/language, var/type = 1)
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 	//We're in something, gesture to people inside the same thing
-	if(loc != T)
+	if(loc != T && !istype(loc, /obj/item/holder)) // Partially fixes sign language while being held.
 		for(var/mob/M in loc)
 			M.hear_signlang(message, verb, verb_understood, language, src, type)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
index 72c0912a4e..4ed929872f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 				continue
 			if(src.client && M && !(get_z(src) == get_z(M)))
 				message = span_multizsay("[message]")
-			if(isobserver(M) && (!M.client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/ghost_see_whisubtle) || \
+			if(isobserver(M) && (!(M.client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/ghost_see_whisubtle) || (isbelly(M.loc) && src == M.loc:owner)) || \
 			!client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/whisubtle_vis) && !M.client?.holder))
 				spawn(0)
 					M.show_message(undisplayed_message, 2)