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jesusonafrickinboat · 10 months

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Ok so I was rewatching TUA s3 today with my grandmom (got through ep4), and everything else aside, I still really hate that they had Allison kill Harlan. The only canon autistic character.

I know Allison's judgement was clouded by grief, and that's 110% totally understandable, and this wouldn't be something she thought of, but like... Claire likely wouldn't have existed even if Harlan hadn't accidentally killed their mothers.

Even if Allison had still existed in this timeline, she wouldn't have been adopted by Reginald (he said so point blank), wouldn't have been raised in the USA, wouldn't have had the relationships she had, wouldn't have had the experiences she had... she wouldn't have been the same person.

Because of this, she possibly wouldn't have known about her powers, possibly wouldn't have gone to Hollywood, possibly wouldn't have done whatever rumoring that she did there, possibly wouldn't have met Patrick, and even if she had met him, there's no guarantee that they would have had Claire.

Claire didn't exist the moment they interacted with Reginald in s2.

I can see where it's coming from in her head, though, and it works with her character direction this season (not getting into that though). It's the only thing she can control about the situation - revenge. She doesn't want to think into it further because she's hurting so badly. So she doesn't second guess.

She sees his meltdown as malice, doesn't understand that Harlan involuntarily lost control, doesn't listen when told that he was grieving and reaching out for help from the only other people like him.

It doesn't bring Claire back, and Allison knows this. The only reason she killed Harlan was misplaced revenge.

So I get it from a character standpoint. But did the writers really think about this? They had Allison kill an autistic man because he had a meltdown 30 years prior. It was uncontrollable, he had just lost the only person in his life and had powers that truly seem like the worst powers a person who is already sensitive to external stimuli could get (sensory/sound based deadly blasts???)

Yes, Harlan inadvertently caused the apocalypse (sound like any other characters we know? cough the entire Umbrella fam cough), but he's not the only reason Claire doesn't exist in this timeline.

He apologized for something out of his control, wished he could take it back, begged for his life.

And then no one, except Viktor, holds Allison accountable for her actions, and she feels no remorse. And she's in the right??

Side note: if Five had just told them that he had the briefcase, they wouldn't have set up the trade that ended up with Harlan killing Jayme and Alphonso. You'd think it wouldn't take a genius to realize that they keep screwing up because of a lack of communication. I mean, communication wouldn't have solved this apocalypse, but it would have solved most of everything else...

And all of this is without getting into any other part of the season.

Anyways, just some of my thoughts on the matter. I won't forgive them for killing an autistic person because he had a grief induced meltdown and tried to reach out to the only other people like him.

#tua #tua s3 #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy #harlan cooper #allison hargreeves #long post #Harlan DIDN'T KNOW they weren't born yet. he felt them and cried out for help #character death tw #sorry if I'm missing anything from later in the season. I only rewatched through episode 4 today #ok listen I know they never 'named' his diagnosis as autism in the show but come on. it's canon in all but saying ''he's autistic''#source: I'm autistic [+ posts/blogs written by other autistic people]

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jeritten · 1 year

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hello & welcome!! :D

hello all and welcome to my fanfic blog!! :33

i'll tell you some things about me so that you can get to know me better!! --

you can call me Jericho!! :))

i use he/him pronouns

i am neurodivergent (i am autistic),, so please bare this in mind when requesting etc!! (thank youz!!)

as i am autistic,, my blog will be completely neurodivergent friendly!! (font/ image/ gif wise etc!!)

i feel like i should state this: my reckless use of lowercase/ overuse of punctuation will not be in my actual writing lmao,, its more of a thing i do bcuz i like it :33

i am 17 (a minor) so i will not be dealing with anything inappropriate in that manner!!

my fanfiction is mostly written so that i can explore/ indulge in my hyperfixations (ive heard some people don't like this,, so i thought i'd say it here!! (: )

I mostly write 'Character x Reader' fanfics,, but i might stray to 'Character x Character' from time to time :DD

my personal blog is here,, so feel free to put something in my ama tab or message me if you want!! :)

I have an Ao3 and wattpad acc (although the wattpad one is old lol)!! they're both @/No1RatedSalesman1997 !!

guidelines for requesting!! --

again,, i ask for no openly sexually explicit prompts/ asks of any kind plz!! (as i am a minor (: )

i wont write anything with real people in it bcuz that feels weird to me :))

LGBTQ+ asks/ prompts are of course allowed + actively encouraged!! (me being an asexual gay man myself :3 )

no extremely violent gore of any kind plz :') (this includes s*lf h*rm as this is triggering for me (: )

plz only submit a request once!! (this doesn't mean you can't submit two different requests at the same time tho :D )

i write pretty much everything from full-fledged fanfics to imagines ,, so don't be afraid to ask for what you want!!

of course i ask for no anti-LGBTQ+,, p*dophillia or inc*st content in my ask box ty :))

other than that,, ask away!! :DD

sources that i write for!! (in no particular order) --

how to train your dragon (httyd)

megamind (im not joking im very much hyperfixated on it currently)

danganronpa?? (im not hyperfixated on it anymore but i can still write for it >:D )

lucifer (the tv series)

detroit: become human (d:bh)

death note :)

undertale / deltarune

the legend of zelda (loz)

avatar: the last airbender + legend of korra

steven universe (although plz note that i can't do anything romantic for this,, only platonic (: )

lego ninjago (again,, i am for real rn)

(dont see your fandom here?? feel free to ask/ message me and i'll see if i'm up to the challenge >:3 )

final thoughts!! --

i understand that my energy isn't for everyone,, but i really hope that you can enjoy what i put out here!! :)

hope to see you at my first real post (and many others after that!! :DD)

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marinsawakening · 5 years

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I love your blog and your autistic and aro headcanons! I just wanted to ask: I'm [probably] not an autistic person but sometimes yours and other autistic people's headcanons and writing about experiences inspire my own autistic character headcanons. I worry I should not be making these headcanons (in case I'm misinterpreting your experiences or being unintentionally Terrible) but if you have any advice on this I'd be grateful! No worries if not, as well. Keep being your fantastic self

This is a really sweet message thank you so much! As a general rule, there’s nothing wrong with allistics making autistic headcanons; in fact, I’d personally really like to see that be something that grows more mainstream, because it’d mean normalization of autistic headcanons/characters and show a general growing interest in actually learning about autism. So please, do go ahead and make your headcanons! There’s no problem with them!

That said, it’s also unfortunately true that some allistics (often a lot of them) who make autistic headcanons can fall into some common ableist (or not necessarily ableist but still kind of unfortunate) pitfalls, so in case you’re worried about that (although honestly the fact that you sent this ask in the first place probably means that you’re good anyway), here’s some tips and tricks to avoid common issues with allistic autistic headcanons (there’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one):

Please don’t use functioning labels for your autistic characters. Functioning labels are labels like ‘high-functioning’ and ‘low-functioning’, and they’re generally considered to be bad by the autistic community for a variety of reasons (more here (although most of the links are dead), here, here (under ‘We Are One Community’), here). However, I’ve noticed a lot of allistics (and ignorant autistics too) who add these onto their headcanons. Please don’t?

More of a personal thing, but please don’t separate your autistic headcanons into ‘Aspergers’ and ‘autism’. Aspergers is autism, and with the updated DSM, does not exist anymore and has been merged into the overarching diagnosis of ASD. Classifying specific characters as ‘aspies’ is alienating to autistics who aren’t aspies. If aspies themselves headcanon characters as aspies I don’t mind, but when allistics do it I get Suspicious.

This also goes for separating your autism diagnosis into ‘PDD-NOS’ and ‘classical autism’, but I pretty much never see that so it has lower priority.

Full disclosure though: I have very negative experiences with the Aspergers diagnosis in general and I hate it so much that I have ‘aspie’, ‘aspergers’, and ‘aspergers syndrome’ just straight up blacklisted. I’m not an unbiased source here.

While we’re on the topic of correct language usage, please use identity first language for your autistic headcanon, not person first language (identity first: autistic person; person first: person with autism). The majority of the autistic community prefers identity first language because we don’t feel like our autism can be separated from who we are (more here, here).

Also maybe refrain from using the phrases ‘ASD’, ‘on the spectrum’, ‘somewhere on the autism spectrum’, etc. and just use ‘autistic’ instead. There’s nothing inherently Problematic(TM) about those phrases, but it’s really weird to read an entire autistic headcanon that doesn’t use the word autistic, or seems to want to avoid using it.

Don’t use infantilizing language! Maybe think twice before calling your autistic headcanon a ‘precious baby’ or a ‘smol child’ or something, especially if they’re a grown adult. I mean, doing this once in the tags of a post when they’re being cute or something is fine, but do NOT do this on posts where you talk about them being autistic, and do NOT do this on a regular basis.

Do NOT compare them to inhuman things like animals, computers, or aliens. Just. Don’t. Ever.

Be careful headcanoning inhuman characters as autistic. It’s generally not inherently problematic, especially not in fantasy/sci-fi shows where the majority of the cast is inhuman, but it gets really tiring to only ever see the robot/alien headcanoned as autistic, and it promotes our dehumanization. Just examine your patterns and maybe try headcanoning a human character as autistic as well in those sci-fi/fantasy shows?

This goes more for robots/aliens than for things like elves. Robots/aliens tend to be autism-coded, which has lead to the negative stereotype that autistics are like robots, and the very literal alienation of autistic people. Elves, on the other and, are not historically autism-coded, and are generally considered super cool and graceful and such, so headcanoning them as autistic is pretty much always okay.

If possible, promote autistics who make content for your autistic headcanon! Read their fics! Reblog their headcanon posts! If you can’t find stuff that’s fine, and you can definitely make your own stuff as well, but if you can, promote autistics!

Related, listen to autistics! Not just when we tell you something is problematic, but if you’re making headcanons, it’s a good idea to have at least a base knowledge of our experiences and the issues we face, so that you don’t accidentally do something problematic. (Anon seems to have this down already, but since this is more of a general list, I’m putting it on anyway). ASAN and the Autism Women’s Network are both fantastic places to start learning about autism, Autism Speaks is the devil and to be avoided at all costs, and there’s plenty of autistic bloggers on this site, so maybe follow some autism blogs!

Don’t put an ‘I’m allistic so tell me if I said something bad!’ disclaimer on your autistic headcanon posts. This is a good habit when writing Serious Posts, but for headcanons, it’s unnecessary and generally kinda weird. It’s not Problematic(TM), and I understand having anxiety and insecurity when making headcanons for something outside of your experience, but it’s. Kinda annoying. Do it in the tags instead; that way people can still be informed about the fact that you’re allistic, without it being obnoxiously on the post no matter what you do.

Don’t write fic specifically about being autistic - you are not autistic and you’re probably gonna get something wrong. Instead, incorporate your autistic headcanon into fics about something else. It’s fine if the autism features heavily, just... no ‘x always knew they were different’ or ‘x has always seen the word in a different light due to the fact that they’re autistic’-centric fics.

Exception: you can write fics about being autistic provided you have an autistic beta/sensitivity reader. And if you do, mention it somewhere on the fic. Idk about other autistics, but unless an autism-centric fic seems like it was written by an autistic, I scroll right past it, because they tend to be very ableist if they’re written by allistics. So if you have an autistic sensitivity reader, mention it.

Headcanon lists are fine though! Headcanon lists are generally less intensive and require less ability to ‘get into someone’s head’ than fic writing, so if you want to say ‘I headcanon x as autistic because y reasons’ or ‘x is autistic and they stim in the following ways/have meltdowns/script/etc.’ that’s fine and cool!

Fanart and edits are cool too! Again, there’s less need to get into someone’s head, so drawing a character while stimming or editing the autism/neurodiversity rainbow infinity symbol behind them is just fine!

Every once in a while, sit back and examine the patterns in your autistic headcanons. What kind of characters are you headcanoning as autistic? Do you notice any worrying patterns? For example, are all your autistic headcanons white, or are they all male, or are they all robots/aliens, or do you also just so happen to headcanon all of them as aro/ace and/or unavailable for romantic/sexual relationships? That’s not to say that any and all patterns are always bad or ableist (pretty much all of my autistic headcanons are also aspec bc I’m an autistic aspec and I like projecting) (although if your autistic headcanons are always male/white, then yes that’s absolutely bad), but if you find a pattern, examine possible reasons why it exists.

This is a good habit to get into with any kind of minority headcanon, by the way! I’m gonna use LGBT+ headcanons as an example: who are you headcanoning as aspec and why? Do you notice a particular LGBT+ that’s getting left behind in your headcanons? Do you always pick the same character archetype for certain LGBT+ headcanons (for example, cold unapproachable characters as aro or extroverted characters as pan), and if so, why?

Actually! Examining your patterns in fandom behaviour in general is good. If you notice you usually don’t like female characters, then that’s probably something you should examine. If you notice that all your faves are white and that you are more interested in white background characters than main characters of colour, you should examine that. If you notice that, even though you like this minority character or headcanon, you don’t consume or create any content for them, examine why.

Problematic fandom behaviour very rarely manifests itself in something that happens once. It’s not inherently wrong to dislike this female character or not to like that ace headcanon, but if you notice that you consistently don’t like or aren’t interested in a particular character or headcanon, or if you notice that you consistently give particular characters particular headcanons, that might be an issue. Like I said, patterns are not always bad, but it’s good to be aware of them in case they are.

I’ll elaborate a bit on autistic aspec headcanons bc that’s such a hot button issue in fandom (bc people are asshats), but the tl;dr is that autistic aspec headcanons are not inherently bad and in fact, as an autistic aspec myself, I rather like them. However, headcanoning the one autistic-coded character as the one aroace in the group unfortunately does happen pretty often (Entrapta from She-Ra comes to mind - I’ve seen SO MANY posts about how everyone is a lesbian in She-Ra except for Entrapta, who is aroace of course, and it’s... pretty suspicious). But that’s not to say that you cannot headcanon autistic-coded/headcanoned characters as aspec; I elaborate more on this topic here (featuring a GREAT addition by @aroworlds!). Just examine your patterns and why they exist.

So this is not something that Inherently Problematic(TM), but it’s very annoying to me, so here goes: maybe diversify your autistic headcanons. I’m not saying ‘make sure your autistic headcanons are also poc/lgbt/etc.’ (although that’s very cool too), but just... diversify the autism itself. Often, it’s the exact same character archetype that gets headcanoned as autistic, and as an autistic whose autism tends to manifest in less typical ways, it gets... annoying.

Examples of typical autism tropes: the eccentric (computer/science) genius, the robot/alien, the socially awkward.traumatized loner, etc.

Examples of characters frequently headcanoned as autistic: Tony Stark (eccentric computer genius), Bruce Banner (socially awkward science genius), Pidge from Voltron (eccentric computer/science genius), Keith from Voltron (socially awkward loner alien), Entrapta (eccentric computer/science genius), Sherlock Holmes (eccentric genius), etc.

Also note how 90% of these characters are skinny white guys.

Seriously it’s 100% more likely for a skinny white guy to get headcanoned as autistic than it is for any character of colour and/or female character to get headcanoned as autistic, PLEASE examine your biases.

Examples of character archetypes that damn near never get headcanoned as autistic: team leaders, extroverted/loud characters, team heart (aka the ‘team mediator’, the glue that keeps people together), etc.

Examples of autistic headcanons I have that are non-conventional/less common: Allura from Voltron (team heart, leader), Hunk from Voltron (team heart), Arthur from BBC Merlin (leader), Kaldur’ahm from Young Justice (leader).

All of these characters are pretty damn autism-coded, and while it’s not... impossible to find content for some of these, there’s generally a lot less for them.

What I’m getting at is that, because the stereotypical autism-coded character of the eccentric computer nerd/socially awkward loner/robot/alien looms larger in the public consciousness, there’s a confirmation bias when it comes to these kind of characters. This often gets coupled with the stereotype that all autistic people are white boys, which results in a whole lot of the same white guys being headcanoned as autistic, even when other characters are just as if not more autism-coded.

It’s not Problematic(TM) to headcanon more stereoypically autism-coded characters as autistic, and it’s honestly not even Problmatic(TM) to only headcanon those characters as autistic, especially not if an autistic person who does present like that relates to those characters or if an allistic isn’t sure about their headcanons and wants to play it safe. But it does lead to a very monotone depiction of autism, and leads autistic people who don’t fit the stereotypical mold (me!) to feel left out. So, if possible, try researching lesser known autism traits or just generally thinking a bit out of the box when making autism headcanons.

It’s definitely bad to only headcanon skinny white guys as autistic though. Like I know I’ve said this 50 times now, but seriously, fandom racism and sexism (or a neat combination of the two in case of female character of colour) is SUPER noticeable in autistic headcanons.

And lastly: when in doubt, ask an autistic! Asking questions isn’t illegal, and if you’re not sure about whether x thing you want to do is okay, just shoot an autistic (who is okay with questions) an ask! I’m always open for questions about autism and such (and I love talking about it so that’s a bonus), so don’t be afraid to hit me up for further info!

#auti stuff #writing wise #kinda #eh whatever i'm tagging it #asks #my posts #Anonymous

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thefearofcod · 5 years

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hi hi!! forgive me if you've answered this before, but i wanted to ask how you got into library sciences & archiving? i've been eyeballing my school's masters of library sciences program. not sure if archiving will be the concentration for me, but i'm curious! it's probably too private to ask which program you attended, but can you share a little bit about what it was like? how'd you choose it? were you involved with libraries much before you applied? and what did you study as an undergrad? 💖

ohh! and for context: i saw one of your posts about archiving circulating in studyblr, that's how i found you! it was the one about how archiving is just as specialized and tough as STEM professions. good post good post two thumbs up

heyyyyy anon what’s good, thanks for coming to morg dot org, which is not an academic or study blog. sometimes i’m just cross about things. I have no idea on earth or in heaven how or why that post took so far off.

Anyhow, I got into libraries and archives because I Love Old Shit and books. Straight up, that’s it. For clarity’s sake, I’m not strictly archives either, I’m actually doing more of a cultural heritage program: mostly this will equip me to work with non-textual objects as well as books, photos, and documents, but it’s still library science for sure. I’ve always liked primary sources, and I believe that there’s a certain element of concreteness that comes from interacting with an object contemporary to an event that no number of later written or recreated accounts can match.

I THINK LIBRARY SCIENCE IS DOPE, and there’s so much of it outside of archives! There’s reference, which is INSANELY cool and which I could never do; there’s children’s librarianship, there’s law and medical libraries, corporate libraries, community libraries... so many libraries! So many data management things! If you’re thinking about doing an MLIS, you should do it bc it’s cool as all hell.

I’m actually still in school, and as I said I’m doing a cultural heritage track, because my interest is in historical objects and special collections, as well as art, artifacts, and buildings. This can also extend to oral histories and linguistic preservation, which is not my area. I’m in it for the pre-1840s history, but I also enjoy other sections of history such as 1920s social undergrounds and folk histories.

Library school is REALLY COOL. You learn broadly about a lot of areas; for instance everyone is required to take a Reference class. Am I going to be a reference librarian? Not if I can help it! I don’t have the patience or people skills, but eventually we are all asked to carry out some kind of information-finding for patrons, which is what reference really is. But you can also dig WAY deep into specific areas of library science; I’m taking several classes about the history of books as objects, some of my classmates are taking several in data architecture, others are studying how and why people read and how information moves.

Because librarians tend to be introverts, I do warn you that all of the programs I’ve seen (only attended one, but uhhhhh u know) stress collaborative work and group projects. So if you hate that then like. Prepare for it? Deal with it? Library students are good at doing their work and tackling projects tho so it’s unlikely for one person or another to shoulder all the work in a group situation.

Everyone is autistic or gay or both.

I did work in libraries between undergrad and grad school for a few years; I started off volunteering in the special collections department of my local library while trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, and it was my boss there who really encouraged me to consider library science as a career. He also recommended the school I currently attend, because their special collections program is very very rigorous and good. I later worked in a different special collections department identifying rare books (also unpaid) because nobody there could read ancient Greek or Latin, and a good deal of their rare books had been purchased from a closing seminary and were in either Latin or Greek.

And the reason I read Greek is because I went to a Small Liberal Arts College(tm) where I studied philosophy and history of mathematics, which is not perhaps the most immediately applicable degree in today’s job market, but WHO CARES because now I have a BIG leg up for old books because guess what! I can read them and don’t need to scramble for language classes because I studied them in undergrad!

ANYWAY THAT’S A LONG POST ABOUT LIBRARIES, hope u love it, i always wanna talk about libraries and library school

#anonymous #ask a morg #library school #Anonymous

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