#autistic coding

[soullessjack]

not only should any autistic character who’s ever been infantilized by their fanbase kill and maim more people, but they should also fuck as nasty as possible too. as a treat

[biceratops7]

Sooo…

is anyone else having like, somber autistic thoughts about Muriel? Cause there’s just something so deeply relatable about this young-looking being, curious and delighted by the world around them, but constantly bewildered, overwhelmed.

Always so grateful for connection, not to be underestimated or overlooked. Knowing they’re probably being tricked or lied to, but still somehow unable to not fall for it. Just that constant sinking feeling mixed with stubborn hope.

I think the one good thing that came from this whole mess is that this friendless person kept in HORRENDOUSLY isolated circumstances with very little stimuli has found a way out, or at least a start. They are somewhere warm and homey, surrounded by books, things that are made to entertain, effect, comfort. Where people walk by every day, are in their space everyday, and they have all the freedom and ability to learn to be part of them.

[thefisherqueen]

There's a special kind of pain when you pick up a mystery novel because you're curious if you like that genre beyond Sherlock Holmes, and you see much of yourself in a heavily autistic coded girl character who likes to know things and hides in places around the house and reads and writes a lot, and then she's decribed as ugly and vain and unnerving, and then it turns out she is the murderer and promptly killed herself by a loving family member 'to save her from suffering'

[defectivegembrain]

I think it's really interesting with Azandar's probable autistic coding that the past problems he has to face are about bad communication and emotional regulation. Especially the incident at Shad Astula where he really hurt someone's feelings and he was like I thought it was just a scholarly disagreement.

I kinda wish they'd gone into more detail about other stuff though. Like idk how much thought went into it and if his past inappropriate behaviour was supposed to be more autistic coding, but with that reading of him it makes me wish there was more exploration of what made him so frustrated in those situations. It was still really cool and interesting, it's just usually companion questlines really make me feel like I know a person, his left me with a bit more of a "hang on that can't be all I have questions" feeling. I may be putting more stock in it that I would otherwise though because I feel the autistic coding so strongly (seriously specifically saying his brain can't filter sensory things? They must've thought about it at least a bit)

[anxeious]

[nd-coded-media]

Neurodivergent-Coded Traits: Flat Affect

Commonly Associated Neurodivergency: Autism

Starting off my series of posts going more in-depth into individual ND-coded traits!

A character with Flat Affect is someone who is perceived as less expressive in comparison to their peers, particularly when it comes to their face and/or voice. They may deviate from their default/resting expression or voice less often and/or less obviously than others around them. Due to this they may be perceived as lacking empathy or emotional range/depth compared to their peers, even when that isn't necessarily the case.

Examples of ND-Coded Characters with this Trait:

Lan Wangji (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / The Untamed)

Chu Wanning (Dumb Husky and his White Cat Shizun)

Ron Swanson and April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation)

Mado Akira (Tokyo Ghoul)

Captain Ray Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Abed Nadir (Community)

Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Inaho Kaizuka (Aldnoah Zero)

Hasegawa Langa (Sk8 The Infinity)

Sigrid (Sigrid)

Wednesday Addams (Wednesday)

Chu Sang Woo (Semantic Error)

Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers)

Saiki Kusuo (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-Nan)

Please do let me know if you think of any edits or additions I could make to improve this post! I'll keep an update log below the cut.

Updated 5/24/24: Added more character examples.

[pangur-and-grim]

it's funny, I was talking to someone last night who didn't really know what an illustrator was. so when I introduced myself as one, he gave a speech that would've probably gone over well with a gallery artist, but which was precision-tailored to make any illustrator within a 50 mile radius go into eyes-glowing-red kill mode.

his speech was about how there is a difference between craft and art, and how people can practice craft (as in, skillfully execute a painting) without it having any artistic merit.

so I'm someone who gets paid to paint waffles for restaurant menus and dinosaurs for museums exhibits, and AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHH! you can't make art without it being something something you've made. does that make sense? like every illustrator I know has an individual way of approaching any given imagery that is informed by a lifetime of inspiration, and of passive intake of culture, and of the specific mistakes they make because of whatever their particular mass of grey matter deems as important thing to render or unimportant, just fuck it up.

I can make something that is informed by both a century of Canadian print-making and by my own particular neurosis, and it can also be commissioned commercial imagery that I regurgitate without care because I want to pay my mortgage. everything is art, nothing isn't art, art is something sticky and impossible to shake off of you.

anyway he got very wide-eyed and said "I'm sorry if I offended you," so today I feel a bit bad for having gotten so, uh.... excited.

[kingofpeacows]

"Autism is a spectrum!" yeah and it looks like this

[azuremist]

[birdiegray01]

Bruce gets Damian legos because he’s trying to connect with him and the two end up completely missing patrol because they were to busy building all of Gotham with the legos

[soullessjack]

autistic spn fans: hey I relate a lot to jacks character and feel really represented as an autistic adult who has the same issues and experiences he has in the show :) here’s why I think he’s autistic and I’m gonna ask the silly actor man if he meant to do that bc he did it so well :)

silly actor man: I think he’s definitely a little bit on the spectrum, most of his traits were just from not being fully human but it’s important that people get to see themselves represented on tv and I like having that connection with you guys :)

the rest of the fandom: yay that’s so cool we love representation that’s so important he gets to be autistic just like his dad we love our autistic nougat child 😝😝😝

autistic spn fans: hey since we all agree that jacks autistic could you guys like dial it back on the baby thing it was cute at first but now that’s like the only content you ever make with jack and it’s kind of irritating and infantilizing

the rest of the fandom for some stupid fucking reason: I mean yea but I just like this better 😋😋 so cute and domestic and destiel family yay 😁 he’s basically a toddler anyways already its not hurting anyone 😜

autistic spn fans: … he literally says he isn’t a child and hates when ppl treat him like one and half of your reasoning for him being a child is just his autistic traits

the rest of this stupid fucking fandom for some stupid fucking reason: anyways i actually think that jack should’ve always been a baby and never ever an adult so that dean and cas can be uwu soft domestic gay dads with him 😝😝

autistic spn fans who related to jack as autistic adults and felt represented by him enough to thank the actor for his portrayal:

[morkhan]

That hands post going around just made me realize that there's this incredible thing Iñaki does with his hands as Luffy where he is never content to just touch things. He can never just grab something and let go. He strokes things. He gently runs his fingers across them, like he wants to touch as much of them as possible. And nowhere is this more apparent than with Zoro. Like

Iñaki, why. why would Luffy need to run his fingers along the entire length of Zoro's calf.

why is Luffy stroking Zoro's titty in this incredibly emotional moment

Just. The whole thing.

The only thing I can come up with is that touch is just a Luffy Love Language, with the softest, gentlest touches being reserved for those who are truly special to him.

And no one is more special to him than Zoro.

[nooskadraws]

the wizard of waterdeep ✨💜🔮

[cestpasfaux24601]

Aldo Bellini + book quotes

Conclave (2024)

[sunny-knight]

Different.

Undertale mini-comics (Dialogue from the movie, Fantastic Mr Fox)

Ok so im gonna cry harder than ive ever crowd

THESE SCENES MAKE ME SO UPSET- AND I LOVE THEM THEY FIT SO WELL WITH PAPYRUS I FEEL I know Ash is a bit more of a “problemed child” instead of just “weird” but STILL

Im still debating also doing the lines with “Im just…different, apparently.” but thats when Ash talks about his bad temper and i dont wanna change the lines THAT much….I might though- who knows

But ya! Papyrus makes me so upset and i love him so much and he’s also probably cutting my lifespan in half. thats the lesson here

[that1notetaker]

It's not a headcanon if it's the truth.