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chiajasmine · 4 years

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Autistic Reclaimed Characters Masterlist

I’m getting back into making reclaimed characters/OCs by reclaiming autistic characters from media.

Character’s name (full name, if given): Christopher John Francis Boone

Apparent age: 15

Gender: Cis boy

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (which is a best-selling mystery novel and a drama/mystery play) and it's bad because it is ableist (the author did little research about autism and autistic people), normalizes the abuse of autistic people, and the book has a stereotypical depiction of autism. Mark Haddon portrayed the protagonist Christopher as elitist, intolerant, dismissive, unconcerned for others, unsympathetic, remorselessly violent, and not noticing or responding to insults and abuse. He is ableist towards other disabled kids at his school and looks down on them while also looking down on non-disabled people. Christopher is mistreated (abused, neglected, abandoned, deceived, gaslit, and insulted), often by authority figures like his parents and most other characters either overlook or actively attempt to justify this. His father Ed lied about his mother Judy being dead to him for two years. Ed also killed his ex-girlfriend's dog Wellington with a garden fork and receives no consequences for doing so except for causing a rupture in Christopher's relationship with him, and he tries to pressure Christopher to repair it by focusing exclusively on how much he is hurt by Christopher. Haddon also portrayed Christopher's parents in a sympathetic light even though the novel is from Christopher's point of view and despite Ed and Judy being abusive and neglectful to Christopher. Siobhan (Christopher's mentor and teacher) is only present in the early parts of the book and absent from the rest of the book without an explanation; the author could have used her to show that Christopher does not deserve to be abused and neglected, but he did not. The novel presents the autistic protagonist as responsible for his parent's divorce and being mistreated by others while showing that he is unaffected by this mistreatment, and portrays abuse, abandonment, and gaslighting as normal and justified.

Pictures of character:

Birthday: August 11

Sexuality: Mspec graysexual neuroromantic/echoromantic/arovague (queer acespec arospec for convenience)

Personality: Christopher is intelligent, sensitive, perceptive, naive, arrogant, and tends to come off as aloof. He has a very self-centered point of view, values logic, tends to be literal-minded, and is sometimes clueless when it comes to social norms. He takes pride in his intelligence and views himself as rational and logical though he can be insensitive, cold, reckless, irritable, irrational, and illogical at times. He tends to have emotional outbursts, lash out, bottle up his emotions, and split due to trauma, but he is working on expressing his emotions in healthier ways. Christopher used to be violent, break into people's houses and vehicles, steal, vandalize property, and have an ableist and elitist attitude before he got the proper help he needed. He cares about the people he is close to, treating them with kindness and is protective of them. His samefood is strawberry milkshakes. He prefers to use a stress ball or something similar to stim. Christopher is a trauma, physical/verbal/emotional abuse, and emotional neglect survivor. He is autistic and has PTSD/possible C-PTSD, NPD, conduct disorder, BPD, depression, chronic boredom, low empathy, abandonment issues, and violent intrusive thoughts and impulses.

Likes: His special interests are math, prime numbers, countries, capitals, detective fiction, mystery novels and movies, thriller films, autism/disability rights, astronauts, and Steven Universe (he especially enjoys Steven Universe: The Movie and Steven Universe Future). He also likes Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, his pet rat, his service dog, Siobhan, strawberry milkshakes, puzzles, computer games, Tetris, and everything being in order.

Dislikes: The colors yellow (when not kin shifting to Peridot) and brown, yellow things (when not kin shifting to Peridot), brown things, dirt, gravy, wood, blood (squick), being lied to/deceived, his birth parents (his birth dad, in particular), authority figures who are ableist and invalidate him, crowded places, noisy places, being made fun of, his chronic boredom, saying he can't feel or doesn’t have emotions, romanticization/glorification of cheating/affairs/infidelity, being called "a handful", everything not being in order, and being touched during a meltdown, shutdown, or flashback.

Fears or triggers: Animal death (especially dogs, trigger), garden forks (trigger), his birth dad (fear/trigger), him or autistic people being blamed for divorce (trigger), being threatened to be or saying he should be institutionalized (trigger), being abandoned (fear/trigger), loud sudden noises (fear/sensory trigger), angry yelling (trigger), being threatened with physical violence (trigger), and being called a "specimen" or other dehumanizing things (trigger).

Relationship status: Taken (Aki--QPP/zucchini and chosen person, and Clover--girlfriend and favorite person)

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters

Extras: He is demipansensual, panalterous, panqueerplatonic, cupio-aplatonicflux/neuroplatonic/aplatonicvague (aplspec for short/convenience), demipanaesthetic, and demipan- in other attractions. He is Peridot kin (SU), Spinel kin/IDs with Spinel (SU), Steven synpath (SU), and Jotaro Kujo hearted (JJBA). His favorite persons are Briony and Clover, and his chosen person is Aki.

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Caitlin Ann Smith

Apparent age: 10 (going on to 11)

Gender: Cis girl

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): Mockingbird (which is a young adult novel and a theatre play) and it's bad because there were multiple moments when the main character Caitlin's behavior is too textbook, the author's writing clearly leaned to a clinical view of autism spectrum disorder, and it was written particularly for a neurotypical audience. Kathryn Erskine preferred the clinical research over the thoughts, feelings, and writings of autistic people. Caitlin's epiphany is problematic because it did not feel like her own, it was inspiration porn due to her having to "learn" empathy, and it feels like the epiphany that ableist organizations like Autism Speaks and neurotypicals who fail to understand autistic people want autistic people to have. While the book was written with good intentions, Erskine regurgitated the "no empathy" myth, people around the autistic character are constantly trying to "fix" her and this is shown to be a good thing, and the book ended up being inspiration porn for neurotypicals.

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Birthday: In the book, her birthday is unknown so I'll make it November 20

Sexuality: Questioning

Personality: Caitlin is intelligent, cheerful, socially awkward, pedantic, often blunt, and comes off as arrogant without meaning to. She tends to get excited and passionate about things she enjoys. As a result, she tends to infodump. She has black-and-white thinking, hypermorality, and fluctuating empathy. Caitlin can come off as tactless at times due to being brutally honest, but does not mean to hurt people's feelings and will try to clear things up if there are any resulting problems. She also does not always understand social cues and expectations, but she tries her best. Caitlin is more caring than she appears to be. She is autistic and is recovering from depression that is caused by the death of her mother who died of cancer and PTSD that is caused by the death of her brother Devon who died in a school shooting and being bullied in school.

Likes: Her special interests are drawing, dictionaries, and To Kill a Mockingbird. She also likes art, making charcoal drawings, pastel colors, the colors black and white, black and white TV shows and movies, cartoons (especially Disney), Bambi, her friends (especially her best friend Michael), small spaces (they bring her comfort), hiding under a dresser (her "hidey-hole") and bed, and stuffing her head under couch cushions.

Dislikes: Bright colors (neon colors especially), saturated colors, bright lights, noisy places, maintaining direct eye contact, dirt, bugs, wool clothing, fuzzy clothing, live-action TV shows and movies that are not black and white, saying that she does not have or needs to learn empathy, people not communicating with her, bullying, school shootings, and school shooters.

Fears or triggers: Really loud noises (sensory trigger), lights buzzing (sensory trigger), wool clothing (sensory trigger), fuzzy clothing (sensory trigger), gunshots (trigger), and being called "weirdo" or "freak" (trigger). No fears, but she gets uncomfortable when talking about school shootings and school shooters.

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Michael Schneider (best friend), Josh

Extras: She is Scout kin/IDs as Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Bambi kin (Bambi), and her comfort characters are Jem (To Kill a Mockingbird) and Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird).

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Rose Howard

Apparent age: 11 (going on to 12)

Gender: Cis girl

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): Rain Reign (which is a children's novel) and it's bad because the author Ann M. Martin wrote it in Autism Voice, the narrative is stereotypical, and Rose is explicitly framed as other due to being portrayed as overly literal and the book's constant focus on her obsession with homonyms, numbers, prime numbers, weather patterns, and rules. It also stereotypes autistic people as not experiencing emotions, unfeeling, uncaring, unable to be hurt, and overly rational. In general, Martin denied Rose emotional agency and wrote a story about an autistic character for a neurotypical audience.

Pictures of character:

(Rose with Rain)

(Another picture of Rose and Rain)

Birthday: In the book, her birthday is unknown so I'll make it September 20

Sexuality: Questioning

Personality: Rose is intelligent, level-headed, brave, determined, polite, socially awkward, and a rule-follower. She loves homonyms and tends to blurt out when she hears one. Rose is caring, patient, and undertakes the role of peacekeeper. She is autistic, has OCD, panic attacks, and hypermorality, and is recovering from depression that is caused by her mother leaving her and her father (she is dealing with her feelings of guilt over it) and PTSD that is caused by her father's past alcoholism.

Likes: Her special interests are weather patterns, homonyms, and numbers (especially prime numbers). She also likes her dog Rain, her uncle Weldon, wordplay/puns, meteorology, the weather channel, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Incredibles movies, The Secret of NIMH, and being on her routine.

Dislikes: People not explaining things to her, people not listening to why she is upset, being made fun of, being invalidated, and being off her routine.

Fears or triggers: Alcohol (trigger), hurricanes (fear), and being shaken (fear/trigger).

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Rain

Extras: Her comfort characters are Madame Foster (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends), Helen Parr (The Incredibles), and Mrs. Brisby (The Secret of NIMH).

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Willem Edward Smith

Apparent age: 12

Gender: Cis boy

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): How to Fly with Broken Wings (which is a children's fiction book) and it's bad because the author Jane Elson wrote Willem as stereotypically autistic without naming him as such. Willem seems to check off all of the diagnostic boxes of autism without having much of a personality beyond this. Willem isn’t always treated with respect or dignity, particularly when he’s reduced to facts about airplanes and telling people that he can fly. In the middle of the book, Willem suddenly becomes a magical autistic detective by pulling out several pieces of physical evidence and lines of argument to prove that one person wasn’t involved in gang riots, although these abilities are never previously mentioned. Elson doesn't fully address him being mistreated at school. Sasha describes him in her first chapter as “one of life’s special people” and regularly refers to him as her special friend as their relationship develops. Willem is relentlessly bullied at school and in danger at home, although no other characters do anything about this. Other kids make him jump off of objects or buildings and there are rival gangs in the area who are also interested in manipulating him. In class, his teacher frequently singles him out by requiring him to make two friends instead of completing equations for homework like his peers. The teacher tries to mix up students to get kids to interact with Willem and pulls each aside to say that she wants them to show him friendship, though she recognizes that forcing him to make friends in class encouraged him to interact with his bullies and put him in numerous dangerous situations, and she apologizes by the end of the book. The assignment led to Willem being deceived or put in dangerous situations more than once, and the author offers no clear condemnation of this. Willem’s main bully apologizes for his actions a few times but immediately returns to hurting Willem, and when he eventually befriends him it’s in order to gain favor with the girl he likes. Many adults apologize to Willem-- including his teacher, who recognizes that forcing him to make friends put his life in danger; not that her treatment of him was emotionally manipulative. Also, there is no further discussion of any emotional repercussions.

Pictures of character:

(Willem with a dog and holding hands with Sarah)

(Willem)

Birthday: In the book, his birthday is unknown so I’ll make it June 21

Sexuality: Questioning

Personality: Willem is shy and timid yet friendly and easygoing. He doesn’t believe that true friendships can be made by assigning people to be friends. He infodumps regularly and has trouble distinguishing when the other person has heard enough or when the conversation is over. Willem relates to people by using the colors of the traffic lights. He tends to take things more literally and struggles with understanding facial expressions. Willem gets very anxious in stressful situations. Willem gets very anxious in stressful situations. He stims by counting, rambling about anything, shaking his hands, and flapping his arms and hands. Willem is a trauma and physical/verbal/emotional abuse survivor. He is autistic, has anxiety, and is recovering from PTSD that is caused by being bullied at school by other kids, being emotionally manipulated by his teacher, and the trauma from the gang riots.

Likes: His special interests are airplanes (especially Spitfire planes), model airplanes, pilots during World War II, and flying. He also likes his dog Buster, Magic Man Archie, tea, digestive biscuits, cookies, his grandmother Gracie, Sasha, Peter Pan, Arthur (his favorite character is Carl Gould), and traffic lights.

Dislikes: Bullies, gangs, riots, being made fun of, being excluded/left out, people who are too close to him, Finn Maison and his gang the Beckham Estate Boyz, being assigned friends, being forced into a "buddy system", being manipulated or deceived, shouting, being kissed, and his food touching.

Fears or triggers: Bullying (fear/trigger), gangs (fear/trigger), riots (fear/trigger), Finn Maison and his gang (fear), falling (fear), death threats (trigger), being assigned friends (trigger), being forced into a "buddy system" (trigger), shouting (sensory trigger), being kissed (sensory trigger), and his food touching (sensory trigger).

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Sasha Barton, Magic Man Archie, Buster

Extras: His comfort character is Carl Gould (Arthur).

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Colin Fischer

Apparent age: 14

Gender: Cis boy

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): Colin Fischer (which is a young adult novel) and it’s bad because despite being written by an autistic author--Zack Sentz--and Colin being likable, the book distances the readers from the perspective of him by othering him and casting him as incomprehensible and weird. Colin is rarely seen as anything but intrigued, confused, or panicked, and that reinforces the damaging, ableist notion of autistic people not having emotions. He is also depicted by Sentz and Ashley Edward Miller to be a super special autistic with “mysterious skills”. Colin’s brother Danny loathing him and their parents is portrayed with no nuance and no emotions from Colin’s end. In the book, Asperger’s syndrome is mentioned as being “related to” autism rather than being part of the autism spectrum. His school is said to be supportive and accommodating, but there is not much proof to support this as the narrative appears to condone the ableist treatment of the protagonist. For example, when Colin is purposefully taunted in class and ends up barking from stress, the principal accepts that it wasn’t his fault, but she also threatens Colin with punishment if he “acts out” again. Another example is his gym teacher Mr. Turrentine ignoring a note from his therapy team that he can skip gym. He also aligns with the popular image of “high-functioning” autistic people as being a socially awkward, math/logic/train-obsessed, straight, white, middle-class teenage boy. His symptoms become less extreme at the end of the book, which is seen as a positive development; this portrays autistic traits as undesirable and negative.

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Birthday: In the book, his birthday is unknown so I’ll make it September 22

Sexuality: Disordinebisexual biromantic, leans towards females

Personality: Colin is curious, inquisitive, and friendly. He enjoys being organized and tends to have meltdowns when not being organized. Colin has slow reflexes and activities like basketball, soccer, playing catch, monkey bars, riding a bicycle, and gym class are difficult for him while activities like jumping and bouncing are easier for him. He speaks in a monotone voice, but talks fast when excited. Colin is often very literal and has trouble detecting sarcasm. He stims by barking when stressed or overwhelmed, jumping especially when happy or excited, and making repeated clicking sounds. He usually has a hard time telling when people are upset because facial expressions don't come naturally to him, and does not always understand social cues and expectations. Colin pet regresses to cope with stress and being autistic, disabled, and otherwise neurodivergent. He is autistic, nearsighted, a dog regressor, and has gross motor dyspraxia and hypotonia.

Likes: His special interests are science, aliens, trampolines, SHAED (his favorite song is Trampoline), asparagus, Sherlock Holmes, and Star Trek. He also likes math, trains, jumping, bouncy balls, dogs, his notebook, repeated clicking sounds like pens, stacking things, and patterns (especially finding them).

Dislikes: The color blue, blue things, being touched if he does not initiate it or if he is unprepared for it, being touched when stressed, direct eye contact (he finds it uncomfortable), phones ringing loudly, the sound of the school bell, mushy foods, high-pitched voices, dolls, gym class, sports, perfume counters at store entrances, being made fun of or taunted, bullying, ableist people, having his infodumps be interrupted, his room and belongings being tampered with, Rudy Moore, and biphobes/bimisics.

Fears or triggers: Sudden loud noises (sensory trigger), phones ringing loudly (sensory trigger), the sound of the school bell (sensory trigger), perfume counters at store entrances (sensory trigger), high-pitched voices (sensory trigger), mushy foods (sensory trigger), and dolls (fear).

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Melissa Greer (best friend), Wayne Connolly

Extras: He is alienkin and dogkin, and his comfort characters are Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock) and Spock (Star Trek). He has reading glasses to help with his nearsightedness.

@luigiskids, @connerskids, @mikus-oc-blog, @asherschildren, @kirby-hates-pedos, @vela-hates-creeps, @ashisintheskies any thoughts?

#reclaimed oc #reclaimed ocs #reclaimed character #reclaimed characters #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #ableism tw #ableism mention #abuse tw #abuse mention #neglect tw #neglect mention #my oc #my ocs #long post #chiajasmine #chiajasmine's favorites

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beyond-mogai-pride-flags · 7 years

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Can you do a flag for people who are attracted to people with anxiety ( not sure if it already has a name ) thank you :>

Well, it you yourself also have anxiety (or some other similar neurodivergence), there’s only one that would be the closest to what you’re looking for.

(I’ll just post the -sexual flag)

Echo-: when you only feel attraction to people that you see as extensions of yourself/that you are an extension of them due to neurodivergence.

#echosexual #echoromantic #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #mogai #pride flags #pride flag #Anonymous

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perfectcringecharacteroftheday · 7 years

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Mod Hatch is back with a new special interest and a LONG ASS post, buckle up kids because Todays Cringe™ Characters of the day are: The Egopliers! (Not all pictured)

Googleplier (shown on the left) is an agensexual praes/siromantic singularian. It is condifluidflux of several condigender, and mildly digifluid. Google uses It/Itself pronouns due to wanting to seem less human than it appears. With access to the current DSM and thousands of psychiatric papers, it’s self diagnosed with NPD, and very autistic. Google is also a quoigenic median system, with Red, Green, and Oliver as its facets.

Darkiplier (shown in the middle) is a Dawnian polygender (chamgender, introgender, agender, and leogender,) chaeinsexual echoromantic. Dae has npd and schizophrenia, uses dae/deam/daeself and ki/kin/kingself pronouns, and is voidkin, demonkin, and kin of Discord from My Little Pony and Val from Outlast.

Wilford Warfstache (shown on the right) is an ambonec chameleogender shifterfluid (medeifluid and erotofluid) Peacock Diamoric! Pi is pansexual, somnioromantic, reciproalterous, and Objectum sexual as well! Wilford uses pi/pin/pinkself, py/pyroself, and me/mett/mettaself pronouns. Pi has bpd, npd, ocd, and is toykin, specifically an alpaccasso!

Yandereplier uses chi/chiself and fae/faerself mostly, but is ok with any pronouns! Chi is a uniattracted grey-ace borderfluid attrafluidflux mnioct, who just uses queer irl to be simple. Yan has bpd, madd, and chronic pain, and chi’s also swordkin and fictionkin of Steve Carlesburg from Welcome to Nightvale.

Dr. Iplier is an Achillean Sollunarian bigender (filko and shkizeingender) schroromantic who is in a soft romo relationship with Host. Dr uses cor/corpself pronous, and has madd, cptsd, schizoaffective disorder, and cotard’s delusion. Cor’s also a postfurry and kin of Lego Joker and Sherlock Holmes.

Host is a kiwi diamoric aspec fricto-mingender corruflux caedoboy, and lae’s been in a relationship with Dr Iplier ever since cor fixed the Host up after an accident. Host prefers no pronouns, but likes lae/laceself. Lae has ptsd, madd, psychotic depression, and is blind due to not having any freakin eyes. Lae is also kin of pit bulls, Tank Dempsey (Primus) and Dr Monty from Call of duty, and is a soulbonder and a netfur. Lae’s fursona is probably a ferret but lae wont tell anyone.

Bim Trimmer is bi and genderfluid as heck! Ro’s genders include absorgender, extrogender, gendercute, and genderflora. Bim uses any plant-themed pronouns, because ro is a phytanthrope. Ro’s also a furry, and has ocd, hpd, and chronic migraines.

#cringe™ character of the day #cotd #egopliers #bim trimmer #the host #the author #dr iplier #bingiplier #googleplier #yandereplier #wilford warfstache #darkiplier #read the faq

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lgbtq-edits-and-bubbles · 7 years

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Orientations I Can Make Edits For (A-M)

Hello everyone! In case anyone happens to be wondering what labels/identities you can request for me to use in edits (moodboards, flag and name edits, etc.), I’m posting lists of which ones that I’m able to make edits for.

The list will be under the cut.

(The links to the other posts will be added later)

-fluid (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

arofluid

-flux (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

aceflux

alltflux/alteflux/alterousflux

aquasiplatoniflux/aqueerplatoniflux/aquirkyplatoniflux

aroflux

platoniflux

sensualflux/sensuflux

-spike (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

acespike

alterousspike/analterousspike

aplatonispike

aquasiplatonispike/aqueerplatonispike/aquirkyplatonispike

arospike

asensualspike/asensuspike

-vague (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

acevague

alterousvague/analterousvague

aplvague/platonivague

aquasiplatonivague/aqueerplatonivague/aquirkyplatonivague/quasiplatonivague/queerplatonivague/quirkyplatonivague

arovague

asensualvague/asensuvague

aplatonic

aromantic

asensual

asexual

omniaromantic

omniasexual

parasexual

abro-

abroromantic

acefluid

acespec

achillean

aco-/acor-

aego-/autochoris-

aegoalterous/autochorisalterous

aegoplatonic/autochorisplatonic

aegoquasiplatonic/aegoqueerplatonic/aegoquirkyplatonic/autochorisquasiplatonic/autochorisqueerplatonic/autochorisquirkyplatonic

aegoromantic/autochorisromantic

aegosensual/autochorissensual

aegosexual/autochorissexual

akoi-/akoin-/akoine-/lith-

akoialterous/akoinalterous/akoinealterous/lithalterous

akoiplatonic/akoinplatonic/akoineplatonic/lithplatonic

akoiquasiplatonic/akoiqueerplatonic/akoiquirkyplatonic/akoinquasiplatonic/akoinqueerplatonic/akoinquirkyplatonic/akoinequasiplatonic/akoinequeerplatonic/akoinequirkyplatonic/lithquasiplatonic/lithqueerplatonic/lithquirkyplatonic

akoiromantic/akoinromantic/akoineromantic/lithromantic

akoisensual/akoinsensual/akoinesensual/lithsensual

akoisexual/akoinsexual/akoinesexual/lithsexual

aliqua-

aliquaromantic

aliquis-

alt-

altalterous

altplatonic

altquasiplatonic/altqueerplatonic/altquirkyplatonic

altsensual

alterous

ambisexual

amicus-

andro-/masc-

androalterous/mascalterous

androromantic/mascromantic

androsensual/mascsensual

androgyne-

androgyneromantic

anti-

apothi-/apothis- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

apothiplatonic/apothisplatonic

apothiromantic/apothisromantic

apothisensual/apothissensual

apothisexual/apothissexual

apres- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

apresalterous

apresplatonic

apresquasiplatonic/apresqueerplatonic/apresquirkyplatonic

apresromantic

apressensual

apressexual

ARCsexual

archi- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

archialterous

archiplatonic

archiquasiplatonic/archiqueerplatonic/archiquirkyplatonic

archiromantic

archisensual

archisexual

ari-

aroace

arospec

asocial- (“asocial-” in this context is the prefix for asocialromantic/asocialsexual/etc., not the term “asocial”; I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

asocialalterous

asocialplatonic

asocialquasiplatonic/asocialqueerplatonic/asocialquirkyplatonic

asocialromantic

asocialsensual

asocialsexual

aspec

aspectus- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

aspectusalterous

aspectusplatonic

aspectusquasiplatonic/aspectusqueerplatonic/aspectusquirkyplatonic

aspectusromantic

aspectussensual

aspectussexual

auto-/self-

autoalterous/selfalterous

autoplatonic/selfplatonic

autoquasiplatonic/autoqueerplatonic/autoquirkyplatonic/selfquasiplatonic/selfqueerplatonic/selfquirkyplatonic

autoromantic/selfromantic

autosensual/selfsensual

autosexual/selfsexual

bellusromantic

bi-

bialterous

biquasiplatonic/biqueerplatonic/biquirkyplatonic

biromantic

bisensual

biflux

biflux-romantic

border- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

bordersexual

borea-

burst-

caed-/caedo-

caedalterous/caedoalterous

caedoplatonic/caedplatonic

caedoquasiplatonic/caedoqueerplatonic/caedoquirkyplatonic/caedquasiplatonic/caedqueerplatonic/caedquirkyplatonic

caedoromantic/caedromantic

caedosensual/caedsensual

caedosexual/caedsexual

caligo- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

caligoalterous

caligoplatonic

caligoquasiplatonic/caligoqueerplatonic/caligoquirkyplatonic

caligoromantic

caligosensual

caligosexual

cass-

cassalterous

cassexual

cassplatonic

cassromantic

casssensual

cassflux

causti-

cease-

ceasealterous

ceaseplatonic

ceasequasiplatonic/ceasequeerplatonic/ceasequirkyplatonic

ceaseromantic

ceasesensual

ceasesexual

cetero-

ceteroromantic

ceterosensual

chaein-

chaeinalterous

chaeinquasiplatonic/chaeinqueerplatonic/chaeinquirkyplatonic

chaeinromantic

chaeinsensual

chaeinsexual

chameleo- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

chameleoromantic

chameleosexual

chrono-

chronoalterous

chronoplatonic

chronoquasiplatonic/chronoqueerplatonic/chronoquirkyplatonic

chronoromantic

chronosensual

chronosexual

cin- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

cinalterous

cinquasiplatonic/cinqueerplatonic/cinquirkyplatonic

cinromantic

cinsensual

cinsexual

com- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

comromantic

comsexual

companionate

crux-/depend-/exige-/exigen-/requi- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

cruxalterous/dependalterous/exigealterous/exigenalterous/requialterous

cruxplatonic/dependplatonic/exigeplatonic/exigenplatonic/requiplatonic

cruxquasiplatonic/cruxqueerplatonic/cruxquirkyplatonic/dependquasiplatonic/dependqueerplatonic/dependquirkyplatonic/exigequasiplatonic/exigequeerplatonic/exigequirkyplatonic/exigenquasiplatonic/exigenqueerplatonic/exigenquirkyplatonic/requiquasiplatonic/requiqueerplatonic/requiquirkyplatonic

cruxromantic/dependromantic/exigeromantic/exigenromantic/requiromantic

cruxsensual/dependsensual/exigesensual/exigensensual/requisensual

cruxsexual/dependsexual/exigesexual/exigensexual/requisexual

culparomantic

cupio-/kalos-

cupioflux/kalosflux (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

cupiaflux/cupio-aceflux/kalos-aceflux

cupio-analterousflux/kalos-analterousflux

cupio-aplatoniflux/kalos-aplatoniflux

cupio-aquasiplatoniflux/cupio-aqueerplatoniflux/cupio-aquirkyplatoniflux/kalos-aquasiplatoniflux/kalos-aqueerplatoniflux/kalos-aquirkyplatoniflux

cupio-aroflux/cupiroflux/kalos-aroflux

cupio-asensualflux/kalos-asensualflux

demi- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

demi-bi-

demi-bisensual

demi-cetero-

demi-fin-

demi-finsensual

demi-homo-

demi-ma-/demi-man-

demi-mansensual/demi-masensual

demi-min-

demi-minsensual

demi-neu-

demi-nin-

demi-ninsensual

demi-nofin-

demi-nofinalterous

demi-noma-/demi-noman-

demi-nomin-

demi-nominalterous

demi-nominromantic

demi-nominsensual

demi-nonin-

demi-nowoma-/demi-nowoman-

demi-nowomalterous/demi-nowomanalterous

demi-nowomanromantic/demi-nowomaromantic

demi-nowomansensual/demi-nowomasensual

demi-omni-

demi-pan-

demi-panalterous

demi-panromantic

demi-pansensual

demi-penultisensual

demi-poly-

demi-polyalterous

demi-polypan-

demi-polypanromantic

demi-polyromantic

demi-polysensual

demi-proqua-

demi-proquasensual

demi-proquu-

demi-proquusensual

demi-quad-

demi-quint-

demi-tri-

demi-woma-/demi-woman-

demi-womansensual/demi-womasensual

demialterous

demiplatonic

demiquasiplatonic/demiqueerplatonic/demiquirkyplatonic

demiromantic

demisensual

demisexual

desinoromantic

diamoric

dissexual

dissociate- (“dissociate-” in this context is the prefix for dissociateromantic/dissociatesexual/etc., not the term “dissociate”)

dissociatealterous

dissociateplatonic

dissociatequasiplatonic/dissociatequeerplatonic/dissociatequirkyplatonic

dissociateromantic

dissociatesensual

dot- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

dotalterous

dotplatonic

dotquasiplatonic/dotqueerplatonic/dotquirkyplatonic

dotromantic

dotsensual

dotsexual

dread-

duo-

dura-

dwin-

dysphorasexual

echo- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

echoalterous

echoplatonic

echoromantic

echosensual

echosexual

enbian

enbysensualarian

fem-/femme-/gyne-/gyno-

femalterous/femmealterous/gynealterous/gynoalterous

femromantic/femmeromantic/gyneromantic/gynoromantic

femsensual/femmesensual/gynesensual/gynosensual

feu- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

feualterous

feuplatonic

feuquasiplatonic/feuqueerplatonic/feuquirkyplatonic

feuromantic

feusensual

feusexual

fi-

ficto-/ficton- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

fictoalterous/fictonalterous

fictonplatonic/fictoplatonic

fictonquasiplatonic/fictonqueerplatonic/fictonquirkyplatonic/fictoquasiplatonic/fictoqueerplatonic/fictoquirkyplatonic

fictonromantic/fictoromantic

fictonsensual/fictosensual

fictonsexual/fictosexual (aspec)

fin-

finalterous

finromantic

finsensual

fray-/ignota-

frayromantic/ignotaromantic

gay/homo-

Australia gay pride

Bangladesh gay pride

black gay pride

Canadian gay pride

Hawaii gay pride

homalterous/homoalterous

homoflex-alterous

homoflexible

homoquasiplatonic/homoqueerplatonic/homoquirkyplatonic/platgay/platonicgay

Israeli gay pride

Jewish gay pride

New Zealand gay pride

South Africa gay pride

glaro- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

glaroalterous

glaroplatonic

glaroquasiplatonic/glaroqueerplatonic/glaroquirkyplatonic

glaroromantic

glarosensual

glarosexual

gray a-/gray-a-/grey a-/grey-a-

gray analterous/gray-analterous/grey analterous/grey-analterous

gray aplatonic/gray-aplatonic/grey aplatonic/grey-aplatonic

gray aquasiplatonic/gray aqueerplatonic/gray aquirkyplatonic/gray-aquasiplatonic/gray-aqueerplatonic/gray-aquirkyplatonic/grey aquasiplatonic/grey aqueerplatonic/grey aquirkyplatonic/grey-aquasiplatonic/grey-aqueerplatonic/grey-aquirkyplatonic

gray aromantic/gray-aromantic/grayromantic/grey aromantic/grey-aromantic/greyromantic

gray asensual/gray-asensual/grey asensual/grey-asensual

gray asexual/gray-asexual/grey asexual/grey-asexual

gray-agensexual/graygensexual/grey-agensexual/greygensexual

hea- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

healterous

heaplatonic

heaquasiplatonic/heaqueerplatonic/heaquirkyplatonic

hearomantic

heasensual

heasexual

hetero- (“hetero-” is the norm for romantic and sexual attraction, so there aren’t flags for those - or for the general orientation - but there are flags under this orientation for other forms of attraction)

heteralterous/heteroalterous

heteroflex-alterous

heteroflex-romantic

heteroflexible

iamvano-

icula- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

iculaalterous

iculaplatonic

iculaquasiplatonic/iculaqueerplatonic/iculaquirkyplatonic

icularomantic

iculasensual

iculasexual

idem- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

idemalterous

idemquasiplatonic/idemqueerplatonic/idemquirkyplatonic

idemromantic

idemsensual

idemsexual

impla-/inex- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

implalterous/inexalterous

implaplatonic/inexplatonic

implaquasiplatonic/implaqueerplatonic/implaquirkyplatonic/inexquasiplatonic/inexqueerplatonic/inexquirkyplatonic

implaromantic/inexromantic

implasensual/inexsensual

implasexual/inexsexual

inact-/inacto-/initia-

inci-

incialterous

inciquasiplatonic/inciqueerplatonic/inciquirkyplatonic

inciromantic

inciromantic + incisexual

incisensual

incisexual

none

lesbian

lesbian (romantic orientation)

lipstick lesbian

nonbinary lesbian

limno-

ma-/man-

maalterous/malterous/manalterous

maalterousflex/malterousflex/manalterousflex

maflexible/manflexible

manromantic/maromantic

manromantiflex/maromantiflex

mansensual/masensual

mansensualflex/masensualflex

magis-/magismetum-

mala- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

mala-bisexual

mala-homosexual

mala-mansexual/mala-masexual

mala-pansexual

mala-polysexual

mala-womansexual/mala-womasexual

malalterous

malaplatonic

malaquasiplatonic/malaqueerplatonic/malaquirkyplatonic

malaromantic

malasensual

malasexual

manusensualarian

marsic

metattraction

min-

minalterous

minromantic

minsensual

minus-/minusmetum-

moll-/molli- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

mollalterous/mollialterous

molliplatonic/mollplatonic

molliquasiplatonic/molliqueerplatonic/molliquirkyplatonic/mollquasiplatonic/mollqueerplatonic/mollquirkyplatonic

molliromantic/mollromantic

mollisensual/mollsensual

mollisexual/mollsexual

morphe-

multi-

multialterous

multiquasiplatonic/multiqueerplatonic/multiquirkyplatonic

multiromantic

multisensual

myr- (I don’t have the flag for the general orientation, but I have flags for specific orientations under it)

myralterous

myrplatonic

myrquasiplatonic/myrqueerplatonic/myrquirkyplatonic

myrromantic

myrsensual

myrsexual

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pride-color-schemes · 8 years

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Echo-

Echo- when you only feel attraction to people that you see as extensions of yourself/that you are an extension of them due to neurodivergence, namely difficulty in expressing empathy, or empathy deficits, such as in NPD/ASPD/Autism and extreme attachment and desire to be engulfed by a depended/favorite person, such as in BPD/DPD. Anyone neurodivergent person with this symptom can use it, though.

Term coined by: @pastelmemer

Echosexual:

[image description: a flag with seven stripes. From top to bottom they are: dark purple, purple, light purple, purple, light purple, purple, dark purple. Two concentric circles are overlaid on the center. The outer circle is a darker shade of orange than the inner circle]

Full size [Here]

Echoromantic:

[image description: a flag with seven stripes. From top to bottom they are: dark green, green, light green, green, light green, green, dark green. Two concentric circles are overlaid on the center. The outer circle is a darker shade of orange than the inner circle]

Full size [Here]

Color meanings: Unknown

Check the “Echo” tag to see designs for different attraction types for this orientation (sexual/romantic/alterous/platonic/etc)!

Full pride gallery HERE! FAQ and “dictionary” of genders, orientations, and other related terms HERE. Send any questions to Ask-Pride-Color-Schemes!

#echo #echosexual #echoromantic #neurorientation #orientation #aspec #acespec #arospec #pastelmemer

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mogai-headcanons · 3 years

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Kankri Vantas from Nightfall is an autistic bisexual demiromantic amid acoromantic royalgender narcix bordix kinggender princegender cherrygender solarset metalligender aslagender goldic praegender theix nonbinary man who has adhd, bpd, and npd and uses he/him, crown/crowns, and tri/trials pronouns!

Kankri Nightfall requester, could you add narkissigender, grandelusogender, holidelusogender, echosexual and echoromantic? thanks!

queued!!

#homestuck ment

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chiajasmine · 4 years

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Autistic Reclaimed Characters Masterlist

I’m getting back into making reclaimed characters/OCs by reclaiming autistic characters from media.

Character’s name (full name, if given): Christopher John Francis Boone

Apparent age: 15

Gender: Cis boy

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (which is a best-selling mystery novel and a drama/mystery play) and it’s bad because it is ableist (the author did little research about autism and autistic people), normalizes the abuse of autistic people, and the book has a stereotypical depiction of autism. Mark Haddon portrayed the protagonist Christopher as elitist, intolerant, dismissive, unconcerned for others, unsympathetic, remorselessly violent, and not noticing or responding to insults and abuse. He is ableist towards other disabled kids at his school and looks down on them while also looking down on non-disabled people. Christopher is mistreated (abused, neglected, abandoned, deceived, gaslit, and insulted), often by authority figures like his parents and most other characters either overlook or actively attempt to justify this. His father Ed lied about his mother Judy being dead to him for two years. Ed also killed his ex-girlfriend’s dog Wellington with a garden fork and receives no consequences for doing so except for causing a rupture in Christopher’s relationship with him, and he tries to pressure Christopher to repair it by focusing exclusively on how much he is hurt by Christopher. Haddon also portrayed Christopher’s parents in a sympathetic light even though the novel is from Christopher’s point of view and despite Ed and Judy being abusive and neglectful to Christopher. Siobhan (Christopher’s mentor and teacher) is only present in the early parts of the book and absent from the rest of the book without an explanation; the author could have used her to show that Christopher does not deserve to be abused and neglected, but he did not. The novel presents the autistic protagonist as responsible for his parent’s divorce and being mistreated by others while showing that he is unaffected by this mistreatment, and portrays abuse, abandonment, and gaslighting as normal and justified.

Pictures of character:

Birthday: August 11

Sexuality: Mspec graysexual neuroromantic/echoromantic/arovague (queer acespec arospec for convenience)

Personality: Christopher is intelligent, sensitive, perceptive, naive, arrogant, and tends to come off as aloof. He has a very self-centered point of view, values logic, tends to be literal-minded, and is sometimes clueless when it comes to social norms. He takes pride in his intelligence and views himself as rational and logical though he can be insensitive, cold, reckless, irritable, irrational, and illogical at times. He tends to have emotional outbursts, lash out, bottle up his emotions, and split due to trauma, but he is working on expressing his emotions in healthier ways. Christopher used to be violent, break into people’s houses and vehicles, steal, vandalize property, and have an ableist and elitist attitude before he got the proper help he needed. He cares about the people he is close to, treating them with kindness and is protective of them. His samefood is strawberry milkshakes. He prefers to use a stress ball or something similar to stim. Christopher is a trauma, physical/verbal/emotional abuse, and emotional neglect survivor. He is autistic and has PTSD/possible C-PTSD, NPD, conduct disorder, BPD, depression, chronic boredom, low empathy, abandonment issues, and violent intrusive thoughts and impulses.

Likes: His special interests are math, prime numbers, countries, capitals, detective fiction, mystery novels and movies, thriller films, autism/disability rights, astronauts, and Steven Universe (he especially enjoys Steven Universe: The Movie and Steven Universe Future). He also likes Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures, his pet rat, his service dog, Siobhan, strawberry milkshakes, puzzles, computer games, Tetris, and everything being in order.

Dislikes: The colors yellow (when not kin shifting to Peridot) and brown, yellow things (when not kin shifting to Peridot), brown things, dirt, gravy, wood, blood (squick), being lied to/deceived, his birth parents (his birth dad, in particular), authority figures who are ableist and invalidate him, crowded places, noisy places, being made fun of, his chronic boredom, saying he can’t feel or doesn’t have emotions, romanticization/glorification of cheating/affairs/infidelity, being called “a handful”, everything not being in order, and being touched during a meltdown, shutdown, or flashback.

Relationship status: Taken (Aki–QPP/zucchini and chosen person, and Clover–girlfriend and favorite person)

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Caitlin Ann Smith

Apparent age: 10 (going on to 11)

Gender: Cis girl

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): Mockingbird (which is a young adult novel and a theatre play) and it’s bad because there were multiple moments when the main character Caitlin’s behavior is too textbook, the author’s writing clearly leaned to a clinical view of autism spectrum disorder, and it was written particularly for a neurotypical audience. Kathryn Erskine preferred the clinical research over the thoughts, feelings, and writings of autistic people. Caitlin’s epiphany is problematic because it did not feel like her own, it was inspiration porn due to her having to “learn” empathy, and it feels like the epiphany that ableist organizations like Autism Speaks and neurotypicals who fail to understand autistic people want autistic people to have. While the book was written with good intentions, Erskine regurgitated the “no empathy” myth, people around the autistic character are constantly trying to “fix” her and this is shown to be a good thing, and the book ended up being inspiration porn for neurotypicals.

Pictures of character:

Birthday: In the book, her birthday is unknown so I’ll make it November 20

Sexuality: Questioning

Personality: Caitlin is intelligent, cheerful, socially awkward, pedantic, often blunt, and comes off as arrogant without meaning to. She tends to get excited and passionate about things she enjoys. As a result, she tends to infodump. She has black-and-white thinking, hypermorality, and fluctuating empathy. Caitlin can come off as tactless at times due to being brutally honest, but does not mean to hurt people’s feelings and will try to clear things up if there are any resulting problems. She also does not always understand social cues and expectations, but she tries her best. Caitlin is more caring than she appears to be. She is autistic and is recovering from depression that is caused by the death of her mother who died of cancer and PTSD that is caused by the death of her brother Devon who died in a school shooting and being bullied in school.

Likes: Her special interests are drawing, dictionaries, and To Kill a Mockingbird. She also likes art, making charcoal drawings, pastel colors, the colors black and white, black and white TV shows and movies, cartoons (especially Disney), Bambi, her friends (especially her best friend Michael), small spaces (they bring her comfort), hiding under a dresser (her “hidey-hole”) and bed, and stuffing her head under couch cushions.

Fears or triggers: Really loud noises (sensory trigger), lights buzzing (sensory trigger), wool clothing (sensory trigger), fuzzy clothing (sensory trigger), gunshots (trigger), and being called “weirdo” or “freak” (trigger). No fears, but she gets uncomfortable when talking about school shootings and school shooters.

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Michael Schneider (best friend), Josh

Extras: She is Scout kin/IDs as Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Bambi kin (Bambi), and her comfort characters are Jem (To Kill a Mockingbird) and Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird).

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Rose Howard

Apparent age: 11 (going on to 12)

Gender: Cis girl

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): Rain Reign (which is a children’s novel) and it’s bad because the author Ann M. Martin wrote it in Autism Voice, the narrative is stereotypical, and Rose is explicitly framed as other due to being portrayed as overly literal and the book’s constant focus on her obsession with homonyms, numbers, prime numbers, weather patterns, and rules. It also stereotypes autistic people as not experiencing emotions, unfeeling, uncaring, unable to be hurt, and overly rational. In general, Martin denied Rose emotional agency and wrote a story about an autistic character for a neurotypical audience.

Pictures of character:

(Rose with Rain)

(Another picture of Rose and Rain)

Birthday: In the book, her birthday is unknown so I’ll make it September 20

Sexuality: Questioning

Likes: Her special interests are weather patterns, homonyms, and numbers (especially prime numbers). She also likes her dog Rain, her uncle Weldon, wordplay/puns, meteorology, the weather channel, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, The Incredibles movies, The Secret of NIMH, and being on her routine.

Dislikes: People not explaining things to her, people not listening to why she is upset, being made fun of, being invalidated, and being off her routine.

Fears or triggers: Alcohol (trigger), hurricanes (fear), and being shaken (fear/trigger).

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Rain

Extras: Her comfort characters are Madame Foster (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends), Helen Parr (The Incredibles), and Mrs. Brisby (The Secret of NIMH).

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Willem Edward Smith

Apparent age: 12

Gender: Cis boy

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): How to Fly with Broken Wings (which is a children’s fiction book) and it’s bad because the author Jane Elson wrote Willem as stereotypically autistic without naming him as such. Willem seems to check off all of the diagnostic boxes of autism without having much of a personality beyond this. Willem isn’t always treated with respect or dignity, particularly when he’s reduced to facts about airplanes and telling people that he can fly. In the middle of the book, Willem suddenly becomes a magical autistic detective by pulling out several pieces of physical evidence and lines of argument to prove that one person wasn’t involved in gang riots, although these abilities are never previously mentioned. Elson doesn’t fully address him being mistreated at school. Sasha describes him in her first chapter as “one of life’s special people” and regularly refers to him as her special friend as their relationship develops. Willem is relentlessly bullied at school and in danger at home, although no other characters do anything about this. Other kids make him jump off of objects or buildings and there are rival gangs in the area who are also interested in manipulating him. In class, his teacher frequently singles him out by requiring him to make two friends instead of completing equations for homework like his peers. The teacher tries to mix up students to get kids to interact with Willem and pulls each aside to say that she wants them to show him friendship, though she recognizes that forcing him to make friends in class encouraged him to interact with his bullies and put him in numerous dangerous situations, and she apologizes by the end of the book. The assignment led to Willem being deceived or put in dangerous situations more than once, and the author offers no clear condemnation of this. Willem’s main bully apologizes for his actions a few times but immediately returns to hurting Willem, and when he eventually befriends him it’s in order to gain favor with the girl he likes. Many adults apologize to Willem– including his teacher, who recognizes that forcing him to make friends put his life in danger; not that her treatment of him was emotionally manipulative. Also, there is no further discussion of any emotional repercussions.

Pictures of character:

(Willem with a dog and holding hands with Sarah)

(Willem)

Birthday: In the book, his birthday is unknown so I’ll make it June 21

Sexuality: Questioning

Dislikes: Bullies, gangs, riots, being made fun of, being excluded/left out, people who are too close to him, Finn Maison and his gang the Beckham Estate Boyz, being assigned friends, being forced into a “buddy system”, being manipulated or deceived, shouting, being kissed, and his food touching.

Fears or triggers: Bullying (fear/trigger), gangs (fear/trigger), riots (fear/trigger), Finn Maison and his gang (fear), falling (fear), death threats (trigger), being assigned friends (trigger), being forced into a “buddy system” (trigger), shouting (sensory trigger), being kissed (sensory trigger), and his food touching (sensory trigger).

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Sasha Barton, Magic Man Archie, Buster

Extras: His comfort character is Carl Gould (Arthur).

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Character’s name (full name, if given): Colin Fischer

Apparent age: 14

Gender: Cis boy

Source material (and why it’s bad, this part is optional): Colin Fischer (which is a young adult novel) and it’s bad because despite being written by an autistic author–Zack Sentz–and Colin being likable, the book distances the readers from the perspective of him by othering him and casting him as incomprehensible and weird. Colin is rarely seen as anything but intrigued, confused, or panicked, and that reinforces the damaging, ableist notion of autistic people not having emotions. He is also depicted by Sentz and Ashley Edward Miller to be a super special autistic with “mysterious skills”. Colin’s brother Danny loathing him and their parents is portrayed with no nuance and no emotions from Colin’s end. In the book, Asperger’s syndrome is mentioned as being “related to” autism rather than being part of the autism spectrum. His school is said to be supportive and accommodating, but there is not much proof to support this as the narrative appears to condone the ableist treatment of the protagonist. For example, when Colin is purposefully taunted in class and ends up barking from stress, the principal accepts that it wasn’t his fault, but she also threatens Colin with punishment if he “acts out” again. Another example is his gym teacher Mr. Turrentine ignoring a note from his therapy team that he can skip gym. He also aligns with the popular image of “high-functioning” autistic people as being a socially awkward, math/logic/train-obsessed, straight, white, middle-class teenage boy. His symptoms become less extreme at the end of the book, which is seen as a positive development; this portrays autistic traits as undesirable and negative.

Pictures of character:

Birthday: In the book, his birthday is unknown so I’ll make it September 22

Sexuality: Disordinebisexual biromantic, leans towards females

Personality: Colin is curious, inquisitive, and friendly. He enjoys being organized and tends to have meltdowns when not being organized. Colin has slow reflexes and activities like basketball, soccer, playing catch, monkey bars, riding a bicycle, and gym class are difficult for him while activities like jumping and bouncing are easier for him. He speaks in a monotone voice, but talks fast when excited. Colin is often very literal and has trouble detecting sarcasm. He stims by barking when stressed or overwhelmed, jumping especially when happy or excited, and making repeated clicking sounds. He usually has a hard time telling when people are upset because facial expressions don’t come naturally to him, and does not always understand social cues and expectations. Colin pet regresses to cope with stress and being autistic, disabled, and otherwise neurodivergent. He is autistic, nearsighted, a dog regressor, and has gross motor dyspraxia and hypotonia.

Relationship status: Single

Friends: Other autistic reclaimed characters, Melissa Greer (best friend), Wayne Connolly

Extras: He is alienkin and dogkin, and his comfort characters are Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock) and Spock (Star Trek). He has reading glasses to help with his nearsightedness.

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