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anexperimentallife · 1 year

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Again, I've studied this academically, and these people are spitting the same kind of rhetoric and using the same tactics as 1930s-1940s Nazis. That's an indisputable fact, as anyone who has studied 1930s-1940s Germany will attest. Some of these people even proudly wave the swastika and proclaim themselves to be neo-Nazis, so saying no one should make comparisons is ridiculous.

And if we wait until they get to their endgame before we say, "Okay, we can now acknowledge what's happening," it'll be too late to stop it.

So yeah, both as someone who has studied the topic AND is part of a group the original Nazis targeted (although that second part shouldn't matter), I will, in fact, point out the similarities between the beginning of that genocide and what's happening now.

Hell, I saw this sort of thing coming about a decade ago--it's a big part of why I finally managed to get out of the US in 2018-- but very few people believed my warnings. I should have seen it sooner, honestly.

(I wasn't sure exactly what group the first modern "round 'em up and kill 'em" laws would be passed against, but in retrospect, I should have known they'd go after queer folks first.)

A big part of the reason for pointing out the similarities between then and now is that these same tactics and rhetoric WORKED before, and led to over fifty million deaths, including six million Jews, and about four million Romani, neurodiverse, queer, and simply dissenting folk, among others.

Another reason it's important to point out the similarities is that people KNOW the kinds of horrors the Holocaust inflicted, and they need to understand that the people pushing these laws are the ideological descendants of those who perpetrated those horrors.

Is it a one for one comparison? Of course not; it's been nearly ninety years since the Nazis started out. No organization or ideology remains exactly the same for that long.

But I'll tell you seriously that anyone who tells you not to point out the similarities in rhetoric and tactics, or not to point out that the US far right has allied themselves with literal flag-waving neo-Nazis, is someone you should be very suspicious of, no matter what their identity--especially anyone who tells you that "no one is allowed to raise the alarm, not even members of groups the earlier Nazis targeted, unless they're a member of MY group."

Because who exactly benefits from pretending the similarities don't exist? Who benefits from not pointing out that the people working towards this genocide share ideology and tactics with the engineers of the Holocaust, and in some cases self-identify with them?

The fact that I'm part of a group the Nazis rounded up and slaughtered doesn't make me qualified to make comparisons and raise the alarm; the fact that I've studied the matter does. And I'm not gonna play "oppression olympics" with anyone, but I mean, if I have to play that one card this ine time to be heard, okay.

Again, the Nazis didn't START with death camps. They started by demonizing already-targeted demographics, and claiming only they had the will to protect "good, honest citizens," by passing laws to persecute thise demographics, and linking them in the mind of the public to others that they wanted to eliminate, so that when they went after those other groups, a significant portion of the citizenry would not object.

It's the domino effect as propaganda strategy. If you can convince the public that queer folks are a danger to children, then associate Jews with queer folks--like the original Nazis did, and like the American GOP is going to do eventually--that makes it easier to exploit existing antisemitism and tip people over who might be on the fence. (It was not the only, or even the primary strategy they used, but they did use it.)

The modern US GOP are going after all the same groups that the original Nazis did.

They've been demonizing Jews for decades (witness the "lizard people" dog-whistles, the allegations that Soros funds the "anti-American" left, all the "jokes" about how Jews control the world.

Hell, even their "support" for Israel is rooted in anti-Semitism, because the religious component of the far right believe that practcally all Jews have to return to Israel and die there in order for Jesus to return). They just can't get away with publicly passing laws against Jews... YET. But they will, if they're not stopped.

So they're going after softer targets for now. Casting queer folk as pedophiles (which has been a long-standing accusation), associating neurodiverse people with those "child-grooming" queers (see Missouri's recent legal moves setting the stage for that), Muslims (and by extension everyone who might look vaguely Middle-Eastern) as terrorists, black and brown folks (especially immigrants) as criminals, associating intellectualism and education with being "anti-American," and...

It just goes on and on.

Don't just take my word for it. Please dont just take my word for it. Read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Read They Thought They Were Free. Read Mein Kampf (if you can do so without throwing up). There are a lot of sources, but if you just read those three books, and look at current patterns, you'll see the similarities, too.

Or maybe you'll think I'm being an alarmist. Like the "alarmists" who spoke up in 1930s Germany.

#rob gets political

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dove-da-birb · 7 months

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Dove, there is so much I could say about you that I barely know where to start!

I'll start with your creativity. Your writing is always atmospheric and deeply emotional. Everything I've read of yours has been wonderful! Your OCs are very well-developed and expressive, and I love each and every one of them. Your art is delicious (I want to c o n s u m e every little piece I see) and super cute too. And all of your other projects, from knitting to crochet to anything else, are adorable and really well done!

You're also an incredibly nice person to talk with. I always feel comfortable and supported when speaking with you on any topic. I'm sure your mutuals and other followers feel much the same. Despite your chaos, your genuine nature and kindness shine through in every single thing you do. Although, your chaotic exploits also bring a lot of joy!

I'm so very glad to have met you; you've become a true friend since we've met, and for that, I'll always be grateful.

*holds gently*

Creativity

I’ve been writing for a bit, like for a decade for creative writing. Sometimes I have difficulty imagining a scene while reading, so I try to describe it in a way that is aesthetic and makes sense in a way?

OCs; I like them to feel like you could know them irl. Each one comes from a different culture as well, since the world is a diverse place; same with neurodiversity, ability, body size, and religion/spirituality.

Art; been drawing since I could remember (one of my first memories actually). I’ve struggled with finding my style, but that’ll be a life long thing. But, thank you!

Yarn shenanigans; picked up knitting in December 2019, but I used to knit when I was a kid as well. Just learned how to crochet at the beginning of September though ^v^

I had difficulty expressing myself verbally as a child, and even now, so creative pursuits help me communicate in a way.

Being nice and genuine

I don’t really think about it? Like, it’s just is easy to be kind and in a world that seems to not be? Yeah, fuck that, I’m going to be nice.

I don’t see a reason NOT to be kind and genuine; it’s both the logical thing to do, but makes others, and myself happy.

Chaos; idk how they happen, but they’re fun and I have cried laughing a few times, and hope the receiving person of said chaos does the same.

I have a feeling who this is, but regardless; thank you. For the companionship, friendship, support, and laughs. It means a lot <3

#anon ask #ask game #i decided to explain some stuff idk brain wanted thought out response and not just keyboard smash

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trashyswitch · 1 year

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I Finally Figured it Out! (I Think)

Oh my gosh...I have thought of this beforehand, but not as clearly as I do now. The thought's been going through my head for years...but I've been way too doubtful of my own abilities.

I think I want to do something in psychology. Either in medicine, in the school board, or in criminology. Down below, I will take a moment to explain exactly why and how I came to this conclusion.

Ever since I was a little girl, I've always been interested in people with exceptionalities (school board word for Disabilities). Developmental exceptionalities like Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, etc. as well as physical exceptionalities and intellectual exceptionalities.

But as I grew older, I grew more interested in people living in poverty. People with medical conditions. People with mental health issues. I wanted to help them next. I still want to help them!

As I got older, some of my interests turned darker. I became interested in abuse victims and serial killers like Jeffery Dahmer, Ed Gein, Kathrine Knight, etc. But it wasn't really helping them that had me interested. It was the thought of going through such pain that the person chose to go into 1 of 3 directions: 1: turn the abuse into something positive (Marilyn Munroe) 2: Get revenge and become powerful (John Wayne Gacy) 3: Somewhere in between/mix of both (Gypsy Rose Blanchard)

The way these people developed mentally...It fascinated me. I never wanted to become one of them...but I was sure interested in the origin of their mental health. It was nurture vs nature.

In my late teens and early 20's, I became interested in the idea of identity. The idea of how a face transplant could effect the identity of a person. The idea of how mental health can change people in a major way, to the point of not being able to recognize themselves. How eating disorders can warp your vision of yourself on the daily...and how (sadly) having a mental health issue, a disability, or living a life slightly different from normal has become encouraged and exploited. I have slightly fallen into that as well, with using the label as part of my identity.

The truth is...All of these interests have one thing in common: All of it interests me because I want to understand what people are going through. Anyone with a neurodiverse mind, I've ached to know what it's like living in their shoes. Some of it, I fully understand because I've experienced it first hand. But some of it...I want to know more about.

Some of the fandoms I was a part of, also reflect my thought process.

Undertale: A game about choosing how you want to be as the only human, to these monsters. The idea of isolation and a sheltered life all because of the older generations' decisions. And the idea of racial discrimination and fear developed by either side: Monsters hating humans, humans hating monsters.

The Good Doctor: The idea of a neurodiverse person being a surgeon. The idea of a person who struggles to process emotions and fall away from a (usually) strict schedule, choosing the most widely varied profession with constant schedule changes and hiccups throughout the day. How a person with some difficulty processing sensory overload, chooses the most stressful, noisy, and pressured job of all.

Jacksepticeye Egos: How a person can invent and portray so many different characters with such different personalities and quirks individual to each character. How a person can use these characters to portray his deepest pains and struggles. How a person can have such a wide spectrum of expressing themselves. From creative, to all brains. From all talk and no body movement, to all body movement and no talk.

Sanders Sides: ALL OF THIS SERIES IS PSYCHOLOGICAL BASED. Splitting his personalities into 6 (soon to be 7) different entities, and using this to express who he is as a person and how his mind really works. How the human brain can have an innocent, childish, black and white character like Roman or Patton, and also have a complicated, dark, deep, crazy character like Remus or Janus. Again, the spectrum of expression with these individual characters.

Five Nights at Freddy's: How a socially sound person who lost almost everything, can up and murder 5 children to everyone's shock. How a child or a friend of a murderer had to live with the idea of knowing this disgusting man. The idea of souls possessing animatronics and remaining on earth for 40-50 years...and how that messes with your head.

SCP Foundation: How all sorts of conscious people can handle being in containment. How a doctor, a scientist, or a faculty member can handle the idea of a containment breach or an escape. How creative and diverse the different SCP's get. It's incredible!

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

At first, I decided to follow my interest in helping neurodiverse people...and go for being an educational assistant. But upon hearing the poor working environments, the abuse statistics in schools, the lack of care for the staff, and the constant striking to get a little bit of a raise each year, I'm becoming really doubtful. I don't exactly want to be spending my years working 2 jobs to make ends meet until I can find a partner to share salaries with. Even then, I'm not sure if our future combined salaries will be enough to cover the stupidly high inflation we have to deal with here in Canada.

So...with all this under consideration...

I think I know what I really want to do with my life. Though there's a chance my thoughts will change, we'll have to see.

My next step will be to try to narrow down my choices to what I truly want to do. Do I want to work in Criminology? Do I want to work in a school board? Or do I want to work in medicine?

I also need to keep reminding myself that if I don't like what I choose, I don't have to stay. There is always an option to move on.

And until I narrow it down and work towards reaching my goal, I plan on staying dedicated to this blog for years to come. This fanfiction blog has been an amazing hobby for me to have and hold onto, and I don't plan on throwing it away anytime soon. More fanfics are coming, and are going to continue to come for a long time. 😄💜💜

Thank you for reading this...and now to further find out what specific sciences I need to get into psychology...before going back to finishing another fanfic.

checks watch

Or maybe I should go to bed... (^v^ ' )

Wish me luck!

~Pocket

#my thoughts #future #what to do with my life #curiousity #psychology #helping people #such a big decision #who i am

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voidstain · 2 years

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Anonymous blog that started as a writing blog. Now it's a bit of a mishmash. Self expression, often unedited and done on mobile. Maybe discourse, maybe rambly posts, who really knows.

Quick rundown: Pro-ship, pro-endogenic systems, pro-kink, pro-sex work, pro being radically inclusive generally. Disabled (physically and mentally, though the distinction is not one we feel needs to be made), queer, tired. 25+ body. We block liberally but do try to be understanding and own up to mistakes.

Feel free to block for any reason. We try to respect DNIs, if they exist/are accessible for us, but don't really think stating one ourselves is worth it. If you want to interact, you will, a DNI isn't going to do much to stop people. If you don't want to interact because of our stances, you aren't going to anyway.

Info on us and what you may expect to find on this blog below the cut.

We are a plural system that prefers using headmate/fictive terms over parts/alters/introjects. Voices will not be given names, and are numbered in order of choosing to use this blog, not by how many are actually here.

Currently:

Voice 1 (They/It)

Voice 2 (She/Her)

Voice 3 (They/It)

Voice: undisclosed (could be anyone, or a mix! Not necessarily a voice given a number.)

Voice 4 (They/Them)

Voice 5 (He/Him, & any)

Topics you may find:

Queer themes

Neurodiverse themes (Autism, ADHD, plurality, trauma, & more)

Cripplepunk/Madpunk/Punk in general

The woes of chronic pain

Lots of identity stuff

Self harm/Suicide/Death

Religious trauma

Unreality/Things of an otherworldly nature as if literal and as if really had happened

Dealing with reality, usually with hopepunk, but like, yikes

Fandomish stuff, maybe. Headmates/fictives being vague probably.

& more!

Any identifying info is not happening. If you think you know us no you don't. NDA this shit. Redirect your brain cells away from suspicion. If you browse thats fine but leave no trace, nature trail visit this place. Coincidences are just that, not even correlation. Or else.

(We'd probably just be embarrassed about being Known(tm) and kinda upset about some stuff being seen thats private but pretend I have a gun for the meme)

Thanks for coming to our ted talk, except psych, bonus ted talk of thoughts will be randomly added below

Anti-psychiatry. Yes we have a psychologist headmate, yes we are in therapy with a therapist who knows about us. Tear down the medical field and rebuild it brick by fucking brick without any brick not being seen to by someone it impacts. No one should be forced to have medical choices and bodily autonomy stripped like that.

As such, obviously, pro self-dx, because dx labels are like. a horrible mess. Half of it is different brands of slightly varied symptoms lining stuff up to see which eye glass you see through best at the eye doctor. Whatever's comfy yall. It's like trauma all the way down anyway. Yes for like, almost everything. Even the biological stuff is exacerbated by trauma. Life in our society is inherently traumatizing for 99.9% of people.

So like. Drugs. Relatedly. Addiction is a societal problem. Free supervised substance use sites is a public health issue. Stop jailing people (disproportionately BIPOC who are often then exploited as prison labor) for drugs. Stop villainizing them. Addicts should be supported, and you know what? If someone wants to do drugs sometimes, let em. They aren't a crime that forever marrs your immortal soul or some shit.

Opiod crisis. Pain relief seeking behavior being classified as drug seeking is costing lives, just give them the prescription. Also on this topic free healthcare. Abortion is an inherent right to bodily autonomy. Let someone trans their gender as much as they please so long as consent is informed. Also palliative care over life-prolonging care any day if the person wishes. Also physician's assisted suicide.

For the love of the vast void or whatever you believe in stop letting cops kill people. Stop letting cops. That's it end of sentence. Redirect funds to better serve the community. Cheer when the station goes up in flames. Also just because you're European doesn't mean you're free of the racism of the US.

More to be added when we feel like it. Also posts may get made abt these separately

#about #about us #about post #info

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pluviositea · 2 years

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⚠️Spoilers for Jurassic Park Dominion:

We need to stop villianizing people with neurodivergencies and mental illnesses.

The main "big baddie"- Lewis Dodgson- in the new Jurassic movie displayed behaviors such as:

1) Using the word "Um/Uh" a lot (as compared to the other actors who did so very rarely),

2) Lots of pauses while speaking (big moives tend to avoid this at all costs, so here it seems purposeful),

3) Often not finishing sentences when speaking (these are cut off with pauses or "umming"),

4) Fidgeting with objects in his hands (which the camera makes awful sure you don't miss),

5) And finger tapping (again the camera focuses on this).

These are common behaviors that some people with neurodivergencies or mental illnesses express.

What is the issue with the movie? They chose the "most evil" character in the movie to show obvious neurodivergent behaviors. They could have included other characters expressing such behaviors in a positive context, but they did not.

I want to make myself clear by firstly saying, the actions of the character Lewis Dodgson- like exploiting people for money, and nearly contributing to a massive world wide food crisis- are very terrible things. These actions are definitely not something to ignore or brush off, if in a real situation. These "bad" actions understandably lend to him being a villian, and this part is reasonable within the context of a fictional story. What is not reasonable is that the only character that fidgeted and appeared to be "less socially competent" in the movie, happened to also be the "most immoral."

Secondly, I am not saying people with neurodivergencies/ mental illnesses have a free pass to harm people free from consequences. What I mean is that not all neurodivergent people and people with mental illnesses act in harmful ways. The behaviors I listed near the beginning of this post don't hurt anyone. I repeat, they DO. NOT. HURT. ANYONE.

Neurodivergent and mentally ill people are not "bad" or "evil" soley because of their neurodivergencies and or illnesses.

Better representation in movies and other media involving the wide spectrum of neurodiverse and mentally ill people is needed. The whole reason I made this post is because right now the producers of a big movie, like Jurassic Park Dominion, do not seem to know better than this.

#neurodiversity #mental illness #jurassic park dominion #representation is important #because these kinds of portrayals harm the wellbeing of people #no ifs ands or buts #please repost #spoiler warning #I am disappointed #because I like the other movies #but since I am more aware of these kinds of things #I really cannot ignore it

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subbyenbywitch · 2 years

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[book review] star trek: discovery: the way to the stars by una mccormack (2019)

in a lot of ways, tilly is the beating heart of star trek: discovery. you don’t notice it at first but by the end of season 1 it’s just super obvious, and it just gets more and more obvious as time goes on. what you do notice right away is that she is such a mood. like, she’s got to be one of the most immediately relatable characters on the show to the average star trek fan.

one of my favorite things about discovery, and i think one of a lot of people’s favorite things about discovery, is that the crew isn’t nearly as… stuffy as in the next generation?[1] everyone doesn’t always have to say the exact right thing at the exact right time, and we see that this isn’t incompatible with the “elevated” humanity that is so central to the franchise’s appeal. it’s okay to get excited about things in messy, awkward ways! and tilly is basically a human-shaped avatar of this approach. on top of that, she’s a genuinely great portrayal of someone who is clearly neurodiverse.[2] she’s just so damn refreshing in a world where a lot of popular entertainment uses “brilliant but rude, not empathetic, and has trouble talking to people” as shorthand for anyone who isn’t neurotypical. tilly is amazing at connecting with people, and i don’t think anyone is going to accuse her of an underabundance of empathy.

… so, uh, yeah! all of that is to say that i was, you know, maybe slightly excited to read a book that’s primarily about her! this book expands on a lot of what we already got from snippets about her–overbearing mother who sounds like a huge asshole (she is), brilliant, had a “rebellious phase.” i also really appreciate the continuity between this and the 2019 annual with her father’s ship!

the book is split into three parts which are extremely unequal in terms of length but nevertheless pretty equally important. part 1 covers tilly’s transition from living on earth to living at boarding school, and takes up almost half of the book, dwarfing the other two parts. part 2 follows tilly’s brief exploits as a teenage runaway, and part 3 finds her aboard her father’s ship and is the beginning of her path to starfleet. although the other two parts are equally important and are maybe slightly more effective as page turners, part 1 is the part that i found myself relating to the hardest.

one of the big obstacles tilly faces is her inability to stand up to her mother, and how she keeps getting bullied into going along with whatever her mother wants. this is what led her to boarding school, and while she’s there despite her teacher feeling she’s excelling, her mother just refuses to be satisfied.

tilly ends up internalizing her mother’s expectations and dropping things that are genuinely fun and important to her to try to do the best she can to meet her mother’s impossible standards. she ends up obsessing over a major project and overworking herself to the point of exhaustion, and when the time comes despite all her hard work she ends up bombing the presentation because of all the pressure she’s put on herself. worse, she realizes she’s alienated all her friends and is left all alone by the end of the term.

i… found this aspect way more relatable than i wanted to. i find that i often get so focused on what i’m working on or making progress with something… chasing the next dopamine release, as it were. and as a result i end up not doing enough to maintain the relationships in my life which are actually drastically more important to me than whatever i’m working on. and that’s without the pressure of a parent or other authority figure! just the ghost of one, in the form of lingering trauma from childhood. so it’s just extremely easy to empathize with tilly here.

i knew i would probably enjoy this book, i really love me some tilly, but i didn’t expect it to be so personally meaningful and genuinely useful. yeah, there’s a lot about tilly’s life that i can’t relate to, and a lot that i’m frankly pretty jealous of! but there are equally important parts that i very much can relate to, and that made this an incredibly satisfying read.

a-rank

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1. i hope it’s pretty obvious from my reviews of the series that i do love the next generation. this isn’t a dig against it.

2. i’m not going to put a specific diagnosis in the show’s mouth, but as someone who is autistic and has adhd, i frequently feel very seen by how her character is presented.

#star trek #star trek discovery #star trek books #star trek: discovery: the way to the stars #una mccormack #books #book review #reviews

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apinchofsanity · 3 years

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Neurodiverse person: *points to media* this isn't representation, can we have some representation please??

Karen: OMFG JUST BE HAPPY FOR FUCKS SAKE!!! WE ALREADY PUT UP WITH YOUR SHITTY EXISTENCE AND IT'S SO STRESSFULL!!! WHY DON'T YOU THINK OF US?? OF HOW OUR LIVES ARE HARDER CAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THE EASIEST OPTION WITHOUT CRITICISM?? MAYBE!! JUST MAYBE!! YOU SHOULD THANK US!! AND PAY US MON-EEEY FOR GIVING YOU A SINGLE CRUMB OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!!!! EVEN IF IT ISN'T "ACCURATE" OR "NICE" OR "FAIR"

#sia #actuallyneurodivergent #actuallyautistic #I'm so fucking sick #and tired of people acting victimised when called out #you're not a martyr #you just want money #you want to EXPLOIT neurodiversity

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threewaysdivided · 3 years

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How do you feel about the trans Danny headcanon? Not in terms of Deathly Weapons, just in general.

As a headcanon itself? I don’t personally go for it but I can see where it comes from, and I’m glad it brings people joy.

Like I mentioned in my DP & Asexuality meta-post, Danny’s half-ghost status can read as broad allegory for a bunch of potential experiences including various flavours of LGBT+ and neurodiversity. Add to that DP/FOP’s somewhat iffy tendency to use male femininity and emasculation as both punchline and source of character embarrassment for “comedy” such as it is and it’s not really surprising that both shows sometimes go tripping tail-over-teakettle right across the line into accidental-queer-coding.

That’s about as much as I can say on this one, since it isn’t a headcanon I tend to actively seek out. Baby 3WD had the misfortune to stumble into the Phandom at a time when some of the most popular circulating posts on the topic were people insisting that the interpretation “is canon” (with a very loud subtext that anyone who disagreed even slightly was an evil terrible transphobe), heavily cherry-picking the show to “prove” it, and seemingly taking glee in the idea that the headcanon would “ruin cis people’s childhoods” or make them uncomfortable, which just… seemed like a vaguely gatekeep-y, kind of mean, sort of disingenuous attitude towards fandom that I didn’t and still don’t particularly vibe with.

But, as it turns out, that's not representative of the headcanon at all! I’ve since met some really lovely users, seen some great meta-analysis about trans/queer readings of canon, and there some fantastic stories exploring the trans experience and the way being trans would alter Danny’s character and relationships. It’s kind of a universal law of the internet that even the most chill and non-toxic fandoms must be at least 5% tyre-fire by volume... and it’s just unfortunate that I happened to land right in the middle of a tyre-fire whose first impression has left me leery of wading too deep into that particular pool.

As for my own writing… I’m an asexual cis-woman whose interests lean more towards character psychology, self-esteem/self-love, platonic relationships and dealing with loss. I almost never have strong feelings or headcanons about the sexuality or gender identity (or even shipping) of characters - I kind of prefer to just take them at their word based on what they say/ show us in the story. (The only time it gets my back up is when I feel like a paid official creator is being exploitative/ dishonest/ disrespectful with their representation.)

In canon Danny identifies as male and is identified by the rest of the cast as male (even if sometimes he seems to struggle with feeling like he doesn’t live up to the “ideal of manliness” which honestly is a load of toxic bunk anyway) so I write him as a cis-guy.

Would I personally write a trans-headcanon story? Probably not. Like I said, I’m cis and - while I can listen to and sympathise with the experiences of trans people - I don’t feel like that would be my story to tell and (while I would do my best to research and be respectful if handed a canonically trans character) I wouldn’t feel confident enough in my ability to respectfully handle it to voluntarily take on that task. Especially since - when it comes to these kinds of transformative headcanons - I would personally want a story to explore how that change changes the character(s).

If someone else wants to write fic/ meta or otherwise make the case that a particular relationship or a specific queer/ cultural/ religious interpretation or reading of the text would be narratively compelling or offer interesting insights then I’m happy to hear them out. But honestly it’s just not something that I actively go looking for.

Basically, so long as people are being kind and respectful to others and doing what makes them happy then go forth and prosper with my blessing.

#Danny Phantom #Headcanons #3WD Answers #sorry if that's not a satisfying answer #But yeah #So long as you're being kind and constructive with it any headcanon is fine #Do not let me or any other fan be the arbiter of whether your thoughts/ feelings on something are valid #this is basically just a remix of the PinkAstronaut question I suppose #I'm really unhelpful when it comes to these kind of shipping and identity headcanons #here's my take as a white cis-person:#It's NOT about me #whatever my feelings are they are a Me Problem that I am responsible for dealing with #whether that's checking myself/ remembering to shut up and Listen/ working to unpack my uncomfortable sh*t IRL #Or responsibly using the back/ block/ filter buttons to curate my personal experiences in fandom #I am allowed to have personal opinions on the handling of these topics in media #but mine should not be the loudest voice in those conversations #and - frankly - no-one really has a right to gatekeep fandom for other people #least of all me #The thing that historically put me off this headcanon (and why I still tread lightly) was running into fans who used it in a gatekeepy way #Gatekeeping and trying to enforce a 'one true reading' are fandom behaviours I Categorically Dislike even when attached to progressive ideas #That's not to say that communities shouldn't self-moderate actual bad behaviour (bigotry/ harassment / plagiarism/ general toxicity)#But gainsaying another person's intentions to exclude/ shame them over a different interpretation of a fictional text is... unproductive #I tend to call that behaviour 'spite-canon-ing': where people seem to enjoy a thing more because it angers/offends/upsets someone else #than they do spending time talking about why that thing is something they like/ find valuable/ find resonant/ find important #And again: that's not on the headcanon itself - it's on the small minority of fans who chose to engage with fandom that way #So yeah #Headcanon? Fine. Canonicty? Deeply unlikely. Valid reading anyway? 100% if it brings you joy. Personal feelings on it? *Eh*#queer #anonymous

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thedreadvampy · 3 years

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On the other hand, and moving away from direct Mechanisms Discourse (which I prefer to not get over involved in tbh but also this ISN'T about that it's just jumping off it) - it absolutely is deeply classist to assume that somebody is illiterate or ignorant because of poverty/assumed poverty, and that's a huge problem. but also I think on a broader social level (at least in the UK) there is an idea in the left that it's classist to acknowledge the connection between poverty and illiteracy, while the truth is that illiteracy is a problem of poverty (poverty not in the sense of just Not Having Money but in the sense of system denial of adequate resources). Poverty doesn't = illiteracy but illiteracy is very much a problem of poverty - not a failure of a marginalised individual but a failure of the system marginalising them.

Adult illiteracy is a surprisingly large issue in eg both rural and urban Scotland, but it's not because poor people are stupid, ignorant or unwilling to learn - it's because schools are inadequate or inaccessible, classes are managed not taught, teachers are stretched thin and schools are underfunded so don't have resources to help struggling students, if you get to secondary school still unable to read and write you're completely locked out of the educational system unless you can access a school with the resources to teach you individually, and because of this, classism and a lack of support, poorer kids are more likely to switch off school as early as possible.

Social geography is also a big issue. In urban areas, schools in poorer areas get bad reputations, so they're underfunded, so they do worse, so they're funded less, etc, until they're a bare minimum of staff just trying to get through the day in collapsing buildings with no resources and five textbooks. Where better-funded schools can afford teaching assistants, 1:1 support for struggling students, decent food provision for kids, follow-up on children in need of support at home, more teachers for smaller classes, maybe counseling and psychological support, maybe Special Educational Needs classes for older kids to work on basic literacy and numeracy to catch up, worse-funded schools have one underpaid unsupported teacher trying to manage a class of 35 kids with wildly different needs. They don't have the resources to help support kids with issues that might affect their schooling, like parental abuse or neglect, trauma, a parent in prison, care responsibilities, hunger, homelessness, neurodiversities that affect their ability to learn in the prescribed way, learning disabilities like dyslexia, physical health issues including visual or auditory impairments...all things that when supported are highly surmountable but when unsupported often end up with children being perceived and treated as stupid, disruptive or evil. The problem then compounds itself because the kids are badly treated which makes them more disruptive and less able to learn, and more and more work is needed to help them which teachers continue to not have any capacity or resources for.

Rural poverty comes with its own schooling issues as well, in that poverty is generally correlated with remoteness. Poor rural communities are often hours away from population centres, so either you have tiny highly local schools serving a handful of families where a single teacher needs to invent lesson plans that somehow balance the needs of 11 year olds and 4 year olds of all abilities, or your kids need to somehow get into town every morning before you get to work, which may mean dropping them off at 6am, having to part pay for buses, taxis or ferries, sending them on their own, or leaving them with friends and family, and realistically the way that often shakes down is that they don't go. You teach them at home, and they may not even exist for the truancy office to know about.

Literacy is also connected to family culture. Both my parents were people with degrees from educated families, and my mum was a full time parent, and the result is that school didn't teach me to read - I was already a confident and enthusiastic reader. Even richer families may hire tutors for small children, pay for extracurricular learning, etc. The poorer a family is, the more likely neither parent is available to spend time reading with their kids, because they're working full time - at that economic level a single income household is almost entirely unviable so either both parents work or there's a single parent working extra hours or they're just exhausted from worrying about the bills and what's sold to them as a personal failure to look after their family.

One thing it's easy to forget is that while people in the UK still do drop out of school in their teens to work, a generation ago it was almost the norm for a lot of communities (especially the children of farmers, miners and factory workers) to have left school well before the end of compulsory education, both because of school being a hostile space and because of the need for an additional income. Now as well as then, a lot of kids drop out to work as unpaid carers, disproportionately in poorer families that can't afford private care or therapeutic support. Literacy aside, generations of leaving school with no qualifications doesn't tend to teach you that formal learning is as important as experience and vocational learning, and you don't expect to finish anyway so why put yourself through misery trying to do well? But it includes literacy. I grew up in a former mining area and a lot of people my dad's age and older were literate enough to read signs and football results, but took adult classes in middle age or later to get past the pointing finger and moving lips. and if you're parents don't or can't read, it's a lot harder for you to learn.

There's a lot of classism and shame tied up in the roots of illiteracy. Teachers and governments and schoolmates will often have vocally expressed low expectations of poorer students; a rich child who does poorly at school has problems, a poor child who does poorly at school is a problem child. They're often treated with hostility and aggression from infancy and any anger or disinterest in school is often treated not as a problem to be solved but as proof that you were right to deem them a write-off. Poorer or more neglected children (or children for whom English is a second language) will often be deemed "stupid" by their peers, and start at a disadvantage because of the issues around early childhood learning in families where parents are overstretched.

Kids learn not to admit that they don't know or understand something, because if you start school unable to read and write and do basic maths when a lot of kids your age are already confident, you get mocked and called stupid and lazy by your peers, and treated with frustration by your teachers. So kids learn to avoid people noticing that they need help. That means that school, which could help a lot, isn't somewhere you can go for help but a source of huge anxiety and pain - more so when you factor in the background radiation of classism that only grows as you get older around not having the right clothes, the right toys, the right experiences, my mum says your mum's a ragger, my mum says I shouldn't hang out with you because you're a bad lot - so again kids switch off very early and see education as something to survive not something helpful.

The same is very much true of adult literacy. A lot of adults are very shamed and embarrassed to admit that they struggle with reading and writing - a lot of parents particularly want to be able to teach their kids to read, but aren't confident readers themselves, and feel too stupid and embarrassed to admit out loud that they can't read well, let alone to seek out and endure adult literacy classes that are a constant reminder of their perceived failure and ignorance (and can also be excruciating. Books for adult literacy learning are not nearly widespread enough and a lot of intelligent experienced adults are subjected to reading Spot the Dog and similar books targeted at small children's interests). Adult literacy classes also cost time and also money, so a lot of people only have the space for them after retirement, if at all.

And increasingly, illiteracy (or lack of fluency in English) increases poverty and marginalisation, and thus the chances of inherited literacy problems. Reading information, filling out forms and accessing the internet in a meaningful way are all massively limited by illiteracy, and you need those skills to access welfare, to access medical care, to avoid exploitative loans, to deal with any service providers, etc. Most jobs above minimum wage and a lot below require a fairly high level of literacy, whether it's office work or reading an instructional memo on a building site or reading drink instructions in McDonalds. Illiteracy is a huge barrier between somebody and the rest of the world, especially in a modern world that just assumes universal literacy, and especially especially as more and more of life involves the internet, texting, WhatsApp, email, and so on - it's becoming harder and harder for people with limited literacy to be fully involved in society. And that means the only mobility is downwards, and that exacerbates all the problems that lead to adult illiteracy.

People who can't read after the age of 6 or so are treated as stupid. People who can't read fluently when they're adults are seen as stupid and almost subhuman. There's so much shame and personal judgement attached to difficulty reading, but the fact that illiteracy is almost exclusively linked to poverty and deprivation is pretty conclusive. Illiteracy isn't about the failure or stupidity of the individual, it's about the lack of support, care and respect afforded to poor people at all stages of their life. Being illiterate doesn't make you stupid - many people are highly intelligent, creative, capable, thoughtful, and illiterate. I know people who can immediately solve complex engineering problems on the fly but take ten minutes to write down a sentence of instruction. It isn't classist to say that illiteracy is caused by poverty - it's both classist and inaccurate to say that illiteracy says anything about the worth, intelligence or personhood of the poor, that it's a result of a desire to be ignorant, or that it's evidence that people are poor because they're stupid, incapable, ignorant or bad parents. The link between poverty and illiteracy is the problem of classism and bigotry, no more no less, and we deal with it by working against the ideas that both poverty and lack of education are a reflection of individual worth.

Illiteracy isn't a problem of intelligence, it's a problem of education, and that matters because education is not inherent. it's something that has to be provided and maintained by parents, by the state, by the community. you're not born educated. you are educated. except more than a quarter of the Scottish population isn't educated, because the system doesn't give a fuck about them and actively excludes them or accidentally leaves them behind.

#idl why i wrote this I'm just very angry about how we as a culture treat adult illiteracy in the uk #which is to say - we don't #we ignore it and think about it as a problem of the past or of other countries #and if we do encounter it we treat illiterate people as uniquely stupid and ignorant #as if it's a personal not systemic problem #26.7% of people in Scotland are either illiterate or have severe issues with literacy #16.4% in the uk as a whole #it's this invisible symptom of deprivation that nobody fucking talks about #less than half of people in prison have basic literacy and numeracy skills #and that's not because only stupid people end up in prison it's because illiteracy is a symptom of the poverty pipeline #and i don't think there's current data on this but I'd guess we're going to see an ongoing dip in literacy rates #correlated with austerity from 2010 on #because child poverty and child hunger in this country has consistently steeply climbed since then #and you don't. learn well. when you're hungry.#and also i anticipate a drop in literacy associated with Covid. it's two years where kids without existing literacy skills #parents who are home and consistent internet access have really been unable to engage with a lot of classes #and teachers have been even less able to offer meaningful personalised support #and two years is SO LONG in early years. being set back two years compared to other students can affect your education your whole life.

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Hi Devon,

I'm a recent grad planning to apply to psych PhD programs in the fall with the plan to pursue a career academia (despite how much I know it'll suck I've thought long and hard about it and truly don't think I would be as fulfilled doing anything else). My research experience has been in cognitive development and I keep on being drawn to questions about autism. I am Autistic myself and pretty much think the way we have historically thought about cognitive abilities in autism is garbage. I want to pursue my questions but am honestly terrified about trying to fight my way through the current status quo in autism research.

You're one of very few people I know of in the realm of academia with views on autism that I actually agree with and respect, so I would love your thoughts. Is there hope for actually Autistic individuals pursuing research into autism? Are there any researchers who you've seen building community with Autistic people and listening to Autistic voices? Do you have any advice for surviving in the field as an Autistic person?

Anything you can say to these questions would be much appreciated, thank you!

I'm the type to be brutally honest rather than uplifting and encouraging, so you know, take that into account when adjusting for the skew of my answers.

Any time a person reaches out to me seeking advice on pursuing a graduate degree in psychology of any kind, I advise them against it for the most part. The field desperately needs more research conducted by Autistic people, for Autistic people (and other neurodivergent groups) but I have never known a graduate program to be anything but extremely abusive, exploitative, ableist, and ill-suited to preparing a graduate student today for the reality of academic life as it now is. These mfers are playing by a rulebook that was tired in the 1980s and its downright detached from reality today. My graduate experience was so traumatic and disillusioning that I chose to abandon academic research or any hope of having a tenure track career altogether. Everyone that I know was either completely abused and traumatized by their advisor, or pod personed by them and transformed into exactly the kind of passive aggressive liberal manipulative ghoul that had once mistreated them. Graduate study ravaged my health and my self-concept.

Is there hope for actually Autistic individuals pursuing research into Autism? Well, there is a growing body of research by us and for us. Journals like Autism in Adulthood do give me hope, and help nourish me intellectually and improve my work.

Are there any researchers whom I've seen building community with Autistic people and listening to Autistic voices? All the ones that I've seen actually operating in practice use methods of communication and workflows that are profoundly inaccessible and harmful to us, even if they are incredibly well intentioned and open to the idea of neurodiversity. There is a lot of decent research coming out these days finally, but I don't know how all of that sausage gets made.

Do I have any advice for surviving in the field as an Autistic person? Make sure you have a very robust support system that exists completely independently from academia. Make sure you have a complete and rich life that has nothing to do with academics and do not give up even a SHRED of it, even if it means accomplishing less and taking more time while you are in school. Have hobbies, friends and loved ones you see daily, a spiritual or physical practice that helps you offload stress, vacations or little adventures within your community that renew you, and work that is applied and grounded rather than just basic/theoretical research. (especially needed if you're in cognitive psych land. shit gets so fuckin abstact and divorced from reality).

Read a lot of fiction or practice some art or do something creative that has nothing to do with your graduate studies. Do not sign up for meaningless committees. Poster presentations do not matter and don't help your CV much at all. Most committees don't either. Read the book The Professor Is In and the blog that goes along with it religiously. Do not trust your advisor. Do not expect your dissertation to be perfect and do not make it your most ambitious project, focus on making it something you can get done quickly that is just "good enough." Cultivate skills that will be useful outside of academia. Do not assume you will ever get an academic job. Read the statistics on how many PhDs there are relative to how many professorships. Speak to people who work outside of academia who have the credentials you are getting. Know how to market yourself and get a job outside of academia if you have to -- consulting especially may be a good fit if you are Autistic and not suited for a 9 to 5 in an office.

Grill any potential advisor at any program you are considered for, hard. if they are defensive being asked questions about their working style, their leadership style, their former students, etc, that means they do not like ever being challenged and that is a red flag. Ask to speak to *FORMER* students. Not current ones. Current ones will not feel safe being honest. Ask for job placement data for graduates of their lab. Look up reviews. Do not pay for graduate school, only apply to fully funded programs otherwise they are scamming you. Remember you can leave at any time. good luck.

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Had the Realisation that my oldest vampire character is literally only 41, so. Some actual older vampires! Below the cut - a thousand-year-old Banu Haqim nerd and a two-hundred-year-old Tzimisce who wants to be a cryptid.

Ezra ben Natan, 8th generation Banu Haqim (vizier caste)

Ezra was born in the tiny Jewish Quarter of Constantinople in 981, in a time where the Jewish population was beginning to come under pressure from both the Christian and Muslim communities. Within this instability, Ezra tried to keep up with the studies that fascinated them, eventually catching the eye of a visiting Banu Haqim vizier (a grandchilde of Tegyrius), who saw great potential for learning within the young Ezra. They were Embraced in 1006, initially refusing to return to Alamut with their sire in order to remain with their community. Eventually, their sire persuaded them to at least visit, and with some reluctance (albeit with the rapidly fraying stability of Michael the Patriarch as a fairly potent incentive to leave!), Ezra left their community in 1015.

They found they did actually fit in remarkably well in Alamut, meeting other Jewish Banu Haqim and embracing the Persian Jewish communities near the fortress, thriving amongst their fellow viziers and learning all they could, not only about the Banu Haqim but about the wider world amidst the Islamic Golden Age (while there were certainly Jewish-Islamic clashes outside of Alamut, within, they would largely consider themselves Banu Haqim first, Jewish or Muslim second). During their studies on the Baali Wars, they befriended many of the local Salubri, fascinated by their healing arts and admiring their political stance. They also became a follower of Derech Chaim, part of the Road of Heaven. When the Tremere began their persecution of the Salubri, they were appalled, and successfully petitioned for many of the local Salubri to be protected by groups of Banu Haqim warriors. This was not to last, although, for a time, they were still able to give some protection.

Following the violence of the Crusades and shortly after the condemnation of the Tremere blood curse after the Convention of Thorns and the Treaty of Tyre, Ezra, despairing at the state of their clan and the world, retreated into torpor for several centuries, eventually waking again in the early 19th century. Deciding to leave Alamut, they departed for London, a centre of great industry and change; there would be much to learn, especially everything they had missed over the past 300-odd years they had been in torpor for, and when they eventually paid a return visit to Alamut around the turn of the 20th century, they were granted the title of Distinguished Master (specialising in Jewish Banu Haqim history and with a secondary focus on the Baali Wars). They remained in England until the first World War, when they departed for the United States, settling in New York City, which was nominally Camarilla but never really siding one way or another with a specific sect and so making it relatively ideal for a member of an Independent clan to survive. Residing in Brooklyn, Ezra became the self-proclaimed protector of the Jewish community there, along with a handful of other Jewish Cainites from various clans, and were largely able to insulate them from the eventual Sabbat domination, the Battle of New York, and the Camarilla reclamation.

In modern nights, they have joined their great-grandsire Tegyrius and are nominally a part of the Camarilla (although they consider themself Jewish first, Banu Haqim second, Cainite third, and Camarilla fourth at best). Along with their studies of history and society, they have picked up an interest in technology and strive to keep up with it, and has also delighted in discovering the concept of being nonbinary, which has answered quite a few questions they've had regarding themself over the past millennium!

Personality: Studious and inquisitive, with a strong sense of duty and protection. A strong supporter of the concept of tikkun olam (lit. 'repair of the world'), which they interpret as a directive to protect and heal as much as possible, and they try to be compassionate in all they do. They do, however, have a dislike verging on hatred for the Tremere, not just for the injustices they've inflicted upon their own clan, but for their actions against the Salubri.

Disciplines: Auspex 5, Presence 3, Quietus (Minhit Dume/Hematus) 5, Obfuscate 4, Celerity 2. Possesses True Faith 1

Wish, 10th generation Tzimisce

Wish hails from Tennessee, born Louetta Patterson in the then-new town of Knoxville in 1804. Forever drawn to the Great Smoky Mountains, they spent a wild childhood roaming the forests and foothills, delighting in the freedom from being a girl, from being human, in the early nineteenth century. When their parents tried to reign in the borderline feral child by arranging a marriage between them and the older son of a neighbouring farmer (they were fifteen, he was in his late twenties), they ran, first to their beloved mountains, then further on, following the Appalachians all the way into Ohio, passing themself off as a boy named Louis. While trying to eke out a survival in Columbus, they had an encounter that would change - or rather end - their life, accepting an errand to deliver a parcel to a strange foreign gentleman, surprisingly late at night for visitors.

This gentleman was a Tzimisce, originally from Eastern Europe, now part of the growing Sabbat movement in America. Pleased by Wish's resourcefulness, independence, and curiosity, he offered them the opportunity to discover a newer, wilder facet to life, and Embraced them in 1822. This, frankly, suited Wish just fine, who had never really seen themself as much human anyway, and after a period of mentorship, they returned to the Great Smoky Mountains they so adored, changing their name to Wish proper (from the last syllable of ‘Louis’) and setting up their own little domain there. They wanted nothing to do with human wars and conflicts. They just wanted the mountains and the natural environment.

They didn't get many visitors. That was fine. They could pick up books and eventually records from Knoxville (carefully avoiding the presence of anyone they knew, or else using their new skill of Vicissitude to disguise themself), and eventually built up a largely underground haven in their beloved mountains. Originally satiating their thirst on animals and occasionally on humans during their odd trips to the city, the Appalachian Trail gave them not just a steady stream of hikers to take the odd slurp from, but also the attentions of arsonists and vandals, who... well, were generally not seen again. They also, quite regularly, feed on invasive boars, which compete with the native black bears; two birds (well, boars) with one stone!

In modern nights, they don't look much human any more, and there may be more than the usual number of cryptid sightings in their neck of the woods. They have, much to their dismay, been obligated to get involved with politics, and human politics, no less - learning how to send petitions and communicate with others online about the dangers of regional exploitation, to preserve the Appalachians they so love. More enjoyably, they've also taken correspondence courses on conservation, and are adept at using camera traps to record the wildlife of their domain, taking biodiversity surveys, and the like.

Personality: Introverted, generally pretty relaxed, happy for the odd visitor to show up so they can do the whole Hospitality thing but also, you know, very happy to send them away after three days. Doesn't see themself as human any more, and frankly hasn't since their mortal days; while some Tzimisce go for straight monstrosity, Wish prefers adding animal features, anything from a spectacular rack of antlers to shimmery cuttlefish chromatophores.

Considers themself a caretaker of the environment, and follows the Path of Harmony - the world is in constant flux, and the best way to adapt to it is to flux with it. Despite their Sabbat sire, pretty firmly Autarkis. Politics is for people more human than they are, frankly! Still speaks with a strong Tennessee drawl. Lover of music and words; if you happen to be in the mountains at night, hearing the sound of a record player or perhaps a fiddle, or spot someone lounging in a deck chair with a flashlight wedged in their antlers so they can read... yeah, probably them. Would much rather chill than argue; they get on well with the local Gangrel and even decently with the Fae and Garou, who recognise them as a part of the mountain community and not the larger Cainite society as a whole.

Fond of furries. They’re trying so hard, bless their li’l souls. Maybe they’d make good Tzimisce or Gangrel!

Disciplines: Auspex 4, Animalism 5 (has crow famalus named, uh, Crow because corvidae are smartasses and they respect that), Vicissitude 3, Potence 2 (very useful for, you know, catching invasive boars)

Posts that are straight-out Vibes: antlers, gender, music, that whole being nonbinary/neurodiverse/aspec and also enjoying nonhuman characters and themes while also not wanting to be a stereotype but at the same time the vibes are impeccable thing, a friend

#vampire the masquerade #banu haqim #tzimisce #my ocs #oc: ezra #oc: wish

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Hello, sorry if this is annoying but can you explain how Himiko is neurodivirgent, I don't mean to come off as rude or anything, I just don't know much about the topic and am curious? Sorry to cause any trouble.

It’s absolutely not any trouble!! I love talking about how Himiko shows signs of being neurodivergent. It hits close to home specifically since not only is she one of my favorite characters, but I relate to her a lot. Okay, this might be a bit long, so sorry about that lol:

So in case you don’t know exactly what it is, neurodiversity is when mentally your brain is wired differently than normal, or “neurotypical”, peoples brains. Especially with considerably easy functions like socialising, thinking, learning, developing or ageing, and many others. Many disorders can fall under the neurodiversity spectrum. ADHD, BPD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dyslexia, and many others.

Personally, I think Himiko would fall into the category of being autistic, which has a lot going into it, but can be summed up as a developmental disorder that involves delays in communication, thinking, social situations, and basic human understanding.

Though there is a thread on Twitter that does a good job covering certain criterias that I won’t end up covering (her lack of understanding of social cues, development delays, the reason why she’s depressed, etc.) and it’s really good!!

Below, I’ll list the traits that, in my opinion, Himiko possesses that are common in ND people. Not all of them will be listed, just the bigger ones:

Talking in a slow, almost “emotionless” way

Himiko talks a certain way throughout the whole of the game, rarely ever changing even when she’s expressing very strong emotions. From the very first line she speaks, Himiko talks about something exciting to her, but still sounds very flat and unenthused. Most ND people will always speak in the same tone of voice no matter what. Sometimes, it's very flat and monotone, like Himikos. Sometimes they'll speak slowly either to gather together what they want to say next, or that's just how they were wired to speak. (Almost exactly like Jataro from DR:AE who speaks in a similar way. Who also has a few neurodivergent traits. But that's just a theory c:)

Childish behavior

This usually ranges, but Himiko has a few traits that neurodivergent people have that others consider “too childish”. She’s extremely naive in how she perceives the world, people around her, and their intentions with interacting with her. Like when Kaito asked her to bring her a crossbow of all things and it takes little for her to be convinced to assist him. Or when Kokichi makes fun of her, and she doesn't always gets it. She's sometimes able to understand, but mostly she doesn't understand that he's just taking advantage of her innocence to treat her how he does with others. She takes things everyone says at face value and believes them easily. Her peers consider her to be a bit slow in many areas, almost in a childlike way. She almost has a child-level understanding of vocabulary (i.e. pronounces words the way children do like how the way she says magic almost sounds like “myagic”, her vocabulary is pretty limited, and she usually starts using certain words that she hears others use). When having her Master brought up with the possibility that he left her selfishly and that she was better than him, she always denies it, keeping an innocent mentality so she won’t feel too bad. After being motivated to move forward, she’s seen a lot to want to be helpful to the group and do something useful, and in return they, in my opinion, view that behavior how older people view a child wanting to be helpful to them. The thread above goes more into detail (her bathroom issues, having a unique way of remembering and referring to objects), but these are only some of the examples for Himiko's maturity.

Being a “gifted child” when she was young

This is entirely my speculation since this is never addressed in canon, but Himiko strikes me as a former “gifted child” which most NDs go through. Her “gift” was discovered at a young age and she was really skilled at it. She was known for it by huge masses of people and praised for it. She even had to save the person who saw the talent in her and taught her everything she knows about it when he made a mistake. She gets invited to all types of events because of it. Lot’s of ND kids who were thought of as “gifted'' may have gone through the same thing. It would also explain why she’s so depressed and unmotivated through most of the game, as a result of what’s called “gifted child syndrome”. Having so much praise and expectations set on her so young. Getting older and not having the same energy for it as you had before. Technically all the DR kids are former gifted children, since they're the product of a company exploiting their "gifts", which is a factor in how the world ended in the way it was. But Himiko has more, you could say "traditional" symptoms and after-effects of growing up as a gifted child (depressed, lack of motivation, lack of motivation in her subject, etc.).

Being viewed as lazy

Even though she takes what she's passionate about seriously, less than when she was younger or not, Himiko doesn't always take action with magic, and even everyday tasks. ND people usually lack any sort of drive, sometimes having an “I’ll come back to it later” mentality, excited about it or not. Himiko lacks any drive and motivation throughout the game, even at the idea of being killed, or put in the line of suspicion for someone's killer. She’ll always make excuses on why she can’t act on things, the most common being “she doesn’t have enough MP”. Which goes back to her talent as a magician, which she is especially sluggish in.

Bottling in her emotions and not wanting them to show. But when she does, it results in an on-going meltdown

We all saw it in its prime during the end of the third trial after all, right? Himiko was sort of always closed in, but it wasn't extreme since she hadn't hit her lowest yet. When she did though, (being the prime suspect of Ryoma dying, her closest friends Tenko and Angie dying, being one of the suspects of one of their murders, etc.) She still attempted to hold it all in, which ND people do for a variety of reasons (not knowing how to process extreme emotions, not wanting too much attention by expressing them, or choosing unhealthy ways to process your feelings, amongst others). But once Kokichi called her out for the second time? Not only was everything practically gushing out of her face, but she literally passed out from crying for so long. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that myself, ha.

The same thing happened in the last trial kind of. Once the truth of the killing game and their identities is revealed, she seems to have a meltdown. It could be from the overwhelmingness of the situation. It could be the amount of "change" of the situation, which she doesn't even remember. It could also be overstimulating tones with the change in environment, the info dumping, and how everyone jumped from topic to topic etc. Meltdowns are normal for ND people, especially since they usually hold in their feelings. Himiko got better at expressing herself, but meltdowns will still happen once something overwhelming occurs (it's a great way to let out steam!!)

Stimming

Stimming is when someone, ND or not, self-stimulates themselves by repeatedly moving in some way either by speaking, moving either themselves or something else, or watching someone else do it. Most of the time, you can see Himiko fidgeting with her fingers or with her hat. Doing something with her hands, which is a form of stimming

Despite that, Himiko most noticeably stims by speaking, as she sometimes repeats stuff others say, sometimes repeats a word in order to comfort herself and her beliefs (saying “it’s magic” over and over, either in retaliation or in general), and has a go-to word that she’ll always use almost every sentence when she doesn’t know what to say, is caught off guard/by surprise, or just when she starts and ends her sentences (y’know like, “nyeh”?).

“Odd” facial features/expressions

This one presents itself a lot in the game and through her design as well. Her lip stays tucked out all the time, her eyes don’t always stay open, and her face often keeps the same expression (tired and kind of bored). Just like when she speaks, even when she's expressing intense emotions, she'll keep a mellow expression. She lifts her hat into the air and not much changes expression-wise. She'll be accusatory to someone and not much changes expression-wise. To certain people she interacts with, they think her face is "weird" since it'll pull in ways it usually doesn't for NT people. It could be because she's trying to force the look on herself so it's more easier for people to read (which is shown to be the case for most people), but it's also possible that it's just how she looks. Since she's older, she has more freedom to make more strategies to have more natural expressions, but it's still off-putting to some of her peers.

The infamous saying, “she comes off as annoying”

Many people know this one well, and Himiko is no different, especially in the earlier chapters. Almost everything stated above is a factor that plays in people's disdain for Himiko, in the game and the fandom. Characters like Shuichi, Kaede, Tenko, and even Angie are one of the only few people who try to understand and adjust to Himiko's behavior in their own method, while everyone else either ignores her, doesn’t take her seriously, or even end up bullying her because of it, not willing to adjust themselves for her specific brand of behavior. Being an obvious target, coming off as weird, being too blunt and coming off as rude (which even caused her having strained relationships with K1-B0, Miu, etc.), sometimes hyperfixating too hard on magic (her “special interest”), all seem to be a reason for people thinking she’s too high maintenance.

,,,this ask sure is a month old isn’t it? retrdfyugihhuyt I am EXTREMELY sorry I answered this so late, but I haven’t been online lately because of moving, but at least I managed to finish this in less than a day lol. It’s long, but I love Himiko, and love all the quirks that make her who she is, and am happy to explain it to others!! I hope this answered your questions either way (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

#side blog asks n answers #danganronpa #danganronpa v3 #ndrv3 #danganronpa killing harmony #new danganronpa v3 #himiko yumeno #danganronpa discourse #GOD i practically just excreted infodump all over this post #hopefully this clear essay which i was clearly excited to write which i clearly wrote in a day is coherent

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cllynchauthor · 4 years

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Once again I want to remind everyone that the ADW are working hard to silence The Aspergian and good, non-ADW advocates are falling for it.

If you hear these lies being spread, don’t assume the person claiming them is ADW. The ADW sock accounts have fooled a good many people.

But it’s important not to be fooled so here are some lies being told about The Aspergian:

1. The Aspergian is trying to bring back “Aspergers” and is run by aspie supremacists.

False.

The founder of the Aspergian was diagnosed with ASD, identifies as autistic, and believes that Aspergers is a nonsense label.

However her best friend was bullied into suicide after he called himself an aspie without knowing anything about aspie supremacy and she thinks that’s garbage and that autistic people should not bully each other to death.

The Aspergian’s contributors include people with intellectual disability, nonspeakers, and all are anti-supremacy. Just read any of its content and you’ll see that this is not a supremacist site.

The Establishment was an anti-Establishment website. Ironic names are confusing, but The Aspergian is not the only example out there.

2. The Aspergian plagiarizes articles.

False.

Contributors to The Aspergian maintain full rights of their work. Many cross post from their personal blogs or repost onto sites like Medium. Contributors post the articles themselves from their own accounts. If an article is on The Aspergian it’s because the author of the article put it there.

The only “plagiarized” articles on The Aspergian are the Wikipedia pages of nonspeakers which the ADW have deleted and The Aspergian has republished.

3. The Aspergian doesn’t pay its contributors and therefore exploits autistic people.

Partially true.

Contributors don’t get paid. But this is because The Aspergian has no income. It doesn’t run ads. It runs at a loss.

Aspergian contributors are encouraged to put Patreon/Ko-Fi links on their bios and the ultimate goal is for contributors to be paid but first it would need, like, an income.

The Aspergian is not exploiting autistic people.

It IS autistic people.

We’re poor. But we have voices.

4. The founder is a nazi.

False.

This is one is flat out ridiculous.

Terra Vance, the founder, is passionate about equality and justice. She hates fascism and all it’s works. She is anti-terfs, pro-Neurodiversity, pro-intersectionality, pro-nonspeakers, anti-ableism, and has driven herself to the point of cardiac emergency trying to defend autistic and other marginalized people.

5. The articles are no good.

Well, you can judge for yourself. What do you think?

https://theaspergian.com/2019/11/27/access-to-communication-is-a-human-right/

https://theaspergian.com/2019/11/24/bcbas-respond-to-the-dog-trainer-who-called-out-aba/

https://theaspergian.com/2019/02/23/white-privilege/

https://theaspergian.com/2019/09/10/behind-the-anti-neurodiversity-articles-an-unholy-alliance-of-usual-suspects/

https://theaspergian.com/2019/10/05/wikipedia-org-article-for-naoki-higashida/

https://theaspergian.com/2019/08/08/poetry-autism-is-invisible/

#actuallyautistic #autism #autismacceptance #aspergers

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ehhh i just feel that the fact that the only character with prosopagnosia is both a murderer and killed off is a problem, and the fact that it was manipulated and used by ga'ran without that fact ever being outright criticized is. not good on capcoms part. i agree with you abt uendo tho, i disliked that he was outed against his will but i did really like that he wasnt the killer and that he was handled in a largely respectful way

SOJ SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

do you think they really needed to criticize Garan specifically for exploiting her husband’s mental health and not just, y’know, EVERY SINGLE OTHER ASPECT OF THE SITUATION, LIKE HOW SHE KILLED HIM

one thing about how aa treats neurodiversity that I really respect is how it doesnt Make It A Thing. nobody ever comments on how fucking autistic Manfred is, nor on how fucking autistic Miles and Franziska are. its just a background thing evened out between villain and protagonist so theres no stereotype or trope playing out smoothly in either direction

Neurodivergent People Are Uwu Babies Who Need To Be Protected And Can Do No Harm is not an approach I’m particularly fond of, because of both abstract reasoning reasons and personal experience reasons, and AA does NOT do that

Garan made use of Inga’s prosopagnosia, Rayfa’s insecurity, Nahyuta’s desire to do his best by his country and people, Amara’s Bad Decision Making Skills, Dhurke’s desire to be the most dramatic possible at all times and her country’s love and mourning for her sister absolutely equally, and THAT is equality we deserve. it was Just Another Aspect Of The Situation, not Today On This Very Special Episode Of Ace Attorney, and I like that way of handling it a lot actually??

I know of absolutely no established trope or stereotype that equates prosopagnosia with being murderous. In fact I know of absolutely no established trope or stereotype that acknowledges prosopagnosia exists at ALL, which makes every representation good representation. not all mental health conditions are equal, like how people who wear glasses and people with allergies usually don’t become targets for violent ableism? (as far as I know)

Uendo being outed against his will was… again, a lesser evil kind of thing? esp compared to the disaster that was Robin in Academy lmao that was a horrible trainwreck on nearly every level. but Uendo really should not have lied on the stand & tried to frame Bucky for the crime? their secret was Intensely Relevant to the events, and it’s not like they got any blowback for it? the only reason they werent admitting it was bc they were trying to protect Owen, and also because they dont just go around announcing to everyone that they’re DID any more than Apollo goes around announcing he’s gay (even though he absolutely is) (uh excuse me for getting distracted for a second here)

if anything there was fucked up it was the cheerful ‘oh you get blackout drunk from a manju bun! let’s test that!’ like… uh. Athena that sounds slightly unethical. but also they did not protest at any point and also it really was fucking relevant af to the case? and being easily intoxicated is not a DID relevant thing so thats a completely separate issue either way

like, this is not like ‘also the witness actually has girl parts not that anyone cares but lets just bring that up for no reason at all’, this is like ‘also the witness was the victim’s boyfriend which explains like half the case and also why they are so nervous on the stand’, like as parallel to ‘actually the witness is the victim’s little sister’ (oh no! they outed Dahlia! who was in witness protection or something, Miles acknowledged that the reason he allowed her to lie in court about her identity was bc she had apparently good reasons to hide it) (but Mia gets no blowback for outing her, possibly because there were good fucking reasons for it in context!)

btw AA also had earlier DID kinda-representation that I took note of and overall liked: Ben and Trilo. there the judge DID go ‘uh who IS the witness?’ but then Franziska was like ‘just let it go your honor the witness is the witness and we know exactly who they are’ because she is my precious daughter who is all that is good in the world. and it wasnt like GOOD good, because the case was low key poking fun at them being weird, but it was also on the background of literally everyone else in the circus also being weird in other ways, so it didn’t really single them out?

and then they looked back and went ‘lets do the same thing but better’ and boy they fucking did

(but god i just cant let go of the first point I replied to there. DID GARAN STRIKE YOU AS PERHAPS A SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER. SOMEONE WHOSE ACTIONS THE NARRATIVE MEANT YOU TO APPROVE OF. CRITICIZING ATHENA’S ACTIONS IN OUTING UENDO MAKES SENSE BECAUSE SHE’S A PROTAGONIST AND WE ARE MEANT TO IDENTIFY WITH AND APPROVE OF HER. GARAN IS LITERALLY THE FUCKING VILLAIN SHE HASNT DONE A SINGLE THING THAT WASNT EVIL FOR THE ENTIRE CASE WHY WOULD YOU WANT HER SEPARATELY CALLED OUT FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY. ITS NOT THAT SPECIAL COMPARED TO THOUSANDS DEAD BECAUSE OF MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE)

#caps lock /#ace attorney #spirit of justice #soj spoilers #representation #neurodiversity #this is Good Shit anon thanks for letting me ramble about this #i have Strong Opinions about what representation should look like and i want to share them with the world #anon #asks

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