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#syke lol it's Mean but hey the Autistic Character brings it upon themself & everyone's just reacting how anyone'd react! and we put winston
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me every single time i spent 2+ seconds thinking abt winston billions totally being autistic and how Media has that trope of the “effectively” autistic Weirdo who simply does not talk/behave Right & everyone harbors collective disdain for them & exercises this exclusion which doesn’t have to be seen as particularly cruel or unnecessary b/c it’s Assumed the viewers relate to all the normal-er characters who are exasperated by The Weird Nerd and b/c that autistic character isn’t really someone you have to take as seriously / understand to be as full and complex a Person as the normal non-Smh characters. see the gif is already happening
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#it's Exasperating to Me lmfao......#it's fine that winston gets dunked on whenever he speaks & isn't Truly included in the lil circle of name mase cappers!!!!!!#syke lol it's Mean but hey the Autistic Character brings it upon themself & everyone's just reacting how anyone'd react! and we put winston#away into the Plot Device broom closet for 98.9% of the series so his feelings are In Effect unimportant / insignificant#but Media also of course does not call the Weird Nerd Whom Everyone Rolls Their Eyes At autistic so it's nbd don't be so sensitive....#feel free to judge all the Traits and Behaviors of a would-be autistic person & have them protrayed as a running joke and Relate to all the#people who don't wanna be associated w/ the person and who wanna express even some ~harmless~ fun degree of contempt for them#we all agree that they're So Offputting & why can't they just Act Right & they don't deserve to be taken seriously or listened to in earnest#for more than 3 seconds.....Autistic Character will have some useful input or perceptive point to make & it'll be like huh yeah wow thanks#but then they go and ruin it with one of their classic Clueless ~Socially Inept~ Weirdo Nerd Comments and we go 9_9 :/ & end scene#why can't winston Stop getting caught up in his own excitement when nobody's hyping him up?? shut up abt being cassandra & don't try to get#high five for winning your bet you dumbass lol......why can't he Talk Normally (even by billions' off the shits Not Normal standards lol) so#that what he says even Deserves to be listened to?? why can't he stop being straightfoward & honest b/c allistic ppl will be like#''Honesty is admirable why do we have to play games & not just say what we mean to say to each other'' & then an autistic person will be#like ''hi'' and it's like omg why don't you care about anyone's feelings stop being so blunt and rude........#tldr the Autistic Character is deserving of retribution for their autistiqueness & the Whole audience is meant to see themself in Not Them..#well joke's on you i guess. but no the joke is still on us like ah i relate to the inherent/automatic rejection/exclusion & not being taken#seriously & ppl trying to dunk on u whether they think you Realize or not & being written off in various ways. which is all unchallenged So#we just get to feel exasperated about that.....i do not bank on s5 of billions realizing winston is a person / wanting to treat him like it#generally considered uncouth now ig to break out the R word for anyone But like feel free 2 exclude & tell off / insult the autistic person#don't Question your aversion to them or your frustration that they simply don't know how to Act Right.......#ppl wanna be all ''haha remember when tumblr tried to tell you that Idiot is a slur'' which yeah sure but at the same time maybe Bear N Mind#kinda common nd experience to Too Frequently have ppl Too Earnestly tell you you're Stupid and an idiot and etc etc etc#1 of those few times i gradually / deliberately excused myself from a friendship really came from like a Lot Of Problems but a real low#point was her getting frustrated abt something & thinking i'd messed something up & very emphatically / repeatedly / With Venom calling me#an idiot......unpleasant. had a coworker later on echo this tho i backed away from her more due to a different egregious interaction lol....#when i was < 10yo & being deliberately Difficult cuz i was annoyed i in turn inspired my grandma 2 tell me i might be Smart in school ways#but i was socially stupid like...goddamn gramma thanks i knew since i was in preschool i Do Not ~act right~ & should just stay in the corner#& here i am not Meant to relate to the Excluded Weird Nerd but nah i Recognize it...we're so Clueless tho lol we must not ever Realize......#upbeat note: u know what can override [exclude the autistic] collective energy? ''neither of us are cishet'' solidarity energy. winnie n tay
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