#oskar schell

[kuulpenguin]

the sixth borough

[boookstuff]

Ever since that day, whenever we go on walks she makes us play a game like Marco Polo, where she calls my name and I have to call back to let her know that I’m OK.

“Oskar.”

“I’m OK.”

“Oskar.”

“I’m OK.”

I’m never exactly sure when we’re playing the game and when she’s just saying my name, so I always let her know that I’m OK.

- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

[amarelodemim]

[autisticheadcanons]

Oskar Schell from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is autistic. He’s canonically got some sort of unspecified learning disability and he plays his tambourine as a calming stim and he’s got hyper empathy towards people he cares about like his dad but he also thinks very logically and I don’t know what else

[finnmedraut]

[amarelodemim]

[autisticmisabel]

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

[thetimetravellercat]

I felt that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming?

Oskar Schell (Extremely loud & incredibly close, the book)