The hard truth about autism acceptance that a lot of people don't want to hear is that autism acceptance also inherently requires acceptance of people who are just weird.
And yes, I mean Those TM people. Middle schoolers who growl and bark and naruto run in the halls. Thirtysomethings who live with their parents. Furries. Fourteen-year-olds who identify as stargender and use neopronouns. Picky eaters. Adults in fandoms. People who talk weird. People who dress weird.
Because autistic people shouldn't have to disclose a medical diagnosis to you to avoid being mocked and ostracized for stuff that, at absolute worst, is annoying. Ruthlessly deriding people for this stuff then tacking on a "oh, but it's okay if they're autistic" does absolutely nothing to help autistic people! Especially when undiagnosed autistic people exist.
Like it or not, if you want to be an ally to autistic people, you're going to have to take the L and leave eccentric, weird people alone. Even if you don't know them to be autistic. You shouldn't be looking for Acceptable Reasons to be mean to people in the first place. Being respectful should be the default.
illegal ownership of weapons, many accounts of grand larceny, large-scale property destruction, innumerable murders (mostly of police), torture, fraud, arson, disturbing the peace, possession of explosives, possession of WMDs (Meltdown), theft of government property (Train Heist/Biker Heist/Bomb Heists), hostage taking en masse, grand theft auto (Car Shop), intent to produce/distribute illegal substances (meth and cocaine), producing/distribution of illegal substances, impeding rescue efforts (Aftershock), animal cruelty (Goat Simulator), inciting a prison escape (Hoxton Breakout, Green Bridge), smuggling firearms, and many more.
not only am i getting a death sentence, the government will literally invent a way to revive me so i can get another death sentence.
For the character asks, 3 and 8 with Joker and/or Yusuke?
my boy how am i supposed to trash on my boyyyyyyy
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Yusuke 3- the starving artist gag. I've seen fandom take this and turn it into something actually good before where yusuke struggles with food insecurity and lack of knowledge on how to budget because of madarame's abuse. However, in the game its just a running joke that "haha artists are always starving and poor" and I HATE IT. As an artist it feels like more of the rhetoric I see daily that convinces people that there is no value in pursuing art, and that the people who do are fools for going down a "path to poverty." Also the game's weird bit about nude modeling is annoying too. I work with nude models in class and there is never anything sexy about it. I just hhhhhhh
Yusuke 8: When fandom treats him only as the comedic background character who has no personality outside of lobster and broke. Or just shoves him into a random side ship to be background in their beloved shuake. mans deserves real love! dedicated yusuke ship content i love you!
Joker Time
Joker 3- every cutscene where they have him be weird to the girls with ryuji my beloathed. I don't have a lot of issues with him. my only major complaint is that more couldve been done with his reputation as a criminal within the narrative.
Joker 8- everybody's interpretation of his personality is different, so its a little ehhhh? on nitpicks i have of him within fandom. Most of my nitpicks pretain to like specifically shuake interpretations of joker and how he is in that dynamic. But I think if i bash on the shuake door too much, people are gonna get upset with me. Angsty Harem Joker is the worst fandom interpretation of him imo anyways.
you cant ever let yourself forget what it felt like to be 15. how adults treated you. being treated without a shred of respect because people think youre too young to have thoughts and feelings of your own. the lack of autonomy. you cant ever forget that because if you do you might become the kind of adult who treats kids like theyre not people