#both gay and neurodivergent

[danothan]

knight terrors is fucking killing it lately

[aroaceleovaldez]

it was a thing for awhile in the fandom (and still is) to focus on one demographic a character is a part of while ignoring others like they can only exist one at a time (primarily being erasing disability traits or experiences the characters describe, usually by taking a trait meant to indicate one thing and claiming it can only indicate a separate thing and never anything else)

but the absolute biggest offender will always be when Rick and Mark Oshiro just fully did that in The Sun And The Star. like. oh okay. this is what we're doing now. and fully said it too. "Nico only likes Mythomagic to look at the hot men on the cards" ah yes of course it's definitely not because. he has adhd (and autism coding) and Mythomagic is his hyperfixation/special interest. nah that couldn't be it. Because of course Nico's only trait is "Gay" and that's the only thing that can inform his character Ever. How could i be so silly as to think otherwise? (sarcasm sarcasm)

anyways the fandom could really stand to learn about intersectionality that'd be great. rick too probably. also just remember disability exists in general and is kind of very central to the series and nearly every character. thanks.

[sk3llie]

New Saouma post because I've been inactive 🫶

Notice how Kokichi is in a different position every frame he's in. Also needs physical affirmation to replenish his motivation.

[ultrakill-confessions]

I kinda wonder what it is about ultrakill that uh (how do I say this without being an asshole) that attracts so many systems (?)

I like statistics so I wanna like, study what it is about certain games or series that seems to collect folks like that. Is it how the fandom treats a piece of media? Is it the demographic? I donno!

Like if we all just decided to treat doom 2016 the same way we treat ultrakill would introjects n stuff start popping up over there too? (I picked doom cause it's a bloody shoot em up with religious undertones and insano angst potential, but feel free to insert any other game here too) I'm just genuinely curious about it all

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[cybertron-after-dark]

oooo kimmie, can you tell us about the tfa and rb overlap?

Everyone prepare yourselves bc the floodgates are opened and now I'm never going to shut up about this

In a meta context, there's SO much overlap between the shows. A lot of the same people worked on it, especially the writers, and it 100% shows. Mr. Marty Isenberg you are not slick.

In terms of the actual content of the shows though, the similarities are overflowing.

First and foremost, the emphasis on cultural differences and exchanges with the human-bot relationships. TFA had a good bit of it and it was very very fun every time it happened (bots not really knowing what level of self defense is appropriate to teach a child, being very confused about what exactly humans eat, bee picking up video games, bulkhead picking up art, ALL that good shit), but you don't always get to focus on it with all the action and political intrigue going on. And while rescue bots has its share of intensity, there's a lot more space for the mundane interactions. Blades being tv obsessed, the bots celebrating Allspark day, boulder's love of just Everything on earth. They had a whole episode just about teaching the bots to fish.

There's also the fact that everyone on griffin rock is a little bit Unhinged in a lot of the same ways the humans kicking around Detroit are. Just. Vaguely Weird Vibes in very funny ways. And the same tendency to switch from revering the emergency services which they may or may not know the bots are part of to wildly distrusting them on a dime. Optimus would not leave an encounter with Mrs Nederlander unscathed bro. I don't know if any of the bots could.

Speaking of humans, the villains in rescue bots feel like what the tfa human villains could have been if not for being wildly overshadowed by the decepticons. Evan and Myles? I think you mean Henry Masterson's shitty cousins he only interacts with through the CoD lobby. Madelyne Pynch? That's just girlboss Porter C. Powell. Quint Quarry? Sir that is Master Disaster if he existed for more than like two minutes of a singular episode and bagged more than one bot. Dr. Morocco? Meltdown but better at, like, everything (especially lab safety).

Then there's the constant state of both teams grilling the hell out of each other All The Time. Chaotic. Absolute Creechurs. They love each other so much but they also all live in close contact and see each other all the time and thus they are So Mean To Each Other (though they're a bit meaner in tfa just bc older audience)

The Sumdacs and the Greenes being two duos of an absentminded but well meaning technological genius and his intelligent and Highly Cool pigtailed daughter who both have to deal with the dad's tech going completely out of control is pretty on the nose too. (Oh God now I'm just imagining an au where tfp starscream successfully gets rid of Megatron after the space bridge explosion and sends him hurtling towards earth and crashlanding right on griffin rock whee doc green finds his head. Can you imagine. The misery of tfp Megatron having to deal with a human. He's having several mental breakdowns, 100%)

Even Cody and Sari have a lot of similarity as characters. Cody is a lot more mild mannered compared to the absolute Gremlin that is Sari, but they both still struggle a lot with wanting to help but feeling too small to make an impact, even though they matter so much more than they could ever know. They're surrounded by heros, giants, and it's hard for them not to feel like they're fading into the background. And when both their families realize how they've been making those kids feel they put so much effort to make sure they're loved and feel like their efforts matter. It's the same arc in different forms. And it's so good both ways.

Overall they're both shows that feel like they're trying to say similar things to different audiences. That Earth is wonderful and worth protecting. That any effort can make massive differences, even if you don't feel like you can do enough. That a hero can come from somewhere humble, and the best ones usually do. That people deserve kindness and a genuine effort at understanding. That nobody is without value.

And honestly? That what I love most about both of them.

[queerstudiesnatural]

queering and disabling my blorbos is my passion <3

[hellowyellow1]

I have fallen down a rabbit hole and I refuse to leave

[editonic]

alhaitham and kaveh are neurodivergent and each other's special interest

[taamlok]

biggest tell that someone does not understand taash or sera at all is when they think they'd be friends. taash needs straight-forward communication and sera speaks in riddles and metaphors. sera would also find taash's constant questions annoying and would interpret them as an attempt to challenge her worldview, which she doesn't appreciate

[oh-meow-swirls]

i think this was funnier in my head.

[wolfstrong]

childhood best friends Willow and Xander :)

[kamurawaffles5684]

i desperately need Olivia and Alma from Monster Hunter Wilds holy shit

LIKE JUST LOOK AT THEM HOLY MOLY

HAHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSH I NEED BOTH OF THEM TO WIFE ME UP AUAGDBDB

strong women and nerdy women pls pls pls i need them so bad hshshshs im having so many gay thoughts about these two it’s insane

[rotating-hyperfixations]

Yall ever think about how you came out and how cringe it was lol. Because every once in a while I remember that I came out to one of my best friends while driving around our town and giving an 40 minute explanation on the Fear Street trilogy. I was so obsessed with it that it spiraled me into a sexuality crisis and ended the rant by basically saying the movies made me realize I was a lesbian. And she didn’t know what to do with herself after the insane info dump that came out of me.

[pwurrz]

damn. kaveh and alhaitham really are adhd vs autism huh

[xmendieverse]

Hello mutants,

this is my first official post on this new account. welcome to my own X-Men reboot, I know a lot of us were very happy with the tv show, and now I am introducing my own version of our favorite characters.

I've already got storylines written for a couple characters, but I would love more inspiration and your opinions. as you may have noticed, I've labeled my universe as the dieverse, a play on the term diversity, multiverse, and a little of die, lol. I would love more thoughts on how you think the X-Men could be more diverse, complicated, or just more character traits or opinions you want to see explored more in the media.

X-Men has always been a metaphor for racism, let it be a metaphor for other minority fields as well. In my version, I plan on definitely exploring racism, as well as homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and more. if you have any thoughts, I would love to hear them, and I will be posting more about what I have so far.

See you soon :)

[itsnotmyfaultsomepeoplecantread]

I am OBSESSED with season 2 Azriphale and Crowley.

That scene where Azriphale melts down because he lied about something…. that hits so hard as an autistic person.

And Crowley just acting like it’s fine.

Every person deserves a partnership like that.