Didn't feel well today or this past week and before that tbh. More fatigue than usual to the point of thinking I need to check it out with a doctor. It just sucks not knowing which thing to even look at. I got so much other shit going on I'm trying to treat atm too, but it all takes so long... <:/
Idk, just making some note of it so I remember when this came up to tell them later.
So I'm making matching Zoro & Luffy pins and the reveal will be on this Friday, Sept 22 and POs will open on the next day Sept 23, 1 PM ET time :) (will also have new stuff and bigger size for some prints will be available as well)
I will also do the 2nd batch POs for the Cora, Doffy & Law pins this time for those who missed out.
You know, when I was first researching neurodivergence (and autism and ADHD in particular) and wondering if I was, in fact, neurodivergent, I brought my conclusions to my mom and she said:
"I mean, you're gifted, right? So you already are neurodivergent???"
So here's to her (kinda) and her words. Giftedness is a neurodivergence, in my opinion. From what I've seen, a lot of the traits overlap with common autistic and/or ADHD traits too, especially regarding overexcitabilities, and a lot of researchers talking about the topic describe giftedness with the same kind of "your brain is just made differently" and "you're just wired differently" language as they use for other neurodivergent conditions. But I also say this because I've seen some gifted people who, while struggling with some "autistic/ADHD traits," don't have all the traits necessary for an autism or ADHD diagnosis. Giftedness is a label for them that encompasses the struggles they have without saying that they don't struggle enough or forcing them to try to fit into a mold that isn't them. And I get that; when I was first questioning, I didn't think I had enough autistic traits to count for a diagnosis either, so I took comfort in a "gifted" label. (Not to say that all gifted people are just autistic people and/or people with ADHD that don't realize, or that all gifted people are just people who don't have enough traits for a diagnosis! That was just the case for me and the folks I've been around, but I've also heard the case of it not being that.)
But if I am gifted, then I also have autism. A lot of my struggles are, honestly, just better described by autism than just by a byproduct of giftedness. My struggles with people and with "being too much," my sensory differences (and yes, sometimes issues), my stimming, and some of my executive dysfunction all sound like autistic traits to me more than a mix of psychomotor and sensual overexcitabilities and a whole bunch of coincidental byproducts of my being gifted and hanging out with nongifted peers. Don't get me wrong; based on my family history, background, and traits, I honestly probably am gifted lol. But it's not just that.
So this is me saying that if the people around you are saying that you're just gifted, you're free to look for other, perhaps better explanations for your feelings and experiences. But if you are just gifted, you're still free to call yourself neurodivergent! My gifted traits lead to me feeling just as ostracized sometimes as my autistic ones, so who am I to police that label?
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Roy Harper/Jason Todd/Slade Wilson, Roy Harper/Slade Wilson, Roy Harper/Jason Todd, Jason Todd/Slade Wilson
Characters: Roy Harper, Slade Wilson, Jason Todd
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Roy Harper, Alpha Slade Wilson, Omega Jason Todd, Dom/sub Undertones, Subspace, roy and slade's alpha pheromones basically heighten jason's omega subby-ness, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Hand Feeding, Caretaking, Sub Jason Todd, Established Relationship, POV Roy Harper, POV Jason Todd, POV Slade Wilson, POV Alternating, hints at dom roy/sub slade
Summary:
Roy comes home to his partners, and the entire place is filled with comforting pheromones and safety. Roy and Slade take care of Jason amidst his slip into said pheromone-induced subspace.
i know nobody wants to hear about my self insert bs but i had like 2 main storylines clashing so hard in my brain to the point i gave up on them cause one was in the 80s in game storyline and other in like 90s with tse dave and my mind just wanted both at once and merge them but it just did not work at all so those braincells died off. now the tse one picked up again after finishing the book but i miss the game one even if it was cheesy and unoriginal. a mans gotta do what hes gotta do (make up self insert stories in his head every day before bed) (dont read the tags its info that should only have been shared by me being waterboarded)