Autism

(he/xe/ /voi) reblogs and rambles, writing blog: @writings-from-a-dripping-void

[nebulaic-void]

I've been saying this among friends, and I think it is time that I post it here. (sorry if I make spelling mistakes, I'm on my phone)

chapter 3 spoilers

when Ralsei is talking about what a dark world is, the imagery used is specifically meant to make you remember the amalgams due to using the very distinctive outline of the dog amalgam (I forgot it's name).

we are reminded that those exist at the very beginning of chapter 3, setting us up to be thinking about their existence throughout the chapter.

and then, at the very end of the chapter, who do we see? someone who a) is in entirely black and white, b) has a more fluid form than literally everyone else (knight helmet turning into an eye or a goopy looking mouth depending on context, weapon shifting forms in front of us between a bat and a rapier, turning into a ball), and c) has distinctive traits of at least 2 monsters (antlers like the Holiday family (one of which we know is missing) and very clear holes in their hands (mystery man sprite aka probably gaster))

In conclusion, I believe that the Knight is this world's equivalent of an amalgam between December Holiday and W.D. Gaster.

(I know this isn't an unpopular theory, but I wanted to lay all of it out for discussion)

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

AI is forcing me to make phone calls...

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

before the GenAI Plague, "chat with a representative" was an increasingly available (and useful!) customer service option. you could communicate by text! no waiting on the phone! no terrible hold music! you could do other shit while waiting for a reply! "customer service" sucks for everyone involved, but this was a much less sucky option!

now it's a bot on the other side. a dumbass bot. and i am successfully making phone calls out of spite. the only "useful" part left of "chat with us"? using it to demand a phone call from a human agent. at least i get to skip the hold music.

[fulltransmetalgenderist]

my fellow trans people: all of the answers are in the river. you just need to go to the river and everything will make sense. a lake or ocean are fine substitutions. find the water and go to it. bring your friends. go alone. have a beer.

[pealingpetals]

this really spoke to me, as a trans hippie shut-in.

find the water and go to it. 👍

[fibromyalgicaf]

Edited to add: Since a lot of people are reblogging this original post, I'm adding the updated version I did that incorporates the intersex circle...

I know intersex people are still getting excluded in a lot of LGBTQIA+ spaces (let alone wider society) and I think it's crucial to show this group is included in the statement that we all deserve equal rights.

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Petition to make this our new flag because this looks cool as fuck

[libraford]

Are YOU gonna let THE GOVERNMENT tell YOU what YOUR GENDER is? That doesn't sound like Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness to me! PROTECT your individual FREEDOMS and call your senator: we want the GOVERNMENT to stay OUT OF OUR PANTS! GENDER FREEDOM NOW!

[libraford]

Two men in your neighborhood are married... to EACH OTHER? Congratulate them for exercising their AMERICAN RIGHT to follow the footsteps of our FOUNDING FATHERS! They've got a fully AMERICAN spirit of FREEDOM and REBELLION! GOD BLESS THE USA.

[libraford]

Your coworker has a different RELIGION from yours? Well, that's just INTERESTING and you should talk about it on your UNION-APPROVED LUNCH BREAK. The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was FOUNDED on Freedom of Religion and ANYONE should be allowed to seek the AMERICAN DREAM!

[libraford]

You think someone might be in this GREAT country ILLEGALLY? NO YOU DON'T! No one is in this country illegally! The minute anyone steps on our SOVEREIGN SOIL they're your FELLOW AMERICAN and where they come from is NO ONES BUSINESS.

[rosslynpaladin]

it's funny yeah, but guys this is actually how you reach the people who prefer these terms to frame all things Good and Correct.

[rosszulorzott]

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[scribefindegil]

Love all the posts I'm seeing about Grace getting various mobility aids and other disability supports during his life on Erid but I think we can go deeper. Rocky had a traumatic near-fatal exposure to the oxygenated atmosphere which could absolutely lead to a bunch of long-term complications, plus he was in space for decades and who knows what effects that could have on Eridian biology. We need to disable that rock.

[welcometothehole]

this trend of shitting on peer-reviewed academic studies in favor of tweeting “we already knew this was happening” is so soul-crushing. not to be an elitist cunt, but we have got to open the schools again. people genuinely seem to have forgotten that their personal lived experience isn’t indicative of the larger population, AND IF IT IS…… then you need researchers to support these assertions from a relevant data pool instead of a blog post from 2013 💀

[twiggy-boy]

"what is this BABY doing in space!???"

-Rocky, probably

[perryisle]

ok here’s some rorys i forgot about

[cloudabserk]

grace is like rocky be honest am i too clingy? and rocky is like grace i would mind meld with you if i could.

[normal-creature]

Here's a compilation of Grace fawning over Rocky in the book (might've missed some)

From that, they concluded that I must be able to see the Petrova line. They're smart. [pg.148] They connected my airlock to theirs, with a wall in the middle. Clever. [pg.166] "I like you, Rocky! You're a genius!" And he is! [pg.183] Brilliant. Simply brilliant. [pg.186] I bet Rocky's the captain! He puts himself at risk by talking to the scary alien. Everyone else stays back on the ship. That's what Captain Kirk would do. [pg.195] I've never seen him be wrong on arithmetic. [pg.211] Wow, he's quick. [pg.254] The closer we get, the more I respect Rocky's astronomy skills. [pg.278] "You're an amazing engineer." [pg.287] Rocky - ever the talented engineer [pg.309] He really is a genius. I wonder if all Eridians are like that, or if he's special. [pg.310] "Smart," I say. [pg.348] Rocky seems to be able to do pretty much anything. Either he's gifted, or all Eridians are like that. Either way, I'm incredibly lucky. [pg.365] the world's best engineer [pg.377] I don't doubt him for a second. The guy knows engineering. [pg.388] Rocky delivered on the testing apparatus as promised. As always, everything worked flawlessly. [pg.388] At this point I trust Rocky to do any engineering task. Heck, if he wanted to do open-heart surgery on me, I'd probably let him. [pg.410] Rocky's ad-hoc fuel bays are perfect, of course. [pg.419] "you're my best friend." [pg.425] I wish Rocky were here. [pg.438] I always wish Rocky were here. [pg.438] Rocky tends to find elegant solutions to complex problems. [pg.444] He's one of the most talented engineers on his entire planet! [pg.445] All of the hard stuff is already done, thanks to Rocky. [pg.451] There's nothing Rocky can't fix. [pg.454] Rocky could probably whip something up if he were here. [pg.457] I wish Rocky were here to help me save Rocky. [pg.457] "I have full faith in your abilities." [pg.488]

good grief GET A GRIIIIPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

[famylee83]

This man needs to be hunted for sport.

[motherfuckingshakespeare]

A HANDY CHART FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE. NOTE THAT THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMAL AND YOU IS THE FORMAL SO LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR SUPERIOR/ OLDER PERSON/ SOCIAL BETTER WITH YOU BUT WITH YOUR BUDS YOU CAN USE THESE. 

[therapatical]

somebody apparently tried to get the Wikipedia page for discrimination against trans men deleted entirely because of the use of the word "transandrophobia". y'all are part of a fucking extremist hate group at this point. it's pride month and the government is killing us and you're actively trying to destroy documentation about trans people's discrimination? really? how fucking evil do you have to be to do this shit?

can we finally admit that these anti-transmasc people are part of a hate group? can we finally address this fucking problem and acknowledge it exists?

[therapatical]

this behavior deserves to have this user's privileges fully revoked and banned from editing. or at least suspended. this is fucking ghoulish behavior.

it's one thing to make a bigoted remark, it's another thing entirely to suggest deletion of the fucking page. nowhere is that necessary, even if you were critiquing the word used itself.

[freakfulfright420]

@transfemme-shelterdog Jesus fucking Christ have you seen this shit??

[transfemme-shelterdog]

This unfortunately has been going on for a while. Radfems trying to delete the article or neuter it by watering down the oppression, and other people trying to undo the changes that these people have done.

[pangur-and-grim]

from an outside perspective this might seem like a nothingburger, but genuinely one of the scariest moments of my life was when I was in the peak undiagnosed autoimmune disease, but still trying to keep up my normal schedule. so I was walking back from an evening class at the University of Toronto, feeling my heart going BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM, and I realized I was so out of it that I'd overshot my house. like walked right past it. and so I turned around and walked back. and some time later I realized, I overshot it again. like I was walking back and forth in front of my house unable to find it. and eventually I did manage to get inside my house and fall down on the sofa, but it was a real moment of "oh, things have gotten really bad."

[indecisor]

Ted Chiang, “Why A.I. isn’t Going to Make Art.” The New Yorker.