#happy April!!!

[dragons1re]

Trigun is a very autism media to me. The twins themselves are full of amazing metaphors for autism!!

The plants wings are a physical metaphor for autism! To me Rem’s and other humans fear of seeing Vash’s overtly autistic traits is shown in their reactions to his wings. We see Knives isn’t afraid of showing off his plant powers ever. The twins have a very cool dichotomy about masking-Vash was favored because he masked, while Knives never cared to.

When Vash and Knives see Tesla Rem goes to comfort Vash first. This seems to be slightly on favoritism, but also because she’s shocked that Vash is having a large emotional reaction. I think the fandom sees Vash as hyper-emotinal and Knives as hypo-emotional, but to me it’s switched.

Knives does not hide his emotions. And absolutely does not hide his outbursts! He has meltdowns all the time and is not ashamed of his autistic traits(Edit* this comment is in reference to Knives using his plant powers with no restraint, compared to Vash who almost never used his powers. I agree that Knives isn’t exactly a bastion of positivity about his autism, and hates his lack of control, that being said he isn’t ashamed of the traits themselves, just his lack of control over himself). He doesn’t care about being unsettling or being accepted by humans/neurotypical society. (Even more interesting to consider that all of the Gung-Ho Guns are disabled/neurodiverse in some way). Knives allows his emotions to control him, where Vash is guided by his obligations. He does what he wants, based on his wants. And what he wants is to be with the only other autistic person he knows-his brother. He also desperately wants his brother to be free from his internalized ableism and the pain of masking.

Vash on the otherhand spends all his time masking and denying his autistic traits so he can fit in with “normal“ humans. He also again, in contrast to Knives, acts based on how his mother told him to behave. He hates acting out/standing out. He still operates on Rem’s instructions to be “normal“ and unnoticeable. He does occasionally show strong emotions but they’re not his positive emotions. To be these are less examples of Vash being over emotional, but instead are examples of outbursts. The overflow of negative emotions reminds me of my meltdowns! As well most of the emotions we do see Vash show are also parts of his masking. They are deeply constructed displays of emotion. All set to Vash‘s derived sense of what’s normal. It’s what he thinks positive emotions look like. His mask is baked into everything he does. And only one person sees through it-Wolfwood!!

Wolfwood is also set apart by the narrative. He has been modified. In my view this is the story portraying that Wolfwood is also neurodivergent in some way. He is capable of seeing through Vash‘s mask, and from Vash‘s reaction is the first one to call him out on it. He also goes from being afraid of Vash‘s autistic traits-his wings-to supporting him. His last words are him encouraging Vash to express his emotions genuinely(to not worry about his “unsettling“ autism smile).

Trigun as a media deals to deeply with disability and autism(if someone remind me I’ll make another little essay thing about Meryl and Milly‘s autism). I hope this is coherent!!

Anyways! Happy Autism Month!!

[lakeofthesocknessmonster]

[candycatstuffs]

[lawnchairz]

happy april 13th !!

[hinamie]

quick itfs sketch page

[jun-hug]

boop!

print! l kofi ♡

❗Do not reupload anywhere❗

[boxfullaturtles]

Rise of the TMNT is a Very Serious Show

I spent all day on this and it's my fifth time trying to upload it. Please look at it.

[waozua]

can they be normal

[trek-tracks]

And if I had to do it all over again...I would.

[originalartblog]

get booped!!!!! 🐾

[bethccassidy]

MISS CONGENIALITY (2000) dir. Donald Petrie

Stan Fields: Describe your perfect date.

[thekeineryn]

This was gonna be a quick practice, but then I started coloring it and now we’re here

Mikey with hair is just so cute to me. I bet April would help him style it

[factual-fantasy]

I felt like drawing more of Grim and V. They're so cretuare 🥺💞💞

I also tried to experiment with Sylvester's body type a little. The whole idea behind getting a male Sylveon was to try and make him look more pointy and masculine. I think I'm gettin somewhere with him! :0

[hoppips]

you will remember me, won't you?

[qoppybirdie]

it the mgs2 day

[zibiscusloon]

So called “free thinkers” the second Tumblr gives us cat paws

..BOOP!