#ohio mention

[the-entity-down-the-street]

Stop using neurodivergent just to refer to ADHD/autistic people

Brought you by someone with autism!

I have a story from my recent wedding I'd like to share.

The ceremony and reception were held at The Ridges, an old mental asylum turned art museum in Athens, OH. I made a point of giving a brief history of the property to our guests, acknowledging the cruel treatment mental patients have faced at the facility, and honoring their humanity. I didn't want the venue for shock value, especially considering that our wedding party was made up almost entirely of mentally ill queer people.

During the reception I was talking to my spouse's grandmother, who had performed our ceremony, and learned that she herself had been locked up in an asylum! She was thankful for my little intro, and when I offered my condolences for her traumatic experience, she expressed how her mental struggles were a part of who she was. In fact, she said: "I wish there was a word to describe it other than mentally ill."

I told her there was a word! Neurodivergent!

And let me tell you, the way this little 89-year-old woman lit up.

"Neurodivergent! I love that!"

What a gift that is. What a gift it is to be able to give someone language to describe themselves. Just because she's not autistic or ADHD, it doesn't mean she hasn't faced adversity for the way her head works. I think she has every right to call herself neurodivergent, and I think we'd do well to accept all mental differences into our community.

[stateofohio]

The State Of Ohio Welcomes 6You

[catfindr]

[wyllaztopia]

final ref! all i really changed were her eye color and hair

her name is luha - in her au, she's a replica of one of the sorcerers that sealed the monsters in a dream instead of underground. her sibling, the papyrus of her world, sometimes calls her strawberry oreo for her headphones choice

she is true to her word and will stop at nothing to keep a promise.

[ladymariayuri]

How it feels to have your irrelevant small town that nobody outside of it has ever heard of mentioned in a big youtube video

[hibiscuslynx]

wttt genuinely rewired my brain . they mention a city or state in quite literally anything at all and im like🫵🫵 ohhh my god... 🫵🫵🫵 oh my god !🫵 place !!!! the place !!!!🫵🫵🫵 omg ! 🫵🫵

[sunheart101]

I have such an urge to make Ohio one of those super annoying Ohio State Fans, the ones that you see on Reddit or Twitter who complain all the time if the team is doing less then perfect at all, and act like someone in their family died when the team loses

[funkyfreshinthebuilding]

chat look at my oc

[monstersmashorpass]

SMASH OR PASS: Loveland Frogman from Ohio

[Art credit: Tim Bertelink]

Please reblog for greater sample size, as per usual!

[catfindr]

[xechoecho88x]

if any other michiganders want to weigh in on this, please please feel free to!!

the michigan that we get in canon really does not give detroit or even grand rapids vibes to me, which are the two major cities in michigan.

instead we get a michigan that seems to be more liberal than most of the other swing states depicted in the series. hunting was only mentioned once with michigan, which i feel rules out northern michigan (we don't see any UP at all which i find a little wild). instead, the canon michigan feels like a mix of lansing and ann arbor to me. which in theory should make sense that the capital represents michigan, but lansing is the fourth largest city in michigan and i feel like it doesn't really represent the state as a whole.

also as i mentioned before, michigan always felt like one of the blue states in the series, when in reality, michigan is more of a swing state like wisconsin and pennsylvania, which don't have as strong of opinions on politics as michigan does. because of this, i get hints of ann arbor as well, being a very liberal college town.

i've always found ben's representation of michigan to be a little odd, especially with so little detroit represented in his character. the only time we ever got a hint of it was when michigan mentioned speaking arabic, but that is definitely dearborn and not detroit. idk i'd just like michigan's character to give us a little more than hating ohio and being more of a blue-leaning state

[quackityquackquackquack]

I love musical theatre! My favorites are Banbanilton, Rizzler on the Roof, Skibidin' in the Rain, The Phantom of the Ohio, and Little Tower of Pizzas!

[thesquirrelqueer]

the rest of the spectrum club seven: *singing about the person they like*

tommy: i want to curl up and diiiiie

[absolutelyzoned]

chat its going to be in the fucking 90s next week i am going to kill myself I HATE HOT WEATHER I HATE HOT WEATHER !!