#electriccenturies

[butchviking]

This is kind of the argument I’ve seen for “no dysphoria” (not my highlights) but imo it just sort of opens up the discussion of… what is transition supposed to do/mean. And dysphoria, for that matter… (https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/45/7/480.full.pdf for the paper)

i guess ive always thought of "gender euphoria" as being the exact same thing as "gender dysphoria", just interpreted differently. like when i catch myself in a mirror or look down at myself or feel something against my body, i might sometimes thing "god, i hate what my body is currently like" or "god, i would be so happy if my body were different". if dysphoria is like.. getting an electric shock, then euphoria is like you've been getting electric shocked this entire time and it stops for a second. you feel like you're experiencing something positive but it's just.. momentary relief from the negative you were already experiencing. maybe other ppl mean something different by it or have a different understanding, but that's the only way ive ever been able to conceptualise it.

[daddymikeyway]

I managed to do lurelin village! Those guys really just keep coming and coming omg you weren't kidding 😳

How!!!! I got the two by the well, jumped down the well and had a heart attack, then ran around and saw 4 more. I heard/saw 3 or 4 on the boat. When I was walking there too, I saw this terrifying creature on the hillside. I don’t remember what it was called, but it had 3 heads.

[panszy]

Favourite Mikey fact?!

a well known fact but that he took a heater into the shower and justified it with ‘whatever, i’m fucking freezing’

[metapianycist]

Don't you think its a bit hypocritical that in your you post about self dx you are literally saying to listen to autistic people and talking over an autistic person (I assume a single post inspired you to make yours, apologies if I'm wrong) in the same post? Because it reads an awful lot like "All autistic opinions are valid– except the ones I disagree with". I think there are a lot of major flaws with self diagnosis, especially the way many people on tumblr go about it. Is my opinion not valid?

it happens every few weeks that someone new posts an anti self diagnosis post, so it’s not accurate to say i was inspired by one post. i make a point of putting positivity and self diagnosis resources in actuallyautistic whenever i see anti self diagnosis posts.

additionally, posting an original post disagreeing with another person’s post is not silencing. directly telling someone “your opinion is bad for reasons XYZ” isn’t silencing either. pointing out the actual fact that the autistic community is overwhelmingly in favor of autism self diagnosis, is not “silencing” anyone.

posting self diagnosis resources and positivity isn’t silencing anyone. posting an implied argument that you should support self diagnosis because the community overwhelmingly does, is also not silencing anyone.

ps. “all autistic opinions are valid” is not something I’ve ever said or endorsed lmao, because I’ve encountered quite a few autistic people with shitty opinions about autism (like aspie elitism! insisting that functioning level labels aren’t harmful! etc).

you’re never entitled to hold an opinion without criticism. implying that no one should criticize or respond to anti-self-diagnosis rhetoric, on grounds that it “talks over” anti-self-diagnosis autistic people–is a silencing tactic.

[upthrust-the-volume]

*is zone-seven* I really like your HCs about Cherri, and I'm curious if you have any headcanons about his time as a wavehead, or about what getting high off the sun is actually like. Thats something in particular that I've never been able to get a solid thought about, but I'd imagine it'd have to be pretty good for people to go through so much pain for it. But yeah, I'd really love to hear your thoughts!

aw, I'm really glad you Ike my cherri headcanons! :’D 

I haven't really thought much about his wavehead days, tbh. That’s something that’ll require more time on my part to think about/plan out, but I do have some vague ideas about what it’s like to get high off the sun.

So, I get sunburned a lot (because sunscreen disgusts me and I try to avoid putting it on as much as I can) and there are times when I’ve been burned and initially I don't really feel anything. It doesn't burn or hurt, it usually just feels kinda warm. The pain doesn't really hit until I'm out of the sun and I think that's what keeps people coming back. The longer you stay sprawled out on that lawn chair or mattress, the less you have time to process the fact that it fucking hurts.

I also think that sunbathing goes hand in hand with other drugs - mostly narcotics and stuff like that. The sun kinda... amplifies everything. You’re baking and sweating and drifting in and out of conciousness. Your skin is damaged so much that you can't feel anything and your mind is all fuzzed out. You forget that you're a human being with physical body and you’re just floating

That’s the appeal right there. People want nothing more than to forget that they exist.

[butchviking]

trick or treat?!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN IVE BEEN WAITING FOR U!!! MOUSKEY WAY!!!

[daddymikeyway]

Frog garden! I’ve been collecting these bad boys 🐸

Dude that’s so cool, I love it!!!! Do they come? Do the frogs know it’s for them?

[butchviking]

Hello Hal, do you like dolls/find them interesting? If so, have you ever heard of Frances Glessner Lee and her dollhouse murder scenes? I feel like her work and the context behind it might be up your alley.

HELLO [redacted] MY BELOVED.. hmm im only rly interested in dolls in the context of i love having dolls of my little gals and guys to hold and treasure and dress up :3 also i always wanted a fancy schmancy dollhouse as a kid but alas 😔 maybe someday 😔

ive never heard of her but i just briefly looked her up and that does actually sound SUPER interesting... u ever see the show elementary? this is clearly what elementary!holmes based his little murder dollhouse tests for watson on and i always thought they were so fucking cute... thank u sm for telling me abt this im actually gonna look into her thats so fucking interesting