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#and referring to him as their innocent uwu bean (do people still use that term?)
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if matteo isn’t in the edge of sleep tv show, i’m gonna throw hands with someone
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lyrsavivor · 4 years
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im someone with tourette’s and i just discovered there’s a whole creepypasta fandom for this one character named “ticcy toby” and i’ve read some headcanon posts and googled it to try to get an understanding. for the most part all i found was the usual “uwu 🌸innocent bean 💖 soft boy!” kinda shit instead of any actual basic summary. from what I could gather, of the traits and backstory that this character Toby has, him having tourette’s seems to be like the least standout thing so it seems kinda random that this is the thing he’s gonna he known by. Even if it’s cus that’s what his bullies or whatever called him, idk why you’d use that as his nickname if its from a negative place. i’m not gonna outright say any of it is bad or problematic, it just feels funny and kinda weird to have this one part of my and many others identity be put on some kinda pedestal. i’ve seen people kinda role play or act out (type out?? idk) how he talks and a stutter is used, i’m gonna optimistically assume that we all know that a stutter doesn’t automatically equal tourette’s though someone with ts can have a stutter too.
ANYWAYS, just some last thoughts as someone with tourette’s would be:
1. I hope that the author of the creepypasta is either someone with tourette’s, had the help of someone with tourette’s, or did extensive research on tourette’s to accurately and appropriately portray it and that it was accurately portrayed.
2. I’ve noticed that the creepypasta authors and fandom like to draw inspiration from and reference quite a few mental disorders, disabilities, and syndromes so just make sure you’re still respectful to those that do actually have these things and to not speak over them or on behalf of them if you don’t actually have the same mental condition as them.
3. Lastly, I’d say to be careful with how you talk about and view these mental conditions. I understand that we can get very excited and passionate about the things we love, but try not to romanticize any mental conditions someone could have or portray them in a horrific light. I know that many individuals could still be coming to terms with that part of themselves so it could feel disrespectful for someone else who doesn’t share their same experience to call it “adorable!! uwu 🌸” or imply that being neurodivergent automatically makes you more likely to be violent/scary. So yeah, just careful with how you use your words I guess!
But anyways, that’s just my two cents on it, I want to be clear this is NOT a call out post or an attempt to cancel creepypastas, you can enjoy what you enjoy, these are just my thoughts. As you can tell, I don’t read creepypastas so my apologies if I got anything wrong and feel free to explain anything if you’d like!
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