#the-wait-and-seer

[vhaerath]

hey whats it like to be autistic, i forgor

So honestly, I kind of sat on this message for a long time because I was going to make a jokey response, then I was going to make a serious response, but I couldn't think about how to word the serious response.

A couple days ago I was walking around outside in the rain, and I was thinking about how much I might like to have been walking around in the rain with my boyfriend. And (as you, the asker, know) my boyfriend lives pretty far away from me like on the other side of the continent in Michigan, and we don't get to see each other a lot. I like seeing my boyfriend and it's nice to talk to him and be friends with him, but I don't want to see him all the time. I think this is the kind of thing that most romantic couples feel like, except the most obnoxious ones, but people seem to think my general reticence even from my boyfriend is a little odd (although BF seems okay with it so far).

Anyway while I was thinking about walking in the rain with my boyfriend, I was thinking about how much nicer it could have been if he lived closer to me so that we could do activities together. If he was closer and came over, I I wouldn't feel obligated to act like a "host", rather than a girlfriend who would just want to sit and relax with her boyfriend.

But like most thoughts, that was a pretty brief one, so then I was thinking while I was walking in the rain about how much I might like to go back to Japan some day. And I thought to myself, sort of offhandedly; wouldn't it be badass if I could just sit in an AirBnB for a bit in Japan and play some video games, but I was in Japan, so I was enjoying video games in Japan? And I'd have the leisure to go outside and do whatever I wanted in Japan, but I'd also have the leisure to come back and decompress from my day (in Japan)?

That was when the thought about your ask came to me, and I realized the commonality between my Japan-thought and my boyfriend-thought. Wouldn't it be nice if I had the leisure and the time in order to fully relax in my situation, instead of being expected to make the most of the situation, and logically knowing that my situation was limited in scope, so I should make the most of it?

I think as I've become an adult I've gotten used to a lot of external stimuli that I'm really sensitive to, as an autistic person. Still the differences between me and a "neurotypical" person are obvious and more vast than is immediately discerned by how I present. Sometimes there are times when I'm on a vacation and I think, I can't wait to get back to my hotel room so I can hole myself up in there and read a book or stare at the computer or hide under the covers and do nothing for several hours. Logically I know that I'm probably not the only person to feel this way, and this probably isn't an exclusive autistic experience. Anecdotally, my relatives and even some of my friends will all completely shut off from the world beyond their vacation for a few days and be completely happy with plunging themselves into this new stimulating experience immediately. I am The Weird One for slowly dipping my toes into it and then immediately needing to get back out of the pool again.

So I guess that's how I describe autism; it being taxing to enjoy a new stimulating experience when you have access to it for a brief time, but knowing your limited time to enjoy it means taxing yourself is the only option. I have the impression that that's the disabled experience in general-- deciding between taxing yourself or missing out.

[otakusparkle]

Y'ALL

ANEN AND VALE FINALLY COMPLETE

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I'M SO HAPPY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

ANEN

VALE

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF THEM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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[briaberri]

Frost and Starlight doubles down on one of my favorite character aspects of Elain: her observance and adaptation with respect to culture, in spite of how she grew up, Elain:

Always wanted to travel

Is learning to cook dishes emblematic to the place she lives

Participates in Solstice, noting that however frivolous gifts might seem to those who have gone without, they honor and celebrate the customs and values of the community

Practices using the correct vocabulary regarding fae.

Makes notable inquiries to Amren about the details of her transformation

No surprise in the least that Elain is naturally growing as one who could and would work excellently with Azriel in spying around Prythian. Her natural ability to seek and adjust to new information, inclination to learn, tact, subtlety, and respect for difference outstrip most.

Call back to hosting that first dinner in their mortal mansion for her sister with the brothers.

Research is formalized curiosity, poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neal Hurston

When her hurt and shame from perceived rejection on that infamous Solstice are repurposed to curiosity...whew...she loves Rhys, and he cares for her, but he is in for it.

[6-atlas-6]

They're gonna have to lock me in a padded cell if Morgan doesn't get another audio soon

[hrghhhhhhhhh]

IM FINE ABOUT THE OCTANE LINES IM FINE 'EM . UI AFKAJShfkjnm,xcn

[tblsomedoodles]

Donnie's Visions (apocalypse seer twin comic) Part 4

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Hey look, this comic has a name now. Not a very good one but it will do. I'm going to go throw this on AO3 now, b/c i apparently forgot to when i posted all the rest (oops)

[sunnyupsidedown]

Every group of friends needs:

A Bookworm

A Seer

An Actress

A Medium

A Powerful Magician with No Magic

A Person Immune to Magic

A Typist

[dawnofiight]

The urge to do a redacted oc thing

[pinklikeroses]

My faves Beth and Rachelle from Castleaudios 💞

Was inspired by live action tv shows to try and give them more down to earth kinda looks :3

[sparky-kasane]

GUYS. GUYS!

PROBABLY A QUINKY DINK BUT IDGUYFVVVUYFSYISBZDUTHESUTESHSTE /pos

[briaberri]

To Elain, a person to whom bodily autonomy is a cornerstone but it has been often stomped on because of her gender, role, and temperament, I think the most alluring aphrodisiac imaginable would be, consent. No one dances that dance with more natural respect and tender care than Azriel.

As for Luc -- after everything the poor guy has been through, really think he's the one to get excited about an unwilling partner?

Let love live. They both think so, actually.

It dovetails with the musings of my head, anticipating that Elain will be instrumental to changing the game for Vassa's curse. She has bone-deep (literally) empathy for forced transformations on a mortal woman's body through the abuse of power. Her own take regarding one's body, fate, and infractions upon that right, is transparent.

Do I think her story arc will flex that stance to world-changing impact as she takes on a death god to free a mortal who's life she respects? That I do.

[lime-bloods]

the fact that the "passive" and "active" alignments for classes are so nebulously defined that you can kind of interpret them as meaning anything kind of makes me think of the radically different ways caste was interpreted on each side of the scratch too. like that highbloods are ostensibly the more physically powerful trolls made them the ultimate manly warriors on Alternia, but on Beforus that was taken as making them more suited to playing a nurturing, supportive role toward the other classes

[mantarobin]

i fully get rr!seer because if i fumbled colle of all people i would also spend the next 100 years in the middle of a war trying to un-fumble him

[ashcoveredtraveler]

Realized I don't consistently draw Grimms or Markoth wings in a consistent style, so I decided to draw all of the moths' wings so I can have something to go off when drawing them, at least for now. I will say already, probably going to change Markoth and Seer's wings as their wings are just single colored and I didn't have any good ideas of how to design them.

[tblsomedoodles]

Apocalypse Seer Twins Comic (Title still TBD) Part 2

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More krang blobs for the win (?)

Aaaand i just realized my favorite panel in this is messed up and i do not have the will to fix it. oh well. Not sure when the next part will be out since i haven't even sketched it yet. but i said i'd try to post this today and i was somehow able to.

[the-big-cheese]

Oh so when ELON puts computers in people’s brains it’s “advancements in science” and “The beginning of the future”

BUT WHEN I, DR. ROBOTNIK-