#autistic alien show

[emeraldspiral]

I know I already posted about this before, but Invader Zim really does nail how autism feels from the inside with the way it portrays food.

Like many autistic people, Irkens have a very restrictive diet, consisting mostly of junk food. Human food is always portrayed as disgusting, but especially from Zim's perspective, often making him gag from just the sight or smell. To hammer the point home even further, some of it is even explicitly said to be made out of non-edible substances and a major brand name is literally "Poop".

Zim loves to eat like any Irken, but at lunch time every day he has to choose between trying to choke down something he doesn't want to or just not eating. Like Zim, autistic people are more prone to food allergies, which means their aversion to certain foods may be more than preferential. But even if you aren't allergic, having to eat something you have an aversion to can feel as awful as if it burnt your skin on contact. But Zim is pressured to eat human food despite the discomfort it causes him in order to not draw negative attention, and his painful and humiliating experiences evoke the trauma of being screamed at, shamed, and punished for "being rude", "ungrateful", "picky", or "a brat" for refusing to eat or failing to adequately hide displeasure. Even Zim's delight at being able to stomach what he thinks are human waffles and his hopes of being able to build up a tolerance for human FILTH in order to better pass for normal evoke the autistic experience of discovering a new food and feeling proud for "expanding your palate", after a lifetime of being taught that food sensitivity is a sign of immaturity and a moral failing.

#invader zim #autistic alien show

[crvstybowlofcereal]

from now on im changing my invader zim tag from "defective alien show" to "autistic alien show"

#iz #defective alien show #autistic alien show

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

BBC Merlin being about 'magic' for 7 minutes gay

#not to be all autistic about media analysis again but i think fandom tends to overlook the symbolic/metaphorical aspect of queer subtext #a show can be queer coded because two same sex characters have an intense relationship with homoerotic undertones #or it can be queer coded because it conveys themes of alienation. repressed identity. oppression. internalised shame #Merlin does both. several times over #gay ass wizard show #bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #magic is gay #magic as a metaphor #flashing #flashing lights #< thanks to photosensitive-despair for advising me to change the tags

[gender-luster]

he's collecting autistic coded characters like they're pokemon

#the urge to put wat in this was strong #alan tudyk #k 2so #harry vanderspeigle #sonny i robot #alistair krei #clayface #resident alien #rogue one #i robot #harley quinn show #big hero 6 #tho to be fair everyone in bh6 is autistic

[lesbicosmos]

sometimes i just sit and laugh to myself at the irony of the fact my first ever fictional crush when i was little was luke smith from the sarah jane adventures

because a. he's gay

and b. im a lesbian

#honestly i think i just grew attached to him because hes so me #5 year old me saw an awkward autistic coded character and was just like 'that one #i want that one' #and honestly rewatching now (and im actually older than the characters for most of the show now wtf) #im feeling exactly the same way hes SO me #(hes basically an alien) #sja #doctor who #the sarah jane adventures #sarah jane smith #luke smith #sarahs random thoughts

[jesterkilljoy]

istg all the hesitant alien mvs and related videos are really just gerard being their true autistic self and i love them for it

#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #hesitant alien #no shows #millions #etc #autism #autistic #autism hc #is hc the right term #probably not #but shh #they transed my gender #they diverged my neuro #what will they do next!! #in case you cant tell #i love them #gerard way is my comfort he/they

[ban-joey]

im actually fine when fictional gay people die but u don't want to talk to me when they kill the robot

#deeply genuinely upset #its so good but god dammit why does the robot learning to experience what it is to be alive have to be the one to die #literally every time #1st sci fi show ive seen that explores the concept really well and then just. nvm. kamens choices result only in destruction. ill kill him #anyway. really really like the show. im just autistic #something something viewed as an unfeeling thing for the use of other people yet given the tools to become yourself u thrive. & make friend #and then a big shitty blob alien who ate a dipshit kills you with its brain #GOD THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD IM SO MAD ABT THIS LMFAO #scavenger's reign #I watched the whole thing last night. meant 2 take a quick study break. it was not quick

[laazytoaster]

No matter how things look it feels like I'll never drop my iz hyperfixation anytime soon

#the autistic alien show got me too invested #prob cuz im autistic too anyway #laazytoaster #shitpost

[eyluvu]

Watched pjo for the first time today and yesterday without even reading the books and can I just say, the way the half-blood lifestyle is basically just autism and his little monologue at the end got the little girl in me so excited. YES maybe I am just not from this world! I'm actually a demigod you're so right percy!!

#waiting to be recruited #us autistics waiting for something more exciting than this world and somewhere where we can actually fit in because we feel so alienated #lmao light hearted I'm not delusional #i did appreciate the monologue though it was very sweet #camp half blood is basically an autism retreat #pjo series #pjo #pjo tv show #pjo spoilers #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy pjo #percy series #autism #actually autistic #vienna rants #walker scobell

[emeraldspiral]

Me, an Invader Zim stan, when Jane Eyre uses the word "defective" to describe what are obvious symptoms of Autism/ADHD:

#invader zim #autistic alien show #jane eyre #charlotte bronte

[okcoolthanks]

“You shouldn’t trust your balls. They’re nuts”

I hate this show I hate this show I hate this show

#slash silly tho #resident alien is actually rlly good I didn’t expect to like it #the guy is literally just autistic so I’m not liking how he’s an alien and it’s one of the best autistic rep I’ve seen in an actual show #like how he just says shit reminds me of when I physically can’t like. do what’s normal in a social thing #also it’s cool that the alien thing is like an actual prop mask thing! I thought it was special affects #I saw your reblog Johnny I know you also watched at least a little of this show lmao

[savingthedeadwebcomic]

Do you miss the owl house?

Do you want a show with a similar vibe but for a slightly more mature audience and IN SPAAAACE????

I got you! But it isn’t exactly a show…

I have an ongoing webcomic called saving the dead which is about the alien daughter of an evil ruler of planet Cora 6. A planet which was at war with earth for a while, Their dad eventually destroys earth entirely but eventually lux finds out that all of the humans who now lived there are now ghosts!

Plot ensues

Not to mention there’s also lgbtq and neurodivergent rep all coming from my personal experience as a queer autistic person!

Hope this inspired you to read it! You can read it on this tumblr blog, Instagram and webtoon I’m pretty young and this is my first time doing such a big project like this.. hope you’ll enjoy!

#the owl house #self promotion #i usually really don’t like using my minority statuses and the representation in saving the dead as a way to promote the comic #but hey.. it works! #sci fi #fantasy #post apocalyptic #webcomic #webcomics #webtoon canvas #webcomics of tumblr #webtoon #webtoons #aliens #ghosts #autism #autism representation #autistic #lgbtq #lgbtq representation #queer representation #also I did a murder drones reference so might as well tag it #it’s also a show that you should really read sthd if you liked it #murder drones #shameless self promo

[computercreature]

every mob psycho character is autistic for two reasons. one they display autistic behaviors (mob not understanding social cues) and two they all revolve around the show's main theme of connections to other people and, for lack of a better word, masking (mob suppressing his powers and everything that came from that). you can follow this logic for literally every character btw

#like. just look at ritsu he is so obviously autistic. but if you go deeper then he's been twisting his personality around mob to cause as #little trouble as possible #tome's a classic weirdgirl but she's also deeply lonely and wants to meet aliens bc she thinks no one on earth could possibly relate to her #i could write an entire post about how aliens connect to neurodivergence and i think tome's arc shows it pretty well #not even mentioning how well powers work as a metaphor for autism #mp100 #flavor text

[fincherfogg]

A friend like me

#furry art #furry #anthro #anthropomorphic #alien art #lmao hi i did this like a month ago n forgot to show yall lmao #i was feeling very isolated and realised i dont really connect or fit in with any community where i live #i dont fit in with the queers n i dont fit in with the other autistic ppl and man i love drawing murphy #bc i dont communicate or socialise in the same way others do #also hi this doesnt really have any meaning i just thought id point out the rug is the earth :) #my art #AW FUCK ITS MY OLD WATERMARK BC I POSTED THIS A MONTH LATE #silly silly

[that-wildwolf]

One of the things that continues to make me laugh whenever I'm tagging a Mass Effect fic is that typing Aria into AO3 still gives you Garrus Vakarian first and Aria T'Loak second. Unparalleled. I love it. I hope this never changes.

#wild rambles #mass effect #aria t'loak #poor poor aria t'loak #imagine having a character so popular that he shows up first even when yoh type another character's literal name #go you funky autistic alien raptor man

[c-kiddo]

ùna would love this song soooo much

(and she'd listen to it so much and learn to play it and show it to ava, who likes it too even if she feels overwhelmed about aliens)

#ùna listening: shes just like me fr :''''''''') #ava listening: wow good song. i will learn to play it too but now ill also have alien stress dreams #ùna's a big Big Thief fan . it transcends when songs were released. the story could be set in 2004 and she still loves this song #i have a playlist idea and its lik e.. playlist ùna would make. two ideas are a playlist she'd make for ava OR(and) her yearning playlist #ùna lesbian moment :- ) #kiddo say #ùnaava #Also showing yous because im so autistic about this song rn. listening to it on repeat