general munchkin man do you have any life advice?its for an experiment or future piece
FUCK EVERYONE DO WHAT YOU WANT GET HIGH BE WEIRD AND OFFPUTTING LIVE OFF GRID EXPLORE ABANDONED PLACES IGNORE LAW ENFORCEMENT SMOKE AS MANY CIGARETTES AS POSSIBLE CANCER IS FAKE AND A HOAX SO ARE PERSONALITY DISORDERS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU AND NO ONE NEEDS HELP RELY ONLY ON YOURSELF BITE PEOPLE FOR FUN
i just got back from a trip where i heard lots of ableist bullshit (specifically targeted at autism) so just in case anyone needs to hear it (because i really do right now)-
- You Are Not Stupid. Thats not up to debate. There are things that you are better at than any of them will ever be, and things you know more about than they ever even thought could've existed. You've learned everything they were born with from scratch, you've put in more effort to be human than they ever will. You're not stupid.
- You Are Not a State of Being. I know, it feels silly to be weirded out by someone calling an action "acoustic", but imagine yourself saying something derogatory about an action and attaching someones name to it. They'd be offended too. Its okay that you're uncomfortable.
- You Are Understood. By a select few people, sure, but thays what the internet is for. Even if nobody in the room gets why spontaneously popping balloons might make you upset, strangers on the internet genuinely do have your back- like, they get it and they're willing to defend your ability to be comfortable even though they don't know you well. There are thousands of strangers that would drop everything to answer you a question ans give you some comforting words. You are more loved than you ever could've imagined. These strangers can only love you a fraction of how your friends and family, however you choose it, are capable of.
- If You Wouldn't Say It About Others, Its Not True. You aren't stupid, or easily offended, or full of shit or attention seeking. If someone called another autistic that, what would you even do? We all want to believe that we can just snap back and defend ourselves and others, but in the moment there is nothing that you want more than to shrivel up and die, on the spot. Even if its late at night, and you're just recovering, keep in mind that there is no world in which you would say these terrible things to anyone, ever. Because they aren't true, and they never will be.
I'd just like to reiterate that you are not stupid. And your emotions are valid, and theres literally nothing you could do to stop them forever, so you've just got to let them come and go as they please. And you deserve to be happy, and you're allowed to be scared.
- they flirt with spars and tongues of poison, but when the flames die down and diluc is able to get eased back into it, they are more than okay with soft affirmations and kisses of down
- childe is a tease, diluc doesnt tolerate it 90% of the time
- diluc writes letters to childe. he does not send them. (childe finds them while being nosy and going through dilucs things. diluc doesnt stop him.)
- theres a fine line of things not to cross. they may tease and poke fun and insult (on dilucs end) but they respect boundaries.
- when diluc is having a rough time around his fathers death day, childe tries to be there for comfort.
- wingman kaeya.
- kaeya doesnt trust childe for a long time, but he tries to support diluc in his decisions. that being said, if childe ever hurt diluc, the first person to be knocking on his door to collect his karma wouldnt be diluc. it would be kaeya.
- diluc has trouble sleeping. he always has, ever since he was a child. childe tries his best to talk him to sleep while petting his hair. it works, most of the time.
- in general, childe tries to get diluc to take better care of himself.
- in return, childe tries to take better care of himself.
- “firefly” “fatui.”
- diluc says he hates childe. he does not.
- they actually better each other, somehow. somehow, it works.
- childe wishes they could have a kid together. its too dangerous to, though. it breaks his heart.
- diluc hates being alone.
- childe does send him letters, constantly.
- surprise visits to mondstadt.
- aside from kaeya, venti, rosaria, jean and lisa, no one is 100% certain that theyre together. theres rumors, yes, but “diluc hates fatui.”
- donna asked diluc out while childe was away. diluc was surprised (how he didnt see her crush beats me. apparently hes more blind than her, but then again, how could anyone love him, much less two people?) and turned her down, confirming publicly he was involved with someone. when asked, he simply states “ajax”.
- its talk of the town.
- it tires diluc out to be center of attention.
- diluc is neurodivergent as all hell, but was forced to mask heavily as a kid. either way, he despises spotlight and recognition, but he grits his teeth and bears it unless childe is around.
- childe picks up on how hes feeling almost as well as kaeya can. its sort of a tied skill between them, but they have different ways of fixing the situation.
- childe puts flowers in dilucs hair.
- diluc’s ring is kept on a chain around his neck. the heat of his hands from being a pyro wielder - an exceptionally hot one at that - would end up damaging the metal band if kept in his gloves. keeping it around his neck works just as well, and keeps it from getting too hot and burning through his gloves or warping the metal.
- childe wants diluc to burn his hand into his skin. diluc refuses.
- diluc does not see what his father did to him as bad or damaging. childe is trying to help him realize he can be more than just “the ragnvindr heir” and that he can, in fact, live his own life.
- diluc wishes they can leave their lives, their worries behind. he genuinely wishes to settle down with childe. he knows it to be impossible, though.
- diluc is scared . he is scared of affection , of being vulnerable , of being open . he’s scared that one day , childe will no longer love him.
