Me, watching Yusei have a meltdown at failing to accel synchro: *nods sagely* ah yes, the 'Tism
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I'm a camp counselor and a Mechanisms fan. This means I have a unique opportunity of influence on kids who think I'm cool. I have used this power not for evil, but for my own amusement. I've been shouting "JONNY D'VILLE, YOUR HUMBLE CAPTAIN" and i have trained my loyal hoard of a dozen 10 year olds to shout back "FIRST MATE" and its quite possibly the best thing ive ever done. I shouldn't be as proud of this as I am, but it works better than any other attention getter I've ever used.
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being into sherlock holmes is so stupid like. yeah here's my blorbo, you don't know him. you think you do, but unless you've systematically fallen in love with him through the personal writings of his retired army doctor best friend you really don't. yeah. he's one of the most popular and well known characters in the world. I have interacted with at least 60% of the current fans. hey do you think he associates the sounds of waterfalls with death? do you think he'll ever get over that? I won't. good talk
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laios has very quickly become dear to me not just because he's an autistic protagonist but because his autism is itself one of the reasons his party has an edge over others. though we see him struggle in social situations, his special interest makes him hypercompetent in the context of dungeon survival. i'm aware that's not a NEW observation on him but i was impressed that he even used his special interest to successfully solve a crisis that relied on noticing social cues- he was able to pick out the impostors bc he honed in on the small discrepancies in their attitudes toward monsters. if that isn't weaponizing your autism, i don't know what is
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I've just been to see Inside Out 2 in the cinema and I NEED to talk about this guy. This is Embarrassment. And I love Embarrassment.
When Anxiety introduces Embarrassment to the other emotions, she says: "he's not big on eye contact ... or talking".
And I know that emotions are non-sentient but I'm saying it anyway: Embarrassment is autistic.
Embarrassment is an emotion so familiar to those of us on the autism spectrum, so it's perfect. And he turns out to be such a hero in the movie too. Look at the way he's standing! And he stims too!
He's also non-verbal throughout the movie (he speaks once or twice at the end) but he's not made to feel uncomfortable about it from the other emotions. He's such an unexpected representative of autism, but I love him.
And I hope you all do too.
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