#avoiding eye contact

[undead-knick-knack]

It's fine. They're fine. They all totally worship and pray to a prime deity a normal amount

(the painting is "Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga" by Antonio Gisbert Pérez)

[ang3lv0mit333]

Well this is awkward

Express pony physical exams

Trying out a new style lol

[brokendoor16]

Istg there’s actually something so surreally heartbreaking about remembering a friend you lost. Like. I don’t even know how to express it in anything but questions: do you miss me? why don’t we talk anymore? how could you do that to me? couldn’t you see I needed you? do you remember how it felt to love me? It’s never a good enough reason, always a stupid fucking thing to lose a friend over, but I don’t think there’s anything worse than knowing you can’t have that back.

[tteokdoroki]

the reality of liking gojo is that i would actively avoid him entirely if he was a real person like ‼️‼️‼️ you are too handsome !!! stay away from me BRO ‼️‼️‼️

[neurodiversepolls]

Autistic people who have difficulty making eye contact with humans: do you also have difficulty making eye contact with animals?

No, animals are fine

Yes, but to a lesser extent than I do with humans

Yes, about the same amount as I do with humans

Yes, and it's more difficult than with humans

Only with some species of animals

Nuance button

See results

[heh-heh-heh-heh]

Day 73

drawing kenma to get better at drawing people

[capitalisticveins]

I just imagine Rogue was super loopy and giggly the entire interrogation when they were with Lydia, Celine, AND Genevieve, kinda like Mikan during Chapter 3 when she got outed as the killer

[eggthew]

I got paranoid yesterday and was googling shit like "is god trying to send me messages" and according to a couple of articles the answer is yes. but those articles were also saying that I need to be Christian to deal with it or whatever but I dont wanna do that so ig I will just spend the rest of my life Looking Away from these messages

[quazies]

Putting things back together..

[notrobinsomethingworse]

Alternative Titans Tower scene

Jason, wearing his original Robin suit (that’s sized up to ‘fit’ him: Do you remember me?

Tim: Did you seriously think I was gonna be scared seeing you wear panties?

Jason: what?

Tim: Like Jesus Christ I’m 13. I don’t want to see you wearing underwear. I can see the outline of your di-

Jason: wait no-

Tim: Like everything just hanging there. Did you even look in the mirror before coming here?

Jason: No- that’s not the point.

Tim: God dude. I looked up to you and now I have to see this? It’s gonna be in my goddamn brain forever. I’m gonna close my eyes and it’s gonna be you in those fucking short-

Jason: Can we move on?

Tim: I don’t even think I can. It’s just stuck in my brain now. I’m not gonna look at Robin the same way now and I’m goddamn Robin. God. Do I start avoiding my reflection now? Dr. Freeze is gonna be a nightmare. It’s gonna be like one of those mirror mazes but with pictures of your di-

Jason: Are you done?

Tim: God no. They warned you never meet your hero’s but never because you had to see them in some scaly panties. Seriously I can see you asscrack from he-

Jason, cocking riffle: Okay you’re done.

[gabrieldrawsstuff]

Human eat demon world or whatever himejima said anyway I didn't eat anything today i need my protein

[sleeepyinfluence]

I like that you brought up The First because I notice regardless Goemon gives off some especially autistic vibes in that movie.

does goemon have autism?

I hear this talked about all the time on here, and I'd like to look into it.

Many sources on autism in adults repeat one another, so I will primarily use this one (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326841).

This beginning line of the article immediately draws my attention:

"Autism symptoms in adults may include difficulty making conversation, social anxiety, and limited interest in only a few activities."

To be brief, this description is applicable to Goemon. While the "social anxiety" cannot be verified other than his tendency for shyness, "difficulty making conversation" and "limited interest[s]" are present within Goemon's character. He is exceptionally quiet, speaks very formally even among friends, and has limited interests pertaining to being a samurai.

Thankfully, this site conveniently provides a list of autism criteria. I will be adding a point to every trait Goemon possesses.

"Common signs and symptoms of ASD [autism spectrum disorder] in adults can include:

difficulty making conversation (+ 1 )

difficulty making or maintaining close friendships (+ 1 )

discomfort during eye contact (+ 1 )

challenges with regulating emotions (+ 1 )

extreme interest in one particular topic (+ 1 )

frequent monologues on the same subject or subjects (+ 1 )

hypersensitivity to sounds or smells that do not seem to bother others

involuntary noises, such as repetitive throat clearing

difficulty understanding sarcasm or idioms

lack of inflection [range of voice/tone] when speaking (+ 1 )

limited interest in only a few activities (+ 1 )

preference for solitary activities (+ 1 )

problems reading the emotions of others

trouble understanding facial expressions and body language

reliance on daily routines and difficulty dealing with change (+ 1 )

repetitive behaviors

social anxiety

superior abilities in a particular field, such as mathematics or other disciplines

the need to arrange items in a specific order

Autistic people will not usually have all the above signs and symptoms, and they may experience others that are not on the list."

Out of the list of 19, Goemon reliably meets 10 traits [the list in actuality should be made smaller, as we have no way of knowing whether Goemon has social anxiety/trouble understanding facial expressions/the other internal traits].

Something that stuck out to me were the "discomfort during eye contact" and "challenges regulating emotions" points, because there is a scene in Lupin III: the First dealing with exactly this.

Goemon is made to leave behind Zantetsuken to allow a passage for his friends, and upon learning what he must do he explodes in anger. There is also a scene where the other characters question him, and he looks to the ground, looks back up quickly, and looks back to the ground.

Goemon also heavily relies on routine, with having a strict training schedule and wanting to know the specifics of a heist beforehand. There is a scene in Part 1 where Goemon storms off after Lupin is late to their meeting and Lupin announces Fujiko will now be joining their heist, and although it was written with misogynistic overtones it is autistic in nature; Goemon wants to meet at a set time, follow the preorganized plan/routine, and gets disproportionately angry towards seemingly small things.

There are many other scenes applicable to this diagnostic criteria, but I have to assume that you know a reasonable amount about Goemon to evaluate this yourself, otherwise we'd be here all day.

So, does Goemon have autism? I do not know for sure, as he isn't real. But it is very likely.

[bkgsdoll]

bakugou’s quirk causes his hands to be sweaty asf 24/7 and i’m just thinking about holding one the first date eeek. with the addition of his nervousness which builds up more sweat !! wiuefeofjn he’s all moist and his face is red with pinched eyebrows :((

[glfry]

Can we agree that the "Thats two things" line from Mike was autistic as shit

[coldflasher]

okay but re. that post about elseworlds!barry realizing that oliver woke up in bed with iris... if we coldflashed this, i feel that crossover event would have gone VERY differently because you're not telling me that leonard snart wouldn't have realized there was something wrong the second he woke up in bed with oliver queen

like picture this: you're leonard snart. you have years of trauma, hypervigilance, and experience surviving dangerous men (and, ultimately, being one). and you fall asleep next to barry, the man you love---who, don't get me wrong, IS dangerous, but is in most situations seemingly unaware of it; who appears nonthreatening and harmless unless riled, who, most of the time, just seems like a sweet and normal guy---and you wake up next to... something else. something that looks like barry, and sounds like barry... if you aren't paying attention.

this is a thing that walks without making a sound, like it has years of experience sneaking around and moves that way by default (like len does); it turns into a statue at the slightest sound and doesn't even seem to breathe. barry is always crackling with frenetic, fidgety energy, even when he sleeps; he has nightmares and thrashes until the covers are bunched up around him, but this thing slept stiff as a board, flat on its back without moving a muscle and barely wrinkled the sheets. this thing is wary, and quiet, and it moves like a killer, with a killer's instincts. and it's looking around their bedroom like it's never seen this room in its life

and len would KNOW.

[samijey]

they are 100% the type to get into the classic "i love you/i love you more/no i love YOU more" argument