[catchymemes]

[goth-queen]

[catchymemes]

[kaputtsolvi]

What I feel people frequently forget about autistic special interests is that they aren't always information based. They may simply be visual or mental

Someone may have a special interest in a show, but instead of that meaning that they will talk about that show often, it may mean they watch that show extremely frequently.

Special interests are ways of regulating, not simply encyclopedias we have in our heads. Sometimes it's watching something frequently. Maybe only listening to one genre of music, maybe it's a collection, maybe it's an action. I'm tired of it only being seen as autistic people's personal encyclopedias

[theconcealedweapon]

[maarvarq]

Always bear in mind that there is absolutely no legitimate evidence that Luigi was actually the one who killed the insurance company guy.

[theconcealedweapon]

Of course he wasn't. He was at a party with me that day.

[tiny-space-whale]

No but like literally, actually. All bits aside.

He didn't do it.

The cops very clearly planted evidence on him because they had to make an arrest because all eyes were on them and whoever actually did the deed was making them look stupid.

Why would the real killer hero have kept the weapon on his person and traveled two states over while carrying it and a manifesto in his bag, conveniently turning the crime into a federal matter? The same guy whose bag they found in a park, filled with monopoly money? Why did the police turn off their bodycams, take Luigi's stuff, drive a block away, turn their bodycams back on, go back into the restaurant, and then arrest him?

From the moment of his arrest, even left-of-center media has been presuming his guilt without examining anything (e.g. calling him "the killer" instead of "alleged" or "accused") and then when I say he didn't do it, the nearest person chimes in with some quip that tells me they think he did do it but should go free anyway. Don't get me wrong, I would have the same attitude if he had done it. But he didn't. It makes me feel like the only sane person in the world, even among my staunchly leftist friends.

[penguite]

Wait, what?

I didn't look into the case. If what you say is true, that's actually even worse than I thought.

The existing narrative would make me go "He has a point actually", but that?

[phleb0tomist]

he would not fucking say that, but with disability.. he would not fucking be able bodied. sick n tired of characters walking away from multiple life changing injuries without a scratch. let’s get some natural consequences in here.

give that knife/sword fight survivor nerve damage. give the character who was shot in the gut a stoma. give that fire survivor lung damage and an oxygen cannula. give that leg injury survivor a cane. give that starvation survivor gastroparesis. give that spinal injury survivor a manual chair or powerchair.

while we’re at it, give your characters congenital disabilities too, just because. give them intellectual and development disabilities. give them acquired and postviral illnesses. dare to make somebody bedbound. for me.

[penguite]

Me, exhausted but wanting to have a polydactyl character and curious about what would cause polydactyly but still leave her in decent enough condition to study: Wikipedia, my beloved, tell me what could be the cause.

Wikipedia: Here, my child, have a lot of medical terminology.

Me: I didn't think this through and I'm too tired for this.

Me: ... Hey I can actually DM people about it!

In a friend's DMs: Hi. I'm really fucking tired and I have questions.

Bonus: I added the polydactyly thing afterwards because I thought it'd made a fun addition to a character who is otherwise fairly normal. She's meant to be the cool friend and have zero survival instinct, but it's fine because here's a monster who thinks she's funny and will defend her (no, they will not be a couple, they're best friends).

[bumblesteak]

A necromancer AND a gardener (5 year redesign) 🌸

[animentality]

[overclockedopossum]

If you tell neurodivergent people they need to "get comfortable with being uncomfortable" I am putting gravel in your shoes. No you can't take the gravel out. You have to deal with it. Dealing with it makes you a better person. What do you mean "pointless suffering".

[penguite]

Oh, and you don't get any compromise on anything that might make it easier to deal with the discomfort.

Earbuds? You're being rude. Quiet time? You're being rude? Turning the volume down? You're being rude. Being uncomfortable at the restaurant because you can't hear anyone besides your closest neighbors? Come on, it's not that bad. Too many people? No such thing. Too loud? You're exaggerating, stop covering your ears. Too hot? What did you expect, it's summer, now go to the beach for the hundredth time. What do you mean you don't smell that? You're not trying. What do you mean things smell weird here? What do you mean the dish tastes funny? I just added a dash of that thing you hate, you can't possibly notice. Yes, we're going somewhere that's going to exhaust you, and no, you can't take your car to go home when it gets too much. Yes, we're absolutely going to judge the ways you cope, including if it's harmless and scholarly.

Of course, you're not going to be allowed to explain a single thing or communicate in any way other than enthusiasm about whatever unpleasant activity I'm forcing on you. No one cares about your opinion. You're the minority here, deal with it.

(Did I understand the assignment or did I project things that happened to me over and over?)

[fairycosmos]

fucked that you can’t fix other people especially when you really care about them. Oh so im just supposed to be there for you while you suffer. like a useless cunt gargoyle

[penguite]

Yeah, that sucks. But sometimes you can't. And sometimes, if you insist too much or don't get the problem in the first place, you're going to make it worse.

I'm saying that because I've had essentially the same conversation many times with my best friend, and the only thing that stops me from telling him to shut the fuck up and stop trying to fix me is because I know he's trying to help.

[wisteria-lodge]

So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

[innumerable-voices]

So we made this lake for detecting neutrinos and it's full of the most perfectly pure H2O probably ever to exist. It has no dissolved minerals or oxygen or anything at all. And it fucking hates being like this, this state is deeply unnatural, it craves having things to dissolve, it once ate an entire wrench in a couple of days.

Anyway I think that's what being an angel is like, you're so pure of desire that your presence leaches the desire of those around you, someone who spends too much time around you will loose everything up to and including their desire to keep breathing.

[innumerable-voices]

We could put this lake out of it's misery by giving it things to absorb, bags of salt, chunks of metal, corpses even. And it'd be just like any other body of water

The same is true of angels, if one starts following you about and leaching your desires you can fix it the same way. Overstim it until it screams, force feed it until it pukes, hurt it until it cries, fill it so full of sensations that its halo falls off and it'll be like any other human. And then put a collar on it, it's basically a new born so it can't look after itself yet.

I've adopted five new pets this way

[innumerable-voices]

So we also made this other lake, well I say 'made' but like it was already there we just dumped nuclear waste there for years and years until it became the most polluted place on earth. The water there is so chokkeful of deadly deadly radiation a single cup could kill you

Anyway I think that's what it's like to be a demon. You're so saturated with desire that your presence radiates hunger and lust causing those around you to succumb to their base needs until they inevitably tear themselves to shreds in attempt to satiate a bottomless vessel

You can't ever 'fix' a demon like you can with an angel, but you can capture one pretty easily and contain it's aura by putting a lead blanket over its cage. Then if you're ever stuck at a boring dinner party you can bring it out and turn it the party into an orgy

[zitongzi]

So if a demon anf an angel ever met theyd just both become normal?

[fishing-princess]

I Defeated the Demon Lord but it Turns Out the Demon Army was Largely Unaffected and I Fell Victim to a Flawed Belief in Great Man Theory

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

Last time I posted an attractive women doing some absolutely dope shit the lesbians claimed her and you know what? Fair... but this... this is for the bisexuals

[quixotic-dragon]

Personal gold stars

[beppermints]

i like to think im a good person for having some of these stars :o)

[the-haiku-bot]

i like to think im

a good person for having

some of these stars :o)

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

under US law, it's illegal for anyone who's not a member of a recognised native tribe to own an eagle feather. the penalty is a $100,000 fine.

14 years ago when I had recently moved to Alaska, I went hiking with an Aleut friend, and she pointed to a feather lying on the ground and said "hey that's a bald eagle tail feather, you should grab it!" and I was like "uhh I'm very white and that's very illegal" and she went "they're fuckin everywhere up here man. I have 20." so she grabs it off the ground and hands it to me and says "there, now it's a ceremonial gift from an indigenous person."

and I'm like, okay, cool, I guess this is how we do things in Alaska. nice.

so I keep this bald eagle tail feather around for years. display it in my home among other cherished memorabilia from places I've lived and visited, etc.

on a whim, I have just now looked it up. there is no exemption to that law for a ceremonial gift from an indigenous person. the last 7 years I lived in the US, I was technically a bald eagle poacher.

probably a good thing I don't intend to move back there anytime soon. I wonder what the statute of limitations is on bird crimes.