#autism wizards don't even know they're flirting

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two girlies and their pathetic wizards

i don't do comics often at all but i had this idea and well here we are !!

#art #my art #fanart #dnd #dnd character #dnd character art #dnd art #cr m9 #critical role essek #critical role the mighty nein #critical role mighty nein #critical role jester #critical role art #crit role campaign 2 #critical role fanart #critical role #critical role caleb #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #beauregard lionett #jester lavorre #shadowgast #i love these freaks #autism wizards don't even know they're flirting #sharing theories about their gay little magic #essek has finally shown up in my rewatch #i missed him so much my boy

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Things Even Doctors Won't Tell You Often Occur with Autism:

Compiling a list of things I (an autistic adult) have had to discover are symptoms or co-occurring conditions based on comparing notes with other autistic people and doing my own research, because it's really frustrating that even your doctor might not know these things when they're common enough to be a problem.

Uterus problems

Sleep problems

Migraines

Light Sensitivity

Immune System Problems

Stomach Problems

Allergies

Asthma

PTSD (caused by the usual causes as well as by the trauma of growing up autistic in this society)

Anxiety/Depression (Self harm behaviors often occur because of this)

Hyper empathy

Seizures

Dyscalculia (a learning difficulty that makes learning math difficult)

Maladaptive daydreaming (I believe this is a response to the PTSD)

Visual or audio processing problems that have nothing to do with actual deficiencies in the eyes or ears

Place blindness - getting lost easily

Most people already know about the social issues that go with autism, but most think of it as just an awkwardness or a tendency to avoid eye contact or obsessively talking about issues. People don't seem to realize that autistic social difficulties can also present as:

Making too much eye contact to overcompensate

Laughing as a response to anxiety or discomfort to alleviate tension

Making inappropriately timed jokes to alleviate tension

Making jokes that you've heard other people make before because you saw them go well for the original speaker only to have them go poorly because you didn't understand them to begin with

Copying the social skills of people and fiction characters you admire

Having #5 backfire when you didn't realize the behavior you were copying, which you thought was charming or funny, was flirting

Not being able to understand when others are flirting with you

Understanding the world through fictional plotlines

Having morbid interests that other people find upsetting (I was hyperfocused on the history of the Wizard of Oz movie/Judy Garland's terrible life as a child as well as witch trials and vampire panics)

Being too intense when you really like someone, even platonically, because you immediately jump to the "best friend" stage when everyone else is still in the "acquaintance" stage

Thinking you're being helpful by sharing experiences as empathy but other people think you're making situations all about you

Not understanding how the flow of conversation works so sometimes getting lost in big groups

Oversharing

Not noticing when people are giving you hints to back off until it's too late which then results in a dramatic friend breakup

add your own

#actually autistic