#my fictional characters are all autistic

[brightlotusmoon]

The post you did about needing people and not being a burden because of it. Really hit me. And it made me feel so much better. Because I constantly feel like a burden like that. Living with my mother and grandparents and I don't have a physical disabilities but tons of emotional and mental ones. And it helps knowing that needing help is ok.

Thank you and you're welcome! This is exactly why I wrote it. I'm thrilled you resonated.

Physical disability and mental disability shouldn't have to feel... competitive. Disability is disability. And it's taken us forever to understand all the nuances. I want people with any disability to be able to relate in some way. I can't speak for everyone, but I do have a rainforest of syndromes that bother me enough to talk nonstop and hope someone is listening.

[basement-buddy]

Gloomy Hank! Glank!

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

okay I started reading Dungeon Meshi the other day only because I liked those character sheets. it's good and fun so far, I'm on chapter 37 and very invested. I thought it was gonna be just slice of life (because it was for like the first 20 chapters or so), but now there is a plot, and I like it both ways. it has kind of a slow start even for the slice of life stuff: not like it's bad, I was just unsure whether it was going to move past "enjoyable" for the first couple chapters. but then it went from enjoyable to deeply charming and now it's gone to exciting while still pretty darn charming. without knowing the author, I can confidently say she's a giant nerd. this is a work that would be impossible to create unless you were a person who is great at drawing with intense special interests in classic fantasy RPGs and biology/ecology. which sounds very specific but thank goodness because that's what makes it good. it feels like it comes from a place of love.

[godsfavoritescientist]

Biting the bars of my enclosure about autistic ford tonight. There's something about him using vocabulary and turns of phrase that seem "outdated" or "pretentious" that feels so painfully genuine to me. When people say he talks like that just to "try to sound smart" I wish I could explain what it's like to be so ostracized from your peers growing up that you spend all your time reading instead, to the point where you pick up your way of speaking from books instead of from people. And then what it's like for people to call you out for "talking weird" over and over again, not able to wrap their heads around why the fuck you would choose more archaic or technical or formal words than the simpler ones that surely come to everyone's minds first. What it's like to have to dedicate a sizable chunk of attention to filtering through every single word you say out loud in real time before you say it, to make absolutely sure that it isn't a word people will judge you for using or make fun of you for using, just so you'll have a chance of being taken seriously. Learning through trial and error how to filter out the words that other people don't think are normal or casual enough for the conversation, even though for you, the word choice that's "natural-sounding" enough for them is the third or fourth word you came up with when searching for the right way to phrase something in your head. I wish I could explain just how long it takes to say fucking anything after spending a lifetime doing that during every single conversation, and how repetitive and long-winded you end up being when you spend so long coming up with alternative ways of saying every little thing you ever think. And I wish people realized that, at the very least for autistic people and autistic-coded characters, speech that's seen as pretentious is really just the way they talk when they're not putting in the extra effort to filter through every word they say just so others will take the time to listen.

[brittlebutch]

finding a character that grates against your nerves and eventually thinking, well, that's not fair, you haven't done anything; why do i dislike you? and then you dwell on this for a while and discover 'oh! you are like me when i was younger' and decide well, i'll simply learn how to love the both of you. power in this.

[steakout-05]

autistic coded men who have orange cats my beloved

[six-of-cringe]

hey so your soc takes iceberg. specifically the "matthias autism" bit.

i got one of my friends (who doesnt know anything about the grishaverse) to guess/assume things about the crows characters based on their wiki page pictures, and my friend took one look at matthias and said

"Just a normal person, no special 

Might have autism or ADHD

Or in a gay couple"

and your iceberg reminded me of that

Well in my opinion, your friend could be right about the autism. It's easy to just place Matthias in the common trope of gruff, reserved, down-to-earth Nordic strongman and call it a day, but beyond the overall Fjerdan culture and his repressive training, Matthias seemed to have traits that transcend those things that certainly would not apply to all the druskelle boys. His thinking was very black-and-white - when things are good they are good, when they are bad they are always bad. He acknowledged that he enjoyed the discipline and regularity his place in the Druskelle gave him, but didn't make many friends (he also admitted he was essentially a teacher's pet. Cult leader's pet??). His sense of justice was extremely strong, to the point where it was the axis around which his world revolves. His whole arc was about seeing beyond the patterns that form his life and reworking his rigid mindset, but at the end of the story he's still a determined, literal, strong-hearted person.

One could argue this is just a product of his indoctrination into the Druskelle, but I feel like these traits may well have already existed in him, and they just made it easier for Brum to prey on him. Brum praises him for having such "pure" faith in SoC - Matthias's all-or-nothing understanding of the world and his extremely strong sense of justice made the perfect conditions for Brum to package his loss at the hands of Grisha as an action item, a clear purpose for Matthias to internalize and enact. Also he tells Nina that she can't cry in a corner because the room is round.

[5hrignold]

i need everyone to understand my vision

[rhythm-gam3-add1ct]

KICKING SCREAMING CRYING THRASHING RAPH IS SO CUTE HES SO CUTE HES SOOOOOO UGGHGGHHHHHHHHHHHJHH MY CRUSH ON HIM IS SO HUGE OHMYGODDDDDDDDDD

[kuroo-hitsuji]

Me: *desperately needs to sleep so I'm not exhausted for an already inevitably exhausting day tomorrow*

Also me, at 1 am: *brainrotting about how much more fun the Japanese version of Obey Me is for character analysis purposes (the language they use for themselves and others scratches a brain itch So Hard every time fr)*

[jobey-wan-kenobi]

now i NEED your thoughts on pat of silver bush!!

I deeply appreciate the ask, but I am incapable of being objective or intelligent or even coherent about PoSB.

Y'all leave my maladjusted little girl alone. I have read the critiques, I know in my belly they are correct, but also I Can't Read Suddenly, I Don't Know.

[brightlotusmoon]

The Story of Luke - Wikipedia

I'm watching this on a random channel. It's got Cary Elwes and Seth Green in it. It's about an autistic guy living life, and he's witty and snarky and hesitant and persistent, and I like it. It reminds me of moments in my autism life.

Now, it's receiving praise from both the autistic community and Autism $peaks, so eehhhh on that.

If anybody has seen the movie, let me know your thoughts.

[bethhiraeth]

Wait this is hilarious when you think about it like every single fucking character in stranger things is/could be interpreted as autistic. Like, Mike? Obviously. Robin? without a question. Nancy and Will and Jonathan? i get the vibes. El?? YES

[cowboy-robooty]

now that wiener has changed me i can show my true colors to you all. this is the equivalent of me posting my little prince on the internet okay because i genuinely think this is cringe and stupid but i cant help it i have autistic rage and everyday i fight against it. anyways the reason why its so big i like wieners itapan is bc this is how i actually feel about itapan

its okay though because everyday i fight to cure myself of these aids (once i opened my social media app and saw itapan and my day genuinely felt significantly worse. ruined even. i am fighting so hard).

[evilkitten3]

one thing about me is that i am the funniest being on or off g-d's green earth but i am also incredibly irritating

[ghostzzy]

been just very casually enjoying d20 fantasy high for a while now but uhhhhhhhhhhh. now i’m being fucking targeted