Final Round: Chu Sangwoo (Semantic Error) vs Lan Zhan (The Untamed)
[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]
Chu Sangwoo: "He's meticulously organized, hates a specific color (red), gets upset when his routine is interrupted, gets compared to computers and robots constantly, has difficulty conveying his true emotions/feelings, can be blunt, is often called antisocial and misses numerous social cues, has rules he's made for himself and faces difficulty when he realizes those rules don't always hold up, comfort item/clothing (wearing his hat, closet full of flannels), prefers to be warned before certain things occur (physical touch, changes in plans), has to practice the delivery of certain thoughts so he doesn't come off as insincere or be misinterpreted, has numerous systems for how to accomplish tasks, cannot work in an environment that is uncomfortable or has distractions (cleaning the studio, telling Choi Yoona to use headphones), special interest (programming, comparing life to processing data and eliminating problems so that things run smoothly), difficulty forming friendships and other relationships, dismisses things that don't follow his line of logic/rules, among all of these traits and more he pulls a bad bitch like Jang Jaeyoung by being exactly himself and any changes he makes are not forced upon him but rather natural and organic occurrences throughout the narrative despite his personal confusion toward said changes."
Lan Zhan: "This man memorized all of the like 3,000 Lan rules, likes order and clear direction, doesn’t know how to talk to peers, struggles with expressing emotions"
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LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 1, Poll 15
A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.
Check out the other polls in this wave here.
Chu Sangwoo-Semantic Error
Qualifications:
hey this is just a little more info on Chu Sangwoo (obvs you don't have to include him if you don't want to but I'd figure I'd send some more stuff in) (I also don't think I submitted him? but I know who he is) So there's a manhwa (Korean webcomic) and a tv series (I'm personally more familiar with the tv series). Basically, he's very strongly coded as autistic, though it's never explicitly stated (though in the manhwa I believe they mention that he has some unspecified disorder).So here's a list of some of the things he does in the series that are why people say he's autistic-coded:
meticulously organized and adheres to a strict schedule he set for himself
struggles when things happen that he didn't predict beforehand/throws a wrench into his plans
is very blunt, gets labeled as antisocial/being like a machine, and struggles with understanding other's social cues
practices saying things so that he won't come off as insincere
creates his own systems to accomplish tasks and struggles to work in unfamiliar environments/environments with lots of distractions
views life very logically and doesn't like it when things happen that break his rules of logic
wishes he could format his brain so he wouldn't have to deal with confusing and unnecessary feelings
There's others but that's a few of the main ones. Anyways here's a little clip from the series that hopefully helps add more context? https://youtu.be/Mai2WvTpIv8 And anyways if you still decide to not include him, that's fine, but I'd figure that I'd send y'all some more info just in case! Excited for th bracket regardless!!!
Sangwoo is canonically gay, the series is a gay romance & he falls for Jaeyoung, who's the complete opposite of him personality wise. Hence the title- semantic 'error' since attraction wasn't expected. It's a really good series and Chu Sangwoo is realistic and well-written (speaking as a fellow queer autistic).
Vespa Ilkay-The Penumbra Podcast
Qualifications:
She [has] hallucinations (as well as some after-effects of radiation sickness, i think, but I'm not sure. It's been a while since I listened to tpp) and she is married to her wife (so sapphic) as well as often considered trans in fanon (not sure if it's canon)
Propaganda:
Wonderful (very angry) knife lesbian, who is also a doctor
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