#autism posting tm

[emmie-time]

Listen if the incentive were a private rail car I would certainly reform society with my bare hands brick by brick, I'll install the cross country rail my damn self, with convenient stops along the way and everything, I just want to take a train from the depot in NJ and get wherever I want, whenever people envision a trans-continental they always start in fucking NY like the rest of the east coast is fake, with a central through line and proper rail connections you could connect existing track to a new high speed rail or even a slow speed rail for luxury. It's so crazy to me that as a nation, we abandoned working infrastructure cause we were now the masters of the sky tm.

Look all I'm saying is I want to live in a small queer village and then take the brand new marvel of engineering the steam engine to the capital with my lovely wife for a day of fun and then for less than cab fare be able to go home and get a nap in on the way, is that too much to ask?

We need to bring back private rail cars as the cool, sexy, exclusive way to travel, so instead of dumping the carbon budget of a small nation in the global south on private jets, celebrities have to attach their luxury pull an cars to the back of an Amtrak. Then the celebrities will lobby for Amtrak lines to be better

Seriously when did this

Become sexier than this

Like isn't it nice to watch the scenery, to be able to open a window and have fresh air, to be able to stand up all the way, not have your ears pop?

[smallphoenix13]

nace jordan is non racist jasper hale send post

[sonicku]

Sonic - Hedgehog Biology Headcanons

(These apply to all the hedgehogs, not just Sonic!)

They're insomnicacs, thanks to being a nocturnal species forced into a mostly diurnal society. Whilst there are groups of hedgehogs who choose to live a nocturnal life with others like them, if you want to be part of general society you'll have to flip your sleep schedule.

Sonic's insomnia is even worse thanks to the energy that comes with his super speed; most nights he ends up going for intense long runs just to try tire himself out enough to get to bed. However, after particularly grueling battles, he'll drop light a log any time of day.

Amy makes sure to cover the bags under her eyes each morning, since otherwise diurnal people worry about her. 'This is normal', 'this is just what I look like when I live with you people', she'd tell them. They never listened.

You'd think Shadow would be set, living with a bat and a robot. And he mostly is, with Rouge favouring the cover of darkness anyway. However, he keeps finding himself in situations where he has to flip his sleep schedule to match. Spoonfulls of coffee beans come in handy.

Silver's future is still mostly diurnal, sadly for him. He's mostly managed to cope with it thanks to invented therapies and methods to help him adapt to the lifestyle, so it's always a stark reminder when he heads to the past and sees 'Team Messed Up Sleep Schedules'.

The rest of these will be more quickfire, since I can only fit so many hedgehog-headcannons in one post responsibly. </3 I'd delete the extra detail of the first one to match, but I can't bear to :,,)

When in an intense fight, they instinctivley huff, click, and puff their chests, with quills stood on end. It doesn't always intimidate as intended, it's moreso their violent glares that seals the deal. However, their screaming and hissing can really grate on the ears.

They're all lactose intolerent. Some choose to ignore this fact.

Occasionally they find themselves craving bugs and berries, as well as to hunt them. One of those foods is far more socially acceptable than the other. I'll let you work out which.

Really disgusting foods and smells remind them of poison, and will make them instinctevly self-anoint. Some find this funny to watch/do, but others think it's disgusting and bordeline taboo. Due to the latter, the less 'uncouth' of society mask the urge.

Their eyesight is naturally abysmal. This means that many hoglets will get lazer eye surgery as soon as it's safe, but some use glasses, contacts, or go back to their roots and rely on their ears and nose.

Winters are pretty hard for them, as their body fights to hibernate. Productivity dips in these months, combined with other hibernating people. If they can't get enough sleep, which is likely, they're likely to suffer from seasonal depression. This behaviour also kicks in when exposed to prolonged cold, so most hedgehogs prefer to only go to cold places out of necesity, or for a relaxing holiday.

They can lose their quills for a variety of reasons, including sickness or stress. It took solid days of work to clean the Resistance HQ of shedded pink quills after Amy's duty was over.

You might hear a typical persons stomach rumble when hungry, but hedgehogs will start to chirp. It's a cute noise, so those trying to keep up appearences do their best to stay well fed.

[dizzyhoneybee]

Cant sleep, fighting the paradoxical demons of being a pack animal with autism

[kalynnmariesillygoose]

Nothing will help right now except the Right Music™️at the Loudest Volume™️

I need it to Crush My Soul Back Into My Body™️

[steaksex]

Bloody butch lesbian holding a big gun findong a sick joy in killing people. And he fucks me

[fraddit]

Stuck in a cage of my own making because I can't decide what the best order of operations is once I get out of bed.

[nameless-azure-lightning]

Short comic thing but is still a long post so be warned!

[potato-elf]

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[cryptic-rainfall]

I hate this callout mentality. I just want to have a discussion sometimes, like—

we're human. we're messy. we're uncomfortable. definitely assert your boundaries and whatnot but like, can we just be dirty and human for a moment? I will try my best but I can't only bring positive feelings and correct opinions all the time.

I find myself (especially in certain leftist circles, I'm sorry but it's true) trying to have a conversation and the whole thing just feels like callouts back and forth. it's so sanitized! engage with me, please! say something wrong! say something right in the wrong way! let's dissect eachother's thoughts and synthesize something new and different that we wouldn't have reached on our own!

I am so sick and tired of "you made a good point, but the way you said it made me feel attacked...", "that might be true, but I wish you hadn't worded it that way..." like are we doing the 2 required comments on a peer's posts in the asynchronous school discussion board? I think I would have a more fruitful and engaging conversation with an AI at this rate.

[fuu-miku]

"Dungeon Meshi is the first time I've seen this frustration and the resultant voluntary isolation from other people portrayed in media so candidly. Laios' anger is not downplayed or written to be easily palatable, either."

Oh my god someone said it. I didn’t know how to articulate this aspect of it but yes

Represention of Autistic Frustration in Laios Dungeon Meshi

Like many other autistic people, I related strongly to Laios Touden while reading Dungeon Meshi. This post isn't going to spend time disputing whether he displays autistic traits or not—while I could do that, I want to focus on why specifically his portrayal struck a chord with me in a way the writing of most other autistic-coded characters has not.

Disclaimer: as the above suggests, this post is strongly informed by my own experiences as an autistic person, as well as the experiences of my neurodivergent friends with whom I have spoken about this subject. I want to clarify that in no way am I asserting my personal experience to be some Universal Autistic Experience. This post is about why Laios' character feels distinct and significant to me in regard to autistic representation, and while I'm at it, I do feel that I have interesting things to say about autistic representation in media generally. This also got a bit long, so I'm sticking it under a read more. Spoilers for up to the end of chapter 88 below.

The thing that stands out most to me in regard to Laios' characterisation is the open anger he displays when someone points out his inability to read other people. This comes up prominently in his interactions with "Shuro" (Toshiro Nakamoto):

The frustration pictured above (Laios continuing to physically tussle with Toshiro, using crude language toward him) becomes even more notable when you remember that this is Laios, who, outside of these interactions, is not easily fazed and often exists as a lighthearted contrast to the rest of the cast. Then we get to Laios' nightmare.

In Falin's words: "Nightmares love emotional wounds. Wounds you hold in your heart. Things that give you stress, or things that were traumatic for you. They aggravate memories like that and cause the dreamer to have terrible dreams." (chapter 42, page 10.) (damn. i'm properly citing for this post and everything.)

Thus, Laios' nightmare establishes an important fact: even if he is unable to recognise social blunders while he's making them, he's at least subconsciously aware that other people operate on a different wavelength to him, and that he's an outsider in many of his social circles (both past and present). His dream-father's disparaging words stress the impact this has had upon his ability to live up to the expectations set out for him, and we also get a panel of kids who smirk at him (presumably former bullies to some degree). Toshiro's appearance only hammers home how much Laios is still both humiliated and angered by his misunderstanding of their relationship.

I've thought a lot about anger as concomitant to the autistic experience. When autistic representation portrays ostracization, it's generally from an angle of the autistic character being upset at how conforming to neurotypical norms doesn't come easily to them; as a result, they express a desire to 'get better' at meeting neurotypical standards, a desire to become more 'normal' (whether the writing implies this is a good thing or not). In contrast, not once does Laios go, "I need to perform better in my social interactions, and try to care less about monsters, because that's what other people find weird." His frustration is directed outward rather than inward, and as a result, it's the people around him who are framed as nonsensical.

The Winged Lion starts delineating Laios' anger, and Laios' reaction is to think to himself, "It can sense all my thoughts, huh?" (chapter 88, page 16.) This is the scene that really resonated with me. I'm not saying I have never felt the desire to conform to neurotypical norms that is borne from insecurity, but primarily, I know that I don't want to work toward becoming 'normal'—I don't want to change myself for people who follow rules I find nonsensical. It's the difference between, "Oh god, why can't I get it," and, "WHY CAN'T YOU GET IT?" (phrasing here courtesy of my friend Miles @dogwoodbite). And for me personally, Dungeon Meshi is the first time I've seen this frustration and the resultant voluntary isolation from other people portrayed in media so candidly. Laios' anger is not downplayed or written to be easily palatable, either.

The culmination of Laios' frustrations in this scene wherein we learn that Laios has fantasised about "a pack of monsters attacking a village" drives home just how alienated he really feels. I need not go into his wish to become a monster himself, redolent of how many autistic people identify/have identified with non-humans to some degree as a result of a percieved disconnect from society (when I was younger, I wanted to be a robot. I still kind of do.)

Obviously, wishing death upon other people is a weighty thing, but the unfiltered nature of this page is what deeply resonated with me. The Winged Lion is laying Laios' deepest and most transgressive desires bare, and they are desires that are a product of lifelong ostracization by others (whether intentional or unintentional). This is the brand of anger I'm familiar with, and that my neurodivergent friends express being familiar with, but that I haven't seen portrayed in writing so explicitly before—in fact, it surprised me because most well-meaning autistic representation I've experienced veers toward infantilisation in trying make the autistic character's struggles easy for neurotypicals to sympathise with.

Let's also not neglect the symbolism inherent to Laios' daydream. "A pack of monsters attacking a village". Functionally, monsters are Laios' special interest—he percieves everything first and foremost through his passion for monsters. His daydream of monsters attacking—killing—humans, is fundamentally a daydream of the world he understands (monsters) overthrowing the world that is so illogical to him, that has repeatedly shunned him (other people). I joked to my friends that it's an autistic power fantasy, and it actually sort of is. And in it, his identity is aligned with that of the monsters, while his anger manifests in a palpable dissociation from the rest of humanity. This is one manga page. It's brief. It's also very, very raw to me. I think about it often.

To conclude, I love Laios Dungeon Meshi. This portrayal of open frustration in an autistic character meant a lot to me, and I hope I've sufficiently outlined why. Also, feel free to recommend media with autistic representation in the notes if you've read this far—I would really like to see if there is more of this nature. Thank you for reading. I'm very tired and should probably sleep now.

[dianaventurers]

Can we bring back ™️? That was the best way to have discourse imo. The straights™️ and Men™️ are trash. Right?, and we all knew it meant a specific set of people that are actively part of the problem without having to say "Not all ___." Because,like, the Internet is a stupid place, and by taking away nuance in who we are talking about, animosity builds and you get these cringey factions of black and white, all or nothing thinking. You get people unironically believing that everyone who isn't them is the enemy, when the problem is not with all individuals of the target population, but a systemic/societal imbalance and you are referring to those purposely upholding it.

[dragonkick-bootshine]

among the most annoying desktop tumblr bugs I regularly deal with is that every time I leave a reply, it gets eaten and I have to do it multiple times, paranoid the entire time that I'm spamming the same reply on someone's post T-T

[peapod20001]

It’s that time of the year where my family gets me gifts and I have no reaction except thanks but a friend scribbles the face of an oc and I get eviscerated

[helenwhiteart-blog]

A possible cure

Now for some good news! It was on one of those very early morning wakes-ups, when I was scrolling around, bleary-eyed, in search of a new podcast to listen to, that the search term I had thrown out there came in with the podcast “The Cure for Chronic Pain” by Nichole Sachs. It was the audaciously hyperbolic title that got me listen to it, prepared to feel bemused, annoyed or even enraged by its…

[artsycloudysleepy]

MY GIRL !!! :DDDDD

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR DRAWING HER

SHE LOOKS SO GOOD IN YOUR STYLE :0

(edit: don't think tumblr is letting me add more tags as far as i can see so i just want to say i am SO sorry abt the length of them lmfao i only just noticed)

@artsycloudysleepy her’s you girl!

they were really fun to draw I like her hair!