#greta thunberg was i think the first real life autistic person i knew of

[uygfiug]

🌻🌻!💛

okay so we all love Greta Thunberg, and so do biologists & zoologists and such, so bc of that several animals have been named after her :)

1. Nelloptodes gretae, a little beetle that got me started in all of this, its less than 1 millimetre large i think, and its antennae look kinda like braids :) they eat fungal hyphae (part of fungi idk) & spores

2. Craspedotropis gretathunbergae, a snail that is also very very small (2 millimetres long & 1 millimetre wide) its (probably) very sensitive to climate change :(

3. Pristimantis gretathunbergae, a frog, also little but in the centimetres this time :) females can even reach 4,6 cm!! it stays in small pools of water in plants (in between leaves i think?) (only on bromeliads, the family that contains pineapples) during the day & i dont know what it eats but it does that at night

4. Thunberga, a genus of spiders that currently contains 9 species :) one of which is called Thunberga greta

there might be more, but these are the ones i know of :))

[lonelier-version-of-you]

Elf, spirit, poltergeist, Queen, Castle, Fairy and Unicorn

Elf: What are you proud of?

Hm. That’s a hard question to answer. I suppose I am proud of my writing - I like to think I have something of a way with words.

Spirit: Have you ever been in love?

I don’t know. There are people I have loved, certainly, and people I have had romantic feelings for. I��m not sure I’d say I’ve been in love, though.

I mean, I feel like being in love requires a deeper connection than just having romantic interest in someone, and I find it rather difficult to disentangle romantic feelings from strong platonic ones. So - point is, there are two people I might say I was actually in love with.

And I was really quite young, 8-10, when I knew the first one, so to say I was in love with her feels odd, but it was about as close as one gets at that age, I suppose. I mean, I considered trying to re-establish contact after our friendship ended by sending her a Taylor Swift breakup song (If This Was A Movie, if anyone’s curious) and comparing us to various romantic relationships in media. And I STILL thought “yes, this romantic song and these romantic pairings perfectly describe how I feel about her, but she’s just my Good Platonic Friend” lmfao. Even after I figured out I liked girls, it took me a while to figure out I’d liked that particular girl, lol.

The second one… you know how that turned out. I’ll just say that we were, um, definitely very close. I had very powerful feelings for her but I can’t say, even now, that I know what they were. Coming to grips with what her true intentions were hasn’t helped matters. :/

I’ve never been in a proper romantic relationship though.

Poltergeist: Favourite song lyric?

I have a lot. Just a few of them:

“But don’t you think that I’m a runner / I’ll be coming with my guns up, shootin’ at the moon to bring the sun up” - Nonsense, Madeon

“I know I’m not the center of the universe / but you keep spinning ‘round me just the same” - Heavy, Linkin Park

“I drive fast and I rumble the hardest / I don’t feel alive if I ain’t in the fight” - Hurricane (Johnnie’s Theme), Lord Huron

“I’ve been a teacher and a student of hurt / I’ve kept my word, for whatever that’s worth / never been last, but I’ve never been first / oh, I may not be the best, but I’m far from the worst” - Trouble, Avicii

“I feel like I’m falling, but I’m trying to fly / where does all the good go?” - Miracle, CHVRCHES

Queen: Age?

*points at bio* 16.

Castle: What is something that not a lot of people know about you?

I don’t know that there is much, lol, I like to pretend I’m Deep and Mysterious but I’m actually a massive oversharer.

Oh wait, hang on! I can speak French at about an A2 level. I don’t think many people know that one.

Fairy: What is something that you get excited about?

People showing me basic human kindness.

Also: Good autistic rep, music, space - or cool science stuff in general really, analysing media through a queer lens, and of course soap operas (when they’re actually good).

Unicorn: Who do you look up to?

Greta Thunberg - I really admire her. Seeing an autistic person my age be such a successful activist helping to make real change, and not letting her detractors and their ableist harassment get her down… it’s very inspiring, much as I generally hate to use that word in regard to disabled people.

Tim Bergling (better known as Avicii) - He was an incredibly talented musician with an incredibly generous heart. He gave a lot of his money to charity, and when he got the opportunity to direct one of his own music videos, he used it to raise awareness of human trafficking victims. And despite getting so famous, he never let it get to his head. He just seemed like a really lovely person and I admire him a lot.

Pete Wentz - Honestly, I look up to him because he gives me hope. Because he’s really struggled with mental illness in the past, even attempted suicide once, so much of his life has been so messy and difficult. But… he’s persisted. He’s made it to 40, he’s a famous musician running a record label. And he’s been very open about his mental illness, even the less ‘pretty’ symptoms, and so many of his songs are proudly dedicated to ‘lost kids’, people who experience the world more intensely than others, and it makes me feel like maybe I’m okay, maybe the way I am is okay and maybe I can get through things and just - god I love him so much.

Laura Jane Grace - She’s a badass anarchist and awesome musician who’s proudly trans, what’s not to like? Also it’s just really nice to see an older trans person… out there… existing. Because there are so few role models out there for young trans people to look up to, and that combined with the suicide rates being so high can make it feel really hopeless. So yeah, seeing a trans adult out there achieving things means a lot to me.