Creation is an Act of Defiance

My pronouns are he/they/e I blog about autism ♾️, queer stuff 🏳️‍🌈, fandoms (very much multifandom), and whatever else takes my fancy. Always up for a chat! Black Lives Matter! Free Palestine! Free Ukraine! pfp by @itslillyillustrates picrew maker [Profile Picture ID: a drawing of a white person with short brown hair, facial hair, and freckles; wearing headphones, a red tartan shirt, and a pronoun badge that says "he/she/they"; they have chew toy in their mouth; the backgound is half the agender flag, and half the queer flag. End ID] [Banner ID: A rainbow infinity symbol over a black background. End ID]

[theautistartist]

Intro Post

It has been a long time coming, here is my official intro post:

Spoilers for me I guess, you can dive into my blog with no context if you wish…

I am agender/genderqueer, and the pronouns I use are he/him/his, they/them/their, and e/em/eir.

I like to draw for fun, mostly fanart but occasionally OCs.

I try to include image descriptions when my posts contain pictures (I'm not always great at this but I try my best).

Please do not repost my art anywhere off Tumblr; if you want to share it, reblog!

I blog about lots of queer stuff, and I support all members of the LGBTQIAP+ community, no matter how "cringe" or "freaky" other people think they are, you all get my support.

I am autistic; lower support needs and high masking. I write some posts about my autistic experiences.

Sometimes I use tone indicators, and if you are writing a comment that might have its tone misunderstood, I'll also appreciate their use.

As well as autism, I also blog about other neurodivergence and disabilities. I want to amplify all experiences including those that are very different from my own.

The rest of my content that isn't queer or autistic is about various fandoms, this can be a real mixed bag, you never know what you're gonna get.

I have no official DNI, just try to be nice, we're all human here. I like to have civil discussions but will block if necessary (no spam, and please no NSFW).

If you have a question about anything in this post or just in general, send me an ask or a message, or just do that in general, I like to chat!

(this blog was previously @awesomely-alfy )

[landmineblogging]

just try your best to make someone else happy today

[rowanclair]

In an ancient forest, shallow pools reflect not the trees above, but a luminous city of elsewhere.

[setulose]

The one thing about gender is that frankly my ideal gender situation has very little to do with me and infinitely more to do with everyone else on the earth who cannot be fuuuuuuuuucking cool about anything ever

[damsel-understresss]

im so sorry i never participated in the reblog game you tagged me in i love you very much im just so tired

[asteroidtroglodyte]

I do enjoy a good visual gag, and an old favorite of mine is “there is Math on a Board in the background that contextually makes no sense.” This broadly comes in 3 flavors I enjoy:

• the board is in front of a classroom, and the Math is waaay too advanced for whatever level of pupil these kids are supposed to be; like having the calculus integral in front of kindergartners, or relativistic physics in front of high schoolers.

• the board is in front of Criminals, who are Planning Something, and by all rights there ought to be no Math there to begin with. Like. You’re planning a Heist why do you have the Full Lagrangian on there. Are we taking a rocket to the bank.

• the characters are super-genius science fiction people. The Math is “Pi≈3.24” with an unlabeled pie chart.

[polarity-disturbed]

Being able to draw older people as attractive without reducing or erasing the visual signs of aging, and in fact showing that they're attractive because of those signs, is an artistic skill that should be valued so much more. Honestly, it should earn you an immediate fortune because holy fuck is it a rare commodity. There are so many artists who seem to think attractiveness and aging exist in opposition to each other, so they smooth every wrinkle, erase every crease, and de-age the character until they're basically thirty with silver hair. But when an artist can look at crow's feet, smile lines, weathered skin, deep-set wrinkles, and all the little traces of a life well lived and say, "No, that's what makes them beautiful," that's a level of artistic observation and care I wish we celebrated more often.

[naggingatlas]

and fat btw

[sabertoothwalrus]

and balding btw

[bombusbombus]

Everyone except me is wrong about The Character

[bombusbombus]

And my beloved mutual who fills a sort of "scheming advisor" role in my opinions about The Character

[rhythm-of-lesbianism]

I need people to know: femslash does not have a higher barrier of entry than mascslash. writing women does not require you to be a better writer than writing men does. you can write femslash that is low quality and i actually encourage it. you should write femslash that’s shitty, that’s underbaked, that you wrote in one night, that you didn’t proofread. you should write femslash for that one ship, yeah even that one other people might think is weird. you should write femslash whenever you feel like it and you don’t need to tackle misogyny when you do it, it can just be escapist, you can invent a fictional world where two women can be in love with each other without consequences. I promise you the people in fandom who enjoy femslash will love it.

[brittlepredatordemon]

Actually, no, I don't think that friendships dropping like flies in your late 20s and early 30s because no one has time for that between overwork and family obligations and marriage and kids and partners and the ritual of the time slayer is normal and ok. No I don't think deep conversations and spontaneous adventures being replaced with a tired coffee every six months is a normal part of growing up. I don't think that emotional intimacy and soul bonds disintegrating in the face of practical inconvenience is a fact of life. I think that means something is deeply deeply wrong with our society and I will never forgive it for the friends I've lost

[fairycosmos]

can’t talk right now. im partaking in the social ritual of correct micro facial expressions

[2pen2wildfire]

parents are allowed to straight-up torture their kids with zero consequences. they can withhold food and water, lock you out of shelter, confiscate your belongings, bar you from human contact, attack and harm you and exert complete control over your physical appearance. and this is just the norm. if you speak out against it you're seen as a delinquent or a predator. even otherwise progressive people get uncomfortable with the idea of dismantling the nuclear family unit because they still see it as the best way to keep kids safe when that simply couldn't be further from the truth. it's evil.

[heyftinally]

This is also part of why I'm so loud about homeschool reform, specifically in the USA.

In the US, there is no meaningful legal definition for educational/academic neglect in any of the 50 states or federally. What this means is that a child can be "homeschooled" and exclusively be taught how to cook and clean, reach the age of 18 being unable to read, write, or count, and this alone is not considered neglect. That 18yo, should they even have the knowledge that suing exists, has no legal grounds to sue their parents for denying them an education.

In over 40 US states, a convicted child abuser can homeschool their children. So someone who has done time for child abuse and somehow regains access to their child(ren) can decide upon returning home that they want to "homeschool" their kids. Those children are now locked in a home with their abuser where nobody can see them.

There are no welfare checks.

There are no routine assessments.

There aren't even databases — state or federal — keeping track of how many homeschooled kids there actually are.

Meaning a child can be locked in their home for their entire life with their convicted abuser, learn absolutely nothing, never go to the doctor, and so long as that child is fed, clothed, and the abuse isn't physical or sexual, that child has almost no chance of rescue and no legal ground to seek restitution if/when they escape.

The only way homeschooled children get rescued is if they're beaten, starved, or physically neglected and they're able to get the right person to see that. Otherwise? They have to wait until someone finds out they were murdered as a result of their parents "homeschooling".

And feral homeschool parents love to jump down my throat about this, and then get even more pissed when I tell them I'm a homeschool alumni.

Because I know it's not all homeschoolers. But even one is too many, and the lack of protections should scare everyone. If you're a good homeschool parent, nothing will change. If not, you deserve whatever comes your way as a result of adequate oversight.

Children deserve rights.

[divorce-enjoyer]

ice water is awesome because you get more water in your water

[divorce-enjoyer]

you think youre out of water but then you check back in five minutes and woah! theres more water! the world is so beautiful

[liebelesbe]

attaching something to an email is so scary. what if i accidentally put hard-core porn in there. i don't think i have any downloaded but what if i do and i attached it to the email. what then.

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

no one is coming to save yo- wrong!! everyone who has ever shown you love and/or care is saving you a little bit.

[richerandmorepossible]

no one is comi - wrong!! someone always comes! the uber driver came to take me to my new apartment. my kindergarten teachers came to teach me how to count and read. all the people who researched, wrote and edited my favourite books came to share a new way of thinking about the world. enough of this individualist bullshit, someone always comes. fred rogers was right, we were all loved into being. someone always comes.

[t4tstarvingdog]

“start your free trial now” what if i told u i am already experiencing trials. and the cost is more than i can bear

[queer-as-in-fuck-12]

drug addicts deserve housing, food, water, and healthcare btw