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steakout-05 · 1 month
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i forgor it was autism day yesterday so i'd like to wish a very happy autism month and late autism day to data from star trek specifically :)
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marble-running · 4 months
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AND another thing.
Since Syren established that Kim cares about people's feelings now, even if he's still not the best with social cues and thinking before he speaks/acts ("I think she was trying to tell me that I'm the boy she likes. But I was a doofus and didn't realise."), so wouldn't it make more sense for him to be akumatisd because he's feeling guilty about what he did?
He can see Marinette's upset, and he can piece together from her reaction and the added context he has that the reason she's reacting like this is because of the trick he pulled on her (as shown in the episode). Since he's friendly with Marinette now (shown in Dark Cupid, somewhat ironically), he feels guilty that he's hurt his friend like this.
Then there are a few potential routes:
A) He goes to Marinette to apologise, but she tells him to piss off (maybe because she's in the throes of a panic attack, maybe because she's justifiably angry at him), which makes him feel worse and opens him up to akumatisation. The akuma here would probably be different, since what he wants here is for Marinette to feel better and forgive him. Moral: you can't make someone forgive you, and you can't just make the pain you caused someone disappear.
B) He shifts the blame onto Chloe, since it was her idea, and he wasn't trying to hurt Marinette, he thought she'd find it funny (personally I'd have it as him just trying to make himself feel better, but you can have him genuinely believe it if you want). Again, the akuma would be different, since here he doesn't want to be blamed for the trick/how it affected Marinette. Moral: it being someone else's idea doesn't absolve you of responsibility. [Disclaimer: not sure this is very in character for Kim, as I don't recall him acting this way at any point in the show.]
C, if you want to stick with Dark Humour) He's in denial about how he hurt Marinette. He says it was supposed to be funny, she's overreacting and needs to learn to take a joke, but without any real conviction. When Monarch akumatises him, he says that he agrees with Kim, people need to learn to take a joke (because emotional manipulation is his whole schtick). Kim is relieved to have someone tell him he hasn't done anything wrong (no-one wants to be responsible for hurting their friend like that), and becomes Dark Humour. (The key difference is Monarch manipulating him into thinking he's in the right, not him thinking that way from the beginning.) Here Kim's underlying guilt plays into his defeat, causing him to resist Monarch somewhat, enough for the heroes to get the upper hand. Moral: you can't just run away from your actions. The best thing you can do is own up, fix the damage if you can, and try to be better.
Bonus: it actually shows Kim as a bully character who changed his ways and feels remorse for how he used to be, contrasting him with what Astruc has decided to with Chloe. (As opposed to them throwing in one line about him promising to change at the end.)
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What makes Peridot from Steven Universe the autistic girlie ever of all time? Here's what the people have to say:
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Peridot-related asks/reblogs: x This post will be updated after each round!
Image ID in alt text and under the readmore.
[Image ID. White slide with a screenshot of Peridot in the bottom right corner, she is smiling and wearing her red bowtie. She is surrounded by text boxes which read,
"She doesn't get social cues. Like, at all. She takes things too literally and she's very blunt herself. When she tries to joke, she can come off as rude or insulting, cause again, doesn't get social cues. She's a little nerd who loves disassembling and making stuff. Also she's my blorbo and I have autism so therefore so does she, hope this helps <3"
"literally everything abt her. she stims she has sensory overloads she has a special interest in tech she doesn’t understand social cues"
"I'm going to start this off by saying that the creator of the show pretty much confirmed all of the gems are neurodivergent, since they're aliens and don't think and act like humans. Peridot is who I'm nominating since I believe she's one of the most relatable gems to a lot of autistic people (including myself) Okay, so she's pretty bad with communicating with others, especially early on in the series. When trying to apologize to Amethyst, she records herself with her voice recorder (which is also shown to be a big comfort to her) and plays that recording for Amethyst instead of speaking directly to her She is extremely literal, not understanding human phrases and jokes (ex: Steven: Oh peridot, you're killing me! Peridot: I am not! That would violate our truce agreement!) She says things and doesn't understand why those things were upsetting for other characters, such as when she was pointing out how Amethyst is smaller than she's supposed to be. She found this funny and thought Amethyst would too, but Amethyst was upset since she's insecure about being "wrong", and Peridot didn't realize what she said was upsetting to Amethyst She makes up words and phrases for things so they make sense to her (ex: calling fingers "touch-stumps") She repeats the word "clod" a lot, possibly as a stim She gets a tablet later on in the series and is very excited since it reminds her of her old tech. She attaches it to her arm with a velcro strap, and spends a lot of the episode on the tablet. I believe technology is one of her special interests, and the tablet is a comfort item. In that episode Amethyst takes the tablet and tries to throw it in the ocean, causing Peridot to get very upset, yell "It's all that I am!", and activate her new metal powers (she's able to levitate metal, allowing her to save her tablet) She may also have a special interest in a show called "Camp Pining Hearts", as she's shown spending a large amount of time watching it by herself and with Lapis Lazuli. In Steven Universe Future, there's a remake of the show and she is very excited to watch it with Steven, but she doesn't like it. They spend the episode trying to change it to be better with Steven's dream powers, until Peridot realizes it's stressing out Steven and making him afraid of her leaving if he can't make it right I'm positive I'm missing things, but I think this is long enough already lol"
"Trouble socializing, doesn't understand why jokes are funny outside literal terms, stims vocally and physically, gets really obsessed with Camp Pining Hearts. Has trouble understanding emotions. Relied on accommodations to function and has comfort objects like tablets and an alien plushy."
"*tells joke* *person doesn’t laugh* “that was the incorrect response” "
"She's very literal, all the time, even for a gem (and not all gems are literal anyways). Uses her pre recorded voice as a way to get her more complicated thoughts out, so it's like an ACD. She mimics behaviours. She has echolalia with one word especially. Very strange humour. She's upset by other gems' unpredictability, and doesn't understand hoe what she says can hurt the other crystal gems. She has meltdowns that others call temper tantrums. She makes up a word system that makes sense to her, in order to help with her communication issues."
"Vocal stimming, talks very literally, can’t tell when others are upset, people pleaser, emotional regulation problems"
"She just is" End ID.]
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bisamwilson · 1 year
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If you feel up to explaining, could I please ask why you ship Tech and Phee?
The flirting and interactions between them seemed so out-of-character for Tech, and like Disney is trying to force a romance just because there always needs to be a romance in a Disney show/film. It also feels as if Disney chose Tech to be the one to have a potential romance because :
1.) The 'awkwardness' of flirting is amusing or considered 'cute' to viewers as if it's 'funny/cute' to watch someone who doesn't understand social cues or needs time to adjust to interactions be thrown for a loop or react in a different way than what is socially expected thus Disney can have more chances to add this 'lightheartedness/humour' when it's really not,
2.) They are trying to follow the same line that they do in most of their films with the one person the team who is considered the 'nerd/geek' to 'get the girl' instead of actually giving any character(s) who would be a better match for the 'girl' thus continuing their line of overused tropes that more so appeal to the masses of heterosexual neurotypical viewers.
I don't mean this as hate or anything, I'm just trying to figure out how those who ship it, see it. I seek to understand, not judge or cause discourse. And have added my opinion one the matter to simply give my viewpoint. I'm not attempting to change or alter your views, just to hear another's perspective on it, if you're willing to give it.
Thank you for reading this and I'm sorry if it bothers you. If it does, feel free to ignore this entirely.
this does actually really bother me, and i wasn’t gonna answer, but i went to sleep annoyed about it last night and woke up annoyed about it still
mostly this bothers me bc it was entirely unsolicited. like if this had been phrased maybe as a “what’s the thing that you like most about tech and phee together?” or “what made you start to ship tech and phee” i’d probably be less annoyed, but, even though you claim to not be trying to change anyone’s mind here and to only understand, this ask is basically you coming to my inbox and saying “this makes no sense. here’s why it doesn't make sense (and why i actually think it’s at least lightly problematic in my point #1, but i’m gonna continue writing as if that doesn't count as causing discourse) and now i want you to defend your position of shipping two entirely fictional characters who have a legitimately canon romance subplot going”
do you see why that would bother me?
like if you don’t like tech and phee together, and don’t like that i like tech and phee together, that’s fine. block the tag (i think i’ve settled on using techphee as their tag for now) or just unfollow me, but like. don’t come into what is basically my house and very passive aggressively ask that i explain and defend the decor i’ve chosen to decorate it with
i don’t really agree with your points either. i don’t necessarily think there’s anything wrong with adding romance to shows, because people generally like seeing it and it’s a thing a lot of people experience. i thought it was kind of nice here, actually, because i wasn’t expecting it. as far as i remember, the only clone we’ve really seen with a partner is Cut, who was pretty explicitly shown to have a lot of different values than the other clones due to the fact that he deserted from the GAR, and his arc was a lot about the morality of the clones not being given a choice as to who they are, if they can love, if they can do something and live a life outside of the war they were bred for. the war is over now, it makes sense that the clones might start to find partners or people to maybe want to half settle down with, and it’s a good way to reestablish that the clones that have defected from the empire—while in danger bc of their status as traitors—have a greater sense of their own agency and different priorities than they did before the clone wars ended. they have the freedom to maybe try and live a life now, and for a lot of people, there’s a good chance that might constitute having a partner. romance for a clone is a rather revolutionary idea in universe. it’s not something they would have been allowed before
as for tech specifically, i don’t necessarily think it’s out of character for him to start develop some amount of feelings for someone who has been interested in him from the start, who has a decently wide wealth of knowledge given all the artifacts she knows so much about (and what cultures they come from!), and who has a great backstory of being a caring pirate who goes on these adventures at least in part to give items of little monetary value back to the people they have great sentimental value for after they’ve had to become refugees. she also obviously cares about the bad batch, given she brought them all to her hidden slice of paradise despite the fact she knows they’re all very much wanted people who could very easily bring real trouble given the empire is after them, and she obviously likes listening to tech talk and likes his personality when even his brothers have made fun of the way he tends to ramble (like in the bad batch/ rescuing echo arc of the clone wars). and tech doesn’t seem to mind the attention, given the small smiles he sends her way literally the entire pabu episode, even waiting back a bit to talk to her when she went to drop the artifact off when the rest of the batch had moved forward. at the very least, he seems intrigued by her (as he should be!!!! she’s cool and interesting as hell!!!!)
their interactions are rather soft and sweet, i think. phee’s flirting, sure, and she’s been pretty obvious about it from the get go, but she’s not bulldozing past any boundaries here. their interactions in this episode, especially, made it seem like they’re just in some beginning stages, but they genuinely seem to be pretty comfortable in each other’s company, given the two of them stuck together while making rounds, or their interactions at shep’s dinner table. it’s soft, it’s sweet, it’s slow, but tech’s small smiles whenever she flirts with him are showing that he does understand these particular social cues when she flirts with him, and he’s reciprocating to a degree. perhaps their first interactions aside, i don’t think tech really was ever unaware that she was flirting, it was more just surprise she was flirting with him
which brings me to your #2 point. if there was gonna be a romance subplot (which, again, i wasn’t expecting, just due to the nature of the stories of the clones), i 100% didn’t think it was going to be with tech. there are a decent amount of tech girlies, sure, and some fans find him attractive, but i absolutely would have expected that subplot to go to hunter for lots of reasons, including that he’s the most conventionally attractive and classically handsome of the bad batch with the long hair and the tall dark and handsome thing going, he’s generally the leader of the batch and the leader is usually the one that gets the girl, and he’s the most generally accepted “dad” figure to omega (while the others are more much older brother/uncle types) which means a romance subplot would have also given omega another parental figure which is a very common trope (single dad meets perfect step mom kind of thing). i’ve seen others express this same opinion since the episode aired (surprise at tech getting to have the romance rather than hunter). i also don’t know who you think of the batch is the “better match” for phee, bc i don’t think any of them would match better than tech. both of them are very passionate people with an obvious thirst for knowledge. wrecker’s great, but i don’t see a match there at all, and i don’t think hunter’s personality lends itself to a romance with phee specifically, because they don't really seem to have any common interests there and phee doesn't seem interested in being a parental figure to omega but more of a cool aunt type, even if i think his personality would lend itself to a romance if that was something he personally wanted.
tldr: i like the romance subplot here specifically bc it is more than just a typical thrown in thing like it would be for every other show because this show is about clones in a post clone war galaxy, i think tech and phee are actually fairly well matched, and i don’t really appreciate someone coming into my ask box to tell me that the (canon!!!) ship i found cute is bad and out of character, actually, under the guise of wanting to understand my viewpoint
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yiptsu · 7 months
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Rambling about Berror because he's a little guy and we need to give him more love 💥
RAAAAH WE DO NEED TO GIVE HIM MORE LOVE ‼️‼️
Unfortunately there's not much within the canon to ramble about.. mainly because we never really got anything about him BUT I have done some research (I read like 4 fics about him) and have come to the conclusion that he is the silly he is the little guy he is possibly the angstiest possible being ever and he is UNDERRATED.
SO we know that a lot of the Errors/glitches' (whatever you wanna call 'em) personality is based on their final thoughts before they corrupt which wow okay already a ton of potential just in general like not even limited to Blueberror that could be such a fun little thing to mess around with ??? Anyway I think that specifically for Blueberror it could be especially fucking great because that essentially means that any form of Blueberror is canon. It doesn't matter how you portray him because in one way or another it can be considered canon and nobody can argue against it.
Oh, Blue was upset and/or angry at Error before he corrupted? Make him mad at Error and anyone else like him, extend it to anyone who threatens the Multiverse and BAM you've got protector Blueberror. Or you could take it the other way and make it so Blueberror is upset at EVERYONE because nobody came to save him leading to him being a loner with tendencies of speaking to random people but then switching up and getting angry at whoever he's speaking to.
Oh his last thoughts were about his friends and the people he's lost?? Make it so he's obsessed with making friends and fitting in. Make it so all he wants is to have a friend group who'd accept him. Make it so that he struggles to completely understand social cues and people around him find him weird and unsettling because of it. Make it so he struggles to fit in and gets upset at himself over it, trying his hardest to change himself but giving up every time because he always gets sidetracked whenever he tries.
Building on that friend group part, make it so that Blueberror just ends up joining Nightmare's Gang because of his intense focus on friendship, willing to let others die for him to have what he wants. Let him befriend the members of Nightmare's Gang and let him be warped by their humour and their actions whilst remaining optimistic and unstable.
Another path is for him to not want to be friends with people who already have friends, feeling overwhelming jealousy every time he sees one of his friends talking to someone else. Have him be insane about Error specifically because yes, he's a loner, but Error was also the cause of everything that happened to him. Have him be constantly struggling with his thoughts about Error and not knowing what to think about him or if he even wants to be friends with him.
Have him hang around with Dream because Dream's aura makes his emotions stable, but have Dream be unsure if he's okay with Blueberror acting like he does because he wants him to be able to figure out his own emotions and how to deal with them without wanting to see his friend suffer. Have Dream struggle to learn how to use technology or read or write and have Blueberror be ecstatic over being helpful with it, feeling happy that he's finally found a friend despite him acting more as a tutor than anything else.
Have him be completely unaware of the fact that people don't want to be his friend. He's too engrossed in his mission of befriending people to realise that some people don't want to be friends, and when he does realise this he gets upset and loses his temper because, well, what's wrong with him?? Why don't they want to be friends with him?? What did he do wrong??
Dial that shit up to eleven and have him be pissed over the fact that certain people don't want to be friends with each other, have him be completely incapable of understanding it. Have him not understand why people can't get over things that happened in the past whilst also having him be a hypocrite who'll hold grudges for the rest of his life if he wants to.
Have him be so unstable that he's capable of attacking other people when he gets upset, similarly to Error, which leads to people having an actual reason to be scared of him and trying to keep away from him but that just sends him further into a frenzy.
Just have him trying his hardest to be a good guy but struggling so much with understanding what's going on that it makes him into a bad guy accidentally. That's all I want from this fandom.
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mysteriouslee · 10 months
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Lee!Casey SR. hours
lee!Cassandra ler!Raph
Casey had been lounging around the lair for a while, she tried her best to connect with everyone but seemed to overwhelm people and she herself got overwhelmed with these new emotions, sights and just things she didn't generally understand like hugs from Mikey or humour from Leo or just social cues in general.She eventually went be alone, there was no one near the train tracks so she just sat behind one of the train cars, hugging her knees to her chest. After a while she heard heavy footsteps nearing her, she looked up and saw Raphael peering over her.
"Hey Casey, what are you doing back here" asked Raph which prompted Casey to panic.
"Uhh, Im just..CHECKING FOR BUGS!"she exclaimed but Raph bought none of it.
"Casey-" he said in a worried tone but was then cut off by Casey.
"NOTHING MAKES SENSE"yelled Cassandra.
Raph was a little taken a back and then raised his finger as he was about to speak.
"I DON'T GET ALL OF THIS TOGETGERNESS OR YOU ALL' KINDNESS OR ANY OF THE STUPID LITTLE THINGS THE BLUE ONE SAYS, I'M TRYING TO FIT IN HERE BUT I JUST FEEL SO OVERWHELMED BY THESE TRIVIAL NEW THINGS" yelled Cassandra.Cassandra then sighed and put her head in her knees.
Raphael scratched his head "Raph doesn't fully understans how to deal with that, I mean, you shouldn't feel ashamed of not fitting in"said Raph.
"I guess, but I still wish I could take it all in better somehow, I'm still getting used to the fact that you all think I'm even good enough to be here, especially April, She really has faith in me" said Casey.Raph nodded and put a hand on her shoulder. A light bulb popped in his head.
"LIGHT BULB" yelled Raph.
"Huh-" muttered Cassandra before she pulled into Raph's lap.
"HEY!WHAT THE HEEHEHEHELL"shrieked Casey.
"You seemed stressed, Raph knows how to deal with stress."Raph said digging his fingers in Cassandra'a sides.
"*SNORT* STAHAHAHAHAP" shrieked Cassandra
Cassandra had only been tickled once before, she attacked by April and Sunita on a "Girls Night"TM. There she learned what it was, that one of her death spots was her sides and even learned that she may or may not enjoy it. She would never admit that though.
She pushed and kicked in Raph's grasp but the alligator snapping turtle kept a good grip as he scribbled, squeezed ans prodded. All she could do at this point it let herself laugh.Raph snickered, he could sense she was having fun. She then accidentally kicked Raph in face.
"OW! YOU'RE GETTING IT NOW" yelled Raph as he blew raspberries in her sides.
Cassandra squealed and threw her head back.She eventually patted Raph on the shoulder signifying she was ready for him to stop now, and which he did.
"That was adorable"said Leo and Mikey who had apparently came to see what the ruckus was all about
"SHUT UP" barked Casey.
"Oh but it really was" said April, coming from behind Leo.
Cassandra blushed deeper at April's remark.
Leo, Mikey and April walked off, April winking as she walked away.
"WHATEVER" yelled back Casey, she then looked at Raph and worded "Thank you".
"Any time" said Raph.
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tommyssupercoolblog · 1 month
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me and seán are the perfect couple because we're both adhd and both autistic but in like a different way so we're autism rizzing each OTHER
we're like twins because we have so much in common but at the same time we're opposites, like- our personalities click together and we have the same sense of humour and agree on important things, but our interests and the ways we express outselves are sososo different.
and even though if u put our personality traits on a list some of them would be the same, even those are life, executed differently. Seán is funny but in a different way than me- we like the same jokes but talk different and think of different things so he'll come up with a joke i didn't think about and it makes me laugh. He's loud but in a different way than me (sometimes he gets scared and he has to warm up socially like ice into water before he starts screaming. i walk in already all capital letters).
we're like,,, the best of both worlds. the same but also different.
manic pixie bright colours kitty autistic who doesn't understand social cues and has texture problems who needs routine or will explode, who has his partner as a special intrest because he's so very autistic about him X silly softboy all-black-wearing puppy autistic who is always a little scared and will like fall over if there are too many lights and cannot multitask or he'll crash like a computer, and also is obsessed with emo bands and metal music and scary things. thinks kitty autistic can do no wrong and is protect him.
WE ARE BOTH. READY TO BITE U FOR EACH OTHER.
and we're codependent but like so are dan and phil. who cares. yes we both have seperation anxiety and we have to both be fronting together or we panic but it's okay because that doesn't happen. if we had seperate bodies tho we'd still be like that prolly. i would be standing outside the restroom at restaurants waiting for him like a lost animal and we'd be reading notifications together and never go anywhere separately and i'd bring him to job interviews like "hi he's my emotional support husband he has to be here too or i won't take the job, ur hiring both of us". i'm like "we have to go to the grocery store" and he's like "okay" and we both go and buy everything together and then i need to go get a haircut and he's like "i'll go w u" lmao. we would get made fun of alot probobally. holding hands in the dennys (like we already do) but visibly this time. and again dan and phil are already like this so don't even @ me
the upside of being plural is that if you're fucking deranged and cry when the other one isn't around u uh,,, don't have to worry abt it!!!! grins and sticks my tounge out and finger guns AYYY hehe
anyway we're the fucking best don't @ me no romance compares there is nothing greater in the world andddd i love him. soulmates forreal. for serious im /srs /gen
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i-may-be-an-emu · 8 months
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Autistic Jerry Seinfeld HC (the charachter not the person)
Reasons Jerry Seinfeld (fictional charachter) is autistic:
He has little to no empathy
Trouble understanding social cues/norms
Germaphobe (not a symptom but just something I've noticed a lot of autistic people have in common)
Superman special interest
Doesn't like waiting
Uses humour as a defence mechanism
Doesn't get genuinely mad at people (apart from in that one episode but then he goes back to not)
Strong sense of justice
He always eats at the restaurant they always eat at because yay routine and sameness
he likes cereal every day for breakfast (again, this is the routine and sameness)
Doesnt seem to have a "filter" or blurts out things that others find offensive, and is often "too" honest
Again, this is about the show and the charachter, not the actor who plays him. I know he has commented about the possibilities of him being autistic before but I dont really follow that so idk whwhat'really up with that.
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Most of you do characters analysis from the neurotypical point of view and let me tell how much you absolutely SHOULD NOT!
Do you look at the characters in Bleach and think there's anything neurotypical about them?
The Shinigami are always going to be a bit sociopathic either you want it or not. How the hell do you live for centuries or even millennia if you allow yourself to care about everything and everyone? Especially about the frail humans that rarely reach one century of life?
Not all of them are the same, (Ukitake remains extremely caring for a Shinigami who's lived as long as he did) but it's there.
And if they change, getting imbued with some humanity they did not possess, it's because of Ichigo.
Then comes the trauma, the PTSD, which about 99% of the characters either have or develop...
Byakuya for example, is on the autistic spectrum... Too literal, social cues are iffy, doesn't get most humour, but thinks he's hilarious.
Aizen is narcissistic and manipulative.
Mayuri is a psychopath and even more narcissistic than Aizen.
They're a fucking mess.
All of them.
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bookshelfmonkey · 1 year
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November wrap-up
I'm actually posting this somewhat on time this month. This might have something to do with me being too tired & sick to focus on actually reading right now. This might also mean that the reviews are even more unhinged than normal, or maybe that they're just utterly incomprehensible. We'll see.
Anyway
King Henry VI pt. II- Shakespeare- 1/11/22- 1/10
Boring. Also I can't remember it.
In An Absent Dream- Seanan McGuire- 4/11/22- 10/10
Pretty banging. Love this series. Kinda sad though.
Lord of Ravens- A.K. Faulkner- 4/11/22- 7/10
I like this series the more I read it but I'm not sure if I like it enough to read the rest of it. I feel like certain events aren't discussed in enough depth. I'd like more discussion and character development.
From A Low and Quiet Sea- Donal Ryan- 6/11/22- 4/10
Needed speech marks. That would have got it at least another 1/10. Some of the narratives were individually interesting, although not all of them. Felt kinda detached, like it lacked any authorial emotion and passion. Needed speech marks. Also the narratives didn't really come together in a comprehensive way. I would've liked that. Needed speech marks.
Henry V- Shakespeare- 12/11/22- 1/10
They all merge together after a certain point.
We Hunt the Flames- Hafsah Faizal- 14/11/22- 7/10
I wanted to love this more. Still pretty good, but I feel like I've read similar things that were also better. I wanted more from it.
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester- Maya MacGregor- 16/11/22- 9/10
I don't think I trust neurotypical people's reviews of this. Everyone was saying the 18yo protagonist seemed childish & naive but as someone around that age, who thinks a similar way, I think they're just unfamiliar with reading a character who doesn't understand social cues/situations. The mystery was pretty good, I was invested. Characters were actually brilliant. Loved it all. Tabbed a lot of quotes on being trans & autistic. Thought that was well done.
A Prayer For the Crown-Shy- Becky Chambers- 17/11/22- 10/10
Didn't enjoy this as much as APFTWB, but it still felt kinda enlightening in its own way. Funny moments with Mosscap always rule. Would love to read more about these 2.
Hell Followed With Us- Andrew Joseph White- 18/11/22- 10/10
Absolutely unhinged in the best ways. This book means more to me than I could ever express and I feel so strongly about it. I could write an essay on this. I might write an essay on this. I might write many essays. We shall see. Anyway I love it and you should read it. Very trans. Very autistic. Very cool.
Ship of Magic- Robin Hobb- 20/11/22- 8/10
A different type of story to the Farseer trilogy but not necessarily worse. I think I just really desperately wanted that one guy to get what he deserved to the point at which I couldn't enjoy the book as much as I might have otherwise been able to,
The Kingdom of the Gods- N.K. Jemisin- 27/11/22- 8/10
Hard to comprehend. Interesting to read. An ending.
Venus and Adonis- Shakespeare- 28/11/22- 3/10
Spent so long focussing on trying to understand this that I forgot to understand it,
The Tournament At Gorlan- John Flanagan- 30/11/22- 10/10
This still slaps. Love the humour. Love the vibes. Love the plot. I'm also kinda starting to build up a case for some of these characters being (probably incidentally) ND-coded. Maybe that is one of the reasons I love it so much. Maybe.
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flmed · 8 months
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an unexpected, dour silence is uncomfortably seeping through upon the vacant utensils––––––jaws are slightly agape to leam the information that has been uttered, of which soon be followed by thunderous laughter &. claps bombinating from the table . . . the narcissistic has stolen the people's attention once again because he couldn't comprehend that anybody, anyone else has an amiable charisma that want to be scrutinized .. everyone else in the table has already known about pat.rick bateman, but nobody truly knows about johann dreyman; a foreigner who tries his best to camouflaged as their own &. it doesn't sit well for the other because johann is nobody, patrick is somebody; somebody that likes to tell jokes that they're a criminal &. it becomes a competition to imagine the worse could happen to someone they have killed,
@americanedpsycho said, "sometimes i like to kill people,"
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‘ . . . . &. i do too, ’ petulant beam, with digits scraping the metal fork underneath the table . . . there was yet another silence, waiting for the pinnacle of hilarity that should be spoken within their business, subtle social cue––––––men staring on their expensive wristwatches, men fondling on the tip of their necktie or their collar .. even the suspenders beneath their suit jackets as a comfort because women aren't present in their table . . . . businessmen &. their obsession to have a competition because it what makes them alive &. create immoral stories of self to be respected .. though his story is a real one, but people would see it as a mere joke to humour patrick's jest .. because their stories are hilarious gag to sell products, ‘ how do you like it, rick? knives, matches, or is it smothering? i like to light fire––––––makes them feel alive for a second when they feel themselves get flamed. ’
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laviesuspendue · 2 years
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Why I headcanon these criminal minds characters as autistic
Reid:
He is considered a genius due to his high IQ and more than a third of autistic people have above average IQs
He doesn't understand humour or sarcasm
He has a photographic memory
He has an atypical way of speaking, he puts intonations in weird places, especially at the en of his phrases, and he speaks very fast
He sees patterns easily
In multiple episodes he stands or walks with his wrist limp against his chest witch is referred to as the t-rex pose and is very common in autistic people
He also runs strangely and has an abnormal posture when standing witch are both autistic traits
Local police always look at him like he's a weirdo or a freak genius and denote his oddness to Hotch. They do not understand him cause his way of speaking, walking, acting is atypical
He had a drug addiction witch a lot of autistic people do, due to the fact it lowers our sensory issues and slows our thoughts
He doesn't drive and a lot of autistic people don't have permit cause they have drivers anxiety
Garcia
She wears heals all the time witch is a form of tiptoe walking and that's an autistic trait
She understands computers and numbers better than people
She fidgets a lot with her pens
She has so many stim toys on her desk and in her drawers
Just like Reid, local police and sometimes her own team usually joke about her oddness because she doesn't understand social cues and just says what she's thinking like flirting with Derek in front of everyone and cracking jokes in the middle of a case
She overshares constantly
She speaks very fast and also rambles when she's talking about things relating to computers, witch is her special interest
She keep her office very dark, so she probably has sensitivity to light
She's shown as being hypersensitive as she's the one that cries the most on the team and is affected by graphic pictures
Hotch
Has one facial expression
Also seems to only exhibit three emotions witch are anger, neutral, and very happy
Has a very monotone and flat tone
Has a walk and posture very stiff and robot-like
He wear the exact same thing everyday. Yes there's probably an overall dress code but we see the team wear different things whereas he's always wearing a suit. Either because of routine or because it's his comfort clothes
He is very blunt
His job is so important to him that he chose it over his wife cause she couldn't respect that it was THAT important to him. I think profiling is his special interest
Emily
Shes super good at learning languages and I think languages might be a special interest of hers
She is very good at acting witch is a form of masking. She kept her role of Lauren for years and she also acts very differently during questioning when it's needed
Again, she also has a very monotone way of speaking
She is very similar to Hotch in a lot of ways and understands him and communicates with him easily. If you consider Hotch autistic this is a big sign that she is as well, as autistic people usually get along well with each other especially when we have the same "flavour" of autism
In the beginning she tries VERY hard to be accepted by the team and to socialize with them witch a lot of autistic people "try too hard" to do as well since we know people don't usually like us or the way we interact with them so we overcompensate
She is very secretive and doesn't trust others that much. She relies on herself for everything. Of course this can be because of her trauma but it is also something a lot of autistic people do because we learn quickly that others can't be relied on to help us
She is way more logical and rational than emotional. When she comes back form faking her death she immediately goes back to work without crying or being upset
Rossi
He has a same food, carbonara pasta
He's also very strict about rules and the process of making food
He has trouble working with others, he works best alone with his thoughts. He had trouble adapting to the gang when he first arrived
He also has trouble with relationships in general as we know he's had 3 failed marriages
He always seems confused about what's going on with people especially in the earlier seasons and asks Hotch to explain to him
He only gets comfortable with the team when his social role gets very specific and easy to understand. When he starts acting like a mentor and father figure to the group, it gets easier for him to form close relationships with them, because he understands his role perfectly
Also along those lines, he's super surprised when Hotch asks him to come coach his sons soccer team. I think it's because he never realized they were friends as he understood their relationship to be coworkers. After that episode they are shown to be way closer as Rossi now feel comfortable acting friendlier since he knows for a fact they are friends and not just coworkers
Blake
She got along with Reid instantly and understood him better than everyone, and again autistic people get along very well usually, especially when they have the same "flavour" of autism
She also clocked him from the start witch I did for all my autistic friends and asked him if he had asperger's (very outdated term but it's the one she uses in the show)
She doesn't show a lot of emotions on her face even though she seems to be feeling them
She is very reserved and doesn't share a lot about herself or try to connect to the team (appart from Reid)
She has been away from her husband for multiple months at a time for years and even tho she eventually decides to take another job to be closer to him, she still could tolerate it for all these years. Autistic people need a lot of time alone and usually miss our loved ones way less then allistic people
She got her PHD at 22 and got recruited by the FBI at 24. Again a lot of autistic people tend to have high IQs and do good in school
She knows so much about language and speak a lot of them. It's probably her special interest
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Why I believe Octavian could be on the autism spectrum
Looking for more? Here's my master list of Octavian analysis.
I don’t think Octavian was given these traits with autism in mind, but that doesn’t change how I see them.
One thing I do know is that Octavian is a sore point for a lot of people who struggle with mental and physical illness - much as he is for me. The way Riordan treats him in the text is extremely hurtful.
So, onto my arguments.
Social Cues and Facial Expressions
All in all, I believe Octavian is terrible at both “reading the room” and picking up social cues. His relationship with Reyna is all over the place and more often than not, it's Octavian who's trying to bridge them gap between them.
He doesn't seem to realise that she hates him now.
He also consistently fails to use the correct facial expression. He is often decribed as having a “cruel” look or having “madness” in his eyes. His smiles never come off as genuine.
He feels off to people, even when he is being completely honest. And the characters make a lot of assumptions about his intentions based on this.
A very notable example:
Frank scanned the crowd for Octavian. The centurion was watching with more interest than concern, as if he were examining one of his stupid gutted teddy bears.
As we can see, in a high-stress situation, Octavian fails to show the 'correct' expression. And for that, Frank accuses him of murder!
Special Interest
This is probably the most obviously autistic trait of Octavian. He is described as being “obsessed” with the Sibylline books and consistantly displays an active interest in them. Of the limited characterisation we get of Octavian, that is most consistent - and one of the only one’s we see directly, rather than something we hear by rumour.
It frustrates me to this day how people treat Octavian regarding the Sibylline books. Hazel mocks him for it. Percy assumes Octavian will literally hurt Ella because she has memorised them. The kid just wants to tell about this really cool thing, guys, stop hating on him.
Masking
There is argument that Octavian’s ability to speak is inconsistent, but I disagree. Octavian thrives in situations where he can effectively use a “script”. These can be as small as one liners “Possibly my namesake, Octavian - Augustus Caesar. Everyone says I bear a remarkable resemblance”.
Yet, outside of the Senate and other places were he could have predicated and practiced his words, he falls short. He gets lost in the conversation. He gets mocks and he has no recourse.
I also think this is why he upholds the “Roman” way so strictly. They have defined rules that he can follow, allowing him to mask as best he can.
Another, specific example, is when he tries to tell a joke. When we first meet him he says, “The message said: the greek has arrived. Or possibly: the goose has cried. I’m thinking the first interpretation is correct.” Like, if that’s not an attempt at self-depicating humour I don’t know what it. And neither Percy nor Hazel pick it up at all.
Basically with Octavian the words are there, but the delivery isn’t. Which is where he gets tangled.
Caring about fairness
Octavian hates that Percy becomes praetor in less than a week. This is presented as him hating Percy because he’s a Greek - but it could be argued that Octavian sees it as fundamentally unfair. Praetors, traditionally, earn their rank after years of self-sacrifice, training, and leadership. Percy has done none of that.
The same can be said about Frank’s promotion to centurion. Especially because Frank’s promotion is explicitly (divine) nepotism.
Coping Mechanisms
Octavian spends his time at the Temple of Jupiter, seemingly, so he can be away from people.
Red flashes of lightning washed the monuments in blood-coloured light. "Octavian is busy," Hazel said.
Basically - Octavian sets up a big signal for the world to let everyone know "I'm busy, don't bother me".
And the fact that everyone knows he’s going to be at the Temple and not his Cohort's barracks means he probably spends a lot of time there. Despite the fact he can perform auguries anywhere. It doesn’t need to be at the Temple of Jupiter.
These are the few hours each day he isn’t surrounded by other people - it’s his only time where he can unmask.
The Teddy Bears
I admit, it doesn’t seem like he cares for the toys on the outset. But…why not have your evil character kill actual animals? Why sanitise that when a few chapters later Frank tells Percy he could die in the training. They don’t even use training gear, they fight with Imperial gold! A girl dies in front of them!
Riordan made this choice, it seems, to add a comical element to Octavian's character. It makes him easy to mock. Why? Because teddy bears aren’t age appropriate. And several characters dismiss him or make jabs at him regarding this.
Of course, that's a meta answer to "why" Octavian has them. Why he doesn't use real animals.
But what about an in-universe reason.
One thing a lot of people have called out about the title "augur" is that it's a position that means someone who divines the future via the movement of birds. Octavian, instead, acts as a haruspex. This disconnect between titles isn't easily explained (in-universe) expect that perhaps Octavian has admitted the role of augur to suit himself and his experiences.
Perhaps it is a good reason to carrying around his comfort animals. Yes, he gets mocked for having them still, but it's justified in a way that it wouldn't be if they weren't "tools of the trade".
And we see Octavian using the bears for comfort in the story. Here are a few examples where I think Octavian is using his teddy bear to (try to) regulate this emotions.
Octavian shot to his feet. "You need to ask?" His face was red with rage. He was strangling his teddy bear.
and here:
Octavian gripped one of his teddy bears, strangling it with shaking hands. His eyes fixed on Ella. "What was that she said? It sounded like-”
[...]
“I, uh…” Octavian dropped his teddy bear. “No, but-”
We can see that Octavian often clings to his stuffed animals, especially when he's feeling emotional.
Octavian’s Empathy
Octavian cares deeply about New Rome and it’s people. That much is clear from his anger at seeing it attacked. I guarantee people were injured in that attack, too many bolts were fired.
Beyond that, he also refuses to let any Roman die on his watch.
(As I discuss in a different post)
But that's the expected stuff. Octavian is loyal to his friends and family. Not a surprise (I hope).
But his empathy doesn't end there. He is also one of the only demigods to consistently see monsters as people. He gives them positions of rank and respect, once he has the ability, and is horrified when Nico slays some in front of him.
(I also discuss this in more depth in another post)
Emotional Regulation
On thing about masking all the time is that your emotions get buried. Octavian has moments where he loses control - and that comes out in big emotions. Either he comes off as heartless or he's "losing" it. Much of the end sequence in Blood of Olympus involves Octavian have a huge mental breakdown. And it's what makes his death even more tragic.
One final note
We get told a lot about Octavian by Hazel and Frank, even Reyna, but a lot of what we are told misaligns with what we see. It’s the classic show-versus-tell.
We are told he pays his friends, but who? We don’t know.
We get told people hate/fear him, but who? We don’t know.
We get told that he has bought his votes, but did he? The fact of the matter is Octavian has no true rival until Percy. He simply didn't need to.
The people we hear this stuff from either have a vested interest in pushing Octavian down or they dislike him and are willingly to believe the worse about him.
So, basically, I think Octavian fits in the category of autism. Even his position within Camp Jupiter is a metaphor for an autistic experience. He is both one of the legion and completely seperated from that. He is the only augur at the camp. He's different, isolated, and ignored.
As a young reader
When I was younger, a part of me looked up to Octavian.
Despite all his weaknesses, Octavian had found success in his life. He has been recognised by his society (as shown by his medals and rank) - and that gave young me a lot of hope. I looked up to him (as weird as that sounds).
I refused to accept his death for a long time due to these feelings. Which is one of the reasons why I still think about this character all these years later.
Now, as an adult, I feel even more sympathy for him, because I’ve been through depression, anxiety, burnout, and betrayal. I just wish Octavian was given a better ending than he did.
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0606-hyuck · 3 years
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BOYFRIEND!KUN
includes:
♡ before the relationship
♡ becoming comfortable/humour
♡ relationships with other members
♡ jealousy/pda/flirting
♡ disagreements
♡ dates/texting/social media
♡ languages/"i love you"
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♡ before the relationship ♡
you knew each other through your mutual friend, ten
as you spent time together and with ten's other friends, you started developing a crush on kun
he was always just so sickeningly sweet to you and you'd never been treated so well by a man that wasn't even your boyfriend
kun was always really fond of you too and loved your company
he also had a crush on you but you had no idea
he respected your boundaries and would never knowingly flirt with you or do anything to make you uncomfortable
and because of this you assumed you were just a good friend to kun
eventually ten got sick of you fawning over his friend and he told you to just confess to kun
it took you even longer after that to actually work up the courage and tell him you liked him
when you did, he was so surprised and he had no idea you liked him in that way
you'd both been so platonic with each other that you'd assumed you would never get together
"why didn't you say something earlier?"
"why didn't YOU say something, kun?"
♡ becoming comfortable/humour ♡
starting a relationship with him felt really natural
nothing really changed, he'd always treated you so well
you just openly flirted with each other now
kun would always get flustered whenever you flirted with/complimented him, especially if you did it in front of his members
because they'd all tease him about the blush spreading across his face
you also love to cuddle up together
kun loves being the big spoon and feeling like he has you protected in his arms
he could just sit for hours cuddling with you, watching movies, talking etc
you knew he was getting comfortable in the relationship when one day he came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his hair
"why did you do that? you have short hair???"
"you do it all the time and it looks fun so i wanted to try it"
is highkey really witty
will banter with you if only to see you smile
and because it amuses him
if you're getting a lil too cocky he'll come back with a clever but good-natured reply/joke and you're like "damn where did that come from"
DADDY KUN
he's just all round very domestic with you
even before you two started dating
we all know kun is such a parent figure to his members and he's really no different with you
treats you like the queen you are and always puts your feelings first
to the point where you sit there and think "what did i do to deserve a qian kun in my life"
lowkey existential crises because you're not sure what you did in a past life to get so lucky with kun
but it's fine tho
♡ relationships with other members♡
the other members love to call you their second parent
or even just refer to you and their mum and kun as their dad
they love to tease kun when you're around, especially if it's about you
cue ten and lucas screaming in second-hand embarrassment when kun does something cute with you
also relentless teasing from yangyang and hendery
yangyang: *in kun's voice* jagiya~ don't forget to eat today
honestly they all put bets on when you two would start dating because they knew it would happen eventually
and xiaojun would be like "no, placing bets on their relationship is wrong" but he'd also win the bet lol
♡ jealousy/pda/flirting ♡
i don't think kun would get visibly jealous that much?
like if one of the members was playfully trying to make him jealous he'd probably tell them to back off just because he knows that's the reaction they want
if some stranger was flirting with you he wouldn't necessarily feel jealous, but he would kindly but firmly tell the person you are taken
he'd be more worried about the person making you feel uncomfortable rather than jealous tbh
kun understands you have your own life and doesn't get jealous when you hang out with your friends or family
he's not a massive fan of pda, but sometimes for fun he'll kiss you in the dorms because he knows the other members find it cringey
he gives off "middle-aged-dad-deliberately-embarrassing-his-teenaged-children" vibes
you aren't a couple that flirts much
just because your relationship is so domestic and wholesome
although you do find it fun to flirt with kun in front of wayv and watch him turn beet red
kun prefers to tell you straight up how amazing you are rather than flirt with you
but occasionally he'll come up with a line that's so clever and smooth
it’s just very attractive the one time a year he decides to actually flirt with you lol
♡ disagreements? ♡
you almost never get into fights with him
but when you have a disagreement, it's usually about how you want to be independent and not rely on him all the time
can be a bit overbearing and he can get his feelings hurt when you remind him he's your boyfriend and not your caregiver
you know he loves spending money and buying things for you, but sometimes you want to be able to buy things for yourself and not need his help all the time
a big clash for you is money
but you know he's only offering to help because he loves you, he's not trying to embarrass you or anything like that
it just genuinely doesn't cross his mind that you'd want to spend your own money or do stuff yourself
and once he knows it's an issue he backs off and even encourages you to be more independent
♡ dates/texting/social media ♡
kun LOVES cooking for you and making sure you're eating healthy
when he's away he loves to call you just to hear your voice
you have date nights where you kick the other members out and just cook a meal together
but he also loves taking you out to fancy restaurants and spending money on you because it's what you deserve bby
can listen to you talk about your day for hours
you always feel like you're talking too much but he reassures you you're not
you try to get him to talk about himself but he just encourages you to talk more
he always sends cute texts asking if you've ate/slept enough/doing okay etc
just cute lil check ups each day to remind you he cares
literally 95% of his social media is you/selfies with you
he has no problems sharing your awesomeness with the world
also always hyping you up on social media
if you post something he'll repost it on his story and say something like "my partner is hot and they know it"
posts stupid videos of you messing around
like a video of you poorly playing a recorder with the caption "look at y/n go"
and all his members comment on the post to hype you up too
♡ languages/"i love you" ♡
he prefers to talk to you in chinese (mandarin) or korean
but if your native/preferred language is something else he'd definitely try learn it for you
learns it so he can talk to your parents/family comfortably
and also so there's no miscommunication between you
actually learns super fast and you're really shook *insert pikachu meme*
you always tell kun you love him when me made stuff or did something nice for you
you meant it, of course, but you said it so often that it kinda became an inside joke between you
like if you held the door open for him he'd say in a high pitched voice "omg i love you so much y/n" and mimic what you said to him lol
but when you said "i love you" seriously he would instantly know it wasn't a joke and you were fr
he'd smile and pull your face into his chest for a massive hug
kun would be smiling into your hair and rubbing your back and he'd just say "i know"
before he says he loves you back and pulls you in for a kiss
omg ahskkwjwka this is so cute my heart is bursting
in conclusion stan kun and wayv sluts 😜
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ao3feed-destiel-02 · 1 year
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Butcher's Cut
Butcher's Cut https://ift.tt/QbiRrnP by fathersalmon Opening a butcher/sandwich shop in town with his best friend — neither of them having any experience of running a business — may be one of the more stupid ideas Dean's ever had. That doesn't stop him from doing it, though. If there were any indication that Dean's life was about to get more chaotic, he might have stopped there. Enter: Castiel Novak. Cue the romantic comedy track, please. Featuring Meat Man humour, awkward flirting, and an author who has no idea where the fuck this is going, please brace yourselves for another edition of idiots in love. Words: 4595, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Dean Winchester, Benny Lafitte, Charlie Bradbury, Castiel (Supernatural), Claire Novak, Kevin Tran (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, The Usual Suspects - Character Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Butcher!Dean Winchester, Beekeeper!Castiel, Butcher!Benny Lafitte, Meat Man Humour, Awkward Flirting, Openly Bisexual Dean Winchester, Openly Gay Castiel (Supernatural), gender is a social construct, We use pronouns in this house, Sexual Tension, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Dean Winchester Has Self-Worth Issues, Meddling Kids, Meddling Charlie Bradbury via AO3 works tagged 'Castiel/Dean Winchester' https://ift.tt/4OHpega March 22, 2023 at 02:12PM
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