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infinitelyprecious · 13 days

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An autistic person's view on the scene where Aylin decided to open up to the group.

2 disclaimers: 1) Aylin is not confirmed/canonically autistic (afaik), however she heavily reads as one to me, hence why I'm writing this specifically from an autistic pov. 2) I am just one singular autistic person, I do not speak for all of us as a whole, if you're autistic and have different view on this, that is valid.

Part of all this is teenagers being teenagers and I don't expect them to have the knowledge or life experience to handle situations like these particularly well, so this is more me getting my own thoughts and feelings in order. Maybe it can be educational in a way. I'm withholding judgment on how the show itself is handling Aylin's story until the show has finished airing.

Aylin goes to talk with the group, bless her brave heart.

Ton, the smart-ass, asks why Aylin acts like an alien when she knows her loved ones don't see her like that. I get that the writers wanted her to explain at some point why she identifies with aliens specifically, but please, for the love of all that is good, do not say something like this.

This question only shows that her friends in fact, do see her as an alien. They don't accept her like she is, they ask her why she is the way that she is. It keeps boiling down to "Why is she not like us?"

She might be different from the rest of the group, but she is normal. There's nothing abouts her that needs to be fixed. If she wants to learn more social skills for example, that is completely fine. However, it should not be a requirement. And if she wants to learn, patience is important.

Social settings with neurotypical people tend to be overwhelming and use up a lot of energy for autistic people. It's important to go slow and respect her declines if she doesn't feel up to socializing. The last thing you want is for someone to feel like they have to mask or for them to experience a meltdown as a result.

Aylin answers that humans being unfriendly is the reason she 'acts like an alien'. She's been made to feel like she is not welcome, like she isn't just another human worthy of love and respect. It's very understandable for her to then want to remove herself from her human identity and look for friends in other-worldly beings. They don't bully.

It's interesting to me that the whole group stays silent when Alpha asks who did something to her. Did they forget about Aylin shoving a plate in Ton's face or do they think she was in the wrong there?

Because she wasn't. It was visible in her body language and verbal declines that she was uncomfortable and yet they pushed her.

It tends to be harder for autistic folk to handle unexpected situations. Reactions like that are very normal if you get an autistic person into a situation that is overwhelming. They'll go into their fight or flight and things go wrong. That is not their fault.

Aylin goes on to explain what happened and Mawin finishes her sentence for her. Or rather, speaks his conclusion before Ailyn is finished talking. I think this is pretty common decency, but don't talk over people when they are trying to tell you something, especially when they are being vulnerable. Even if they talk slower (which Aylin didn't do, but it's something I've experienced a lot). Please bite your tongue and let people finish talking.

Ton, again, says something he shouldn't have, but thankfully Luna steps in this time.

Then Sun. "Do you know that those who bully and harass people are not actually humans?" The main problem I have with this sentence is that it feels belittling. This might just be a me thing, but the way she says it comes across as if she's pointing out that Aylin's perception of the situation is incorrect.

But they are humans, shitty ones, but still humans and Aylin has every right to view humans as a whole as untrustworthy, because that has likely been her experience. The thing I would've preferred here, would be to jump directly to saying those bullies are garbage. That would've come across more validating.

After this, the friends exchange a couple sentences about how to handle bullies. Which is lovely, except, they talk about Aylin as if she isn't there. She just bore her heart - comfort her. Talk about how to handle bullies later, don't let her swim in the discomfort of vulnerability.

Then Sun goes to touch Aylin?!?!? Again, Aylin is visibly uncomfortable. Please, please, if someone is uncomfortable to be touched, do not touch them. Also, ask! Ask for consent. Again, probably a common decency thing, but the amount of times I've had people go like yeah no worries, but then still touch me is high up. A casual hand on the shoulder is still touch, a handshake is still touch.

Related to that is personal space. Some people's, like Aylin's, personal space is big. They need a good distance from other people in order to be comfortable. If there is one thing I can ask of you it's to try and be observant of that. So that if someone takes a step away from you, you don't step closer again, but allow them their space.

I've had conversations with people about personal space and somehow it blows people's mind that I am most comfortable when there is a significant bigger amount of space between us than they would initially think. Please try to leave space between you and other people. For some people physical closeness is severely overwhelming and it makes it significantly harder to navigate our daily lives.

I do love Ongsa specifically saying Aylin can hangout and eat with them. Often times when you've spend your entire live being non-verbally rejected, it's very hard to feel like you are wanted somewhere. You're always looking for signs that people don't want you there. Having it specifically confirmed that someone does want you there, can be very assuring.

Ton. I would like for Ton to not talk for a while lol. On the surface it might sound nice that someone wants to start a club that is a safe space for other bullied kids, but it is a very look-at-me-saving-people thing to do. It's not treating someone as your friend, it's making a charity project out of their hardship. I get the thought process, but please don't.

I don't really have a conclusion or anything, so I'm going to leave it at this. If you have thoughts you want to share or a conversation you want to start, feel free to. Keep it respectful, but other than that go wild.

#23.5 degrees #23.5 the series #precious talks #precious talks 23.5 degrees

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theheightofdishonor · 1 month

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now that the show's half over, I did want to consolidate some of my thoughts about 23.5

Milk's doing a stunning job as Ongsa and the character itself I think is really fleshed out and relatable and I like that they take the time to show that she's a proper loser and dorky and adorable.

the extended friend group is also great. I love all the characters, and I like their dynamics

Ciize. What a godsend. No thoughts other than being reminded that i'm very very gay everytime she's on screen

the side couples are really working for me. AylinLuna have excellent chemistry, their characters are well established and despite being relatively minor, I think the beats of their relationship so far have also been depicted fairly well.

I also like how both June and View- especially View are depicting their characters

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if there was a bit more focus on Ongsa's parents and generally the adults like the two teachers but I do appreciate that we get to see them be involved. The family dinner scenes are a nice touch

I was initially a bit skeptical about how they'd use Ton but I think so far, they've utilized him well

Love is great but Sun as a character isn't hitting for me. She feels really bland in comparison to Ongsa.

I've spoken a bit about this in tags but OngsaSun are missing a lot of beats for me. The catfishing was a big thing that went on for half the show and on Sun's end, it got brushed over so fast. It would've been fine for it to be solved in an episode if we got more of an emotional response from Sun who got lied to for the last 6 episodes.

Especially when we compare that to how much of Ongsa's emotional state that we get to see in the same episode, it's unbalanced

jealous Sun in ep 7 was adorable, I'm not going to lie, twas a delight

but it lands weirdly because of where we left off in ep 6

ongsa's insecurities continuing to resurface even after Sun forgives her is nice, I like this for her arc and I hope it keeps getting addressed because her insecurities and lack of self-esteem are so deep-rooted that it's clearly not going to go away after one conversation

i hope mawin and tinh happen.

Euro's great here and I like whenever he gets to show off how well he can do comedy (he's also excellent in My Precious, it's actually crazy because not a single person in the rest of the cast can land the shoddy comedic dialogue but Euro magically makes it seem funny and I promise, it's really not)

sun wanting to go slow and then immediately asking to sleep over and then laying claim over ongsa the next day was hilarious. I'm here for it

I hope the second half of this show picks up because I've been waiting for this show since it got announced and I want to like it.

It's going to be interesting seeing how ongsasun handle being in an actual relationship

#23.5 degrees the series #seriously though euro in mp is a mindfuck #because neo and ohm - both of whom I consider excellent at comedy can't make the dialogue in my precious funny #and euro makes it look effortless #you could be tricked into thinking the script is decent even #I hope he's in more things in gmmtv part 2 #which talking off #I'm still pissed about viewjune lead show not being announced in prt2 #hopefully gmmtv says sike and gives it to me anyway

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terrierre-blog · 7 years

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The End-ish

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