#you activated the autism

[bugsinthebayou]

okay how do i get into the mechs ... i would like to know about these robots now i think

GRINS. HI. HELLO.

The Mechanisms are a steampunk space pirate storytelling band!! they are compromised of 9 members (up until one of them left). they retell myths n legends in space, tragic, and queer

they have four main story albums, a single, and two extra albums for extra stories

for the four main albums, you have to listen to all the tracks in order so i recommend listening on youtube

Once Upon A Time (In Space) is their first album. its fairy tales retold as an intergalactic war

Ulysses Dies At Dawn is their second one. this one is greek mythology

High Noon Over Camelot. oh boy high noon over camelot. my favorite mechs album and my favorite album just in general. arthurian legend retold as a space western

The Bifrost Incident. norse myth but eldritch horror

their single is Frankenstein (frankenstein except the monster is an AI), and their other two albums are Tales To Be Told volumes I and II. theyre both collections of extra songs that either work as standalone stories or fit into the same setting as one of the main albums but doesnt follow along the main plotline

they also have Death to the Mechanisms, which was a performance of some of their songs live plus a song of the same name as the album that describes how they died a final time. this was because they split up. no more mechs music </3

out of all of them i recommend hnoc the most. cuz its my favorite <3

i apologize for not explaining the albums further, but you asked about the mechs themselves so im gonna put more focus into explaining those guys

the mechanisms themselves are 9 immortal space pirates. they are immortal due to their mechanisms, mechanical replacements of certain body parts. they travel the galaxy on the starship known as Aurora, who is infact sentient and also dating the ship's engineer. they like to "have fun, violence, adventure, violence. violence." according to jonny

Jonny d'Ville - he/him. he's claims he's the ships captain. hes the first mate. he is the narrator to all of the albums and plays a number of characters. King Cole (ouat(is)), Ulysses (udad), Lancelot (hnoc), Galahad (hnoc), and the void (tbi) are a few. there's more, but theyre more minor. hes pretty shooty and has canonically committed every crime (that existed on a planet) except the sexual ones. his mechanism is his heart!

Gunpowder Tim - he/him. master at arms! hes another one that sings often. he also plays the guitar. a few characters hes been are Oedipus (udad), Gawain (hnoc), and Loki (tbi). his mechanism is his eyes. hes also on the violent side. he blew up the moon, as detailed in the song Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser from the ttbt vol 1

Ashes o'Reilly - they/them. quartermaster. they sing often and their voice is beautiful <3 they play bass aswell. some characters theyve played are Hades/themself (udad), Mordred (hnoc), and Sigyn (tbi). their mechanism is their lungs. theyre also a mob boss and arsonist and have been since they were 12 years old, described in their backstory song Lucky Sevens

Drumbot Brian - he/him. pilot. he doesnt sing as often but its great when he does! he plays a few different instruments. a couple of his characters are Merlin/himself (hnoc) and the robot spouse in Stranger (ttbt vol 2). everything except his heart is mechanical. he was thrown into space because he brought someone back to life

The Toy Soldier - it/its. its just there!! it sings often and plays the mandolin. some characters are Cinders (ouat(is)), Orpheus (udad), and Guinevere (hnoc). its a toy soldier. it was never human it just started walking one day

Raphaella la Cognizi - she/her. science officer. she is another singer!! and pianist!! her voice is heavenly tbh. notable roles are Ariadne (udad), Ygraine (hnoc (one song but it Slaps)), and Odin (tbi). her mechanism is a pair of wings!

Marius von Raum - he/him. doctor (not even a doctor). he sings and plays violin. and mandolin the wiki says. Heracles (udad), Arthur (hnoc), Thor (tbi). his mechanism is his right arm

Ivy Alexandria - she/her. archivist. she plays a few wind instruments, no singing. her mechanism is her brain

Nastya Rasputina - she/her. engineer. she is in gay love with the sentient starship <3. she plays violin, no singing. her mechanism is her blood, which is mercury. she decided to go Out (she believed that aurora was no longer the same starship she fell in love with because of all the repairs over the centuries theyve been alive, so she takes the final piece of the original aurora and exits out of the airlock, never to be seen again) sometime after hnoc

and there you are!! them!!

despite me giving some examples to who they play in the albums, thats not all the characters they play. theres also extra characters in narration i didnt mention (ivy and nastya both have been in narration tracks before) and theres also characters they play in the extra songs in the tales to be told volumes

i hope you end up liking them <333 heres a photo of them all together for u

[ID: A group shot of the Mechanisms. End ID]

[hell0mega]

a lot of people reblogged that spoons poll from me with tags along the lines of "i have adhd but I'm not disabled" and i want everyone to know that adhd is in fact legally recognized as a disability in the usa. you have a disability/are disabled if you have adhd. or autism. or ocd. or depression. or anxiety. etc

these are all disorders. they disrupt our lives and make it harder to navigate the neurotypically-built society we live in just like physically disabled people existing in our able bodied-built society. they are disabling to your every day life and therefore are disabilities.

i say this because disability activism is for all disabilities no matter how invisible or "easily dealt with" because it's not a contest to see how disabled one can be. you're not disbarred from calling yourself disabled because "it could be worse" or "i deal with it well enough" or are "low needs" that doesnt make you NOT disabled!!!

don't sell yourself short and think your disability isnt "bad enough" to call it what it is. you deserve the help, recognition, and protection just like anyone else!

[mistyscenter]

Cove every time he talks about being uncomfortable In social settings/not being able to properly express his feelings because they become too much for him:

Me: I know what you are (autistic)

[cogdominium]

saw a post in the corporate clash tag that caused me to black out and make this

[guitarluvr]

objectum slim shady moodboard

[lemon-tea-leaves]

If you're gonna go around talking about how invalid self-diagnosis is and how you should ALWAYS just go to a doctor because they're the experts, consider doing the following instead:

Reminding yourself that no doctor is infallible, and unfortunately there are shitty and VERY misinformed doctors out there

Advocate for the spreading of accurate information about the neurodivergence or illness or disorder or etc.

In that same vein, dispel myths and misconceptions about said Brain And Body Things™

Advocate for easier access to evaluation and diagnosis

Support people who have been medically gaslit in the past and just want to know what's going on with themselves

Support people who have had their life affected by their symptoms (despite not knowing what was causing them) and just want to know what's going on with themselves

Support people who just Feel something Wrong and just want to know what's going on with themselves

Just fucking support people and stop tearing others down because you're white knighting

There are people intentionally making a mockery of things like DID or being autistic, among other things. And there are people who mis-self-diagnose (usually due to research that isn't deep enough) and are fed misinformation which leads to them misrepresenting the disorder.

But there are also people who have the symptoms, looked into the symptoms, found something that matched the symptoms, and maybe FINALLY felt they had an answer when they couldn't find one because they didn't have the means or whatever the reason.

And you're telling them that they're making a mockery of a disorder because they wanted to find a reason. And it's because you associate them with the people on TikTok that you roll your eyes at. And it's fucking annoying.

TL;DR:

Maybe instead of being a dick about self-diagnosis, you could help set a path towards making it so people don't have to in the fucking first place.

(Also, as for my opinion on self-dx, self-dx with a good amount of research from verified accurate sources = A-OK. I'm saying this as a professionally diagnosed person who has had to self-dx in the past. I've been wrong about some things and right about others, and professionals have been right about some and wrong about others. But it helped to set me down the right path. I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.)

[front-facing-pokemon]

[mymlody]

better alternatives to purchasing from devilinspired

after seeing the 40,000th video of lolitas ordering from sites like devilinspired and my-lolita-dress and seething/coping/fuming/etc, i’ve decided to make a post giving resources for better alternatives if you want to purchase from brands on taobao and receive better pricing and customer service while doing so!

“but why are devilinspired/my-lolita-dress bad?”

they’re not necessarily evil sites that need to be boycotted per se, but they don’t exactly have a high standard for quality control (including selling design and print replicas), price gouge pretty badly, and have had less than stellar customer service, so i thought it would be better to give people resources for smarter purchasing!

here's a 2018 breakdown comparing the prices between the shopping service 42agent and buying through taobao directly

here's a tutorial on how to navigate and purchase from taobao directly without the use of a shopping service/agent

and here is a link to 42agent’s lolita vendor site, 42lolita, which has consistently better brand quality control, lower pricing, and better customer service than DI or MLD

i’ve also crossposted this info to twitter via a thread :)

[dailyicarus]

Very specific one but someone drew Husk Minos and Sisyphus with their prime soul forms as Jojo stands— could I perhaps request Icarus doing a similar pose with his husk and prime soul forms?

DAY 68

yeah i had way too much fun with this one

[krispiecake]

tell me why i can hear another tenants fucking music from my flat. HE DOESNT EVEN LIVE IN MY BUILDING. HE LIVES IN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE BUILDING ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND I CAN HEAR HIS MUSIC FROM MY FLAT. MY FLAT WHICH IS IN A DIFFERENT SEPARATE BUILDING.

[itsaspectrumcomic]

hi, i'm 14 years old and autistic. my mother has me playing sports outside of school. i play basketball and i like it. i play softball and i don't like it. my softball coach often gets frustrated with me because my eyes wander when he's talking to me or the team. the same thing happens with my math teacher. he sometimes calls me out in front of the whole class for not making eye contact with him when he's speaking. i don't know how to tell them that it's hard for me. do you have any suggestions? thank you.

Firstly I want to say that any teachers calling you out in front of everyone for not making eye contact are being assholes and abusing their authority. If they have a problem they should address it with you privately. It's not like you're being disruptive.

Do they know you're autistic? In an ideal world, making them aware of that would be enough to get them to understand, but obviously that's not the case in a lot of places. Letting them know before or after a session or through an email (so you don't have to say it in front of everyone) might help, especially if your mother can be there to back you up/sign the email. If it doesn't, you might be able to take it higher up to their managers or the school, because at that point they're being discriminatory against someone with a disability. If you're not comfortable sharing that you're autistic, just saying you have trouble making eye contact but you are still listening might be enough.

Also, if you don't like playing softball it's OK to quit. I know parents don't always give us much choice, but you shouldn't have to continue if you don't like it. You already have basketball so it's not like you'd be quitting all sports/extracurriculars. If your mum needs convincing it might help to tell her you need more time to spend on your homework, or you'd like to try out a different activity. (You don't actually have to spend that time doing homework. It's OK to just relax sometimes.)

I hope this helps and you start having a better time soon!

[bogcreacher]

since you call your WOF dragons “horses,” what species or breed of equines do you think your OCs would be? :D

oh i LOVE this question

Haunted is easy - classic Friesian, she's big and dark and her human-sona has curly hair. also i think their feathers would suit her

Fennec would probably be an Appaloosa on account of the freckles, with palomino + leopard colouration

Mako would be a grullo Bashkir Curly solely because i think that would be funny (or maybe a Fjord cuz he's stocky and short)

Wolf would be a flea-bitten Andalusian cuz i love their noses and i think it suits him

Red would be a chestnut Thoroughbred - tall and red and fast

[autisticlee]

is it an autistic experience to ALWAYS be the one in a friend group who gets left out, alienated, secretly disliked, then kicked out of the group?

[nexus-nebulae]

me as a kid: i have all these problems

every adult around me: you're not old enough to know what's wrong with you, you're fine

me as an adult: i still have all these problems

my doctors after i finally got the opportunity to choose them myself: oh my fucking god why have you never gotten help for all these problems. you should have seen me 10 years ago

[donnieisaprettyboy]

once told somebody that I don’t think I could ever live on my own because of my autism and they said “don’t say that! I bet you could do it!” like. no I’m telling you I am not the kind of autistic person that can live alone. I will forget to feed myself and drink water and my space would constantly be a disaster and I wouldn’t go around people hardly ever and I’d forget basic hygiene.

I’m so lucky to have a partner who helps me with self care like this through assistance and reminders because otherwise I’d be totally fucked.

[pidgefudge]

you should tell me about video games :]

VIDEO GAMES video games i love video games 🥰🥰🥰 so the other day i was watching a video on super mario bros 2u (as in the us version) (the whole doki doki panic reskin business) (and not 2j) (the japanese mario 2) (aka the lost levels) (which werent released in the west until mario all stars) (anyway) all levels world record and i did NOT realize just how broken that game is. i mean it makes total sense it's a retro mario game lol but still it was wilddd i already knew about the massive 7-2 clip which is still really funny to me somehow but i learned a bunch of new things like how the rockets that pop up occasionally operate on FRAMERULES which means BUS TIME i love when imagine a bus works its way into completely different runs but anyway. like. the whole frame perfect item pickup with the. potion world place (i forgot what it's called) was super cool and using it to get several hits on birdo at once is genius??? and that level where he bounced the mushroom block off of the egg and also peach i love that. ya generally the movement was SO impressive especially the digging and ladder jumps very satisfying to watch. also shoutouts to the one (1) level he plays as mario. blue toad (and incidental luigi) supremacy 🫡

logically the next game to tackle is mario 3 and i have watched a few isofrieze videos on various aspects of it (retro game mechanics explained my beloved im too stupid to stay on the drift but by god can i catch it) (literally the only incentive for me to get into cs is for glitch hunting purposes that sounds so fun) (agh i should look into tasing tools sometime!!! tasing is sooo cool) but the speedrunning part scares me for some reason maybe bc it's pretty popular. but its ok i can just wait for the kosmic video if he does one im assuming he'll do one. or maybe bismuth has one i should check actually but i cant think of bismuth without feeling compelled to rewatch the entire 5 hour sm64 abc video help me