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zeroar · 1 year

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An Open Letter to the People Who Support Autism Speaks

Autism Speaks is eighteen years old. The age they should start dismissing themselves as being an authority on autism like they do with autistic adults if they cared about consistency at all.

They were founded in 2005 by a couple of Hollywood executives who grieved the diagnosis of their grandchild. This was a full dozen years after the seminal "Don't Mourn For Us" by Jim Sinclair was penned and presented.

From the beginning, Autism Speaks was anti-autism. They sought a "cure" they could use to erase our existence from the planet, they fomented anti-vax conspiracies which are still plaguing our society today, and they fostered and continue to foster an environment supportive and understanding of child-murder.

But. They were connected to celebrity. And they had the endowment and reach to become the largest anti-autism group in the nation and world.

The primary method of advertising which Autism Speaks used from the beginning is known as "fear appeal".

Typically, they frame autistic children as changeling-like creatures which replace the allistic or neurotypical child you had with one which will never love you and will tear apart your family.

Autism Speaks spotlights the worst of having an autistic family member and pulls the drapes on any mitigating circumstances or assistance. They emphasize the burden we are and the harm caused to our families by our existence.

Autism Speaks then goes on to frame themselves as being the solution and the experts on everything autism. They say, don't listen to autistic people, listen to their parents and other people who have been negatively affected by their existence. Listen to these cherry-picked examples.

They talk vaguely about support for autistic children and families while they campaign ceaselessly to find the genes which contributed to making us... so they can unmake us.

As you might expect for people who frame themselves as being the victim of their children's existences, they have been easily taken in by snake-oil salesmen and conspiracy theorists.

To this day, Autism Speaks continues to emphasize the "environmental causes of autism" even while fully knowing (from the millions of dollars of research they put in pursuing a debunked study) that autism appears to be primarily genetic and our environment really only affects our presentations as autistic, not our realities as autistic.

"Environmental causes" is a dog whistle for vaccines because they no longer feel it is profitable for them to explicitly encourage widespread death and alternative disabilities of children, so they have started only alluding to it and finally, years after the study was debunked and retracted, agree that vaccines do not cause autism.

"Environmental causes" is also a dog whistle for things like heavy metal poisoning causing autism and various other external things that can be "taken care of" via chelation therapy and bleaching our insides. Yes, Autism Speaks is at least partially responsible for spreading bleach "cures".

I believe they've taken it down since I first started advocating for SPLC to recognize Autism Speaks as a hate group—something autistic persons have recognized for years—but as recently as a year ago they were still directing people to seek out these "cures".

They worded it in such a way that it was, "These 'cures' do not work and can cause harm, but you should talk to people who tried them for their children and see for yourself."

It's cruelty for cruelty's sake. Or it's believing scientifically disproven things in a way that promotes the torture of children.

Which brings us to arguably their biggest crime against humanity and against autistic people specifically thus far: the advancement of behaviorism or behavioral conditioning as the "treatment" for autism.

Behaviorism, that is, conversion therapy torture. When done on autistic people, it is commonly called ABA or PBS.

This is another reason why they cling to "environmental causes", because behaviorism is entirely consumed with external presentation.

Autism is a pervasive neurological state which colors every aspect of our lives. Their "solution" is to deny our reality, break us to their will, and have us pretend to be "normal".

Through their efforts, they have ensured conversion therapy is not just used, but frequently the only choice for covered treatment of autistic children.

I say "choice", but the torture is sometimes court-mandated (and this is more common when the parents are marginalized-by-society in some way themselves).

Autism Speaks is so very proud of their government influence. Shortly before I started the petition, I watched in horror as their testimony scuttled a bill at the state level intended to help autistic children which had the support of their parents because not enough torture was included in the "help".

People say they've "changed", yet it's not like their institution is so hallowed and sacrosanct that it is necessary to keep around even as it is continues to encourage harm and death to autistic children and autistic adults.

Autism Speaks is the multi-headed hydra of anti-autism rhetoric and hate in the world today. They have so many branches and have infiltrated so deeply that many of their supporters ( I hope ) are not even aware of the hateful rhetoric and active harm they spread.

People tend not to even question the premise that autistic humans are better off dead than alive, people have for ages not even thought of us as human. Autism Speaks recommends starting behavioral conditioning as early as possible in children as young as two. The least intensive programs they recommend are for dozens of hours a week.

This is what they recommend, push, and lobby for with *all* autistic children.

If they become able to accurately recognize autism in a fetus, then their genocide and eugenics will only accelerate. I am pro-abortion, but no one should be coerced into an abortion with lies and one-sided propaganda.

Showing hateful rhetoric and catastrophizing about our existence to a newly pregnant person is similarly abominable as the sort of thing anti-choice people do.

Autism Speaks has not changed, though they have gotten better at pretending normality. Maybe they put themselves through conversion therapy torture to learn how to pretend to be a force of good while being sympathetic of child murderers?

Or, you know, they've hired publicists and PR people.

If you were duped by them, I'm sorry that their hate is not more well-known. Can you imagine if the first place you felt supported you and understood your struggles was the bad guy? Who would think that by default?

But they are the bad guy. And they're using you. Preying on your isolation and desire for community and support.

They start early. Constant public outreach. Working with cops. University chapters. There may even be entire branches under their umbrella that are actively dedicated to good. But they support the hate and harm by supporting Autism Speaks.

If you support Autism Speaks, then you support the elimination of autism.

If you believe their fear-driven propaganda designed to earn more money for themselves, that may sound like a good thing to you.

But you cannot eliminate autism without eliminating the autistic person, too.

We cannot turn off our autism, some of us can pretend normality—frequently to our great misfortune—but others can't do that either. It's similar to what happens when you force queer people through conversion therapy torture / behaviorism regimes.

There is not some hidden switch in our brains to "fix" us. Even if there was, we would not be ourselves, we would be different people. You cannot separate autism from the autistic.

If this letter spoke to you, I hope you will consider signing my petition to get the Southern Poverty Law Center to track anti-disability hate and to recognize Autism Speaks as an anti-autism group.

You can find the petition here:

Thank you for reading, Zero Richardson

#actually autistic #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversesquad #behaviorism is torture #aba is abuse #autism speaks #autism speaks is a hate group #autism acceptance #autism awareness #acceptance not awareness #red instead #splc #southern poverty law center

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mariemariemaria · 3 months

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not paul givan calling jim allister a dead end unionist asksksjsj

#ni politics #northern Ireland #'by his own test he is a political failure' get his ass

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princekirijo · 10 months

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✨and 🍀 for riku?? i'm curious hehe

HELL YAH BOY TIME!!!

✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

OK so I think I've mentioned this before but Riku actually started out as a Link variant would you believe. I created him about 5? years ago now back when I was kinda coming out of my Zelda phase and into my Persona phase! I saw some really cool artwork someone did where they gave various smash bros fighters personas, I saw the Link one and was like that is cool as hell what if I combined the two.

Then as I started to basically become consumed by Persona and Riku!Link began to evolve as a character I decided to semi scratch him and turn him into the Riku I know and love today :] His original name was Rinku (the Japanese name for Link) but after doing some research I randomly came across Riku and saw it meant Land and Handsome. At the time Riku was an Earth Persona user (it was an element in P2 but now he's the other P2 element: Water/Aqua) and he's a handsome lad so the name really fit.

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

Well I guess I kinda answered that in the part above haha. I know I was actually supposed to do an OC chart for him where I would like show the characters that inspired him but I never got round to it, so I'll just list them here! The main ones (aside from yukamitsu but that should be kinda obvious cause well... they're his parents 💀) are Simba, Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet (the movie), Flynn Rider, Sylvain and Claude from Fire Emblem, and of course Link! Won't lie I guess I could be counted in that category too because I did put a good amount of myself into him.

Also I have been told he is like other characters too (unintentional on my part) and they would include: Karma from Assassination Classroom, Childe from GI (unfortunate fr but they do have similarities I won't lie 😭😭) and more recently Allister from Dragon Age Origins. Do what you will with that information.

#asks #misty-wisp #riku kirijo #DUDE THANK YOU FOR THE ASK!!!#always happy to talk about my boy #we are not gonna talk about how riku has the most embarrassing kin list FRRRRR #unironically him and simba have such similar character arcs #head in my hands tlk defined so much of my childhood i keep putting pieces of it into my work #i feel like there's other inspirations too im just forgetting them you know #but yeah tbh i dont remember much of the original crossover au other than the fact that riku would have been living with makoto #which is hilarious now #but yeah thanks again for the ask :]#i hate the ch!lde allegations but my man isn't really escaping them #especially black mask riku 😭

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our-flag-means-death-ao3feed · 1 year

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you're one of us

by eldrai

Pirates skip the passive aggression and go straight to aggressive aggression. And despite the violence, Stede has never felt more at ease.

A brief exploration of the least allistic crew in the Caribbean

Words: 770, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death), Jim Jimenez, Israel Hands, Lucius Spriggs, Buttons (Our Flag Means Death), Stede Bonnet

Additional Tags: Autism, Autistic Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Autistic Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death), Autistic Jim Jimenez, Autistic Israel Hands, Autistic Lucius Spriggs, Autistic Buttons, Autistic Stede Bonnet, Stimming

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/45704014

#Our flag means death #ofmd #https://archiveofourown.org/works/45704014

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petnews2day · 1 month

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‘Budgie smugglers’: Jim Allister raises sea border concerns over importing birds into NI

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/LsRxk

‘Budgie smugglers’: Jim Allister raises sea border concerns over importing birds into NI

TUV leader Jim Allister Jim Allister has said the owners of budgies continue to face problems importing the birds to Northern Ireland – while another MLA said he didn’t expect the TUV leader to raise the topic of “budgie smugglers” at the Assembly. Speaking at a plenary session on Tuesday, Mr Allister made a statement […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/LsRxk #BirdNews

#Bird News

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goalhofer · 2 months

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Top 10 NHL PIM leaders by draft: 1964

10: Jim Booth; 8th overall, Boston (0) 9: Allister Blair; 20th overall, Boston (0) 8: Richie Bayes; 4th overall, Chicago (0) 7: Guy Allen; 12th overall, Montreal (0) 6: Ken Dryden; 14th overall, Boston (4) 5: Réne LeClerc; 19th overall, Detroit (105) 4: Syl Apps; 21st overall, New York Rangers (334) 3: Tim Ecclestone; 9th overall, New York Rangers (420) 2: Robert Dorey; 23rd overall, Toronto (593) 1: Mike Pelyk; 17th overall, Toronto (607)

#Top 10 #Sports #Hockey #Hockey Hits #Fights #NHL #Detroit Red Wings #Hockey Goalies #Boston Bruins #Montreal Canadiens #1960s #Awesome

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seachranaidhe · 2 years

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Take a look at this post… 'Causeway Coast and Glens Council: Audit finds failings in land sale deals'.

Take a look at this post… ‘Causeway Coast and Glens Council: Audit finds failings in land sale deals’.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/07/causeway-coast-and-glens-council-audit.html Jimbo Allister showing his support for the GAA

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#Causeway Coast and Glens Council #Jim Allister #Land Audit #land to build a new hotel with the entrance next to Mr Allister&039;s home #Portstewart #sale of land for £1

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alternativeulster · 11 months

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things to do with jim allister propaganda you got in the mail:

cut him out

stick him to a whiteboard

make him say stuff

#the handwriting is different because me and my older sister are both participating in this #every election year we cut jims face out of the election pamphlets and hide him in each others rooms #it's called find the jim #anyway we stepped up our game this year #northern ireland

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mariemariemaria · 2 years

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There are so many things to take away from the Assembly election, but one of my favourites has to be Jim Allister apparently not understanding how the single transferable voting system works

#northern ireland #ni politics #'we got 7% of the vote and only one seat! clearly the system is broke!'#no seamus you just dont understand how the system works. you arent a transfer friendly party.#like one thing about sf and alliance is that they understand the importance of transfers #but jim is currently being dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century so maybe this voting system is simply too complex for him 😢

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multicanaisaiblogue · 11 months

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Futebol ao vivo grátis: questão do contrato de Harry Kane

O contrato de Harry Kane será rescindido se ele não for negociado com o Manchester United.

O Liverpool está interessado em muitos meio-campistas, incluindo Kephren Thuram, do Nice, e a combinação de Alexis MacAllister e Mason Mount, da Premier League, e o contrato de Harry Kane com o Tottenham expirará se ele não puder se mudar para Old Trafford. Para a próxima temporada, o Real Madrid também está considerando uma série de outras opções de ataque. A Futemax vai transmitir as partidas de futebol ao vivo grátis ao vivo para os torcedores.

Kane está animado para assinar com o United. De acordo com o The Sun, Harry Kane está preparado para terminar seu contrato com o Tottenham e sair por transferência gratuita na próxima temporada, caso não consiga o emprego que deseja.

Harry Kane's Future Hangs in the Balance: Manchester United Target Spurs Striker

O internacional inglês tem mais um ano de contrato e espera assinar com o Manchester United neste verão. Sem acordo com o Manchester United, Harry Kane jogará sua última temporada pelos Spurs. Os Spurs preferem vender Kane a um clube estrangeiro do que a um rival da Premier League, e o Bayern de Munique é um dos clubes que mais demonstrou interesse em adquiri-lo. Se você deseja assistir futebol ao vivo grátis, pode conferir o Futemax e obter acesso gratuito às partidas ao vivo.

No entanto, Kane parece desinteressado, apesar de ter marcado mais 30 gols na Premier League nesta temporada e ainda ter mais um ano de contrato.

Tendo jogado pelo Spurs desde os 11 anos de idade, Kane reluta em seguir os torcedores para os rivais Chelsea ou Arsenal. A United é a única opção que fala inglês neste verão.

Mesmo com seu dinheiro saudita, o Newcastle não pode gastar mais de £ 100 milhões em um único jogador.

A possibilidade de Thuram se juntar ao Liverpool

O Liverpool está supostamente considerando uma transferência de verão para Kephren Thuram, do Nice.

Eles estão fazendo a ligação porque precisam encontrar novos meio-campistas titulares para assumir a posição de James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain e Naby Keita.

Segundo a publicação, o Liverpool fez planos para contratar Khephren Thuram neste verão.

James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain e Naby Keita esperavam deixar o clube no final de junho. Jurgen Klopp quer fortalecer seu meio-campo quando a janela de transferências reabrir. Depois de uma péssima temporada por empréstimo, Arthur retornará à Juventus.

O Liverpool está fazendo um esforço para contratar o excelente jogador Thuram do Nice. O meio-campista de 22 anos foi titular em 48 jogos pelo Nice de Sir Jim Ratcliffe nesta temporada. Ele também marcou duas vezes. Thuram é irmão de outro jogador de interesse do Liverpool. Assistir Futebol ao vivo grátis filho de Lillian, um grande da França, do meia Marcus, que manda bem em todas as jogadas em campo.

Os meio-campistas têm um interesse maior em jogar pelo Liverpool.

Os relatos de que o Liverpool está procurando não um, mas mais dois meio-campistas, incluindo Thuram.

Eles estão considerando Alexis Mac Allister, do Brighton, e Mason Mount, do Chelsea, ambos com mais um ano de contrato.

Para que possa responder rapidamente ao mercado de verão. O artigo afirma que a nomeação de Jorg Schmadtke como diretor esportivo do Liverpool em Anfield foi confirmada.

A obtenção da autorização de trabalho de Schmadtke é uma formalidade que deve ser cumprida antes que ele possa desempenhar suas funções. Ele está programado para começar a trabalhar em 1º de junho. Ward precisava de sua presença para garantir uma transição sem problemas.

Mason Mount, do Chelsea, e Alexis MacAllister, do Brighton, são dois meio-campistas que chamaram a atenção do clube. Assim que Schmadtke começar a trabalhar em um mês, ele será responsável por supervisionar os acordos de verão que supostamente já começaram.

Os artilheiros do Real continuam.

Os artilheiros do Real não param. A agência de notícias espanhola Marca divulgou uma lista de rumores de possíveis atacantes do Real Madrid. Há uma grande variedade de nomes, já que os membros do clube discutem se devem colocar seu dinheiro na experiência ou no potencial.

A fonte afirma que o Real Madrid reforçará sua unidade ofensiva durante a janela de transferências do próximo verão. Há incerteza sobre o melhor curso de ação dentro da organização.

Tem sido afirmado que devemos valorizar os jogadores jovens com potencial mais do que veteranos experientes que podem ajudar imediatamente. O clube agora está discutindo e considerando uma série de possibilidades.

Alvos potenciais estão se multiplicando a um ritmo alarmante. Muitos atletas diferentes foram considerados para esta função, incluindo Victor Osimhen, Karim Adeyemi, Joselu, Roberto Firmino, Julian Alvarez, Marcus Thuram, Joselu, Gonçalo Ramos, Rasmus Hojlund, Kai Harvertz, Kolo Muani e Roberto Firmino.

lvaro Rodrguez e Juanmi Latasa, dois promissores atacantes agora emprestados pelo Real Madrid ao Getafe, também estão sendo avaliados.

#sports #football #news #soccer #futebol #brasil #brazil #futebol ao vivo grátis #photography

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thefivedemands · 4 years

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Campagna anti-colonialista del Lasair Dhearg. Dozzine di strade 'rinominate' in memoria dei 'martiri' repubblicani

Campagna anti-colonialista del Lasair Dhearg. Dozzine di strade ‘rinominate’ in memoria dei ‘martiri’ repubblicani

Rabbia e accuse di ‘vandalismo’ dopo la comparsa, a Belfast, di finte segnaletiche indicanti i nomi dei repubblicani che hanno segnato indelebilmente la storia dell’opposizione al colonialismo e alle forze britanniche

C’è chi ha sostenuto come i tentativi di “ribattezzare” alcune delle strade di Belfast con i nomi dei “martiri repubblicani”, indichi chiaramente che l’identità britannica non…

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brightlotusmoon · 5 years

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So. John Robison participated in an experimental treatment for autism and experienced an "emotional awakening," but he also stepped down from Autism Speaks. Do you think he still shouldn't really be seen as an autism advocate?

Mmm, maybe in the past, he was a very good advocate. However, over time, he and his son began associating with white supremacists and autistics who participate in the "Dark Autistic Web" - something I stay far away from because it promotes internalized ableism, misogyny, and the beliefs that autistic men are superior to, well, everyone. John has been picking fights with a lot of my friends on forums like Facebook and basically supporting eugenics in ways that are scary for someone who advocated so strongly for neurodivergent people. Now, there are probably counter arguments that will deny everything I'm saying, but I don't like lying about advocacy and people do get caught up, so I'm just sticking with what I know. I can't trust John. Same with Jim Sinclair in recent years. Hell, Steve Silverman has been a jerk as of late and he's the allistic who wrote "NeuroTribes" which is what I would still recommend.

I'll admit that my mentors, who include Neurodivergent K and Sensei Nick Walker, have been very intense in their activism. K is known for coming from severe abuse from family, Autism Speaks, ABA, and over two decades of paaarents yelling at her for standing up for autistics. So keep in mind that my autistic advocacy has been steeped in a powerful history of "we are not taking any shit from ableists including our own".

#actually autistic #autism

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unproduciblesmackdown · 4 years

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40, 47, 59, 62, 76

lmao hell yeah thanks for All this support i love it!! quastions

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

really idk i feel like even our schools’s Antics were pretty par for the course and i was just sitting in the corner reading the whole time basically......trying to think if anything wild happened in college but even then it was p similar. well you know what, whatever donors covered the majority of the cost of the school’s black box theater being renovated apparently Stipulated that every other year a rodgers and hammerstein production be put on. absolute freaks. my roommate/friend and their then-boyfriend, the one mormon i have Knowingly Known in my life, were in pirates of penzance (sic?) together. hilarious

47. favorite type of cheese?

i like cheddar and like, parmesan, smoked gouda.....let’s get that shit Sharp!!! and hard lmao

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

idk i’d be like an npc just doing their weird thing on their own. i’ve never played pokemons unless you count pokemons Go but i think about the famed “i like shorts they’re comfy and easy to wear” npc kid. like, yeah. i feel the same. and would say similar bullshit nobody asked about

62. seven characters you relate to?

oh god.........recognizing the self through the relatable characters :|

well let’s just talk about the wrol roles right off b/c the characters that Most occupy my gay thoughts (which is to say: my general thoughts) will inevitably get priority when it comes to Remembering things

1) whom among us doesn’t relate to jared kleinman........will roland emerging from relative obscurity and coming for our entire fucking lives like the goddamn legend he is. it’s tough b/c it’s like, oh well alana is relatable too, so is evan unfortunately sorry evan, and in ways i might ~usually act~ like one of those two more than jared but. no. it is Jared who wins the relatability contest, and we all get to be beautifully haunted by it forever

2) leaning hard into winston even with the few glimpses of him b/c somehow will Cannot play an allistic cishet. and this is even More of a case where maybe i don’t much have winston’s demeanor.......even without winston being a beacon of confidence, he has more confidence lmao. and he has that ability to just Be Himself in a situation which, i wish i had that moxie lmao. i am a lot more [usually trying to be accommodating wayyyy harder than i should], booo......even though he’s clearly not great at conflict considering how it doesn’t take Too much to put him out, it’d be pretty impossible for me to be all “called them hacks and lame” or carry out a very irritated monologue in front of four people in the first place lmao. but who knows. and it’s more in the details of like, oh no winston’s the odd one out even though he hasn’t really Done Anything, but we all ~understand~ why he Deserves it.........his expectation / treating it basically as Fact that he will disappoint people.......the [weird] [offputting] behaviors and his way of speaking in What he Says and How He Says It seeming wrong to people.......like it’s only 15-ish min of content that we have here and we don’t have the least info about will’s own thoughts on the character but it’s like. how is this such an iconic Gay Autistic Quant b/c these vibes are so rare. and i appreciate that he can be ~difficult~ lmao. same with jared though i didn’t mention it. i can be difficult!! love it for us...

3) briony atkins from murder of bindy mackenzie as a character who Does act more like how i Usually Act Like lmao.....god we’re only on three i forgot there was seven of these. and yet i know there’s probably at least 2 dozen characters who could make this list and i just won’t think of most of them unless directly reminded......but anyways yeah i mean in person i mostly do Not want attention unless i feel comfortable enough / in my element or whatever. especially if it’d be some situation like “sitting in a group of randos” lol. i mean it depends b/c i also can sometimes be ~on~ in terms of Masking and trying to be like Haha I’m Social I’m Regular and i def engage in Nervous Chatter sometimes, but like, very often it’s like god don’t talk to me and i don’t want to talk either.....and then yeah people Will be surprised that like, idk, i’m opinionated as shit and idk that i Enjoy Things / Have Thoughts And Feelings coz the assumption i guess is that you must simply have nothing to say. so the dismissal of this person who seemingly has nothing to contribute and must be Boring rings true lmfao.....but then of course it’s also important that her personality Under that is the one getting mistaken for emily’s lol cuz yeah At Heart i am sure of that dramatic / intense / excitable type Sometimes. but it takes some excavation before i am like “oh i can engage in my actual self” and like weeks and months to get comfortable w/ people and i’m always suspicious that anyone actually would enjoy it and i’m not too much......i am a motormouth actually and have something to say about any and everything and like to Have Fun Here but like. idk i come off as boring and can be Notably Quiet lmao

4) oscar martinez from the office is weirdly [Haha Same] sometimes lmfao. sort of keeps to himself but also has to pipe up with Opinions and Pedantry and the kind of Drama of a restrained theatre gay. some deleted scene from an episode where during an interview clip of Jimothy in a theater lobby and you have oscar call from across the group in that [wearied Ugh God] way of ‘jim, they’re remaking ___’ while jim just kind of gives a cursory “wow gosh” or whatever and like, i sure don’t have lots of Theatre Opinions but that “oh jeez i have a Take on this and have to share it with someone” vibe is like hahaha yeah.....it’s funny in the “the gang goes to the ice rink for a third of the ep” bit where you just catch oscar doing [ice skating turn] with some solemn intensity.......the “here’s a question nobody’s asking: is this worth it” quote.........way at the end where there’s a whole deal with one of the indoor plants and he’s like “why is it a He” @ the collective gendering of the houseplant lmfao.......i love the one thing where he and pam and uhh toby right? have the Finer Things book club or whatever and jim wants to join just like ~ironically~ and pam has to tell him that oscar doesn’t want him to join b/c he’s not going to take it seriously and use it as a Jokes Vehicle. and then you get the scene at the end where jim Is basically doing that and they’re just like taking it out of him and oscar’s all very seriously like “did you get it all out of your system” lmfao like yeah, earnest members only lmao.....the thing where he gets mad at angela’s like Jazz Musician Posed Babies posters all “it’s kitsch it Destroys art” lmaoooo and in a totally different season all “this is the problem with debate” over the completely inconsequential “is [whichever actress, i forget] Hot” “”””debate””””.......the whole tendency to get involved and always have a take to get across.....opinionated-sometimes-to-the-point-of-petty central. also that he’s the canon gay, are there even any others? anyways and as the us office’s spiritual successor i’ll add on to this by uh what’s the name of billy eichner’s character on parks and rec? it’s craig right. that Self-Powered Intensity is very #me as well.

5) augh god........im like lmfao shit who represents my Hater Club side. hmmm. oh no wait you know what. totally different but i love Prof Beatrice Hotchkiss in the trt nancy drew pc game. she’s holed up in her room writing all the time and just is weird when you try to talk to her all like no i won’t open the door, bring me food, do this Research, bring me my Ski Boots i guess......and then when you do meet her it’s all at like post-midnight in the lounge and she’s all like, encouraging you as a Night Owl and your investigative curiosity and all and i’m like oh word yeah being up in the dead of night is the shit. she’s just weird and passionate and this is another character i might not Act hardly at all like but who i vibe with lmfao. hotchkiss was the supportive adult in my life

6) remembering how hotchkiss is a historian made me think of academia which made me think of like, once again with “these vibes are So So Rare” i really ought to put the wrol role of Nato on the list cuz like. that essential representation of “gets gr8 grades but isn’t really ~academic~ / doesn’t care about that and really just cares about Hanging W Friends and [real specific interests]” is like wow damn that’s the Mood. coz like to an extent i can always Relate to the ~overachiever~ types a la the [nerd character gets all-A’s and other nerd shit] deal, but there’s eventually the issue of like.....those characters like bindy mackenzies and alana becks Care about their achievements (not exclusively as some ppl would have it 9_9) and are Studious whereas i always hated school and was a godawful student in terms of Habits and always got good grades b/c the devil was with me or something and like people will think i must have tried real hard and dedicated myself to Academics and stuff and it’s like.........no................not at all hardly, sure i did my hw every night but at like 11:29 pm or studied for a midterm at lunch right before the class lol or flipped through a lil bit of the sat study guide the night prior.........the “low-effort dumbass who Academically Excels Anyhow” representation is so crucial like!! i run into a wall when it’s the Good Grades nerd character who is real studious and focused and stuff like. couldn’t be me. meanwhile the “naturally weird + probably some ‘deliberate’ weirdness” and “likes animals” and “most likely to just wanna Roll With It” and “shitty focus lol” and “non sequiturs” and “without [activity] i do nothing” is all like....ahahahohoho..........nato rly got to make this list. and honorable mention for Wrol Jeremy. again: whom doesn’t relate!!!!!!!!

7) damnit i know there’s So many answers to [characters i relate to] and whom cover like, more particular Facets here but i’m struggling lmao. Uh. like i’m like, who’s the Hot Mess / continually evolving disaster characters i vibe with......who’s the peak despresso detached Haters rep......who embodies the solo production lifestyle........dammit you know what lol i tend to Feel for like, the background ~nobodies~ who might just get like totally destroyed in some movie with life or death stakes just to like, show how much danger our heroes / Important Complex Protags are. same w/ jeremy not feeling like the Hero / the one who the story’s about / the cool guy / player 1 / etc etc etc i’m like oo i’d be the npc who doesn’t really do anything, i’d be the rando getting blown away in the background of someone else’s story. on a totally different note another shoutout / honorable mention to wybie from the coraline lmfao one of the best characters invented from thin air for an adaptation......tangentially relevant b/c he’s entirely here to support the protag / not his story at all, just here to help and prompt interactions / exposition really.......but love that [weird loner kid who’s best friend is a cat and annoys the other kid and doesn’t Get it and has specific interests and entertains himself and just is doing weird shit around here tf dude lmao killing it] like, #mood. #lifestyle. less dismal to relate to than the bg person who dies......his counterpart who totally dies is somewhat fleshed out / given Investment so it doesnt Really count as [background Nobody who’s really just fodder for “defining the stakes / threat level”] Character Concept

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

latkes maybe......Yummy

#i expect to now just think of like ten dozen Other Characters who would've been great to mention #c'est la vie!!! c'est comme ca!!!! speaking of. thinking of the hc that winston jsut. drops french phrases into his speech sometimes #building on the moi....tbt ur benston fic w quelle horreur.....#nothingunrealistic1

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