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gummybearattacktheworldofdespair

cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024

littolgayfish

the more you listen to it, the funnier it gets

boogerwookiesugarcookie

Audio: dramatic piano. The husky screams along, vaguely keeping the rhythm but not the tune

madamewesker

That last ROO always gets me

catharsis-scrawled

@little-red-rhapsody

i have once again suddenly remembered this blog exists and have a bajillion drafts saved that I need to go through

d-llahanspade

Just had an argument with someone because he thought Maomao from Apothecary Diaries somehow wasn’t autistic?? I feel like it’s glaringly obvious that she was but I’m terrible at arguing matters of opinion so if ya’ll wanna drop your best evidence on this post that would be nice :)

julietcpulet

I know everyone wants her to be autistic but she isn’t. She was emotionally stunted and abused as a child which causes her to suppress her emotions and not know how to relate properly to others. It’s not autism, it’s parental abandonment, traumatic incidences, being raised in a harmful environment where even if people cared for her they still left her alone until she learned not to cry and ask for her own needs to be met. Her “sisters” exposed her to sexual things too early, she was around violence, filth and saw all manner of mistreatment both by men and women. This has taught her to read behavior in a clinical way, as a means of spotting danger to herself and potentially others but not to understand why someone will behave like they do. It’s all coping mechanisms.

noodlesoup-reblogs

I want to preface this by saying that I'm not trying to argue with you. Characters can be interpreted in multiple different ways and that's cool! These are just silly little guys that we like to play with! No ones in the wrong!

But as an autistic myself, I want to offer a slightly different take.

First off, I think you are completely right in saying that she wasn't written to be explicitly autistic! Or at least I've never seen any sort of confirmation from the original author saying so. And I agree with that her childhood trauma contributes heavily to her social issues! Maomao says so herself!

But! Its a couple extra things that makes her come across as autistic (rather than solely emotionally repressed) to me personally. Or at the very least why she resonates with my experiences as an autistic.

First off, there's her love of medicine. It goes beyond what one might call a normal interest. To me it feels like it's part of her core in a way that's hard to describe. It's not just a job or a hobby or an interest in the way other people might have them. Its a part of who she is. Which is how special interests feel and it's very hard to describe that experience to someone who doesn't experience it.

There's also her family. Her biological family is made up of "weirdos". And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there's any special traumatic reason that Lakan can't see faces. Or Lahan's so obsessed with numbers. Autism runs in families. And stuff like face blindness is more common in autistic folks. It isn't a stretch to say that Maomao get some of her "weirdness" from Lakan.

There's also things like how she struggles with interoception (her pain senses being dulled) or how she can hyperfixate on problems or how she struggles to focus on things that don't interest her or her jumping up or down making strange noises when she's excited (stimming) or her sense of justice often overriding her respect for authority etc etc etc

And then there's her social issues. I'm not going to get too deep into them, because they're what most people will point to when talking about interpreting her as autistic. And of course you're right in saying that more than just autism can cause social issues and her less than ideal childhood probably greatly added to her struggles with that. But, personally, they really resonate with how I struggle socially.

I think it's a bunch of little things about Maomao that make her resonate with autistic folks. I don't necessarily think she's "100% canonically autistic" and I think it's a bit misleading to say that she was 100% written to be that way. But I can also see how its become a popular headcanon.

It's similar to how I think her struggles with romance and sexuality come across as very aroace-spectrum flavored to folks who are aroace. Do I think she was 100% written to be canonically aroace? No. I think if she was she would be a poor representation because she's pushed by the other characters away from that. But she resonates. Her complex relationship with those things feels similar to the struggles people who are on the aro and ace spectrums face. But its also misleading to say that she was written to be aroace because she wasn't.

(tldr: she probably wasn't written to be autistic, but more than just her social struggles resonate with autistic people, making it a popular headcanon. However, it may still be misleading to say "she's canonically autistic")

#putting this on my side blog to avoid clogging up my main #also its kinda late and my brains a bit fried so I hope this is coherent #i might reblog this over there if it looks okay with fresh eyes #if you don't want to read her as autistic then don't!#you are entitled to that! they're just characters!#and I can see why the headcanon could get disruptive since it's so prevalent #but I can also see why it's so popular #and I wanted to break down some of the additional reasons autistic folks may relate to her #theories thoughts and headcanons #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #knh #maomao #autism

quomododragon

My students are up to something. They keep coming up to me and handing me pieces of fruit, and when I ask why, they just smile cryptically and say, “Don’t worry about it.”

quomododragon

Like, the apples I get. That’s a teacherly thing to give. But one of them just straight up handed me a grape.

quomododragon

I took a sick day today and sent an email to the first girl to hand me a piece of fruit, asking if I could have an explanation now.

Her response was to send me this meme:

That clarifies exactly nothing, thanks.

quomododragon

Walked into school today to an email from her saying: “There’s more to come, hope it doesn’t leave you *sour* (you’ll get that later).”

Ominous.

quomododragon

Just before my first class of the day, one of my students came floating in, a black cloak billowing behind her, hood pulled low over her eyes.

“An offering,” she said, handing me a plain white bag with a green ribbon.

Inside is this:

Life gave me a plastic lemon.

quomododragon

WE HAVE AN ANSWER!

Apparently this was the result of a number of my students playing Truth or Dare at a birthday party. I’m not sure which one of them came up with “I dare you to confuse Magistra by handing her a piece of fruit without explanation”, but I 100% approve of any thought process that ends with me getting free food.

starsparklez

That was wild until the finish.

#lmaoooo #bahahahha #i love this #misc

potato-lord-but-not

So turns out im gay thank you for the yaoi 🙏🙏🙏

CONGRATS ON THE HOMOSEXUALITY BROTHER

potato-lord-but-not

I’m really hoping this is the same guy

potato-lord-but-not

oh so you want all of tumblr to know my podcast yaoi turns people gay? is that what you want for me?

#yes. that is what i want #i want all of tumblr to know your podcast yaoi turns people gay OP #investing at 2k #misc

rosered-schneeweisschens-sis

i never knew there were men in the room for this, “that was tough” oh man they were not prepared XD

#bahahahah #this is great #misc

gayhoediaz

do you guys wanna see my favorite video on the internet yes you do

#yes. yes i do #i aspire for the level of special interest this kid has #and yes. that box fan does make a beautiful sound #misc

liltingaway

vintage sticker pngs

#journaling images

boofinator

Weird chairs

#journaling images

laboratoryrats

“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

#to reference later #art / writing tips

ohheyitsgray

can you do a tut about how you draw eyes?? i love love love how they look in your style and they’re the hardest thing for me to draw

oh boy well do i have good news for you- my eye style is pretty simple! Hopefully this is helpful for ya, happy creating!

#to reference later #art / writing tips

butchlinkle

really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:

#to reference later #art / writing tips

naturalnecrosis

Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.

Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)

#to reference later #art / writing tips

sm-baby

STORYBOARD/ANIMATIC TIPS

ko-fi✏️

I made these for my friends, but I thought that might be helpful for yall as well! hehe! Now whenever someone asks for storyboard tips I can throw this at them!