Resources and Interests

This is a sideblog for me to collect resources for autism and to blog about my experiences with autism and chronic illness. As this is a sideblog, I cannot answer asks privately or follow back. If I do follow you, it will be from my main, a sapphic positivity blog, @sapphospeak. About me: I'm an autistic lesbian with no access to help and resources outside of the internet at the moment, so this will be a collection of things I find helpful, my special interests, and rants about my personal health. I have rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia as well as anxiety, so some posts will be about that. Permanent special interest: dragons, writing, pets. Current additional special interests: stim toys, art journaling, succulents.

[triforce-princess]

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

Real Talk

I feel like I’m the only person in the entire world who went to see How to Train Your Dragon 3 and came out feeling... disappointed. Before you point your pitchforks at me, let me explain. My number one issue was the Hidden World. Or, the lack of it. The subtitle of the movie is literally The Hidden World. And the characters do find it, but we literally get one (1) scene in it, and judging by the size of it as Hiccup and Astrid fly by, we only saw a small portion of it. A lot of the trailers featured the shot of them flying through the bioluminescence, when that was basically all we got to see of the place anyway. I want to see more! But no, we see pretty much everything we saw in the other two movies as far as setting goes, and we know right down those falls is a whole new world, just teasing us.

Now onto the story. For one, I wish the Light Fury had more of a role than ‘look pretty, make toothless love struck, and maybe right at the end do one (1) thing that actually makes a difference in the story’. If you want to know her character, watch the few seconds of clips with her in the trailers. That’s literally all you need to know about her. Where’s the characterization? Does she hate people so much because of her capture, or another reason? How do light furies differ from night furies other than color? Is she secretly as playful as Toothless or is that a quirk only for him? We don’t know.

Another thing that bothers me is the overcrowding of Berk way back at the beginning of the movie. I just don’t get it. They’ve been rebuilding their houses regularly because of the dragon attacks in the first movie. They’re obviously good at carpentry, and doing it fast. As far as we know, they don’t have any close neighbors, so why didn’t they expand out to accommodate the dragons? I know before they probably lived close together for safety in numbers and having them in one tight area made them easier to defend, but at the point of the third movie they have a vast number of trainable dragons, so they can cover more area from above with scouts. They could have easily expanded and still been pretty safe.

And finally, the ending. I get why the dragons left, but it left a lot of holes in the plot. For one, you have a society that has grown alongside the dragons, and used their power to get by. If you had a group of people, isolated them, and took away the electricity they had learned to function with, it would be difficult for them to adjust without it. And I understand that the dragons are living things and electricity is not, but my point still stands. Look at the island they’re on! It’s nothing but sheer cliffs. I can’t imagine there’s a vast variety of wildlife on such an isolated plain, and the Vikings sustained themselves mostly on fish anyway from what we see. How do they get down to sea level? Building a ramp from the top down is difficult and dangerous for a human with limited technology. The dragons kind of left them stranded up there. And there’s the fact that releasing animals that had been tamed back into the wild usually gets said animals killed, because they aren’t adapted to the wild anymore. All those dragons have had everything provided for them for years, and now they have to go out and do things on their own again.

Finally, there’s the theme. HTTYD 1 and 2 had themes of strong friendship, building on the bond between Hiccup and Toothless. In 3, a big deal is made on how Hiccup feels that he is nothing without Toothless, but I think it’s made very clear that the both of them lift each other up and make themselves stronger. They can both survive without each other, but they don’t have to, and both them and the people around them benefit from that. There’s this idea that’s pretty prevalent in our society that friends are there forever.... until those friends get a significant other, and then they fall to the wayside. It just rubbed me the wrong way that a franchise built on the foundation of a friendship that survives the tests of anything life can throw on them, shows that said friendship is pretty easily broken up by marriage (since its pointed out that night furies mate for life, that’s basically what it is).

I don’t know, I’m probably overthinking this and ranting too much, but I wasn’t very impressed with this movie, which bums me out a lot because this is my favorite franchise in the whole world. Maybe a second watchthrough will go better, but for now, I’m just going to stay disappointed in what was, versus what could have been. This whole movie felt rushed and sloppily put together compared to the first two.

[thebuckybrigade]

Some foggy, dark roads back home.

[stimtastic]

December Stimapalooza

Stimtastic is doing a giveaway a day in December!

Just reblog this post once with answers to the entry questions below and you’re automatically entered in all of the daily random drawings.

Each daily winner will receive a surprise package of stim toys/jewelry based on their submission.

How does it work?

Reblog this post (once only per person) with answers to the questions below.

Each day we’ll randomly draw one winner from all of the existing reblogs. You can enter at any point during the month, right up until the Dec. 31st drawing is completed.

Each winner will receive a surprise package of stim toys and/or stim jewelry based on the information they shared in their entry.

If you win, you have to be okay with your package being a surprise (based on your stated likes/dislikes) and you have to provide a mailing name/address to receive your package.

Once you win, you will be ineligible to win for the remainder of December.

Open to everyone who stims, worldwide!

The Entry Questions

To enter, reblog this post and answer the following questions to help us customize your surprise pack if you win:

What are your favorite/most frequent stims or favorite stimmy items?

What are some things you really like? Favorite colors, textures, scents, animals, special interests or  …  ?

Do you have sensory sensitivities, allergies or strong dislikes? (i.e. no pink, can’t wear rings, latex allergy, metal allergy, no slime textures, nothing with strong smells, etc.)

That’s it! Answer, reblog, and then keep an eye on the Stimtastic Tumblr in December for the daily winner announcement!

The details:

One entry per person please.

Open to entrants worldwide.

Stimtastic pays shipping costs.

One winner will be chosen per day from Dec 1 through Dec. 31 2018.

Winners will be ineligible to win for the remainder of December.

Entries are open until the final drawing is made on December 31, 2018.

Winners will be chosen randomly from all eligible entries.

Winners will be announced and tagged on the Stimtastic Tumblr and contacted via private message or ask.

Winners who do not have a publicly open Tumblr contact method will be responsible for contacting Stimtastic on Tumblr within 72 hours.

Surprise packs may be one expensive item, a collection of small items or something in between. Each package will be different.

While we will do our best to tailor stim toy packs to your entry, we cannot promise to fill specific requests.

Winners must be willing provide a mailing name/address to receive their package.

[stimtastic]

Reminder that this is happening for all of December. Reblog now (before Dec. 1st) to be entered for all 31 giveaway days. :)

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

1. I love things that make little clicking sounds, things that spin, or things that are smooth and/or soft. If I can use it one handed that’s a big plus.

2. My favorite color is blue, second favorite is black. I love reptiles and my special interest is dragons, but all animals are great.

3. I can’t handle strong smells, though light scents are okay. I also can’t wear rings because I have RA. I also cannot chew, due to RA also in my jaw.

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

Look at this turtle we saw while we were out rock hunting!

[sapphospeak]

In other news, I absolutely despise PETA and people who support it. If you support PETA in any way, get tf off my blog.

[visual-infinity]

Wisteria & Sakura by jun

[sensorykitty]

x

[bitterballin]

My body is my temple. Ancient and crumbling. Probably cursed and haunted.

[ceruleanmood]

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

So I started Orencia last week and I already felt a difference the day after the first injection. The side effects have been super mild too, not like the others, which would literally make me so sick I couldn’t move. I’m really hoping that this medication will be The One, because I’m ready to stop hurting and get on with my life.

[fifineller]

by Timo

[thunder]

by Steve Skafte

[stimtastic]

Giveaway!

Wake up, y’all! It’s 8 AM Thursday morning and I’m in the mood for a quick and simple giveaway. :)

Just reblog or reply with your favorite color for a chance to win a stim toy pack containing: 

1. Set of 3 phone cord bracelets

2. Chewable necklace (suitable for your chewing style - light, moderate, aggressive or mixed)

3. Mystery Stimtastic item

All of the items will be in shades of the color mentioned in your entry. 

Details: 

Enter by reblogging or replying with your favorite color.

Drawing will be held at noon Eastern Time on Friday June 8th. 

Open to all followers worldwide.

10 random winners will be chosen Friday afternoon. 

If you win, you must have a way for me to contact you via Tumblr or message the Stimtastic Tumblr when you see your name announced as a winner. 

Stimtastic pays all shipping costs. 

One entry per person please.

Happy Thursday!

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

Blue 💙

[berniesrevolution]

Doctors told her there was nothing wrong. But she knew her body.

(Continue Reading)

TheNib.com

@thenib

[willtogrow]

THIS!!!

[pom-seedss]

The Continue Reading link is somewhat small so I just wanted to point it out i the OP so people don’t just stop at this point of the comic. SUPER relatable, but the rest is so important.

[jheselbraum]

This is one of the many many reasons why I don’t fuck with anti self diagnosis people. Half the time, if you don’t go in with a thorough understanding of what’s happening to you and what you should be tested for, doctors will just write it (and you) off.

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

Why do I always have a flare up when I have plans/inspiration to do something???

[resourcesofasapphicautistic]

You know how when you have chronic pain and you have to choose between being stuck in bed hurting too much to do anything, or taking pain medication that makes you be stuck in bed too tired to do anything? Not a big fan.