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sexy-sapphic-sorcerer · 5 months

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BBC Merlin being about 'magic' for 7 minutes gay

#not to be all autistic about media analysis again but i think fandom tends to overlook the symbolic/metaphorical aspect of queer subtext #a show can be queer coded because two same sex characters have an intense relationship with homoerotic undertones #or it can be queer coded because it conveys themes of alienation. repressed identity. oppression. internalised shame #Merlin does both. several times over #gay ass wizard show #bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #magic is gay #magic as a metaphor #flashing #flashing lights #< thanks to photosensitive-despair for advising me to change the tags

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canisalbus · 11 months

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I adore Machete! He's such a well designed, compelling character. I wanted to ask, how do you know so much about Catholic history? What got you interested in it?

Thank you! That's so sweet of you to say, I'm terribly flattered you find him compelling!

I've been a fan of art, history and spirituality ever since I was very little, longer than I can remember, and I think a lot of those topics just happen to cross at Catholicism, at least from an European point of view. It's a subject I've learned a lot of because so many other things I like are so intrinsically connected to it.

#I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that over the years it's become one of my autistic interests actually #I'm diagnosed just for the record #and believe me I get embarrassinly obsessed with things #one of my earliest childhood hyperfixations was cathedrals I just thought they were the most magnificent thing ever #also Machete is a very old character and has had clerical themes since the beginning so a lot of the research has been done just for him #don't make fun of me for not being able to be normal about the concept of religions

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chococookiez · 18 days

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GG: you will not BELIEVE who i met today!!!

#perhaps one of the dumbest things ive drawn in a good while #cookie's trash bin #homestuck #kinitopet #jade harley #jade the jellyfish #simply ejecting this one into the void #my autistic ass when i see two characters from things im hyperfixated on that happen to share a name and vague theming:

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soaked-ghost · 20 days

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do u guys ever think about how nightmare was doomed from the day he was made? do u guys ever think that nightmare hates not only his mother for making him this way, but also himself for being this way? do u guys think that nightmare ever feels shame or disgust over what he is and what he is becoming? do u guys ever think about how nightmare thinks of himself as evil and unredeemable and none deserving of love of compassion because he was 'born' to be evil and unredeemable and unlovable? do u guys think he ever wishes he was someone else?

#the brother made out of 'bad' things gets to have his body distorted for having normal teenager feelings #while the brother made out of 'good' things gets all the love he wants for a traumatic experience he didn't even go through #Idc what problems dream might have. nightmare went through worse /half joking #I'm not saying one needs more love than the other. I'm saying u gotta admit dream got away easy #'wishing to be someone else' is a a big theme for the two brothers. I think they don't like it very much when being called 'sans'#but that's for another post lol #nightmare sans #dream sans #me when I can project my experiences with being transgender and autistic on a character: 😈😈😈😈😈

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ilovetvtoons · 1 year

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Happy Autism Acceptance Month to my favorite canon Autistic character Marcy Wu. As an Autistic person, I learned a lot about myself from Marcy and she helped me feel more comfortable with having Autism than anyone has in both fiction and in real life. She will always have a place in my heart for that.

~ Thank you, girl. 💚

#amphibia #marcy wu #autism #autism representation #autistic characters #autistic children #autism acceptance #thank you girl #i love you #always #💚💚💚💚#theme song takeover

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ven-of-the-valley · 3 months

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Holy shit!

I just finished @ethicstownpod; WHY AREN’T MORE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS PODCAST?!

Absolutely mind-boggling.

Absolutely gut-wrenching.

Absolutely earth-shattering.

A masterpiece.

#ethics town #ethics town podcast #the theme song?!#the CHARACTERS?!#THE TWIST?!#I’m so autistic about this guys #January Johnson my beloved #Artemis Flynn my poor child #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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artstantpansies · 2 months

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comfort characters :3

nick chopper (oz series); leaf coneybear (25th annual putnam county spelling bee); norm (phineas and ferb); data soong (star trek tng) <3

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fishing-lesbian-catgirl · 10 months

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I’ll be honest, whenever I start enjoying a fictional lesbian couple I start to ask myself which of them seems more transgender that I can project trans headcanons onto. Usually it’s not that difficult, but for both Marcille x Falin and Sorawo x Toriko I’ve flip flopped multiple times

#for the record I’m now firmly on the trans toriko side. not only is she taller and relatably awkward but she had queer parents #who would’ve accepted her #meanwhile Sorawo is the most autistic person in fiction so I really relate to her #but I think she was too busy with the cult thing to change her gender #Or alternatively ‘running away from my family in a cult who wants to kidnap me and make me one of them’ does embody trans themes #see this is why I flip flop #as for the dungeon meshi duo. Marcille has pathetic girl swag but Falin has autistic girl swag #however I very much relate to Falin not being particularly feminine in her wardrobe and having broad shoulders #now if you read this far you might be thinking: why not both? and you’re right #i mean I’m already projecting my gender into fictional characters why not go wild with it #and again you’re right I have no counter point

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sp00ky-scary · 5 months

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winx club is cool because somehow literally everyone is autistic and i have no idea how they managed that

#the consequences of giving every character a very specific interest/theming #most people only see tecna as autistic #(which gets rly weird when people think tecna is an ai or robot)#but like musa ? bloom ? flora ? roxy #all incredibly autistic #winx #winx club

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aftgficrec · 1 year

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hello :)))) i think you all are wonderful

can you rec any fics similar to “odd eye” by tdashshirts because it’s my favorite fic and i love how andrew is characterized in it and just the dynamic between andrew, kevin, and neil at the end. just like them knowing each other really well and having each other even when the rest of the world doesn’t understand. (it doesn’t *have* to be kandreil it could just be besties for life vibes)

We’ve been wrestling with this ask for a long time, as there are two distinct aspects to Odd Eye that do not always overlap. We hope these fics have the outsider Andrew with strong Neil and Kevin relationship vibe you seek. -A + F

andreil/kandreil with andrew having a bad day here

foxes revise opinion of Andrew here

kandreil as childhood friends here

bffs kevin and andrew here

‘think i'm looking at a long night…’ here

‘Flavors of Fall’ here (complete)

‘does the dog die at the end?’ here (complete)

‘creature of habit’ here

‘Hold on to Me’ here

‘to derail the mind of mine’ here

‘like someone you've chosen’ here

‘white soap’ and ‘Bloom Where You're Planted’ here

‘never an empty room’ (kandreil) here

‘As Normal As Normal Can Be (For Them)’ here

Referenced in the ask:

Odd Eye by tdashshirts [Rated T, 16394 Words, Complete, 2021]

Andrew spends most of his childhood thinking he is a psychopath. He is not. Andrew is, and always will be, just Andrew.

tw: self harm, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: blood, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: ptsd, tw: mental health slur, tw: violence, tw: panic attacks, tw: depressive episode, tw: involuntary outing, tw: homophobia

Easy relationship w/ Kevin:

I know it's warmer where you are (And it's safer by your side) by Greenfallleaves [Rated G, 1096 words, Complete 2023]

Part 2 of Queerplatonic Kandreil

There is no plot, just Kandreil hanging out in their dorm, vibes and platonic cuddling.

Minyard-Josten-Day Rivalry by makebelieveanything [Rated G, 10454 words, Complete 2022]

Kevin's been living with Andrew and Neil for years, and recently, his roommates decided to drag him into their media rivalry charade without consulting him, which leaves the three of them to figure out what that means for their collective future. It has a bigger impact than any of them expected.

i.e. The story of how Kevin Day finds out he’s had two platonic life partners this entire time. Including funny headline blurbs, Kevin suffering the rivalry in his head because he refuses to comment in public and Neil and Andrew's canonical inability to communicate with words and hoping people just understand them anyways.

Andrew’s characterization:

Trust Fall (And Welcoming Arms) by SpangleBangle [Rated E, 84557 Words, Complete, 2017]

Life goes on after the Foxes win the championship, and for Andrew and Neil it's uncharted territory with only each other for guides. Maybe it's time to put away some of those hard edges, and learn how to touch more softly, and speak more honestly. And if they falter, they have their family to help them get back on their feet.

tw: scars, tw: knives, tw: homophobia, tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: discussions of self harm, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced eating disorders, tw: depression, tw: dissociation, tw: flashbacks, tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced drug abuse, tw: explicit sexual content

i'm turning inside out (can you still recognize me?) by cemetxry [Rated G, 3666 words, Complete 2022]

For a long while, Andrew only allowed himself to stim when he was alone.

Unmasking was fucking hard. He had masked for so many years that Andrew didn’t even fully realize how tired and tense his body was, how much it was aching for release. For years and years he would only stim in private, locked away in the bathroom and allowing himself to stutteringly flap his hands in the fleeting moments he could manage alone.

But after years of effort, he's finally beginning to heal, and he thinks he might be ready to share that with the person he cares for the most: Neil.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Colder months series by butallmystars [Rated M, 3 complete fics, series incomplete]

part 1: April after all [2205 words, Complete 2022]

There’s something feeding off Andrew’s ribs that he can’t put a name to and it chains him to his bed.

tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced csa

part 2: And it was May [3608 words, Complete 2022]

Andrew doesn’t have the words to respond today. It’s all chewed glass, vowels digging fractured shards into the delicate skin of his mouth.

tw: implied/referenced csa

part 3: June bug (and other small nuisances) [2867 words, Complete 2022]

Nobody warned Andrew that he would be twenty-three years old and still fighting through the clotting fear in his throat for the seven-year-old boy who knew danger before he could put a name to it.

tw: nightmares, tw: panic attacks

Normal as Pie by NikFriel [Rated T, 4313 words, incomplete, last updated Oct 2022]

Andrew's life with autism. From the foster care system until after he graduates.

tw: child abuse

Art

characters that have caught most of my attention art by @erlie

Duality animation by @c-dragon-art

I love this trio) art by @lolooos-world

night practice crew 🦊 art by @colourofmagic

it’s that one kiss meme with kandreil art by @rainbowd00dles

as requested, more of these three! art by @kryptidfox on twitter

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bewitch-you-all-night · 5 months

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Star Demon

Algol! We've made it a goal to draw all of our OCs at least once, so here's our newest one!

Design by BlueAce on Toyhouse

Art is better when shared! Please reblog. / Do not repost our art without permission.

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moonsporemoth · 28 days

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My Fav Genre of Men

(In no particular order)

Old Dilf that's rugged and hardened falling for someone younger that reminds him of himself

2. Quiet dark guy with his eyes obscured by hair or a hat

3. An awkward artsy smart guy that's feminine

4. A powerful omniscient trickster falling in love with the person he's watching over and "helping"

5. Villains. That's it.

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spineless-lobster · 6 months

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I miss creative writing in english class I don’t wanna write a fucking comparative paragraph about existentialism in two damn near unrelated pieces of media I want to write about silly little guys doing things

#okay so we have to compare sartre’s no exit to the good place right?#but we only watched the first season that literally almost has nothing in common with the play #so comparing it is SUPER difficult and I’ve never seen the good place so I can’t analyze it through a ‘critical lens’#when all I’m trying to do is understand the plot and what’s happening #I’m being dead fucking serious when I say we should’ve watched ghosts instead that’s not even me being autistic it’s literally the better #show to watch for this sort of comparison #while we were reading the play I was able to naturally draw comparisons between characters and situations #julian is garcin estelle is kitty and inez is a mix between a lot of characters such as thomas julian and the captain #I can go on about the themes of each but this is long enough lol #idk I’m just so tired of using so much brain power and getting fucking nothing written down

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dayurno · 1 month

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are you going to read tsc when it comes out? and, if not: would you like your acolytes to give you the important kevin day updates or would you rather not?

oh my acolytes huh! well i don’t know :) it’s so nice of you to ask and i’m very touched actually…. nice to me 🥹…. i guess any (good) kevin updates would be nice and probably sway the balance on whether i read it or not, but at first glance i probably won’t read it unless it sparks my curiosity once it’s out and the story starts making its rounds around my circles :) i’m plenty interested in the period where jean stays with the foxes but i don’t much care for the trojans nor the proposed storyline*, though even a picky reader like yours truly can be convinced into buying a story if kevin day’s in it

*by this i don’t mean that i Dislike the process of jean healing but it’s just overall not my favorite theme and, to be frank, i don’t have much interest in reading about a normal well-adjusted team either. from my view tsc is aftg without my favorite parts (namely kevin day as a main character, the foxes’ messy dynamic, problematic and controversial side characters, neil’s narration, The Mafia, andrew in general) and while i am always and forever a ride or die for jean moreau, and i am glad he’s going to get better and be happy, a lot of my feelings for him don’t really stem from the idea that there is a softness underneath all the grit but actually and sincerely the fact that he is crazy. i Love jean because he’s horrible and scared and cruel and i don’t know if i’ll care much for him once he’s out of that state :) i meant it when i said a few months ago that i would’ve been more onboard with a story about the ravens (no matter how gruesome) or even a glimpse of jean’s pov in the nest, though of course nora sakavic should probably choose to be happy every once in a while so i wouldn’t ask her to write that

so tl;dr: you can send me good and relevant kevin updates if you want to and if they’re interesting enough i might read tsc in the future

#sorryyyyyyy sorry i know Healing is a big theme for the fandom but i just dont care #i dont care for it as a broad concept and i dont care for it in the context of these characters #and i know the trojans are normal good people which is also not something i care for #though i am excited for laila and alvarez and i will be looking forward to that relationship getting discussed more #but the rest is just not for me and that’s fine #i havent kept up with nora’s writing so i don’t know what it’s like Now so who’s to say! i might just as well get hooked as soon as it drop #i might finally be able to swallow the concept of jerejean even #these are just my pre-release thoughts #i also Worry and Pine and Ache over kevin and his new arc and whatever the hell jean thinks of him #only because i know kevin getting in the way of another popular ship is not going to be fun #especially when his relationship to jean is so complicated #and i will say this im not your strongest soldier if the kevin-bashing era returns after tsc i’m leaving through where i came from #so really i don’t know :)! it might suck real bad it might be totally irrelevant and i might love it to death #its super up in the air atp #which for my autistic ass is. interesting. Hard. a change i did not want #but ultimately not a big deal and my anxieties get cured very quickly by frolicking in grass and hearing cats purr #actually thank you for asking this because i feel like i havent gotten around to really thinking this through #asks

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koiryuu · 1 year

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i hope you guys genuinely unironically enjoy reigen too btw. i hope ur like. paying attention to his character arc and the themes and ideals he represents. i hope he's not just a meme to you but also a well-written, important character in a masterpiece of a story. btw.

#this is /gen and also a little passive aggressive #memes are fun im glad hes a babygirl ig but like #mp100 is legitimately a very important piece of media to exist #not just in its visual prowess but its themes and messages and autistic representation #and i have sneaking suspicions that reigen is little more than a SillyWeird Man to some of you and not like a genuinely important character #the memeification of mp100 is a genuine detriment to it #and i really hope you people arent just ignoring the importance of the autism anime in lieu of Joaks #mob psycho 100

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ingoodjesst · 3 months

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[light spoilers] "when evil lurks" (2023) was a thoroughly engaging horror movie with great direction, pacing, and lighting that complement its themes well. that said, it was also an intense and disturbing watch with a finale that frankly had my stomach churning. it's a film interested in the fear of losing control and what it reveals about its characters. though the catalyst for misfortune is a demonic presence that possesses and manipulates people, it's generally the characters' rash attempts to recapture a sense of control over their situations that cause things to spiral. their fear-striken actions are understandable in the face of a force they cannot predict the scope of or attack directly. but over and over again, we see our protagonists choose to run away or react with violence, even when they have both folk wisdom and mounting first-hand experience to advise them against such futile actions.

there's also an interesting lens of gender to view the film through, as we often see men choosing to exert violence in a desperate bid to feel powerful again against victims that - possession aside - are generally weaker than them: disabled folks, animals, women, children, etc. all this despite women pleading with them to remember how this violence will just guarantee the evil's spread. it's worth examining how the male characters feel the need to project themselves as protectors while overriding the feelings of the people around them, how their predominant emotions of fear and anger tend to preclude their ability to clearly communicate the stakes of their predicament, etc.

in a way, violence becomes synonymous with running away throughout the film. despite what their behavior would have you believe, our MCs always have options available to them (both in their personal pasts and in the present) that are less likely to lead to ruin… yet their fear always leads them to dig deeper holes. by seeking only the physical destruction of something that refuses to be destroyed, the rotten possession is never truly dealt with. it is simply put off and worsened. instead of engaging the root problem with care and deliberation, using the rules and expertise that are gradually presented to us, our MCs constantly fall victim to their insecurities, constantly fall back on maladaptive instincts that fool them into thinking that somehow their attempts at violence and domination will work this time. maybe the brief catharsis will be worth the consequences this time.

which isn't to say that the movie necessarily suggests that things could've ever been brought back under "control". but in the end, our protagonists fail every chance they have to confront their problems properly. in seeking shortcuts to regain an illusion of control, they sacrifice whatever possibility existed of reclaiming true agency.

it's also worth mentioning that it's not hard to find parallels to the ongoing covid pandemic, i.e. fighting an invisible enemy that cannot be directly eliminated, where violation of specific guidelines intended to keep you safe leads to further spread of the "possession" and therefore further tragedy. hell, even the way that government institutions (like the police in the film) absolve themselves of dealing with the problem properly, forcing citizens to fend for themselves…

the thing is, although the demon haunting our MCs manipulates their terror to its own ends, there's still a palpable sense that many of their losses could've been avoided, if only they didn't succumb to rage and dismay at their loss of control… in this way, i see parallels with the movie "the thing" too; once you let the terror into your heart, the path to destruction is paved with the resulting paranoia and panic. thus the film leaves you with a powerful sense of powerlessness, as you watch characters get progressively consumed by their fear (and uh, other more literal things), until their fates simply fulfill themselves.

#my jessays #when evil lurks #when evil lurks spoilers #when evil lurks analysis #movie analysis #there's actually a bunch more i would wanna say about its themes and motifs particularly about the gender/toxic masculinity part lol #but i don't think i could fit all my thoughts well into this more general review rn so maybe another time #i also feel like i should mention how... weird i feel about it uses its one autistic character... but i'm not sure i'm equipped to break #down exactly why it makes me feel that way and what i think it ends up saying

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