#being autistic does NOT give you the right to be a dick

[jasontoddspussy]

headcanons for jason, tim and dick?

im really curious why u give jason long hair

Holo! sorry for the wait i forgot to answer hehe

Jason: 23 y/o

Tallest of the bats at 6'4 fully grown.

He's a transman.

Tan skin with warm undertones, dark brown/black hair, also warm undertone, with white streaks in the fringe. Kept it short as a teenager, but started to grow it out as a ''fuck you'' to enemies. He kept it short so people couldn't grab it.

Has a good relationship with Talia, who views him as her son. He was Damian's bodyguard for a while.

Has a hard time falling asleep, wakes up very easily. Can't fall asleep on his back, and can't fall asleep in total silence. He's always armed.

Green eyes, close in shade to Talia.

He and Damian share a lot of mannerisms when they're posturing/acting indifferent, which they inherited from Talia.

Tim: 21 y/o

5'8, average height and built. Pale skin from never going outside. Wears blue-filter glasses whenever he uses his screens. Eyes are pale icy-blue, giving him a creepy component.

Very picky eater from a mix of being autistic, and because he didn't have the opportunity trying out a lot of new food growing up.

Genderfluid. Wears earrings to dictate if his pronouns are he or she. Uses the name Tim either way.

Doesn't care for his dead parents. Did he want to have an okay relationship with them? Yes, but feels guilty that he's relieved they're gone so he doesn't have to worry about slipping up about any secrets. He was neglected, yes, but didn't really notice or care, too busy doing his own thing.

Is confident in his abilities, and copies a lot of mannerisms from people around him to suit his needs (he learned this from Dick).

He's scandinavian/american, and taught himself Finnish, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish when he felt uprooted and lost without a base identity, as a way to try and feel closer to his ''roots''.

Dick: 30 y/o

5'9, athletic build. Romani, dark skin and moles beneath his right eye and on his chin. Blue eyes.

Panromantic Demisexual, sex-neutral/favourable depending.

I use my grandma's skin-colour palette that I copied from pictures when I color him::)

The one most similar to Bruce. Even if he doesn't want to admit it.

Always acting when around others, naturally charming and manipulative, so people react favourably to what he wants - rarely puts his guard down and is himself. When he does, he's pretty quiet and exists in his own bubble. This is here where you'd see him grab fistfuls of dry cereal from a carton and munch on it in a mitch-matched outfit from different people.

Very observant, even if he doesn't seem like it.

[jewishbarbies]

how do you claim with a straight face that you didn’t mean to be antisemitic when you so publicly agreed that jews control the world and heavily influence literally everything on the social media platform you own where you have millions of followers. and then go “I’m not antisemitic! see!” and take a trip to Israel to meet netanyahu. like, first you perpetuated the jews control everything antisemitism and then pulled a ‘I have jewish friends’ and your jewish friend was the most right wing piece of shit jew you could possibly tokenize and straight up tokenized him.

[malenjoyer]

Hi!

I know right now may not be the best time to say this, but I'm kind of still processing how fast this all happened. As someone who likes to look over artists' past work esp my fav works daily and just suddenly noticed that they're almost all gone: twitter, instagram, and tumblr. It frustrates me that not only has this situation affected you, but how it really takes one selfish and inconsiderate person to ruin everything for others. I truly hope that you can heal from this and maybe we might see those pictures again, but this is just soo much to process. Just love and support for you <33333 🥹🫶😭🫶🫶🫶🫶

Hi. I’ve privated a lot of my work on tumblr and Instagram, so they’re not gone forever. I still have a lot of positive memories with them so I didn’t want to delete them. I wanted to keep all the nice comments and support I’ve gotten over these past few years.. I might unarchive them sometime in the future when I’m more okay with it being looked at. Twitter, I had no choice but to delete it, especially ones with dick, jason, and Peter Parker. My brain freaked out a little bit from seeing evidence of the person saving my art and making fake clip files with them. Logically, I am aware deleting my old art in response is stupid.

But it wasn’t limited to just comic art, it was other interests I had too which was really uncomfortable that someone would go to the extent of pretending they like other stuff I liked. They would also paraphrase tweets I’ve made about my personal life onto their own twitter. That just isn’t okay.

Every interest I’ve ever fallen in love with meant a lot to me. This is probably not publicly known information since I’m relatively private, as a depressed autistic person, a lot of who I am is what I end up liking. My friends and relatives describe me as dressing up like a cartoon character, because everything I like is so visibly obvious. I become utterly consumed in my favorite things. Suddenly, it feels like all of my control was taken away from me. My interests collected over the years were no longer just mine, it was someone else’s because they decided to lie and it was easier to continue lying. I don’t know how much was saved. There was a screenshot of a message with over 8+ of my art works sent excluding the fake files.

I don’t have control over it. The impersonation of my identity and my life experiences.

But I do have control over who gets to see what I put out in the future. I could probably write this better but I’ve rewritten a lot of things within these two days. Rewritten posts over and over so it sounds less aggressive, less hurt, less like I am trying to call for a witch hunt and more just taking extra precautions. I don’t think I have the energy to rewrite this to seem less vulnerable/pathetic.

I want to apologize to everyone who hoped I’d keep my past art public. I know how it feels. I’ve been fans of artists who just blew up their account one day and never came back. I only privated them on tumblr and Instagram. That’s all I can do. Honestly, I’m hoping a part of my brain just forgets some of this happened since depression does come with memory loss.. This post is now too long.. but I hope it gives some insight for what’s happening on my side of the brain. I appreciate all the support so far.

If you see me acting a little weird on twitter, I’m just trying to regain a sense of control over my identity.

[that-one-creepy-hoe]

Here’s so Brian head canons because I have absolute brain rot right now. 

Warnings: NSFW, facial, somnophilia, fem!reader

Brian SFW Headcanons

There’s a lot I have to say about this man. 

For starters he’s like a perfect cutie. Like everyone thinks he’s at least a little cute. 

But I headcanon him as decently tall. Not like Ej or Lj tall but more like how he was in Marble Hornets. So probably like 6’0 to 6’2 depends on how bad he slouches.

He’s also like decently buff, not like raging muscles but enough that you can kinda see it and feel it on him

He most definitely gets a little southern accent when he’s angry

From first glance you would think with the way he jokes with Tim that he’s like an asshole type, but he is probably one of the most respectful proxies around. 

That’s not to say he isn’t mean, he just doesn't see the point in being needlessly mean when the situation doesn’t call for it.

I also think that he has just some autistic tendencies which is why he rarely talks to people. But most people around think he’s nice.

He is like the opposite to hoodie tbh

Also he’s very much aware of hoodie and tries to actively undo most bad impressions he gives people just because Brian finds it so exhausting to try and remember who Hoodie fucked with last.

If you were to end up being friends with him he’d probably do just about everything with you.

Not like how Toby would, more like the bff you automatically pick over everyone else.

He definitely would do just about anything with you no matter the time. Want him to dye your hair? He already bought dye. Want a new hair cut? He’s getting the clippers out.

Generally he’s just a odd guy who hangs out with too many smokers

NSFW

He definitely whimpers when he cums

He isn’t like Toby or Ben, but very much so occasionally whimpers when he is extremely worked up

he’s more of like a Service Dom, very much a giver rather an a receiver

He isn’t too big of a fan of quickies but isn’t completely against them

please tell this man how good his dick feels/how big he is because I’m telling you he will melt in seconds

speaking of dick—

this man isn’t massive but he definitely ain’t small

I would say he’s a nice 7.5 and decently girthy

Oh and did I mention he absolutely loves giving head?

Like this guy is a literal god at giving head

makes it his mission to please you in the best way possible

Hes a bit more experienced with girls but he does swing any way

He can be mean and dom hard if you really want it or if he’s irritated but immediately feels bad after the fact

He just lives to please you tbh

But that doesn’t mean he hates head, he just gets more out of pleasing you

But he sure does love the teary eyed whiny look on your face when you try to stuff all of him into your mouth

Oh and this man loves to watch your face, any position where he can watch you blissfully moan out in pleasure while he fucks you is the best for him

If he had to pick tho he would probably have to go with the classic missionary or cowgirl

Brian typically likes vanilla sex but does indulge into some more fun stuff

Like one of his guilty pleasures that he could never admit out loud is somnophilia

Like just something about either lazily fingering you while you sleep and feeling you get wetter just makes him rock hard in seconds

He also loves to get off with your underwear, you don’t even have to have worn it he just wants it

Like when you two first started dating and he happened to do your laundry once, he couldnt even look at your panties. The shame of his thoughts were too much for him

Oh and this man loves to breed you, and cum on your face

Just the feeling of him deep inside of you, unloading himself as deep as he can get while you whimper and clench on him has him rock hard in seconds

Or the sight of him just covering your face in it as you look up at him with your mouth open has him palming himself

ok That’s all this is too long now—

[gatorbites-imagines]

Hallo! Could I possibly request a Tim Drake x M!Reader?

Seeing your autistic reader mirroring the batboys. I think it would be funny seeing the other Batboys (+ Batman maybe), react to reader and Tim mirroring eachother.

Maybe it doesn't start right away, but builds up steam over time. It starting with them rocking back in forth in sync while bouncing off info from an going case, to them picking up mannerisms.

Then maybe continued with their wardrobes becoming so mixed up, they just have double the clothes.

______

Honsetly, the thought of Damien being creeped out by Tim and Reader lifting their cups of coffee or energy drinks up in unison, makes me laugh harder than it should.

That or Bruce seeing Reader and Tim mirroring eachothers fighting style for the frist time and just like, 'what the fuck???'. Because, he probably tested Damien for autism snice they are blood, it's generic. Maybe, Dick for ADHD.

Then, it just slipped his mind to get Tim tested or even see the signs of autism in Tim. Because Bruce is autistic, so would just look at Tim and think, 'Yup, that's normal development .'

- Crow

Tim Drake x autistic male reader

Headcanons

Funny thing is I hc that pretty much the entire batfam is on the autism spectrum in some way or another. Bruce is autistic , Dick has ADHD or ADD, Jason has ASD or ODD, Tim is autistic, Damian is autistic and mild OCD.

Is this me projecting onto my comfort characters? Yes, yes it is. But come on, look at the batfam and tell me there isn’t at least a little tism in all of them.

You are also very right in Bruce just not noticing the signs in most of his kids since he’s autistic himself and that behavior is the norm for him. Alfred was most likely the one who had Bruce tested when he was younger, so it would have to be Alfred who steps in and advises them to get checked out, just in case.

Tim just happens to slip under the radar, maybe because of the stress at the time he joined the family, or they were all just too busy at the time, so it just slipped their minds.

Tim is also very good as masking, having grown up with his parents, acting “strange” wasn’t allowed, so he’s mastered the skill of hiding his less approved quirks. So, you’ll never see him stimming or rocking in public, or around people for that matter.

It was only after you two started dating and became very close that he started to let it slip, unconsciously of course. But it’s because he doesn’t feel the need to hide around you, and you are one of his comfort people.

The family doesn’t fully notice in the beginning as Tim grows more comfortable not masking and starts mirroring you. Infodumping is a common occurrence in the family, especially with the type of work they do, so when Tim is talking to you about cameras or his favorite band in extreme detail, They just think it’s a normal happening.

Damian is the first to notice, and he would think you two are trying to punk him somehow. When you and Tim always do things in tandem, picking up your drinks at the same time, always pushing your chairs back and getting up together, using the same type of glass or plates, etc.

He wouldn’t confront either of you obviously, since he doesn’t want to play into your hands. But then your mirroring becomes even more obvious. Like mirroring stims, meaning Tim starts stimming the same way you do.

Do you flap your hands? Tim now does too. Verbal stims? Catch Tim making the same noises over comms during patrol. You both also come to enjoy the same textures if you don’t already, because those textures remind you of each other.

It finally clicks for Bruce when he sees Tim and you wearing each other’s clothes and using stim toys, whilst rocking back and forth on the couch, excited to see your comfort movie. It makes Bruce want to facepalm because it’s been so obvious this entire time.

When he asks Alfred about it, the Brit just gives him a bland look whilst saying something along the lines of “Master Bruce, I thought it was obvious from the start”, because Bruce has a habit picking up kids with the tism.

After that Tim finally gets tested and gets his diagnosis. Not that it changes anything other than what’s on paper. But it does help Tim feel better, as in the past he probably struggled with feeling wrong or like he didn’t fit in.

When Damian also realizes you two weren’t trying to dupe him, he settles with his arms crossed and huffs, saying that of course that was the reason since you two couldn’t get the upper hand on him anyways.

The entire fam shares fidget toys or different coping things. The house is stocked with everyone’s comfort food, clothes, media, etc. The walls are made so sound doesn’t pass through them, the fridge and electronics are also upgraded so they don’t make those buzzing sounds. It’s like autism heaven.

You also are included since your dating Tim, and you two are very happy together. The family is also thankful in you helping Tim come out of his shell, even though neither of you realized you were doing it.

[deadqueerboys]

i sent the virgin dt story, the guys were virgins and also Fem reader😭

Thank you!! I can't imagine Sapnap being a virgin, bro was born with big dick energy.

Dream

Dream was.. virgin. Which isn't surprising because when he was younger nobody really paid attention to him. He was the autistic and adhd kid, and a lot of girls thought he was weird and talking about his appearance. He really wasn't the best. But, he grew up to be just the hottest guy ever. He started to take care of himself, and he did it even more since he got a new girlfriend.

He was excited to try new things, nobody never even gave him a blowjob before her, and it made him more and more in love with her. He wanted to marry her, give her the best of him all day long. He was even more excited to have a honeymoon. But, until they get married, Dream wanted to have sex with her in a proper way. He brought a night at a hotel for couples, and he dropped petals of roses on the floor and on the bed, making a heart with them.

Some candles were in the corner of the room, just to give a warm vibe to the room. As his girlfriend got inside, he filled her with kisses, a smirk on his face. He was so happy and confident that he wanted to take your clothes off right now. And he did, after some minutes of making out.

He made everything perfect. He even put some background music! Dream got above her, his pants and his underwear already on the floor. He took a minute before getting inside you with a large condom. Let's say Dream is not.. small. He was actually pretty big, which hurts, especially for the first time. The matter in the moment was if he was feeling good, and he was. So, she got quiet, not saying anything unless for a moan.

"Fuck- shit. Love, you're so good to me.. I want you.. I love you.." Dream couldn't stop whimpering. He was liking it way too much. And, for his first time, he did a pretty good job. He waited until the right moment to cum, even if it was hard. He suppressed his last moan, closing his eyes and cumming inside the cheap condom.

George

George wasn't happy. He was complaining over and over again about how unfair it was he was the only virgin in his group of friends, this until a girl came over to him, Y/n. She wasn't a virgin, but she was happy to help him. They were pretty close, even with George not remembering where he knew her.

He agreed and made a deal with her. She would take his virginity, and, as a reward, they would have a date. She was way too happy to do that, maybe because she was a fan? He couldn't remember. Probably she was. So, he chose a day where he would be home alone and called her to come over.

It was pretty simple, he got condoms and a lube, and he just sat on the bed and watched she come over him. She sat on his lap, riding him. It was so good, he couldn't keep his mouth shut. He was moaning and asking for permission to do even the smallest things ever.

"Can I kiss you? Please, please. I promise I'll be good." George begged, his arms around her, forcing her to stay close as she went up and down. She nods, and he does as he wishes. He kisses her lips, they were so soft to him and do it again and again, smiling like dumb. He wasn't even carrying anymore, he just wanted to cum. And he did.

After they clean up, they lay in the bed together, him wrapping his arms around her as they cuddle.

"So.. where do I know you from?" He asks, yawning. He was so tired that he could barely speak or gesture. He knew he was happy now, and he didn't want it to end. Maybe she could become his girlfriend, right? He smiles, closing his eyes. "Oh, I'm Y/n, Sapnap's sister." She answered, and suddenly his eyes widened.

Sapnap

Childhood friends. The most important thing ever is becoming the most sexual one. Sapnap couldn't count how many times he had already touched himself thinking of her. She was his first love. She was until today. He was pissed because Dream couldn't stop teasing him about how he was a virgin loser, and he should call someone to have a one night thing. He would accept anyone, even Karl!

He called her, the only option he wouldn't regret or ruin the friendship with. He asked the boys to go out for dinner or a gay club or something. He was desperate, he put the cats out and fixed all of his room, he even spread perfume on his sheets. When she got there, he didn't lose time, he quickly kissed her. It was.. perfect. He could feel himself getting hard just to kiss someone whom he always loved.

They went to the bed real quickly. She pushed him to the bed, getting above him. She probably lost her virginity years ago with her ex-boyfriend, but he didn't care. It was his moment to get what he wanted. He squeezes her ass, putting his free hand under her clothes, playing with her clit, which makes her moan. She pulled herself closer to him, and he enjoyed it.

For the first time in a long time, he didn't see himself trying to be the top. He was fine being the submissive one if he could have her for the first time. He took off her clothes and his as well. He strokes himself before getting inside her. No condom, just a little of lube.

Feeling her from the inside was making he crazy. He saw himself building a future with her. Getting married, having kids - which could probably happen tonight. He was moving slow, careful so he wouldn't hurt her. He was fast in cumming, unfortunately. But he made his best, he even took it off to cum on her stomach instead of her pussy. He kissed her before letting her go to the bathroom. He joined her in this too, taking a bath with her. A bath full of touches.

[ao3feed-tf2ships]

To Befriend a Dove

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/59125405

by dayleebear

Sniper is a bit of an enigma to Scout.

Now, he may be a bit thick-headed, but if there’s one thing Scout knows, it’s people. Growing up as the youngest of 8 brothers, he had to learn how to read people: guess their moods; predict their actions. It saved him a lot of beatings and harsh words from his elder brothers.

And, of course, that certain skill had carried on with him to adulthood. So yeah, if there’s one thing he knew, it’s people. He knew his crew...except Sniper.

But, you see, Scout's a stubborn guy, and when he puts his mind to something, you bet your ass he's going to do it. No one is that shallow - maybe other than Soldier - so he KNOWS there's more brewing in that slouch hat covered head, he's just gotta look a little closer, right?

So, Scout's made a decision. He's going to know Sniper, and won't give up until he does. Just watch him.

Words: 5622, Chapters: 4/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Scout (Team Fortress 2), Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Scout/Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Heavy/Medic (Team Fortress 2), Demoman & Soldier (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Scouts got ADHD and is an extrovert, Snipers autistic and introverted, what a duo, Engineer being more of a dad to Scout than his actual father, Spy is kind of a dick, Demo and Soldier friendship, Scouts gay as hell for Sniper and doesnt even realize what an idiot, Canon Compliant, Fluff and Angst, Eventual Romance, Protectiveness, Friendship/Love, Developing Relationship, Gay, Super gay really, Gay Panic, Friends to Lovers, I'm Bad At Tagging, My First AO3 Post, Pretty exciting guys, no beta we die like tf2 mercs, Gender-Neutral Pyro (Team Fortress 2), MannCoworkers to Friends to Lovers, did you see what i did there, like MannCo, GET IT

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/59125405

[dee-in-the-box]

mind if i ask for more kennedy family hcs,, the brain rot is real

hoo boy, i have a lot:

did i mention that they're all autistic? i don't think i mentioned that...yeah, definitely not (< lying. i mention it every chance i get)

Peter doesn't (entirely) blame Jack for what happened to Dee (Jack had to work that day and couldn't stay with her), but he does believe that Jack should've at least gotten her a babysitter to stay with her at the diner.

Peter actually sued Henry for defamation (of Jack specifically). he won because he had the rather undeniable evidence of, i dunno, Jack Was Literally At Work When The Murder Would Have Happened.

^ this definitely won't cause any problems between those two later. definitely not. (< so uh. Henry Might've Had Some...Other Motivations For Killing Peter That Day)

Dee is just as chaotic as Jack is. she lived with him for a while, after all

Dee actually scratched at, and bit, Henry while he was killing her. and by bit, i mean she bit him hard enough to break the skin.

she regularly cussed out Henry after she died. she'd tell him to Fuck Off, call him and Asshole and a Dick, you name it. She Does Not Like Him

Peter is transfem and bigender, using he/she pronouns.

Peter has black nail polish. surprisingly, The Factory decided to keep it after he died. thought it looked cool i guess (it does :])

Jack has a mullet

Peter and Dee have a tooth gap

Jack takes after their dad more (despite being a trans man) and Peter takes more after their mom. Dee is basically a pretty good balance of the two

Peter doesn't swear a lot, so when she does, you can tell shit is Serious

Peter's death pissed Jack off.

Peter couldn't remember much of what happened, only getting vague flashes of things, so Jack and Caroline helped him out :]

Peter and Caroline have a son named August. Yes I'm Giving Peter A Son Again

Dee did not go with Henry willingly. he basically dragged her back there after she constantly told him no.

Dee is very much a cat person.

had Dee gotten to live, she probably would've figured out that she was aroace. listen, just. She Gives The Vibes

Jack carries around a small cat plush. it was meant to be a gift for Dee on her birthday. now, he uses it as a reminder of why he's doing all of this.

as far as Jack's concerned? Henry messed with the wrong fucking family

Jack worked as a nightguard and technician at Fredbear's prior to Dee's murder

Jack's always had some...problems. the guy's an open transmasc in the 60s/70s, autistic and not at all interested in masking too much, and was bullied a lot in childhood. mix in his parents (who he was Really close to) dying unexpectedly right before college, leaving him to care for a small child way before he was ready, and a drinking and smoking problem? yeah...you can probably guess that, by the time he was working at Fredbear's, He Was Probably A Little...Short-Tempered, So To Say.

Peter, as a Phone Guy, recognized Jack, but couldn't tell how he recognized him.

even without knowing who Jack was, he sort of subconsciously went straight back into Older Brother Mode (fucking around with and teasing Jack, getting upset when Jack smokes (because he didn't like Jack risking his health even Remotely), and being more Lenient with Jack's screw-ups, unlike Steven, to name a few)

i'm gonna stop there for now, but know that I Have More

[theravenflies]

My Takes

Consider these

People with personality disorders are not inherently abusive. Yeah, even people with NPD and ASPD (why do I have to say that?) There is no such thing a narcissistic abuse. People with ASPD are not serial killers. They are people, stop putting them down for no reason. People with personality disorders are welcome here. All of them.

Armchair diagnosing is bad. I don't care how shit someone is, if you call them a narcissist, a psychopath, a sociopath, a compulsive/pathological liar, or literally any other disorder that they haven't been professionally diagnosed with, you're a dick. You can't know what's going on in their head. You are not their doctor and are not qualified to diagnose them. And it's just a dick move to diagnose Casey Anthony as someone with a heavily-stigmatized symptom THAT I ALSO HAVE HAD

Stop. Tagging. Your. Writing. With. Disability. Tags. The PTSD tag is nearly unusable because everyone tags their fics as PTSD. Stop it. That space is not for you. It's for us.

People with intellectual, developmental, cognitive, whatever disability deserve to be heard.

As do semispeaking and nonspeaking autistics.

Yes, we do need to listen to caretakers, they're how some people communicate. No one is invalid because they're a caretaker, they're invalid when they're an ableist caretaker.

If the autism "cure" were to exist right now, it would mean eugenics. I don't give a shit if you want it, it would mean eugenics. Society is way too anti-autism for us to trust non-autistics with a cure. I won't get into my rant about the concept of a cure unless asked, it doesn't matter. What does matter is that if that cure is created, it will be forced on people, even those who vehemently oppose it, so it can't exist yet without putting people in danger.

Autism Speaks is shit. So is National Autistic Society. So is the Autism Society. ASAN is on thin fucking ice.

Stop tagging political posts with NPD, ASPD, compulsive liar, or no empathy. You're being ableist and armchair diagnosing. And putting that shit on our feeds.

ABA is bad. Yes, always. All of it. I lost a friend to ABA and I will not budge on this. All pro-ABA people will be blocked, I do not give a shit.

I do not care about syscourse. I am not a system and am not qualified to have an opinion on it.

If you point out typos, grammar mistakes, or whatever when the other person hasn't explicitly said it's okay, stop. You're being ableist.

Stop using TBI as an insult. Yes, I was dropped on my head (okay, I fell, but still,) as a baby. Fuck you too.

This is a safe place for systems and I'm firmly anti-Split.

Autistic and intellectually disabled people are allowed to transition, be queer, get tattoos, drink, have sex, whatever, should they so want.

Mental age is bullshit. He doesn't have the mind of a two-year-old, he has the mind of an adult with IDD.

The posts of disabled people are not an excuse for you to trauma-dump. I don't care what your ex did, that person with NPD wasn't talking about them and it's a dick move to bring that up on their unrelated post.

People should not have to work to live. No one. Ever. Period.

Healthcare should be free

Caretakers need to stop killing their disabled charges

Autism Mommies (TM) are shitty people.

Don't even get me started on Fathering Autism (bitch, you aren't fathering autism, you're fathering ABBY)

Disabled people deserve dignity and privacy. All of them. Yes, even those ones. We're still people. You don't need to know how we go to the toilet.

Fiction does not determine morality and sending people anon hate telling them to kill themselves is a shitty thing.

Telling people to kill themselves in general is a shitty thing. What are you gonna do if they actually do it and you get arrested for manslaughter?

Trans kids deserve to transition, intersex kids deserve to not be mutilated and forced onto HRT when they can't or don't consent, children can and will be queer

Actual sex education needs to be standard

Label policing LGBT+ identities is bad

Devotees and "transableds" are not allowed here

Children and disabled people deserve to exist in public, even if you don't like us

Stop. Saying. Retard. Stop using autistic as an insult. Stop it and go to hell.

I'm pro-choice and I know you don't actually care about fetuses with Down Syndrome, you're just trying to guilt me.

I will reblog with more takes as they occur to me

And, most importantly, listen to ALL disabled voices. All of them. Every single one. We stand together or we don't stand a chance.

[drifloonz]

Hey bestie✨love your fanfics! May I humbly request a Glitchy Rex x insecure reader? Perhaps autistic too? If not thats cool ✨

im gunna answer this in a bulleted headcanon typa post, which is hopefully fine bc if i write One more fanfic, esp w glitchy i Will explode ( and yes i am still procrastinating on the one i have a draft of. i got two of my back teeth pulled out and am recovering so thats my excuse + its so long and too much writing for me to comprehend rn + I do not have many "new" ideas )

newayz, ofc ofc!! we love our autistic couple

glitchy red x insecure ( and autistic ) reader !

♡ guess who's also autistic. thats right babey its glitchy!!!!!!! he's the ADHDtism creature. along with a lot of other stuff. but rlly whatd u expect. he's a red.

♡ due to this, he'll happily listen in on your rambles or partake in activities that make you happy. you got special interests? he might not understand a word of any of it for some things, but he'll happily listen and intake the info and try to add to the conversation by asking questions. he likes your voice as its an extreme comfort of his, so your rambling is very nice.

♡ i like to imagine before he somehow gets out you twos day to day life when hes still inside of the cartridge is just turning it on and you idly rambling to him while he listens, gives input, and updates you on how he is over there. you are a v comforting presence to him and you give him a reason to want to leave.

♡ he himself would ramble so much abt pokemon to you. my mind is mentally metronoming glitchy hcs between "he would hate a lot of pokemon stuff" or "he would be so autistic abt pokemon" . prob changes depending on the time of day and what he's talking abt specifically, but he does like at least explaining or talking about his whole... living situation in the cartridge, along with pokemon and their stats and whats the best for certain gyms, and strats and stuff like that, along with really obscure facts. he's seen it all and he's seen a bunch of different players playstyles, so it's natural to him to have absorbed that kinda info and be interested in it. competitive mf...

he is literally this image.

♡ if you're ever self-deprecating around him or something of the sort, he's going to verbally attack you with compliments. moreso responding with like "What? That's stupid." and maybe following up with a compliment to the part of yourself you insulted, eg "Your face is the prettiest thing I've set eyes on. It's not ugly." he'll also be sure to kiss around that spot more often and compliment you more often and more casually.

♡ similarly, if anyone insults you intentionally or not he is on their ass, like a fucking rabid guard dog if he was present for when it happened. he'll be yelling at them, or quietly telling them off with like, a simple "Shut up." or something, depending on how bad it is. if you feel bad about it he'll once again try to reassure you that you're perfect the way you are to him and that whoever told you that was scum. he likes to be aggressive and make clever yet insulting quips since he doesn't have much of an outlet for his internal rage, and it also makes him act all cool so he sort of enjoys when somebody is being a dick because it just means he can make you watch him verbally destroy them. and he likes to impress you.

♡ if this happens but its like, prolonged harassment, he is literally going to doxx whoevers being a bitch towards you /hj. moreso, he's going to track them down and try to threaten them so badly that they don't do jack shit to you after that.

♡ i like to think glitchy is constantly moving some part of his body. he's pretty impatient, and will usually resort to thumping his foot quietly or drumming his fingers along a table. stuff like that. he will also often shove his hands in his pockets and play around with the fabric inside of it. give him a stressball, that shit will be popped so quickly. he also likes to idly throw something up in the air and catch it if hes reaallly bored. he usually does this w/ his pokeballs.

♡ this is good in a relationship if you like touch, cuz' glitchy will put his attention on you when hes bored or zoning out, and will instead often touch you or kiss you or talk to you. one of his favorite things is brushing his thumb over your hand, or running his hands through your hair or something.

♡ because you are probably pretty open with your interests to him, finding gifts for you comes pretty easy. he also just has a good natural sense for gift-giving, i'd think. like he subconsciously sees something and goes "oh, maybe you'd like that" in his head. don't ask how he gets these, he probably doesn't have money ( he manipulates his glitchy powers to duplicate the item like missingno, or just straight up teleports it to you/your home or something. likely both. )

♡ he really just thinks your the sweetest thing ever, and also you know a looot of stuff he doesn't. he's new in the real world, so watching you explain very specific things that happen in real life to him fascinates him, genuinely... its another reason why he loves your rambles. he could listen to you explain anything with a lovestruck expression ( ...which is constantly a resting neutral expression with a small smile sometimes, he's not super expressive unless hes mad. )

♡ if you're averse to certain foods or textures, he'll learn that quickly, since he does try to cook for you on occasion... maleeewife.. on first impression to most people that aren't you, he acts like he doesn't really care about you but he really really does - he's just not that expressive a lot of the time and he also is awkward with PDA.

♡ he himself probably gets overwhelmed with or icked out by a lot of food tbh so he eats pretty slowly and also has to gradually get used to certain foods with overwhelming flavors. he's used to literally not eating anything so this makes sense. its also the 'tism tho.

♡ he likes to cuddle while you do any activities you like. its comfy and he gets to see what ur doing. win/win.

♡ he's touchstarved but also hates getting touched suddenly. if you are the same he relates. due to this, early on in the relationship he'll instinctively flinch if you touch him w/o warning probably. but the further u get the more he follows you around like a lovesick puppy yearning for your touch

♡ overall he just loves u soooo sooo much.. you can say literally anything to him and he'll hum and nod and go "Uhhuh." with a small tiny little itty bitty smile on his face... this is where he feels safest. in your arms or holding you in his own while you just talk to him.

[faithfromanewperspective]

So I am going to be asking about a character I hate right now, but it's a character that I think about frequently because of his proximity to ALL my biggest blorbos. Charles Fairchild. What brand of neurodivergent do you think he is? I have opinions, but want to see what you have to say.

I LOVE THIS QUESTION SO MUCH!!! because I get to talk about a recent interest of mine: and that's how to be properly neurodivergent affirming for all neurodivergences, especially those that are overrepresented in criminal populations and those who are also overrepresented in those who are ostracised for being seen as 'bad people' due to having and expressing non-neuronormative needs that are a result of a combination of trauma and neurobiology. and not just being able to chalk it up to the double empathy problem, either. I will say I am not an expert in this, and if there's anyone in the community reading this who thinks I've not handled it sensitively, please let me know. I like feedback, and I also like it when people say things nicely because i'm human and fragile too.

First, hate to be your stereotypical armchair diagnoser but something about Charles absolutely screams NPD. And as much as he's not a great guy I love that we actually do get to know him, we get to know not only our usual TSC boys who are bleeding with emotion and just so loveable and hungry for connection and love, but the trope that we're told exists, we see from the outside in politicians and business (usually) men (doesn't James compare Charles to one of those men with briefcases rushing about at rush hour in chain of gold?) and who never really let us in to the fact that they're human. Through Alastair's description of Charles' motivations in chain of thorns, we do actually get to know him and what drives him: fear, masked by ambition. And at this point I want to say: I don't think he has NPD because he's a dick. He just happens to be one as well, and that happens to be one of the ways it presents. It is not the only way NPD can present. Overall, in terms of NPD awareness and hey-let's-not-call-all-these-people-with-this-diagnosis-or-who-would-get-it-if-they-ever-got-help-abusers, Charles isn't the best representation. He's not the worst either; he does get sort of a redemption arc, and though we can speculate about his relationship with Alastair (and have reason to) there is very little that is canonically confirmed about it. So, at this point (and it's taken me a lot of thinking and one (1) Charles POV oneshot to get to this point) I agree with Ari that he's an interesting guy to have as a penpal, for curiosity if for nothing else.

I also think he may (?) be autistic. I've strung this together from a very obscure bunch of observations, the first being Will and Tessa's wedding where he 'had colic and wanted everyone to know' (don't mind me botching my quotations). Not saying all autistics are fussy but you know. Differing pain feeling thresholds that come with different sensory profiles. On top of that, politics is an intense and long-lasting special interest for him. I think some of it is the power, some of it is him still trying to get his mother's attention and love by imitating her even after all of these years, but also: it's a way to exist with people that gives him a more or less scripted role. He's known for quite a few social faux pas (think his engagement announcement at james and cordelia's engagement party! that can't be completely siren power mindpuppeting), he struggles with the social-emotional reciprocity thing (especially when it comes to the being vulnerable side of things and we see Alastair suffer for that), he seems to get irritable in a way that he doesn't understand nor know how to be honest about, and when he does want to say something, he just interrupts the conversation. Overall he seems to be a shitty presentation of a shitty stereotype, many shitty stereotypes in fact (that he humanises, like I've talked about). But. Before we brush off Cassie for that, it's important to have diverse representation of any kind of neurodivergence (including what we find ugly), and I find he does actually balance out james and thomas and christopher quite well. And yes. The TLH gang, more of them are autistic than not. His parents are also Charlotte and Henry and I do know how genetics works. I'd be surprised if they had a neurotypical kid.

Speaking of my absolute faves Charlotte and Henry who we do have to admit are kind of shitty parents during the time Charlotte is Consul I can kind of see how having two flaming neurodivergent kids who they had none of the resources to know how to support, one parent is disabled and one is facing the incredible pressure of being the one to break the glass ceiling of holding an INCREDIBLY stressful job with all the scrutiny that comes with Being A Woman while also kind of unofficially being her partner's caretaker and having two kids with zero time off her fulltime plus job and also has a fair bit of her own trauma in regards to Parents--I can see how the Trauma of Many Kinds resulted in this incredibly underresourced family and we have to recognise Charles is a victim of this. Especially, as we know, how neurodivergent needs are you know--different to neurotypicals--and you've got to be super attuned as a parent to understand the unique things your kid needs. We also have to recognise that growing up with him being doubtless unpredictable did a number on Matthew, six years younger and incredibly hungry for connection.

Overall, Charles is a really well put together character in my view and the way he exists in the ecosystem of generational and lateral community trauma just is really well done. He's not a great guy. I hope he gets whatever help he needs, whatever that looks like--I am kind of optimistic for him but I also Really Think It'll Take A LONG Time and it's going to be really hard for him to make genuine connections for quite a while. I think at some point Charlotte and Henry will slowly figure things out. And grieve. A lot.

[volkswagonblues]

5, 6, & 9 for the writers asks!

I assume it's for let the rock roll (interview with the vampire)!

5. What's a piece of lore you haven't shown in your fic or don't think you'll be able to add in?

More renaissance Italy stuff about Amadeo's life. I just really like the idea that Amadeo wasn't this woobie victim but he was this real person growing up with a lot of other young men and there's all sorts of pettiness and interpersonal drama and gruelling work they all had to do. And there's a death by one thousand cuts aspect to Amadeo's life where yeah, there's the obvious huge trauma of being enslaved, but also when you're a teenager, nothing matters more than the opinions of other teenagers.

A snippet i cut:

Armand is twisting and untwisting his fingers again. “I liked the other apprentices. Most of the time. But sometimes, my master…it’s hard to describe what it was like. Amadeo didn’t understand him. Maybe it was the crudeness that Amadeo picked up from the other apprentices that annoyed him. And the favouritism of my master rankled the others. One day, we were singing songs in the courtyard, being taught to us by Silvio. He was an older assistant at the studio. He seemed a giant to us, though he could not have been more than nineteen or twenty at the time. When it was Amadeo's turn, he made a poor attempt at it. He had a poor voice, it can’t be helped. "Albinus found it very amusing. He said, 'Amadeo, you may have the eye of a master, but you have a voice of lead.' He was teasing, you see. But Silvio said, 'It doesn’t matter what his voice is, for Amadeo has a cock and asshole made of gold, and that’s where his true talent lies.'” And the others all laughed. Daniel touches Armand's shoulder. "That's just classic schoolboy bully bullshit. He was jealous." "He was right," Armand says.

6. What's a subtle quirk your protag has? How do you convey it in your writing?

Armand is nothing but quirks. My fav though is that I think one of his Special Autistic Interests is like, the life and work of Daniel Malloy. My dude refuses to pay for spotify premium but he shelled out 99$ for Daniel's journalism masterclass. He's doing a lot of work to mask it though so it comes through only in a few spots. From chap 4:

“I don’t know the colour of your underwear, and you don’t have a favourite pen. You think writers who fetishize their stationery are no better than ‘proud toddlers praising their dicks for pissing into the bowl.’” “That does sound like something I’d say.” Armand looks grave. “Because you did say it. April, 1989. In a guest column for The Village Voice. Scanned and digitized on a Daniel Malloy fansite in 2009. Easily accessible through Internet archives.”

9. What is your favourite line/interaction in your fic?

from the upcoming chap 7 of let the rock roll:

“Did you actually want to die?” he asks. It feels important to make sure. “That night when you found out I looked through your sketchbooks—all that bullshit about draining you like Louis should have drained me—you weren’t seriously asking me to kill you?” Armand scrapes the dessert glass for the last of the whipped cream. “You’re asking me two different questions.” “Then give me your two different answers.” “Number one, I don’t want to die,” Armand says. “Number two, I wouldn’t mind if you kill me.” “What the fuck, Armand?” “One day I will have to die, and on that day I’d like it to be you. However—” Armand drops his spoon with a clatter. “Like I said, I hope I don’t die just yet. Shall we get going?”

[thinehitmanagency]

happy pride month now i have to tell you all about gay people and you have to listen sorry. like and subscribe. or die

blaster - bisexual. very repressed. the closet door is jammed shut and he can’t get out. it’s okay blaster some of us think about having gay sex. we know what you are. free my man.

dll - queer. the d in his name actually stands for daddy. father to all. the messy details don’t matter.

briar - pansexual. he doesn’t have to try very hard. although he is less popular with people when it comes to his personality and how rude he can be.

cadmium - pansexual. even being slightly nice to him is a one way ticket to his heart. anyone’s edible!— er, dateable, he means. there’s enough teeth for everyone… non cannibalistically.

& - transfem, omnisexual. love isn’t very much her forte at the moment, but she does love money. everyone loves money. which is why she would give money to everyone she loved.

silver - transmasc, mlm. this guy loves his boys a bit too much. don’t tell anyone else, even though it’s not exactly a secret. was brutally rejected by briar on new year’s eve.

mr g.l. - bicurious. it’s hard being a man named gordon and finding love with any gender. recently, he’s been exploring a new part of himself… that’s also hard when he stands so autistically.

zinc - unlabeled. a very human man who also loves other very human people. there’s nothing suspicious about that, right? just… humans. loving other humans.

bonnibelle - aromantic, bisexual. loves himself a nice situationship. does not love herself a bad time. isn’t one for romance, but he tries occasionally.

dreadelle - aroace. loves all her friends! even if they find her a bit odd. maybe it’s because she’s a corpse? well, who cares about the trivialities…

jamie - omnisexual. though he hasn’t had much luck with relationships, considering the fact he’s invisible. but someone might be down for invisible dick one day. he’s very lonely.

d011in7 - unlabeled. HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I’VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. anyways, he craves human affection to an almost impossible degree.

unknwn - polysexual. this southern guy used to be desirable to many, but now he doesn’t even go outside. not even people online want him. please. he will do anything. please give him a sliver of validation. he will give you money. dick pics. anything you want. he’s miserable. and have you considered, please? please please please?

[axolozzy]

vent (tw for extreme ablism transphobia and overall terrible stuff idek if i should even post this im sorry i just really need to vent i will probably delete this later)

y’all i’ve finally gotten comfortable vocal stimming in front of people im comfortable with like my friends and family and now my mom all of a sudden thinks im hearing voices or that i have “multiple personalities”????????* like no i promise nothings “going on” with me and j don’t need to see a mental health professional im just stimming because im happy. what the fuck

*also i’ve literally told her for YEARS that it’s called DID and talking in different voices does not fucking mean someone has “multiple personalities” because this has come up SOO fucking much over the years and i’m getting tired of explaining it. i repeat things in funny voices because it’s fun. i’ve done it my whole fucking life it’s called echolalia it’s called STIMMING and she doesn’t listen to me whenever i explain that

so much for being comfortable being myself around people. “you never used to act like this” BECAUSE I WAS SCARED!!!!! BECAUSE I HAD TERRIBLE ANXIETY AND DIDNT WANT TO BE JUDGED FOR BEING WEIRD!!!!!! my parents genuinely think there’s something severely wrong with me now. they literally told me that. because i meow sometimes as a vocal stim. and so do LITERALLY ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AT SCHOOL. PEOPLE IN CLASS TALK IN WEIRD VOICES AND MAKE ANIMAL NOISES TOO ALL THE FUCKING TIME!!!!!! ITS NOT FUCKING SERIOUS!!!!!! GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

i’m genuinely so fucking tired of this god who fucking gives a shit of im weird. i’ve been like this my whole life its not my fuckign fault that you didn’t pay attention and don’t remember. FUCK

my step dad’s a fucking dick too i genuinely hate him so fucking much i cant fucking take it anymore. NO!!!! IM NOT GOING TO FUCKING MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH YOU BECAUSE IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE AS FUCK. “why” because im autistic. “that’s not an excuse” yes it fucking is bitch its literally a symptom of fucking autism. no i AM going to keep calling myself autistic because thats what i am. no its not “putting a label on myself” because im actually fucking diagnosed autistic im not going to pretend it doesnt exist. because i fucking exist. im not going to “beat” my autism by suppressing all of my autistic traits because you want me to. “why?” DO YOU FUCKING HEAR YOURSELF???????

and this guy worked in mental health for 17 years. he worked at a psychiatric hospital for 17 years. he never went to college or learned anything about mental health at all. he thinks he knows more than me about my fucking disability when he says the most outdated offensive shit ive ever heard about autism or DID or schizophrenia. he doesnt listen to a word i say because he’s “older than me and has more life experience” and therefore he automatically “knows more than me and im wrong.” he doesnt listen to anyone actually. he literally says to people not to correct him when he’s wrong because he doesnt like being told he’s wrong to being told what to do or think. he’s “not going to change his beliefs for anyone” even if he knows his “beliefs” are literally just fucking factually wrong or actively harmful. he purposely makes people feel like shit if they stand up for themselves against him. he purposely makes me feel like shit because im the only one in this fucking houses that dares to disagree with the shit he says. he’s a republican he’s obsessed with trump and blasts conservative transphobic racist news channels on the tv right outside my room at night so it keeps me awake and doesnt turn the tv down when i ask because apparently he has hearing problems but has never once got that checked out. he deadnames me and says “because of his adhd he’s not sure he’ll ever remember to use the right name so he’s not even gonna try.” and he says he loves and supports me but is constantly saying the most ableist transphobic shit to me and says he’s just giving me a hard time because he loves me. he has said on multiple occasions with a straight face that “fat people piss him off and they’re the one type of people that he doesnt feel bad for being outwardly hateful and discriminatory towards.” he tries to make me feel guilty for not believing in god. he’s anti abortion. he doesnt want me to get gender affirming care under his roof because he thinks its weird and disgusting and doesnt want me to get a dick even though i have told him a million fucking times i never want bottom surgery and i dont know why this is any of his fucking business anyway. he constantly tells me my online friends aren’t real friends and when he knows i love talking to them he purposely turns the wifi off. he asks me why im acting so weird and i say its how ive always acted alone and with my friends and im just being myself and he says “stop acting like that.” “why. im not going to change who i am for other people.” “well i want you to around me.” KILL YOURSELF IM SO FUCKING SERIOUS. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT I HATE HIM SO FUCKING MUCH

he’s a manipulative bastard and whenever we get into arguments, SOME FUCKING HOW a few hours later were happy and forgiving eachother and im the one saying sorry. he’s an asshole to me and everyone around him, he’s an asshole to my mom. they are constantly fighting but always deny it. i cant fucking take it anymore

sorry for this vent i know people dont follow me to know about my personal life i know i shouldnt say this stuff but i dont fucking care im so sick of this. i woke up this mornign feeling more excited happy and motivated than i have felt all week and it was ruined the second my mom came in my room saying that the way i act (my literal vocal stims) make her think there’s something severely wrong with me. i love her more than anything in the world she’s the best mom ever but what the actual fuck??????? anyway i hate my stepdad and even though i dont believe in hell i hope he fucking burns

[yes0another0outsiders0blog]

I'm less sick today, so that's cool! Anyway, time for

The Outsiders Reread : Chapter Two Notes

I could read a whole book of no plot, just them dicking around at the drugstore and gossiping with random people they knew. They mention that it happens, but there's zero detail

Slice of life Outsiders, please???? For me?????

I just want more details on everything. "[Whoever] cussed him out" "Dallas was talking dirty" etc. I want QUOTES. I want to hear someone call someone every name in the book, I want to know how nasty the sexual harassment got. (I lowkey want to know if it's worth being impressed over or if I could outdo them)

I know, I know, leave shit to the imagination and less is more. Shut up, I want it SPELLED OUT for me.

I want it in the pov of someone shittier. Also. Like, glad Ponyboy is like "that kind of kicks just doesn't appeal to me." (in reference to harassing women), but C'MON, I read for ENTERTAINMENT VALUE, give me something to be shocked by!!! Entertain me!!!!

"It's a shame you can't ride bull half as good as you can talk it." I love Cherry. I know I've called her boring before (she is, I think she's a boring character, sorry), but that's a line. Respect, ig. That's, like, the best she's got, so I'll mention it. As well as the throwing that Coke in Dally's face, obviously.

Modern!Cherry DEFINITELY strapped w that stun gun, tell me I'm lying, bitch would not hesitate.

Marcia is autistic because I'm autistic and I said so, btw. Not sorry.

Also, to all yall making headcanons that Dally would treat a CurtisSister!Reader like he does Cherry, "When Steve's cousin from Kansas came down, Dally was decent to her and watched his swearing. We all did around nice girls who were the cousinly type." He would be base-level respectful (I still don't think he'd be great, but--) and if he knew them better he'd be more friendly, stop writing them to harass them, bro. Some dirty comments, probably when they're closer, but straight harassment is probably a no.

Why do people even glance at Cherry when Marcia is RIGHT THERE?? My girl, is SWEAR TO GOD.

I headcanon/interpret all of her lines in a dry deadpan. Like, she says these funny-ass jokes monotone as hell and it's hit or miss with whether people get it. Not even sarcasm (in tone, it's objectively sarcastic comments), just dead toned witty humor. Serious as can be, saying the craziest things, and most people just don't get that she's kidding but goofyass Two-Bit does and obviously so digs it.

[kurtmustdie]

God finally I finished the 1992 Spider-Man 2099 comics—

SPOILER WARNING BTW IM JUST SPITTING OUT MY THOUGHTS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW GET OUT IF YOU DONT WANT THE COMICS SPOILED FOR YOU PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Overall, writing wise I liked it. Most of it, at least. I wasn’t a huge fan of the art style at some points but that’s just personal preference, I guess. I know how much work and how little time goes into comics so that is just a tiny thing to me. Biggest complaint about the art style was how the women were drawn. Uh…. Yeah, it was the 90s. I’m not shocked we’ve barely grown and it’s 2023. Side note but this comic really did predict some modern stuff didn’t it /hj

The downsides…. Oh boy. I don’t like how most of the female characters were relegated to the damsel in destress or…. Miguel lover. Ig??

Conchata was sort of out of the ordinary with that and that’s why I liked her (Xina too, both of their personalities stuck out to me and I liked them. Xina sort of reminded me of Red from TLOTFK National Anthem for some reason) but I mean… she was the main characters mom. Kinda makes sense that she’d go against the grain

That and the representation of Mexican culture.. my god did I hate it. As a Latino, specifically as someone who is Mexican, I was not a fan of how Day of the Dead was portrayed specifically. It isn’t just Mexican Halloween. But in the comic… yeah that’s what I got from it and I think if a kid who didn’t really know what that is might end up being ill informed but just— they should have done more research. That’s all I’ll say.

I can give them a little leeway and say “oh it was the 90s”. So I will. It was the 90s. What am I gonna expect from a comic book in the 90s. This was actually pretty progressive for the time so why am I complaining 💀

Oddly enough though, I did enjoy the representation of suicidal tendencies and ideation from Miguel. You don’t see that a lot. At least not in the way this was depicted and from what I’ve seen. It was relatable. Every time he got into a near death situation he still fought through it and didn’t give up. Which like, yeah, I wouldn’t want to be killed by some guy with wings or drown because fish man or something, but as he spirals I feel like it was depicted well. He knew that he couldn’t take his own life because not only did he have a job to do (save the city, work at alchemax) but also he found that other people did end up caring about him. At some points that didn’t matter to him, sometimes it did. It’s a fucking roller coaster, realistically.

With the scene right after the reveal of Tyler stone, Miguel’s really awful boss who groomed him into his position at alchemax, being Miguel’s father. We see a shot of either Miguel attempting or thinking of killing himself. Personally I interpreted it as an attempt. Felt like it was a spur in the moment kind of thing, which is realistic, as far as I know. Reading his dialogue and thoughts just felt real. It felt like someone was maybe directly talking to me about their thoughts or that i was reading someone’s journal. There was no filter. Miguel has no filter. I fucking love him for that.

Everyone in the story was just kind of an asshole in some way. There was no morally good or morally evil. I’d say everyone in some way was morally grey.

Miguel is kind of a dick, but he cares about the people around him even though he may not properly show it (whether or not that’s because of trauma or, in my personal interpretation, him being possibly autistic is up to you. I think it’s a little bit of both). He feels guilt when he hurts people, when he kills others, on accident mind you, but he does. He shuts down. He trails off. He’s not evil or malicious, he’s just very very emotionally damaged. Which by all means isn’t an excuse for how he treats some of the people in his life throughout the comics but they serve as a good explanation.

Dana generally seemed to… kind of care? She did sleep around and was bouncing between literally all 3 of the OHaras (Miguel her fiance, Gabriel her brother-in-law, and Tyler her father-in-law), but she also treated them more like trophies than anything. We didn’t see a lot of her backstory or motivations because she really just… was only there when the plot needed to mention “oh by the way Miguel’s fiance cheats on him”. I wish we got to see more of her, tbh. I wanted to see her line of thinking (maybe I will once I eventually reread but rn my brain feels like it’s about to explode and I need to eat something before it does. T minus 8 minutes /ref)

Gabriel. Just Gabriel. I do not have the right words to unpack him. Holy fuck.

Xina was a bit of a hothead, ig? She bounced off of Miguel’s character pretty well because she directly went against him. Not like she was a villain at any point but she did end up being at odds with him at some point, so.. she does, however, still care about other people and just like Miguel she feels so much regret about the past. I’d argue everyone in this story just kind of sits in a puddle of “oh god this unending agony”. I’m happy she seemed to be blazing her own trail at the end of the comic. Cool of her. Very cool.

Tyler…. Yeah I didn’t like him and technically speaking he is a villain, but he wasn’t entirely evil apparently, he liked Dana. Even though i don’t believe him. He’s a greedy shit who basically only values his role in a billion dollar company so uh.. fuck him. He’s not cool. I wouldn’t say he’s morally grey but if we take his word at face value he can feel love. I guess. But I don’t think he does. Nuh uh, Tyler Stone, Nuh uh.

Lyla was great. I love her. She’s funny, witty, her timing is great, she’s fucking insane sometimes but yknow what that’s fine. I saw a post describing her as “the weird fairy that haunts Miguel” (paraphrasing) and I cannot help but see her that way from now on. Especially movie Lyla. Because she’s just FUNNY in both and she’s so much fun I wish there was more of her in the comic and I WISH WE HAD MORE OF THAYT RANDOM PUNK VARIANT OF HER WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT—

Overall, I found the comics charming regardless of my few critiques. It was written well to reflect that not everyone is picture perfect, everyone is just a bit cynical, and relationships are rocky sometimes. Especially if trauma and literal actual grooming is involved. Also I smiled and cheered a little bit when Tyler stone died and when alchemax fucking exploded.

That was great

(Sorry if this was a little incoherent like I mentioned before my brain hurts and I’d probably have to reread over and over to get my full analysis, this is just my final thoughts after my first full read through)

Will I read the other Spider-Man 2099 comics?

Um