#ME AS VAATI

[donniesexceptionalmind]

HI! HAVE ART!

I have no idea how accurate the outfit is (and I suck major ASS at drawing hats) but I tried and I hope u enjoy :333 (I also made the lil clip thing for the cape the logo thing (???) yall have bc its cool >:D) (AND ALSO PLS PLS PLS TAKE THIS AN EXCUSE TO RANT ABOUT EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION OR SMTH BC I HEARD U HAPPEN TO RANT A LOT ABOUT AUTISM AND I AM V INTERESTED IN THAT STUFF!!!)

Me when J saw the art:

I actually infodumped about executive dysfunction before!

But I will share some additional information about it because you drew this amazing piece of art & I am very joyous. ✨️

Here is my personal experience:

Executive dysfunction can be really challenging & for me, it is a huge part of all the things that make autism a disability.

The everyday experience as an autistic person is already loaded with stress, anxiety & discomfort - and on top of that we are getting blessed with not being able to do things even though we need to. There is a barrier in our brain that says "No" & you can't do anything about it. You are perhaps paralyzed, doomscrolling social media or just staring at the wall for hours.

The outside perspective of this is always "You are lazy, you are not trying hard enough, just do it", but it is not as easy as that. If it were that easy, we wouldn't be struggling. Because, you know, we DO KNOW we need to get these things done & sometimes we WANT TO get them done!

In short, executive functioning skills are cognitive skills that help us to regulate & control our thoughts & actions. Planning your actions is actually a higher executive functioning skill just like problem-solving.

Struggling with executive functioning can look like:

Not being able to begin a task that involves multiple steps, e.g., cooking a meal - it's just too much to process, too much to do!

Hyperfocus: getting too absorbed in a task so you forget everything around you, including bodily signals like hunger, thirst, tiredness (although hyperfocus can also be a blessing to get things done and/or experience a large amount of joy, especially when it comes to our special interests)

Struggling to reply to messages in time (e.g. my inability to answer inbox messages even though I genuinely want to)

Struggling with decision making, e.g, which task do I do first, what should I wear? Even crucial things like 'Should I get up?'

What helps me:

ROUTINES. Honestly. As an autistic person I have a lot of terrible days, but there are also days that are not too bad. And the perfectionist that I am, on days that are not too bad I try to do as much as possible- which can lead to having a terrible day straight after. BUT I have established a very well basic system of routines & tasks that IF I stick to them, I will be fine (mostly). (If I were sticking to it. It's a struggle. AHEM.)

And it is OKAY to have rituals & routines.

We seek to replicate success when we experience it because it makes us feel safe, grounded & happy!

And also bring order to the chaos that is the world around us - it is REALLY upsetting to live here, isn't it?

For Leon it's incredibly hard to establish routine because of his ADHD & this is a whole new topic to cover.

And yes, it is fairly common that people of all neurotypes have routines.

The difference though:

My day will get significantly worse if I can't do what I have planned or if I miss a segment of an established ritual.

For example, if I can't have my lunch in the time frame I always have it, it will cause physical & mental pain - sometimes to the point of a meltdown if things add up.

As I mentioned before I am sometimes NOT coherent with sticking to these routines & that is because of internal ableism & my own ignorance.

I struggle to accept that I have a disability & that I am not functioning like neurotypicals. Their standard shall be mine, but I can't live up to that standard. This is a problem I still have to overcome.

I sometimes expect too much of myself & burn myself out, blame myself for not achieving goals etcetera. This is not healthy.

There should be a base level of respect for an autistic person's need for routine & compassion when it does get ripped to shreds.

The world is unpredictable. Unexpected changes will happen if we want it or not.

I hope I was able to provide additional input! /g

#IT LOOKS AMAZING #ME AS VAATI #donnie speaks #donnies exceptional mind #turtle net #the legend of zelda #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #executive dysfunction #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt donatello #autism awareness #autism spectrum disorder #donatello infodumps #autism #autistic thoughts

[figmentforms]

Part 246 of  “A Tale of Two Rulers” (Oct 26, 2023)

THIS IS SO LATE!!! My brain finally kicked back on. I'm sorry, but thank you so much for understanding and being patient as always.

Thanks so much to all my amazing supporters that help make this comic happen! ♥

Also special thanks to loud-monotone-screaming for the great name suggestion for Duskar! Much appreciated! That's his name now.

And also thanks to biggaymatt for suggesting Bidna for "Boy Midna". Simple. Powerful. Good middle name for him.

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for those that wonder how the medical stuff is going, I'll put that below the cut so anyone who doesn't want to see it can skip it easier:

Three of the 12 eggs made it to blastocysts and are now frozen! One is a boy, one is a girl, and one is a ninja who's test results came back 'unknown'. Unknown is a excellent gender. Very proud of all my little frozen snow babies. I really hope they live. Hopefully I will only have to do one more surgery before I can see if my body is fit to give these kids life. If you happen to pray, please send prayers to make these kids powerful. I really really really want them to live. I'm kinda worried sick.

#The irony of the dog and bird and such looking down on vaati for being a mouse is not lost on me XD #A Tale of Two Rulers #Zelda #Ganondorf #Vaati #Midna #turns out it's hard to draw mice #Duskar Bidna

[bluury2]

ENJOY THIS ANIMATION OF VAATI AND SHADOW

This is canon and you can’t change my mind.

Sonic dub by snap cube

#this came to me in a dream #canon #linked universe #legend of zelda #art #my art #fanart #loz #dont steal #lu fanart #the legend of zelda #link #linked universe shadow #lu shadow #shadow link #shadow the hedgehog #shadow sonic #vaati #vaati the wind mage #legend of zelda vaati #loz vaati #linked universe four #four swords adventures #four swords #four swords manga #animatic #animation

[somnimagus]

colored some more things from my sketchbook! zelda edition this time

[id in alt!]

#loz #legend of zelda #food #specific games from left to right (more or less) are: #twilight princess #wind waker #skyward sword #ocarina of time #minish cap #it feels like i suddenly understand how to color when i do these.. i'm scheming ways to get digital art to click like this for me #but man i used to be obsessed with midna medli saria and vaati as a kid so drawing them again a decade later feels super weird #and adult me now has an additional love of telma ruto and for some reason fledge. i think his design is cute #i don't show my ocs on the internet so you're gonna have to take my word for this but #zelda actually completely sparked my love of character design! i'm still hugely inspired by the older games #plus the anthro designs from botw! i love teba very much #but fi specifically is probably my favorite character design from anything ever. she's perfect to me #fan art #my doodles #my art

[smilesrobotlover]

Some villain squad bs without any context lol. I do have a story idea for this. Just guys bein dudes.

Also I did mention how I wanted Kogha in this au but sadly he doesn’t have that big of a role except for antagonist against these guys and it’s all Astor’s fault lol.

#someone stop me from making another mini comic based after a stupid joke #agh #legend of zelda #legend of zelda au #zelda au #ghirahim #yuga #zant #vaati #astor #ganondorf #demise #yeah the link in this story has an older brother :) #master kogha #I was inspired to draw Yuga looking pretty #villain squad

[v-toast]

hi

#id in alt #four swords manga #minish cap #tloz #art #whatss up guys it has. wow. it has been some time #thank u sage for mentioning minish vaati and giving me the idea for the 2nd image

[ezlo-x]

drawing dump

#these drawings are kinda old #the first one is DRIVING ME NUTS CAUSE I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION DRAWING THAT #WHAT DID I MEAN BY THIS??? #tloz au #urbosa #ganondorf #sheik #queen layra #daruk #vaati #my art

[lavleyart]

So on my birthday there was a blue supermoon :D i was busy with my gf on that day but now here I am and here is my late bday gift to myself lol. Vaati is the man on the moon XD

Fun fact: Did you know that I started posting my art online on my birthday in 2013? So that means I am now posting my art online for 10 years! And guess what my first ever art post was Vaati naturally.

It all comes together so nicely I love it omg.

#vaati #the legend of zelda #vaati the wind mage #legend of zelda vaati #loz vaati #minish cap #i dont think my 15 year old birthday self would have expected me to still go so strong over him ten years later #she sorted her obsession in as teenage crush and though 'thats normal for my age it will go away' lol #but since when am I normal actually lol #vaati fanart #loz fanart #zelda fanart #minish vaati #blue supermoon

[theforgxttenshade]

"What do you want?"

Vaati art be upon thee.

#~;a splash of ink (my art) #vaati #legend of zelda #the legend of zelda #minish cap #four swords #I don't usually leave the other eye visible but It turned out too good not for me to leave it in behind his hair lmao #also want you guys to know the file name is Vaa(tea) kkkkk

[solargeist]

this guy

#my art #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #thistle #he reminds me of vaati he is so fuked up

[deep-nerd]

if nintendo wont love him I will

#the legend of zelda #the minish cap #four swords #loz vaati #my art #grape man himself #i dont wanna talk about how this made SAI and Clip Studio hate me

[macaroonkitti]

Celebrating October with some pumpkins and minish!!!

#inspired by my mom getting me some mini pumpkins :> #loz #legend of zelda #tloz #the legend of zelda #minish cap #link #ezlo #vaati #hes just there #minish #this is also for blacktober just because #blacktober 2023 #my art

[figmentforms]

Part 241 of  “A Tale of Two Rulers” (March 2, 2023) ★Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/LorIllustration ★

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Thanks so much to all my amazing supporters that help make this comic happen! ♥

As I mentioned last month, March is going to be a crazy time for me. Everything from my first-ever surgery, to moving to a new home, plus running my art booth at an out-of-state convention (EvilleCon). Not to mention a number of other important things that I seriously need to get to like taxes. (>∧<') Rather than try to rush the next update and do it poorly and half-delayed, I think it would be best to take next month off. I'm really sorry and I hope it's not too disappointing for most people! I will be back at the end of April with a new update!

Thank you again for your support and for just reading my comic! I hope this update brings you some fun! ( ＾◡＾)っ ♡

#A Tale of Two Rulers #zelda #vaati #moon #thank you all for your patience! #the nerd in me couldn't help the space refs!

[james-p-sullivan]

joining the dark side wasn’t what vio thought it would be

based on this post which was then based on this post

#i don’t have an original thought in my head #four swords #four swords adventures #four swords manga #shadow link #vio link #vaati #legend of Zelda #loz #art tag #postception #i made this a while ago #just found it again and it made me laugh lmao #thought id share

[ploppymeep]

ghirahim beefing w teenagers again smh🙄🤦‍♂️

[human au shenanigans vaatis not too fond of ganons employees and they’re not to fond of him either (both of them r annoying🙄)]

for context ghirahim gets asked to pick up vaati from school and like karate practice a lot and it is NAWT in his job description but he won’t say no to ganon. neither of them are happy about this, their opposite hanging bangs cause universal energies to clash it’s not pretty

#i think vaati is very vocal ab his dislike for ghirahim to ganon tho where as if ganon asks ghirahim he’s like *strained smile* #oh he’s SUCH a delight *grits teeth #they’re funny to me #my art #tloz #loz #ghirahim #vaati #human au #the legend of zelda #human historia

[zeldasgard]

Vaati headcanons hmm?

How do you think he dances? Does he have two left feet or is he pretty decent? If the latter, what does he prefer?

Oh I like this one! Mainly because I have never thought about it in depths so this is the occasion.

I do not see him having any interest in learning how humans dance in Minish Cap, although he probably knows of some Minish celebration/traditional dances. I absolutely see Minishs enjoying dancing and playing music. I am thinking mainly of an Irish like musical culture for them. So by that logic… maybe Vaati being able to dance a jig is a thing. I don’t see him enjoying it though, because it would make him feel like a fool. I can imagine him as a Minish refusing to take part in any of these, or: he would at the beginning, then as his fascination for darkness in the hearts of men grows he would take himself too seriously to take part in any of these “silly activities”.

But afterwards? He has many centuries to learn many refined skills, and (human) dance would be one of them. I think that he would be pretty decent, after all he has to show off that he is worthy of court like settings for personal pride matters, also probably to impress the ladies. That is, if he can ever turn back into his human form after Minish Cap. And as such, the one dance I can really imagine him dancing and enjoying would be the waltz.

Thank you for your submission, it was very fun <3

#vaati #the legend of zelda #four swords #minish cap #tloz #zelda #ask #as I was writing I might have thought about ballet and tango as well #I have no idea why but it was funny to imagine Vaati dancing these lol #mainly because I have no idea if these are a thing in Hyrule at all #feel free to enlighten me #waltz is the cliche royal setting dance so I assume it exists in Hyrule