people don't talk enough about how cracklin ion is like. Peak autism rep especially in the object show community. He's legitimately one of the only characters that's actually stated to have autism in the entire community and he also shows a LOT of the negative traits which is really important to me.
Because,,, a lot of the characters that are "autism coded" aren't shown to have any of the negative traits. It's always "oh tee hee they're silly and childish :3333" and if they do have the negative autistic traits their entire arc revolves around suppressing or getting rid of those traits.
But,
Being autistic sucks sometimes!!! You're awkward and uncomfortable and you want to have friends but it's so hard!! And on top of that you have so many other difficulties with sensory and food and even physical problems too!!!! And cracklin portrays all that in such a relatable and open manner it makes me want to cry. It's not demonized to be autistic in ION and I love that.
It's not babying either - the show gives you him and says "this is how he is - and he's not bad for being openly autistic." so so extremely refreshing in media. I don't even know if this rant makes any sense but I had to say it somehow