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cloverpatches · 2 years

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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.

#Sorry I know I don't post these things often #But one I saw really hit a nerve like #I'm into Transformers Animated and I like a whole bunch of the characters #Sentinel Prime in specific is one I think about a lot?#He's written to be traumatized and shows a lot of traits of being on the spectrum #But he's also an asshole.#I understand wanting to see him not be an asshole or maybe get through his trauma to be around people and things more easily #But when people redesign him or try to ‟redeem‟ him I usually see them remove these traits entirely or make him like #completely understand social situations out of the blue. It just feels..#wrong?#if that makes sense #A character doesn't have to be suddenly neurotypical passing or have only the ‟aesthetic‟ sides of them to make up for actions

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