Okay, so I know we're, like, weeks past Wayward Guide in Rewatchers, but I can't stop thinking about the politics of it all. I always forget that, next to Black Friday, Wayward is probably the most political work in this extended fandom of ours. And it's not just the story's local election, or even the scapegoating of the werewolves for political gain. It's the individual people and the roles they play in the disaster that hits Connor Creek.
It's Desmond Brewer, who has power, who has influence, who cares about others. Who has spent so long hiding himself, losing ground bit-by-bit, watching his pack struggle to recover as the outside world moves on, that he no longer believes in his ability to change anything. At least not until it's too late.
It's the Irons family, who have been failed so thoroughly by the system--abandoned without education or support--that in their fear and desperation they will turn to anything that claims to promise something new. They are being exploited and used by elitists who know or care nothing about them, but why should the Irons even notice? Neglected to exploited is not that far to fall...
And mostly, to be honest, it's Sybilus Silver II, who advocates for himself and his pack in his political and personal life, but spends his professional days at the beck and call of those who would destroy him. Because it is his job, and the capitalist system he lives under, and how can a young man with a stutter say no to that? So instead he fights back in every other way he can, but it's not enough, it's not enough, it's not enough, and suddenly his friends are dying while half of his neighbors unknowingly scream for his blood.
And these people, they are us. Desmond is people doomscrolling on twitter, too tired to fight for small change because what does anything even matter? The Irons are these written-off conservative small towns, making terrible choices that only serve to alienate them further when we should be pouring resources into giving their next generation a fighting chance to be better. And Sybilus is us every day, buying something on Amazon because we have to save that bit of money, driving a car instead of taking public transportation because we simply don't have the time, making all these small sacrifices and concessions because we have no other choice.
And, it's like, fuck. Yeah. The Tin Can Bros really nailed that part.
Please feel free to ignore this, I made this moodboard a while ago but I just now accidentally deleted the original post so I'm reposting it bc even if it's not very good I just didn't like it being totally gone
So I have just finished the manga so here are the top 5 most autistic characters in Spy x Family (in my opinion)
5. Yuri Briar - gifted kid who hasn’t hit burn out yet because he still has the drive to make his family proud, which is good for him.
4. Fiona Frost/Nightfall - I mean just look at her and how she deals with her emotions for Twilight. Look at all that bottling, she could run a brewer of emotions.
3. Anya Forger- ya, I mean look at her with her picky eating and lack of a filter and probably not understanding just how traumatized she is and oh god her and overstimulation. Oh that girl needs some headphones but for people’s minds.
2. Yor Forger - as someone in the tags put it in my last Spy x Family “what’s with the obsession with being normal if you aren’t ND huh????”
1. Demetrius Desmond - That kid doesn’t have a neurotypical bone in his body. He is gifted AuHDHD kid burn out WAITING to happen. Getting six Stellas in one go screams autism as someone who would cry over getting a B
if you disagree with my top five, well there all autistic so you know- let me know how you would rank them.
📕If there was a book about their sexuality, what would it be called?
@sunset-a-story Thank you for sending this in! I'll answer this for Ben Zebrowski.
This title could go a lot of different ways, depending on who's writing it and why, but I like the sound of something like A Knight of the Twilight Aristocracy. First, because "The Twilight Aristocracy" is such an evocative term for Prohibition-era gay men/queer people. Second, it could be taken as a hint about Ben becoming a vampire as well as him coming to terms with being bisexual in 1930s/40s America.
Ben got into being a thug for Prohibition smugglers and brewers/distillers starting in his teen years. Luckily, instead of going on to commit increasingly violent crimes or winding up in prison, Ben fell in with Desmond Walsh, a former cowboy turned vampire and community leader. Also, notably, gay af. Through him, Ben came into contact with people from all walks of life and uhhhh used his skills at fisticuffs for protecting his friends as well as for profit. Anyway, hanging out with so many different people really broadened his horizons and got him to consider his own gender and sexuality as a young man. By the time he was in his late 20s and became one of Desmond's vampire fledglings, Ben had unlocked cis+ and was on his way to becoming feared by the Coven not only for his viciousness in a fight, but for seducing agents away from the cause.
Hello on the submissions I made for Desmond Connor/Brewer and Truman MacMahon/Hensley I think I accidentally forgot a word in the title of what they are from. Anyways they are both from "The Wayward Guide For The Untrained Eye" (pretty sure I accidentally for got the "eye" oops) just saying this to clear that up
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A lot of people have nominated characters from this series, it makes me want to check it out
Alan Mak
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