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i’ve just come across one of my favourite videos on the internet

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My Take on the Laios/Shuro fight

I feel like I've seen every possible take on this fight, from "Laios is a racist white boy using his autism as an excuse for microaggressions" to "Shuro is a cruel ableist incel who manipulated Laios to get close to Falin." Personally, I don't think either of those accusations stick.

First off, we've seen what racism looks like in this world, with the Lord of the Island looking down on the Dwarves, and the surface races killing the Orcs on sight. But Laios and Shuro are considered the same race in this world (Tallman). They're different nationalities, and possibly separate ethnic subgroups, but there's little indication of a power imbalance between them. Laios' curiosity about the East seems to me less like racism and more like a Texan getting obnoxiously enthusiastic about meeting someone from England.

I don't think Shuro's resentment toward Laios can be considered ableism either. There's been no indication (at least in the anime) that anyone even has a CONCEPT of autism, much less how to accommodate it. It's obvious to us as an audience that Laios is autistic and that his ignorance of social cues isn't due to lack of trying. But I don't think it's fair to blame Shuro for not knowing that and assuming Laios is inconsiderate. I mean, most people would find getting repeatedly "cockblocked" by their crush's brother to be annoying.

On a side note, I doubt that Shuro truly didn't try to flirt with Falin at all before proposing. After all, Marcille and Chilchuck saw his intentions easily. Personally, I headcanon that Falin was caught by surprise because she's autistic too and all innuendo goes straight over her head.

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repost bc i saw some lines messed (also have a farcille too) sorry

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POV: that one dungeon meshi chapter

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Shuro: You used black magic to bring back Falin, are you stupid?!

Laios: hey what the fuck is your problem man?

Senshi:

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So canonically the game's low poly style is what v1 actually sees because it doesn't render its surroundings in high quality to save energy or whatever.

And I'm imagining a situation in which Gabriel learns this and is like "wait, so things look totally different to you? What do you see when you look at me? Not that it's important. I'm above such concerns as how others veiw my physical form, of course"

And V1 spits out a Polaroid style picture and hands it to him and he's like

"....oh my god I look so fucking ugly "

"Are you shitting me? This is what I look like to you? I'm like five polygons oh my God I look like a doom enemy"

And he has to be consoled for ten minutes.

(to be clear I think Gabriel is very handsome and I think actually in canon Gabriel actually wouldn't really care what he looks like to V1 very much, I just find this idea hilarious)

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the prettiest girl in the WORLD!!!111!11!1

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silly

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MASKING MYTHS BUSTED: “Masking = Acting NT.”

FALSE.

Autistic masking does not necessarily mean “pretending to be allistic/neurotypical," although you’d definitely be forgiven for thinking it does.

Non-autistic researchers have been referring to it as “camouflaging” for years, framing it as an intentional choice to suppress autistic traits and replace them with allistic ones in order to “blend in.” Doing an internet search on the term will return several similar results.

But now, Autistic researchers are in the game, and their take is much more nuanced and comprehensive than that. (Funny how that happens, isn’t it?)

They’ve found that:

- It CAN be intentional but is often subconscious and involuntary 

- It is a protective response to trauma and feeling unsafe 

- It is often about suppressing more than just autistic traits 

- It is about identity management and being able to predict how people will treat you, not just “blending in”

Some people will lean into being “the bad kid” because they know that’s what people expect of them. Some people will even act “more autistic” because they know that’s what people expect of them. Others still will do things to attract attention in controllable, more “acceptable” ways to avoid attracting attention in unsafe, more stigmatizing ways. Not because they WANT to be that way, but because it lets them predict people’s responses better, which feels safer.

Also, there are Autistic people who can’t “pass” for non-autistic no matter how hard they try. That doesn’t mean they’re not masking. They may actually be working hard to suppress A LOT, they just can’t do everything to neuronormative standards.

None of these people will be accused of “blending in,” yet they are still masking their hearts out. When we assume they are not, we miss all the harm that masking is causing them. But they are suppressing themselves and suffering the consequences of that just as much as any Autistic person whose mask successfully says, “Hey, I’m just like you!”

(For more on this, please see the work of Dr. Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose.)

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My ideal aesthetic is what I'm calling "sexy tomboy". That is to say, I am 100% femme through and through, but I want to look like what a straight man's idea of a "masculine woman" is. I wanna be masc in the way that LaCroix is fruit flavored, just a little extra something to make things a little more interesting

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a brief recap of what has been going on with the sonic movieverse in the past several months:

paramount has come out in public support of israel

a man who has publicly rubbed elbows with none other than benjamin netanyahu reportedly gets cast as shadow for the upcoming third movie

the guy who plays tom got exposed as having written a letter of support for a convicted pedophile

there's fucking??? zionist propaganda in the knuckles series???

kind of connected to the last point but the guy who plays wade is evidently pro-israel too

this is a complete and utter joke.

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Nothing much just some sketch/scrap book stuff :)

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Hello guys i have good news and bad news.

The good news that I'm finally in Egypt now with my youngest brother and the bad news is my mother and my other brother with his wife still in Rafah waiting to evacute to Egypt.

I feel so sad and depressed for leaving them i should stayed and get out together.

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so i made a real one

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