#maybe it is just my autism speaking

[caela-xae-and-zyllynn]

Better "Out of 10" Scale

While I don’t hate the basic "out of ten" scale where 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest, there is a different variation of this system that I much prefer. One in which 0 is the lowest and 15 is the highest (at least the majority of the time), as follows:

0 - One of the worst that you have experienced/seen/heard/etc.

5 - meh. No strong feelings. You don't care

10 - Very good. Nothing wrong with it. You can't really expect anything better

15 - The best, or one of the best, that you have experienced/seen/heard/etc. Maybe not perfect but close to it.

The primary reason I use this system is because a basic "out of 10" scale makes it seem that a 10 is perfection since based on that rating it couldn't be any better, but at the same time a 9 seems to indicate that its not good enough. So, something can either be Perfect or not quite good enough. Sure using decimals makes it a little better, but 9.9 still is like "oh your so close, but your still not quite good enough." But with this "out of 10" system 10 is good enough but it also isn't saying that it is perfect, which then leaves 11 through 15 to denote something that is exceptional as a sort of "S tier" (I mean what is a better representation of overachieving than an 11/10 ["yes, yes a 12/10 or greater. shush. You know what I mean."🤭]). Even a 15 isn't perfection because you have already gone above a 10 so who is to say you can't go higher.

On top of that, this system of course has more than just 10 options lending to a bit more nuance without forcing you to use decimals (of course you can totally still use decimals if you want to [I do]).

Reblog if you agree :3

[sciderman]

I swear I have read your big post regarding Peter Parker's neurodivergence and why it is best to avoid labelling him, but he definitely has a weird brain

Can't find it and feel kinda sad about it cuz I deeply related to it

i know exactly which post you're talking about and i can't find it either! i've raked through my archive, and it's just - nowhere to be seen. i think tumblr eated it (it happens.)

really, tumblr's search functionality is so so useless, i don't know what to tell you. there are plenty of keywords i can search to find it that post, but the search functionality actually just does not work!

undiagnosed audhd-addled peter parker, my darling, my light, my life, my everything.

i think peter parker's such an interesting creature to write, because a lot of people will point to a certain behaviour about him and say "this is an autistic thing, right?" but a lot of those behaviours are actually, in my head, tied to certain traumas in peter's life too.

people say "oh, the food thing, peter's a picky eater because he's autistic" and yes, absolutely. but also it's tied to his trauma with his parents.

peter gets overstimulated, and yes, it's an autism thing, but also he was bitten by a radioactive spider and his senses are dialled to 11.

it's a similar case i've found for myself, too – where a lot of friends i have kind of diagnose me because i have autistic traits, but actually - i'm hesitant to claim the label or pursue diagnosis because, actually, i know where these certain behaviours come from, and they come from certain traumas. there are events i can pinpoint in my life and say "yep. that's where this behaviour comes from."

so - i think there's a lot of overlap between trauma and autistic traits. the brain is very complex! i think the reason for that overlap is maybe as simple as the fact that people with autism and people with trauma are both doing the same thing - developing behaviours to protect themselves or soothe themselves. so - i think it's nice to be able to see a character like peter parker, who may or may not be autistic, but recognise behaviours in him and see yourself in him.

people who go undiagnosed for whatever reason - people who are really good at masking - so good, in fact, that they have no idea they might be on the spectrum - everyone and anyone at all can look at peter parker and recognise themselves. because i think we discredit the thought that every single brain does the same thing! develops certain behaviours in order to survive. every brain has that same software - we've just all been faced with different hardships that we need to overcome, and that's were all the differences come in.

autism is a spectrum, i guess - everyone falls into it to some degree. and i think events in your life probably push you along on it. but i don't know, i didn't study brain science. probably what i'm saying is very stupid and uninformed. of course there's brain chemistry involved. but i know people in my life living with autism and certain events in their life have exacerbated certain behaviours or made coping with it a lot more difficult. so maybe trauma is a catalyst.

[girl-hobbit]

in your post with a picture of you, you're dressed almost exactly like your pfp

I don't mean like in a similar style it's almost like you're cosplaying yourself

is this intentional?

@crowgirll

oh no...

i did not even notice this 😭

and the answer is no, it wasn't intentional! 😂

i'm just Autistic™ and only wear a few of the same types of (almost identical) outfits all the time, and only ever in three colors (green, brown, and white) and i always dress my picrew avatars (which is what my pfp is) as close to my real life wardrobe as possible...which again is only like 3 variations of the same outfit... 😭😭😭

[plasma-packin-peep]

The fact that there is no option to hug astarion during the end of his personal quest is heartbreaking

[quinn-pop]

how does it feel to be half of yourself

[honeynclove]

opinion on jade leech

I lovehim 😨

[animangalover-writes]

Maybe I am autistic and maybe one of my special interests is the Zelda franchise.

(I literally will not shut up about it once I get going. I've been doing this since I was like 5.)

[thresholdbb]

I never wrote about winning the cosplay contest at STSF (lol wild), but here's the prize certificate:

On the one hand, I (almost didn't enter and) didn't think I was going to win, but on the other hand, they kept talking about a cash prize. And ok, cash prizes have weird legal issues or whatever, but this certificate is bound only to the Creation merch tables, where they sell t-shirts and bags with AI art on them. I asked what I could use it for and the lady said "maybe" I could put it towards a photo op, but it also says no tickets, so that's still up in the air.

That night, Eugene Cordero was hanging out with us at the afterparty (lol hey Rutherford (!!!???) you're super chill) and someone mentioned I'd won the contest/I probably said something about my $500 worthless prize. So he signed it to make it worth "less"

ANYWAY, all this to say

If I can use it towards a photo op (doubtful), and there is a group Voyager cast shot (cause hello expensive and I am, how you say, not formally employed), I think it'd be hilarious to do Threshold mutant Tom Paris

It seems highly doubtful, but it's a thought that at least keeps me quite amused

[vitasexualiiis]

he's such a BITCH and i LIKE HIM SO MUCH 😭😭😭

[bloodenjoyer]

id probably make a better janitor than cashier though

[saym0-0]

i think there should be more LoV fics where they get hit by a time travel quirk so a teen oboro is stuck taking care of little tenko + touya but they have no memories past their current age and have no idea wtf is going on nd so the first thing they do is bust the fuck outta the LoV base and run away

[itslookingback]

good night gay little people in my laptop

[moe-broey]

Having Stored In A Mobile Game Autism is so fucking hard I'm fighting for my life out here. There are so many mainseries FEs on consoles out there but noooooooo. Fire Emblem. Heroes

[le-velo-pour-dru]

Okay you know what. I'll admit it. I probably don't have autism of any kind XD But I do feel a kinship with those who do in some ways <3

[pixies--dust]

I wonder if i would be more interested in hormones if i wasn’t autistic…

[pipskippy]

reading dungeon meshi for the first time wheeeeeeee!!!!