neurotypicals will laugh when I say 'im autistic" like bitch im not joking AND now I know you think making fun of autistic people is funny

honestly it doesn't bug me that Jerry Seinfeld is bad at acting because the other main cast of Seinfeld are so good, Jerry's acting becomes a joke in and of itself.

Moral Orel doesn't seem 100% like a show I'd feel seen in if you don't know me but then I remember the episode with the special ed kids and underneath the usual satire on extremist bible belt religion it reminds me WAY too much of how actual special ed departments treated me and other kids growing up.

Like the writers must HAVE BEEN THERE IN LIFE, man. I'd kill to sit down with Dino Stamatopoulos and find out what the fuck inspired him and the other writing staff that day.

Just saw some article say that Tech has a complete arc because he had to Learn how to show that he loved his family and dying for them completes that. As if it hadn't been abundantly clear from the word go that he loves his family, as if he hasn't shown intense care about Omega the whole show, he didn't need to learn to show anything he's been showing it from the start.

the depression is doing abnormal things (im not rotting?? still there. but its not that kind rn) and god would i Love to say. the lwa obsession never left. the depression briefly (last two years) covered it. i am still so not normal at all about this show. i need it so bad in every aspect of my life

incredibly funny to me whenever i like. casually enjoy media. like just a reminder i can engage with content and not obsess over it and pour all my energy and thoughts into it and analyze every detail of it. i’m just only like that about a few things and they happen to be fucking strange choices like markiplier lore

Pretend I left a frustrated effortpost here about how I strongly suspect that Zenos yae Galvus, most human evil motherfucker in the story, being specifically read as inhuman in spite of the game making active effort to show that he is Like That precisely because he's human draws from a well of ableism given that he's both the only explicitly nd character in the entire game and one of a very small list of mentally ill characters, almost all villains

And like, when the game with a recent expac where 3/3 of the villains are suicidally depressed and the one dude in a wheelchair gets quietly sidelined despite buildup that should have led to an active role in the story is doing better than you, you need to fucking shape up! I don't care if people think it's "reasonable" to read his behavior as inhuman, the fact that those behaviors are read as inhuman in the first place is the fucking problem!

aaaaaaaaaag

I had a mandatory social event for work today, and honestly. As smbd w/ autism, I don't mind social events as a concept; I do enjoy a party, and hanging around people, and enjoying vibes. What I hate is the forced participation, and polite refusal or sitting out resulting in making every neurotypical around you upset or uncomfortable.

It's sweet that people care to make sure you're having a good time, but I hate how it feels like I have to enjoy things on their terms or else I bring a bad vibe; Like I'm not allowed to cover my ears if things are too loud, or leave to sit somewhere quiet to recharge a little, or be picky about the food that I eat, otherwise it's seen as a passive-aggressive act to display my displeasure.

And it really sucks, b/c 99% of the time, I'm not unhappy! Most of the time I'm having fun and enjoying myself :( the anxiety and displeasure only comes in when I'm forced to start worrying if I'm pushing my limits enough to please the neurotypicals around me.

guy who has Two (2) Vibes

“i’m normal i’m normal” <- liar. that man made a spreadsheet of the splatoon 3 weapons and how much he uses each

I think representation in characters is so funny bc some people are like "I'm [rep] and that is the WORST rep I've ever seen" and some people are like "I'm [rep] and this rep is so important to me this is exactly my experience"

and by funny I mean no character is going to match every single person's experience simultaneously. Someone might criticize a character for being a stereotype and someone else might recognize themselves in that portrayal. And vice versa, etc, and so on and on forth.

I've been reminded of this whole thing a lot lately and I kind of wanted to bring up my thoughts, just in case maybe it helps someone rethink stuff but

I keep seeing that when people go about redesigning/"redeeming" a character, one thing they often remove is like. symptoms of neurodiversity?

Such as removing a character's trauma related sensory and relation issues entirely, or having them suddenly being more socially aware without anyone actually understanding why they might not have understood a situation in the first place.

Nothing against redesigns n rewrites or trying to write redemption arcs! I just don't think traits of neurodiversity in specific are something to be fixed or treated as something to be removed just because the artist finds them unfitting.

Not every neurodivergent character is going to be pleasant. It doesn't need to be fixed.

i just

season four will never happen but i can dream that it would include an autism diagnosis for jan. whether it's something he has always known or something he recently found out doesn't really matter because it feels like something he's always carried with him and knows not to name for the shame of professional athletes needing to fit only a very specific socially liked box. but the thing is, jan can explain only so much away with being dutch. but mentioning copyright laws in a conversation about nudes and knowing a lot of statistics off the top of his head isn't all that typical for any nationality. so sooner or later someone in possession of a brain cell would notice that jan maas isn't just dutch, isn't just a bit special but that he is different in a very neurodivergent way.

speaking of neurodivergence my mother discovered that word (and neurotypical) just this past week and then said to me (about my entire family) "glad we're all neurotypical haha 😊!" ummmmm mother perhaps rethink that statement........ 😭😭

mick is a she/him enby and sir humphrey bone is a they/he enby