the thing about autism in fiction is there are autistic-coded characters, but then there are also accidentally autistic characters, and there is basically zero overlap btwn these. autism-coding is when a character is Weird and Blunt and Very Smart and Bad At Feelings and, at least in western media, probably a white man. your spencer reids and your L deathnotes.
but accidental autism is when you make up a guy and when you're deciding what they're like you pick several traits common to autistic people. and you don't mean to do this, and you aren't intentionally leaning on any kind of trope, you are just writing a person and sometimes people are autistic. you have met autistics, knowingly or not – maybe you yourself are an autistic, knowingly or not – so you know people are like that. you aren't making any kind of statement, you are just making a guy.
this post is about zuko of the fire nation. i know we know but hot damn that boy is diagnosable
on the topic of kevin smoking weed…what do you think his first time was like. do you think he got scared or do you think it completely mellowed him out for once?
HE GOT SCARED 🏃🏽🏃🏽🏃🏽🏃🏽🏃🏽 i think kevins first time smoking weed was in the nest because they were college aged after all and breaking the master’s rules is survival at one point or another. i don’t think riko was involved (imagine that) and that made kevin’s paranoia skyrocket, so when he does smoke he gets really afraid and anxious and it’s a total vibe killer. i can see kevin and jean smoking in the nest and immediately fucking like rabbits about it though
his Second time he does mellow out. the second time is with the monsters and andrew’s close supervision so when kevin does smoke he is well fed and hydrated and lying comfortably which makes the experience much better even if their weed is considerably cheaper. i dont think he does much then!!! nothing besides giggling at the ceiling and lying his head on andrew’s or nicky’s laps. for some reason i can see him trying to teach the monsters japanese nursery rhymes and accidentally making them all have children’s songs stuck in their heads for weeks
the REAL deal is when neil joins them though. neil’s overall anti drug behavior is very quickly put to test by a high as balls kevin day performing every increasingly ridiculous exy trick neil can come up with on court. an eye opener experience for neil
happy september, friends! cossette and i are doing our own miniature september readathon and i thought i'd share the prompts with y'all in case you wanna join :)
a book about witches
a murder mystery
a book that takes place at a private school/boarding school
a creepy or horror book
a book that takes place in september
a book with a red cover
a book with a yellow cover
a book with an orange cover
a short story collection
a gothic novel (classic or contemporary)
reread an autumnal favorite
an autumnal romance
a book about a haunted house
a book about vampires
a cozy fantasy
a classic / retelling
a new release (published this september)
an autumnal classic
a dark academia book
a graphic novel
my goal is to hit at least 15 of these (1 book per prompt) but if you wanna do it, you can do as many or as few as you'd like! feel free to also suggest any prompts you think would fit :) happy reading!