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Stargazing ended up in the suggestion box again, i wonder who put it in this time...

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Just gonna put this here. This feels like it nailed her as a character and it makes me love her even more. Especially given the controversy in the fandom over her right now. She reminds me of my grandmother who in so many painful ways is so similar to her and it breaks my heart. She reminds me of myself. And when I think about she reminds me of a lot of people I know. That go above and beyond just to please others then see no result or effort given back and it’s not fair. No one deserves to feel like they have to make themselves an easier pill for others to swallow. Ever. Make them choke.

I cannot stop thinking about Episode 5 of TADC because Ragatha is, however unintentionally, one of the best examples of how isolating and difficult it is to interact with the world as an autistic person I have ever seen. To the point it genuinely makes me sad to think about her. I need to make a post expanding on this at some point but rn just. The way everyone assumes there’s some sinister hidden meaning to everything she does and says but she’s literally just trying to be nice and she doesn’t understand why it’s not working. The way she tries so hard to make connections but it constantly falls flat, she says things that hurt without realising how or why. She follows the rules she’s been taught will make her friends — she’s kind, she’s forgiving, she’s accepting and apologetic when she messes up, but for some reason it’s just not working. She tries to mimic other people, she tries to laugh at past experiences, tries to open up about her past like everyone else is doing, but now everyone’s uncomfortable and looking at her like she’s crazy and she doesn’t get it!! She doesn’t get it!!! Jax is a jerk and he’s mean to everyone but for some reason Pomni likes him and she doesn’t get it, she doesn’t understand! Pomni tells her it’s okay to be a jerk sometimes but Ragatha doesn’t like being mean, she wants to be nice to people, but she does it anyway, she gets mean like Jax and Zooble do but now Pomni’s looking at her like she’s done something wrong but she just did what she asked her to!! She doesn’t get it!! At the end of the episode everyone goes off into their groups and Ragatha is left alone, after having tried so hard to make friends and fit in and make people like her, she’s still alone, and everyone thinks she’s weird and unapproachable and she just has to give up and accept that she is inherently unloveable. Her evil alter ego tells her she’s going to die alone and nobody loves her and the only thing she corrects her on is the fact that they can’t die here. The few that might like her when she’s around don’t miss her when she’s gone, because there’s nothing to miss. Ragatha has spent her whole life systematically stripping away everything that makes her different and unlikeable in order to make herself more palatable to others, and in the process she has made herself a personalitiless blank slate with no unique identity for others to latch onto and appreciate. She has nothing to add to any conversation because she’s too afraid of being disliked to have a memorable personality beyond being generally polite and nice. And just. God. Someone get this girl some noise cancelling headphones and a therapist on speed dial, being this good of a representation of what it’s like to be autistic, especially to be an autistic person with trauma, is not good for the soul. That final shot just destroys me right in the heart. My poor girl.

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LOUDER for the people in the back.

“We need more complex female characters”

YALL COULDNT HANDLE HER

It’s crazy that her character flaw is thinking that if she ever expresses a negative emotion everyone will dislike her and yall immediately proved her right. Goddamn.

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I’m at the stage of ‘touch starved’ where every type of touch is intimate. 💀

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One of the many things about TADC that intruiges me is how holding their breath gives them abilities. A small silly detail at first and convenient for the plot of that episode. A ‘check offs gun’ as my friend had put it. That’s for you literature nerds because I sure didn’t understand what he meant until he explained it.

Anyway. That makes me wonder what other actions could give them abilities and if those abilities would be different. Like ‘x’ action gives you ‘y’ abilities. The possibilities are endless and the circus being the way it is just makes it more endless. Like technically simply holding their breath gave them powers. Sure majority were insignificant, the only one that proved incredibly useful (in the context it was used) was kinger’s. And then…that makes you wonder further. What DOES happen to Jax if he holds his breath? Why wouldn’t he show it off. It’s probably something super embarrassing and funny. But what if it’s actually something useful too. A superpower. Long shot but like..not impossible.

I’m sure it was just something written into one episode, but the implications it leaves behind in spite of writing are crazy.

What if hanging upside down gives them an ability

What if singing a specific song gives them an ability

What if patting your head and rubbing you belly at the same time gives them an ability.

This has been ‘irrelevant things I overthink on at 3 AM’ have a good day.

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The goal was giving them Sonic style re-designs. They were already half way there anyway so it just made sense.

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Bro…an unspoken grief. Stumbling upon a food truck that serves the most delectable cuisine. Then spending the rest of your life searching for them, never to be seen in your area again😔💔

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I have a suggestion in regards to Amy's movie voice actor in sonic 4. hear me out

Lizzie Freeman

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SATORI ❤️✨🎇🌟💖

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🦔 + 🐺= endless possibilities for fun designs

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Name envy is absolutely a thing. I constantly wish I had other people’s names. Courtney is so pretty and crisp. Alice is so noble YET whimsical. Isabelle or Isabella carries grace but resilience. Tessa, a cool girls name. Blair…BRO it’s cute but also has this reputation in pop culture that automatically makes someone interesting. Like, did your parents name you that and they are cool or did you change your name to that because you are cool.

Rain or Storm, I’ve met both and they were so deserving of those names ngl. ANYTHING from nature is automatically cool to me. Bo, I get jealous of this one a lot regardless of if it’s a girl or guy that has it

Sunny was actually ALMOST my name. I’m not kidding. Because I was born right as the sun rose up in the morning. The nurses said that’s what my mom should name me but nooooooooo…. She went with the one people never spell right😭

So many more, too many to list.

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Shadow gets benched so hard in sonic prime. Which is funny but it would have been cool to see different versions of him too. This was an opportunity to make a happy go lucky shadow and I’m sad it was missed😭💀 or a shadow that’s an absolute unserious moron.

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I adore the au's where shadow had a baby phase and they had more time 💔

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To Do lists like this just don’t cut it sometimes

That’s more like it!!

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Virtual hugs

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I have a special soft spot for Sunny and a love of designing him new outfits.

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Me when they hit me with ‘omg did you hear about…’

Or even better, the ‘I really shouldn’t be telling anyone this but…’