#solitiare

[sproldenlover]

Thinking bout this specific image recently

[lovepersevering13]

Any guesses?

[max-reblogger]

Elizabeth Bennet: Do you dance Mr. Darcy? Mr. Darcy: Not if I can help it. - Pride and Prejudice(2005)

Book Quotes #201 - Solitaire

[aristaeuss]

siblings: charlie & tori spring

“He seems fine most of the time, forcing smiles and neverminds. His laugh is a symphony, when the lights go out, it's hard to breathe. I pull at every thread, tryna solve the puzzles in his head. Live my life scared to death he'll decide to leave instead.”

-Forever Winter, Taylor Swift

[vague-homosexual-crimes]

Not addicted to my phone, don’t spend too much time on social media, but playing so much solitaire that I rival every old lady to ever live

[bigboard]

American Tank Ace AAR

American Tank Ace AAR

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[melaniecasey]

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[vague-bisexual-crimes]

Should I reread Solitiare? Be honest

[torispringroll]

“i don’t think that this is a bad thing, because there will be lots of time for “effort” later in our lives, and trying too hard at this point is a waste of energy that might otherwise be spent on lovely things such as sleeping and eating and illegally downloading music”

solitiare by alice osemam

[emogummywoerm]

About Me!

Hey! My name is Ally, I go by they/it! I'm a little silly and weird... I am a 15-year-old American, but I'm like...90% European. I can speak a LITTLE Chinese, as I have taken two years worth of language classes. 你好! 我喜欢比萨饼。 我是叫 Bruce Wayne。😎 (My Chinese sucks, sorry to all native speakers)

Games I Like/Play:

Honkai Star Rail

Dead Plate

Doki Doki Literature Club

Sally Face

Pony Town

Cookie Run Kingdom

Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage (Pjsk)

Shows I Like/Watch:

Sk8 The Infinity

She-Ra

Percy Jackson

My Hero Academia (only sometimes..)

Schitt's Creek

The Owl House

The Promised Neverland

Hazbin Hotel

Helluva Boss

Other Things I Like!!

Drawing

Creepypastas

Cats (I have three!!)

Reading (thriller, romance, fantasy)

Sharks

Ducks

Fireflies/Lightning Bugs

Dragonflies!!

Gummy worms

Chocolate

Being gay and doing crimes

Raccoons!!

"Solitiare" by Alice Oseman

"None Shall Sleep" by Ellie Marney

Into/Across the Spiderverse

My Favorite Characters:

Dr. Ratio, Sampo

Amity Blight, Lilith

Yuri, Monika

Fyodor, Chuuya (I've never seen BSD)

Octavia, Stolas

Vox, Velvet, Alastor

Catra, Scorpia, ENTRAPTA!!!

Tori Springs, Michael Holden

Sal, Larry, Ashley

Aoyama, Toga

Miles, Hobie, Spider-Cat, Peter Parked-Car

Toby, Jeff, NINA AHHHH

Rody, Vincent

Favorite Bands/Artists!

Paramore!!1!1!!1!

Panic! At The Disco

Good Charlotte

Dropkick Murphys

Hatsune Miku. /nj.

Arctic Monkeys

MIRANDA LAMBERT (+Pistol Annies)

ROB ZOMBIE!!

PIERCE THE VEIL ❤

ADO (ADO NATION AHH)

Black Sabbath

[genderstarbucks]

Could you coin a gender specifically about the book Solitiare by Alice Oseman and seeing yourself in the protagonist? Thank you! You can deny this request if you want, but I'm sending this to you because I'm glad there's an active xeno coining blog that takes requests and you were the first one I saw. Plus your flags are really cool!! :)

//Flag colour idea could be a pink gradient into black. You could also use the 2023 US cover for reference if you'd like since it's more detailed.

-@xenogender-collecting [a blog where i collect cool xenogenders for fun :) ]

Solitarebookic!!

Solitarebookic - a gender related / connected to Alice Oseman's book, Solitare

I couldn't decide which flag I liked better, so I'm including both

[sproldenlover]

ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS SO PRETTY 😭😭😕😕😕❤️❤️❤️❤️🩷🩷🩷

[lovepersevering13]

Now could you elaborate on Michael's autism

Alright it’s Michael’s turn!

I want to preface this part the same as before: I’m not a psychiatrist, this isn’t how autism is experienced by everyone and let me know if anything is incorrect :) oh also I’m a little bit more educated on how Autism is shown in girls so this one is a bit of a mess.

Ok so for Michael I kinda had to think for a bit about some like concrete evidence because I didn’t have anything annotated for him like Tori but I think I’ve come up with a pretty compelling argument (also I thought I’d let you know that as I was doing this I started to realise Michael may have ADHD but I don’t really go into that too much).

Firstly:

Alice Oseman herself supports this headcanon so…. Anhahahahajaja omg I can’t explain how happy this makes me! Anyway, let’s get into what I found in Solitaire!

1. Masking

- “Do you get angry a lot?” I say.

“I’m always angry,” he says.” Solitaire, Page 213

Ok we know Michael generally is a very upbeat, positive person on the outside but as we get to know him we learn he’s only barely happier than Tori. When I think about this covering up of his anger with overly positive emotions it is clear to that he is masking (Suppressing Autistic traits). Pessimism is a common m trait of Autism and the way I see it, Michael is overcompensating for this by acting super happy all the time to cover it up.

2. Deficit in social understanding

- “Do you remember when he tried to get everyone to do a flash mob for the Year 11 prank?” says Nick. “And in the end he just did it by himself on the lunch tables?” Nick Nelson, Solitaire, Page 39.

This quote when Nick and Charlie are talking about Michael shows and extreme lack of care about social consequences.

- “Michael Holden has swooped into the restaurant.” Solitaire, page 46

Ok so this quote and the entire scene on pages 46/47 where Michael shows up unannounced because he wants to ask Tori something displays extreme impulsivity and impulsivity is a common Autistic trait. He also didn’t care about the lack of social etiquette displayed by crashing a hangout he wasn’t invited to.

- “Michael is helping himself to our leftover starters” Solitaire, Page 48

Again, lack of social awareness because you aren’t really supposed to crash someone else’s dinner and just start eating their food.

- “He races inside and, without bothering to let me leave or shut the door, he lifts the toilet seat and starts to pee.” Solitaire, (I forgot the page)

LACK OF SOCIAL ETTIQUITE. DUDE.

- “He’s the strangest person I’ve ever met.” Solitaire, Page 62

- “I know Nick and I said he’s weird - and he is weird -“ Charlie Spring, Solitaire, Page 177

- “He looks sort of out of place everywhere.” Solitaire, (I lost the page)

People with Autism are often described as being “strange,” “weird,” or “peculiar,” because they are different from their peers which can make them stand out and struggle to fit in.

- “I, er, didn’t get on too well with the people there. Not the teachers, not the students…” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 148

Because of the fact that people with Autism struggle with social understanding it can be very difficult to make friends and get along with other people.

- “I’ve never been good enough,” he says. “I get so stressed out, I don’t make friends - God, I can’t make friends.” His eyes glaze over. “Sometimes I just wish I were a normal human being. But I can’t. I’m not. No matter how hard I try.” Michael Holden, Solitiare, Page 376

Yeah, this quote hurts my heart. So many people with Autism feel as though they don’t fit in and that they aren’t normal. When you don’t have a diagnosis it can be especially difficult because you don’t know why. You know there’s something different about you, you know other people are doing and feeling things you aren’t and you know you’re doing and feeling things other people aren’t, but you don’t know why. It can be super isolating.

3. Challenging Authority Figures

- “…having that argument with Mr Yates during his mock exams!” Either Nick or Charlie, Solitaire, Page 40

- “I swore at Kent.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 269

It’s very common for people with Autism to challenge authority figures. Generally this is because they often naturally assume equanimity and don’t understand why some people should get more respect then others if they aren’t seemingly deserving of it. This stems from having a heightened sense of justice and empathy.

4. Autism and Sexualtiy

- “I guess you could say I’m not too fussy about gender.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, (I forgot the page)

We know Michael’s canonically Pan and as we’ve previously discussed (read Tori’s part for more info) Autism and the LGBTQ+ community are heavily intertwined. I tried to look into Autism’s correlation to Pansexuality but couldn’t find anything specific.

I also wanted to add in a little fact about how Neurodivergent people tend to gravitate towards eachother and queer people tend to do the same so Michael and Tori makes a lot of sense.

5. Special Interests/HyperFixations

Ok so, Michael gets pretty into Solitiare. Right from the start he’s obsessed. Taking photos of the posts, insisting they go to the meet up. I’d probably say it’s a hyperfixation.

And DISNEY. Holy heck Michael loves Disney… and if you haven’t caught on already, yeah imma say it’s a special interest.

- “He gasps and grabs a third DVD, leaps across the room to the flat-screen and switches it on. “We’re watching beauty and the beast,” he says.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 115

I mean look at how excited he gets over ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

6. School

- “Seriously. I haven’t gotten above a C grade in any subject since Year 8.”

“It seems almost impossible for someone like Michael to be unintelligent. People like Michael - people who get stuff done - they’re always smart. Always.” Solitaire, Page 188

- “When it comes to exams… I generally don’t write what they want me to write. I’m not very good at, well, sorting out all the stuff in my head.“

“I just don’t know what the examiners want to hear. I don’t know whether I just forget things, or maybe I don’t know how I’m supposed to explain it. I just don’t know.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 118

- “Because I hate school!” This is quite loud. He starts to shake his head.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, (I forgot the page)

A lot of people with Autism struggle with school and like Tori points out, it’s not because they’re not smart, Michael is smart. It’s just that the education system isn’t fitted to benefit Neurodivergent children. So many things affect Autism in schools. The dreadful sensory environment, lack of control over what they can and can’t do and the difficult social pressures.

7. Emotional dysregulation

- “He clenches his fist and he snarls. He actually snarls at me.

“Maybe you are a manically depressed psychopath.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 163

Emotional Dysregulation is the inability to control the intensity and expression of emotions. This is common in people with Autism and can result in overly intense emotions and lashing out. I think this is something that heavily impacts both Tori and Michael and results in a lot of their arguments. The aforementioned quote is just one example of how quickly and dramatically their arguments blow up due to this.

- “His face contorts into a kind of scrunched-up snarl, his fists curl, his skin drains of colour, and he storms past the man and tramps over to the benches. He reaches a row of lockers and looks into them, blankly, chest visibly expanding and contracting. With an almost terrifying malice, he throws a crazed punch at the lockers, wailing a subdued howl of rage. Turning, he hurls a kick at a pile of racing helmets, scattering them about the floor. He clutches his hair, as if trying to pull it out.” Solitaire, Page 211

Oh there is just so much to cover here. So this is a prime example of an Autistic meltdown. Autistic meltdowns can be caused by overwhelming emotions (In this situation that is Michael loosing his race) and result in an outburst which can include crying, screaming (“howl of rage”), aggression (punching the lockers and kicking the helmets) and self injurious behaviours (Pulling his hair). It’s probably worth mentioning that a few of the outbursts he has towards teachers that I mentioned earlier are probably also meltdowns.

8. Stimming

- “Michael starts whistling.” Solitaire, page 198

Whistling is a form of stimming, this particular quote is from when they are in Truham looking for Charlie, considering Michael’s disdain for Truham I can imagine it was a slightly stressful environment to be back in which would validly result in a need for stimming. I actually couldn’t find any other examples of stimming except possibly the hair pulling that was mentioned in the last quote.

9. Pattern Recognition

So pattern recognition is the autistic brains increased ability to recognise patterns and in Solitaire Michael is the first person to put together the fact that all of Solitaire’s pranks were related to Tori. I really can’t be bothered to find the quote where they talk about those

10. Safe foods

I think that Tea is probably a safe food for Michael because he is often mentioned to have a mug of Tea in his hands. (But I’m not British so maybe this is like normal? How much tea do British people actually drink?)

1. Miscellaneous Quotes

- Since when did you acquire a body temperature” Solitaire, page 112

I know it’s probably supposed to be related to figure skating but struggling with temperature regulation is very common amongst people with Autism.

- “Most of the time at school I can’t even decide what pen to use.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, page 149

Indecisiveness is very common amoungst people with Autism

Alright that’s a wrap on Michael Holden. I’m thinking of doing a conjoined part for Charlie and Oliver if anyone would be interested in reading that :)

Some of the resources I used:

https://livingautism.com/decision-making-problems-adults-asd/

Thermal Perceptual Thresholds are typical in Autism Spectrum Disorder but ...

https://sparkforautism.org/discover_article/managing-emotions/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430467/

https://neuroclastic.com/autism-and-responding-to-authority/?amp

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Swarish Jewels Stargaze Ring, Oval Cut Diamond Silver Ring – Solitiare Ring, Proposal Ring

[aristaeuss]

character: tori spring

“The gaps between us are becoming more apparent // I still think about the way you used to look at me // Train wires cross like graphs overhead // Sun on my skin from the window shining in // Small red house living in my bloodstream // A home for the ghosts that live there // Welcome and happy, strange blue cold // You say I'm heartless, I say I'm safe for good”

- House, The Ophelias

[swagging-back-to]

just saw a post about solitaire so i gotta share my solitaire story.

the bus i rode to school in freshman year was fucking awful. atrocious. literally first graders coming back and threatening us. so i would always put in earbuds and play solitaire the whole fucking ride, it was like, a good 25 minutes.

i am a champion at solitaire. strats on strats.

it was so excessive my bus friend (we grew up together) would regularly make jabs at me for playing solitaire so much like 'stop playing solitaire all the time you fucking old lady'. it was good fun. he was an ok guy. but i would just say fuck you and start a new game of solitaire.

when the power went out? solitaire. when i was on a road trip? solitiare. when i had nothing to do? solitiare. it took over my life. i was addicted. i am addicted. i just relapsed after 6 months.