#<- with Beth

[ronmanmob]

19. Do they feel connected to a neurodivergent community? Or do they feel isolated even among peers?

Neurodivergent Exploration Meme

"--Y'see-" Ron began, leaning an elbow on the little table he and Beth were sharing in Hyde Park. They'd washed up after a long walk at a little pop up café amidst the rolling greens and endless trees and come upon a...a singular, interesting if marrow-close for him topic of conversation. He'd entertain it, no question. No grief. But the little over the shoulder glances he spared by 'n by were telling.

"I don't pitch m'self t'thworld as Ronnie th'-" Another of those glances. He felt watched, but then he quite often did in public. Beth wasn't on edge, mind, so Ron took his cue from her and compromised. "-PS person."

PS was friendlier on his public-face-calm than was Paranoid Schizophrenic.

"I don't identify like tha'. It ain't sumfin I wear openly. So poppin' meself amidst some kinda community'a people like me..." Ron's expression pinched slightly as he worked the notion over. "...S'an idea I wanna pull away from. Not ahta dislike f'em. Course not. I jus'...I don't wanna be th'face'a Mind like I don't wanna be th'face'a Pride, y'follow? 'Avin' a mental c'ndition 'n bein' LGBT're part'a me, bu' they ain't wha' I wanna define me. I, am me. 'M 'oo I am, not wha' I've got or 'ow I love."

Another quick look round allowed a couple seconds contemplation.

"...So am I...isolated from 'em?" Ron mused, his attention back on Beth. "I don't fink so. If fifty folk wiv mental c'nditions came inta me pub f'a bevvy I'd serve 'em 'n chat no issue. I'd not relate on tha' level t'em though. I'd not be all Oh we're alike you 'n me. 'Cos I don't know 'em. Don't trust 'em. 'N tha's a me fing, not a them one. S'th P-"

Dark eyes flicked round again.

"S'th P in PS playin' up, maybe. I dunno."

[ratblazer]

reverse gatekeeping. I am on my knees begging people to engage with the source material

[naidje]

Beth McCarthy gives trans fan new name

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

'These apps are the enemy. They're thoughtless, joyless, and our friends are powerless aginst them."

Leverage Redemption S03E06 The Swipe Right Job.

[ageofthegeekdotcon]

[mongreldyke]

nothin' quite like how a dog loves

let dead dogs lie - silas denver melvin // red dog - elizabeth frink // how to be a dog - andrew kane // domestication syndrome - dhole b // no origin found // for your own good - leah horlick // it will come back - hozier // pleasure - beth cavener // i am a dog. i have blood all over my teeth. - sciencedfiction // same poem as directly previous

[bethanygabrielleart]

BEGINNING the count for my Pixar art this year and heres the FIRST one for 2025!!!! 🧸🤠👨‍🚀

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Leverage 1x2- "The Homecoming Job"

Leverage 2x6- "The Top Hat Job"

Leverage 3x11- "The Rashomon Job"

Leverage 3x12- "The King George Job"

Leverage 4x1- "The Long Way Down Job"

Leverage 5x3- "The First Contact Job""

Leverage 5x9- "The Rundown Job"

Leverage: Redemption 1x2- "The Panamanian Monkey Job"

Leverage: Redemption 1x3- "The Rollin' on the River Job"

Leverage: Redemption 1x7- "The Double-Edged Sword Job"

Leverage: Redemption 2x4- "The Date Night Job"

Leverage: Redemption 2x8- "The Turkish Prisoner Job"

Leverage: Redemption 2x13- "The Crowning Achievement Job"

Leverage: Redemption 3x6- "The Swipe Right Job"

Leverage: Redemption 3x8- "The Cooling Off the Mark Job"

Leverage: Redemption 3x9- "The Polygeist Job"

[nessa007]

NEW YEAR'S DAY | TAYLOR SWIFT

[ronmanmob]

22. How do they respond to emotional intensity—both their own and others’?

Neurodivergent Exploration Meme

Ron's response to emotional intensity - his own and in others - varies wildly depending on how well he's feeling in his own mental space at the time, and on who the person he's interacting with (if there is one) is to him. Likewise important is context, and the kind of emotion that's come on in typeface BOLD.

Broad strokes first - if Ron is on the poorly end of his mental tether, he's not gonna take any kind of emotional intensity easily, be it his own or company's. As such, Exceptionally Not Good Tides require of company a great deal of calm and patience, for they make Ron at the very best ratty as All Goddamn Mutha Fuq and at worst in need of an in-patient stay in the hospital (which hasn't happened in a goodly sum of time thanks to his efforts at managing his condition and the support network he's got round him).

Less fraught mental tides though naturally beget different responses.

When not at his most poorly and vulnerable, Ron is not outwardly quick to anger and so would face a loud and raging counterpart stoically until they reached a point where his own or others' safety required the offensive quantity to be Sat Down. Which they would be, provided they were male and not close-circle to him, with due care and due force. That's not to imply chaps in Ron's close circle wouldn't run the risk of being Sat Down if they got in his face to a degree unforgiveable. They would run that risk - especially if they weren't the backing down sort, for Ron, once he steps to yah, don't go backwards - but it's orders of magnitude lower than that run by Joe Bloggs on the street.

As to ladies...

Even were she unknown to him, Ron would never lay hands on a lady but to protect her from causing harm to herself or to another. Especially if the other didn't deserve it. And if they did? 'Tha's wha' I'm for, luv.'

He's gentlemanly like that.

Loud joy from strangers is generally met with Abject Attentiveness and then filed away as noise provided they keep clear of Ron's personal space and near surrounds. Glee of the same calibre from friends and loved ones though is absolutely catching, and will be joined in with to a degree and at an intensity that matches the moment's prevailing vibe. Specific tells Ron has for Big Joy can be found just here.

Beyond the broad strokes though...Ron has a nuanced view of life because of his experiences with mental illness which, if you ask him, is probably the only positive thing he could say about the job lot of it. He's aware of the possibility that others may suffer like he does; that they may need transitory (or consistent) considerations for their frailties, like he does. And while he'd never assume that kinda thing about people, if he comes to know someone has that kind of need, he'll do his quiet best to meet it in a manner that won't single them out; be that weathering an outburst of high emotion, listening long and deep as someone four-fifths deep in a bottle of liquor finally lets themself open up about what's eating 'em, or making sure someone beyond dear to him wears gloves, boots, her jacket and her scarf when they take a midnight trip out to dance under streetlights as snow falls.

[trinityysantos]

MOVIES WATCHED IN 2025

#032: The Birdcage dir. Mike Nichols

[vcsource]

lestat + religion

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"It's a polycule. All four of them are in an emotional, and possibly physical, relationship with each other."

Leverage Redemption S03E09 The Polygeist Job.

[jessmalia]

Mal's Teen Wolf rewatch: The Tell (1x05)

[slaughter-kin]

it’s just a silly little cowboy game right? RIGHT?

[dailyflicks]

Sophie Thatcher as Natalie Scatorccio  YELLOWJACKETS | 1.08 Flight of the Bumblebee