#autistic izzy

[jadeinretrogrde]

when I'm having a meltdown

[koushirouizumi]

Me, 5 million years ok more like 7 later:

THEY ACTUALLY FREAKING USED THE WORD "MELTDOWN"?????

Koushiro: *is having a meltdown*

Tentomon: “hEy soRry tO inTeruPT bUt—“

[jaypilled]

very excited for dreamzzz representing Weird Girls this monday

[arsenicflame]

stede is 'oh this place has something related to my interest i must go in immediately' autistic and izzy is 'if we deviate one inch from my plan for today i will murder someone' autistic

[sak-supernatural]

Our Flag Means Death is for the neurodivergent and/or LGBTQIA+++ people and you can't convince me otherwise. I mean if you are none of the above and like the show, then great! But I think it's beautiful that there is a show that so easily encapsulates these aspects of the human experience without the need to label the fuck out of the character being portrayed.

[izzypaw]

after i made the undertale ones i knew i couldn't NOT make matching icons of these 2 aswell...

[punkeropercyjackson]

Punkflower is that one black love trope where the dude is openly sweet and kind but also really cheeky and goofy so he comes across as mocking and the girl is a feminine nerd who's not mean at all but he gets on her nerves so she pretends to find him annoying because she's too embarrased to admit she's actually attracted to him.It's a fairly popular one but the specific example i have in mind is Izzy and Mary from Jump In

[backstabbiestbackstabber]

Total Drama All Stars second season where B gets dragged into Team E-Scope whether he likes it or not

he and izzy are obviously kicking it because like duh she saw him launch a couch 500 feet in the air and immediately knew she wanted to be his friend

i feel like he and eva don't hang out as much but like he fixed her headphones when they broke one time and she stands up for him when people give him shit so he's alright with her

and like he becomes friends with them and Noah's thinking: finally someone with some goddamn chill on this team because outwardly, he is a pretty laid-back guy

and then two minutes later he and Izzy are off doing god knows what and he's like: for fuck's sake dude cmon

[lavenderlemon543]

I cannot express to you enough how much ofmd means to me like AGGHGHHH

First off fang made me realize that's it's ok to just sob uncontrollably and it's ok to be emotional

izzy made me realize that it's ok to mourn the loss of what your body could've done and it's ok to morn your disability abd we don't have the same disability but the way he mourned is the way I have been mourning

And jim holy shit them being unapologetically non binary I cannot express enough how gratefull I am to just be seen like that holy shit

[jadeinretrogrde]

when you're already overstimulated and suffer one more minor inconvenience

[killedthedreamerdream]

I love ofmd so much. I truly do. I think the representation is amazing, probably the best I've ever seen. But I can't stop myself from being disappointed as an aro person. I'm not necessarily disappointed at the show. I don't expect any character to just say hey btw I'm aromantic, because that's not how the representation in the show work, so it would just be weird. But I wish there was a character I could 100% relate to. I wish I could talk about a character being aro without anyone saying they're not. I'm a firm believer that Izzy is aro, and it's really important to me, but I know most people believe he was in love with Ed, or Stede, or Frenchie, or Lucius..... so yeah it leaves me a bit sad I guess

But I feel like that's not really about ofmd it's more about society being so aphobic. I mean, in a show, if a character is bi, or trans, but it's never mentioned in those terms, people are still going to respect their identities and it would be wrong not to do so. But when it's an aro coded character people are going to overlook it. They're going to ship that character with anyone they ever get close to, it's ridiculous.

[divinegrump]

Izzy making a shark and giving it to Lucius is a huge win for the neurodivergent x queer community

[arsenicflame]

silly Izzy situation: he gets a parrot.

HE GETS A PARROT OH THIS GAVE ME BRAIN WORMS

-Stede is the one to get him the parrot- something about how hes got the wooden leg he has to complete the look? honestly izzy wasnt listening, stede was using his excited voice and izzys learnt he can zone out a bit when he gets like that. there was a hat too but that went to someone else Real quick (the parrot was trying to eat it anyway)

-i know nothing about parrots but im gonna say stede gets him an African grey. it's the goth-est parrot and they're Friends Now, hes got to give a gift that fits in with izzys Look

-when stede gives it him he protests LOUDLY but when stede gets all sad and says he will return him izzy draws a knife. wtf you can't return my gift Stede

- the parrot learns to say fuck REAL quick

-izzy learns bird care from buttons, obviously- izzy is Rules autistic he needs to know How you look after his pet. he is super rigorous with following the rules and at least one crew member has faced a tirade for feeding him something bad

-the bird rides everywhere on his shoulder. frenchie makes him a little pad so his claws don't scratch izzys leathers and so he can grip better

-he starts stroking the bird as a comfort (in Correct places, thank u buttons) he doesn't notice hes doing it but everyone else does. lucius has a sketch

-you know how some pets are like? exactly like their owners? yeah. this is the grumpiest fucking parrot and they are perfect together. he only likes izzy. after a while he mimicks izzy yelling at the crew and nobody knows what to do they all just. stare. izzy laughs.

- the parrot spends a little too much time with the swede somehow (jackies? izzy & jackie friendship my beloved i will force you in anywhere) and picks up his singing. its. something. they end up using it on raids as part of a fuckery. two haunting tones to create a sense of unreality, of being surrounded.

-i didn't give the parrot a name here because i genuinely believe izzy wouldnt give it a name, hed just call it 'the parrot', occasionally 'my parrot' when drunk. the crew call it mini Izzy.

(buttons asked the parrot its name)

-someone once gave the parrot a knife because they thought itd be funny. we do not talk about the parrot knife incident.

[blow-me-a-kis]

Piracy in ofmd is actually already a culture departed from cis het neurotypical society and Izzy is actually a representation of that. I think if ppl would stop treating Stede like he's injecting neurodiversity and queerness into piracy, and instead as the beneficiary of that society, they could see it, too.

I just feel like ppl who don't perceive Izzy as autistic don't really have close friendships with a lot of autistic or neurodiverse ppl IRL. That or they are still doing a lot of masking in relationships and expecting others to masks. But some of us can't.

Most ppl who interact with me IRL probably think I'm mean or rude or even stupid. I'm partially non verbal, I can't smile at strangers/on command, I can't laugh at jokes I don't find funny, I get snippy and irritable if I'm overstimulated. If you ask me how I'm doing, know that me asking you back is like pushing a boulder up a hill for me.

When I do speak it may come out slowly or come off as crytic/weird/inappropriate, and also I may say it too loud or too quiet or too late or with an inappropriate inflection or with a facial expression that doesn't match. My most embarrassing trait is that I get shouty when I'm having a meltdown and I cant help it.

On top of all that I'm Black, so ppl read me as aggressive/negative no matter how I present

I also have autistic and neurodiverse friends who are very similar to me. I have friends who are downright grating in personality, real Izzy's, who I take comfort in because I know its okay if they find me grating. They don't care if I take a long time to respond or don't respond at all when asked a question, they don't mind if I get snippy or they'll tell me directly if I hurt their feelings instead of holding it against me.

I am actually at a point in my life where I am reevaluating friendships where masking has been a requirement, where I feel the need to perform to be liked. I just want to be allowed to be boring or in a bad mood or tired or slow and inflexible, or a Bitch, because I am, and being Pleasant is just not accessible to me. I'll be 33 this year, and I'm exhausted of trying to be anything but myself.

Even the ways a lot of folks like Stede leave out his less palatable autistic traits. Like the fact that almost everyone who meets him in canon does not like him and he has to grow on most ppl. He's hard headed, annoying, presumptuous, obnoxious. This is apart of his autism as well, and why piracy suits him, FREES him.

Izzy is right at home as a pirate because of these very things also. He doesn't have to mask as a neurodiverse person or as a queer man.

I think it's safe to say a lot of ppl's classist views on piracy are reflected in their negative/unfair views of Izzy. The idea that pirates should be softer or nicer or more pleasant or even that a failure to take on these values is Toxic Masculinity (taking this phrase from fandom and putting it on a high shelf until you learn that upperclass white cis het neurotypical masculinity is not the norm and white women learn to question their motivation in normalizing the idea of systemic harm they can't participate in) neglects what Oluwande spoke about in episode one, that piracy is a culture built by people who did not have a choice to do anything but survive.

I hope in s2 we will see Stede get a taste of what that struggle is really like and abandon his classist, romantic notions of piracy.

[shadowlord23]

Izzy Hands As a CareGiver! (SFW) 🏴‍☠️

This man! He is my comfort character! ❤️ I think he would just be the sweetest Cg in the world!

Though he is a rule and regulation kind of guy, he is very chill when it comes to being your Cg.

He makes you little gifts, like the wooden shark. He had made you a set of horses, and a wooden sword.

Whenever there is a bad storm he holds you close and will sing to you till you fall asleep.

When Edward went a little nuts, he hid you in the walls of the ship and kept you safe and hidden.

When you are bored he lets you paint his leg and draw “tattoos” on his arms. (Has had his favorite drawing actually tattooed.

has let you do his makeup, or design a ‘look’ for Wee john to recreate.

Like to take you on adventures when you are on shore leave.

Isn’t the best at reading but will do his best to read Stedes book or he will make up stories to tell you.

Has let you put bows and braid his hair once it's long enough.

Is very over protective of you especially after everything that happened with Blackbeard.

When there is no one around he wraps his jacket around you and lets you wear his cravat.

He is very gentle! He’s more than willing to kill someone for you.

He likes to do your hair in the mornings, so that’s it’s out of the way while working.

Even though you're small he makes sure you know how to use a sword, just in case something were to happen.

Likes to create little tasks for you to do, to help around the ship.

[pixiedust-poppers]

I’m going to kick whoever designed Jake in the teeth.