#salmon fishing in the yemen

[hoardingpuffin]

Autistic Person rates Autistic Characters in Media

In this post, I will be rating some autistic characters in media (specifically TV and movies) based on how well represented I feel by them as an autistic person. Keep in mind that this is thus a subjective list since autism is very individual and no two autistic people will have the same experience or opinions. I would also like to add that I am what would be considered a Low Support Needs autistic person, seen that I can generally live without too much assistance or accommodations, which means that my experience is going to not be relatable to autistic people with higher support needs than mine. On that note, also please keep in mind that “low functioning” and “high functioning” are harmful labels and that they are not the same as “low support needs” and “high support needs”. Also, obviously, since this is subjective, I am not saying that nobody else on the spectrum can’t like or relate to any of these characters; this is my own opinion, not a purely objective rating. Finally, whilst I will be rating these characters on a scale of 1 (worst) to 6 (best), I will not be ranking them in this post.

This list includes characters that are explicitly named to be autistic or that are widely accepted to be autistic, for example because the creators or actors confirmed it in retrospect or because the canon very strongly implies it and the creators have not spoken out in denial of it. Also I can obviously only rate the media I have actually seen so if your favourites aren't on this list, this is why.

CONTENT WARNINGS THAT APPLY: mentions of antisemitism (briefly), mentions of Autism Speaks, mentions of ableism, mentions of an autistic male character acting creepily towards women.

I will be signalling Pros/positive points with a + sign and Cons/negative points with a – sign.

Dr. Isidore Latham (Ato Essandoh) – Chicago Med (2/6)

- “curing autism” theme in the episodes centric on his personal experiences

- usage of the outdated and antisemitic term “Aspergers” over “Autism” (this is especially harmful considering Dr. Latham is Jewish)

+ Black autistic representation (which is rare seen that most autistic characters tend to be White) and Jewish autistic representation

+ whilst Dr. Latham is shown to not be the most social man and to be very direct, he isn’t outright rude or unprofessional

- as far as I could find out online, the actor is allistic (it is always better to cast a disabled actor for a disabled role)

Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) – The Good Doctor (0/6)

- the show collaborates with Autism Speaks, who are known to be a hate group not actually looking to help or listen to autistic people

- allistic actor

- extremely stereotypical in its portrayal (extremely antisocial, no friends, always literal, no social awareness – even though autistic people struggle with allistic tone patterns, usually they would be able to pick up at least somewhat what other people consider rude behaviour and would try to avoid it, something Shaun never seems to do)

- transphobia from the one autistic character, implying directly that autistic people are unable to understand the concept of a transgender identity (when in truth, studies show that many people on the spectrum also often identify as not on the gender binary or as transgender)

- Autistic Savant trope (portraying autistic people as geniuses when in fact, less than 5% of all autistic people are a Savant and even if we are very interested in a topic such as medicine, we still need to learn and study just as allistic people)

Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) – The Community (4/6)

+ writer of the series is on the spectrum

+ PoC autistic representation

+ whilst not clearly being labelled as autistic, the character is recognizable as an autistic person without hitting all the stereotypical tropes such as being antisocial, never joking, always being literal or being a “genius” without ever studying etc. - allistic actor

- whilst generally not labelling a character as autistic is not a bad thing, it makes it harder for autistic people to definitely say “this character is autistic”, meaning that allistics can ignore the coding if they wish to cling to their own, often stereotyped idea of what autism “looks like”

Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (3/6)

- allistic actor

- stereotypical, but not as badly as other portrayals

+ avoids the trope of autistic people not having emotions, instead showing Alfred’s struggle expressing and understanding tone and emotions

+ generally good portrayal of a special interest being made part of the life via the job (salmon and fly fishing)

Music Gamble (Maddie Ziegler) – Music (0/6)

- creator Sia has openly shown ableist behaviour, putting down autistic people, not listening to autistic voices and criticism etc.

- allistic actress

- collaboration with Autism Speaks

- extremely stereotypical portrayal and infantalization of autistic nonverbal people

- harmful techniques such as restraining being shown on screen

- graphic meltdown scenes being shown

Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist) – Atypical (1/6)

- allistic actor

- in-universe infantilization of autistic people (via Mother Elsa)

- having the autistic character act dangerously, for example locking someone in the closet because they annoy him or borderline predatorily pursuing his therapist, sheds a harmful light on autistic people

- as far as is known, no autistic people were included in the production or writing process

- many instances show autistic-related habits or traits, for example wearing noise cancelling headphones, but frame it in a way that the audience is supposed to find it funny or laugh at the protagonist

- instead of making Sam sympathetic, he is largely just shown to make everyone around him uncomfortable

+ the ongoing portrayal of Sam’s special interest is generally well-done

- an ongoing theme is Sam’s girlfriend Paige restricting his info-dumping and by extension his special interest (something autistic people get active joy from) to three “dumps” a day so he can act “more normal” – this might teach allistic viewers that this is something they can do to their autistic friends

Sara Eriksson (Frida Argento) – Young Royals (5/6)

- usage of “Aspergers” both in the show and by the actress

+ actually autistic actress

+ autistic traits like mirroring, struggling with social context or tone and directness/bluntness as well as a special interest (horses) are shown whilst tropes like Sara being entirely unempathetic, rude and antisocial being avoided

Isadora Smackle (Ceci Balagot) and Farkle Minkus (Corey Fogelmanis) – Girl meets World (2/6)

- usage of “Aspergers”

- the original title of the episode centric on autism was “Girl Meets Normal”, implying autism is something abnormal, which is a potentially very harmful rhetoric

- autism is shown as something bad, with Farkle’s friends actively trying to fight over him being not autistic, insisting he is “normal”, generally treating autism as something they don’t want their friend to be associated with – a very harmful take in a show for kids and young teens

+ Smackle is a major, long-term autistic character rather than a One Episode throwaway character, even though she is generally quite stereotypical (but given that this show generally has every character act over the top and often fitting in specific categories this is not as bad, it just makes her fit in the framework of the show; she is not the only one who is largely stereotypically portrayed)

+ actor Ceci Balagot is themselves autistic (according to their twitter that is)

Renee (Madison Bandy) – Loop (6/6)

+ PoC nonverbal autistic character portrayed by a nonverbal autistic voice actress

+ in production, an active effort was made to make the actress feel comfortable, so that her experience working on the film would be accommodating and positive rather than unnessicarily stressful

+ generally very well-done portrayal of both sensory seeking and sensory overstimulated behaviour and the experience as an autistic person

Matilda (Kayla Cromer), Nicholas (Josh Thomas) and Drea (Lillian Carrier) – Everything is gonna be okay (6/6)

+ autistic actors playing autistic characters and autistic writer

+ very realistic portrayal of autism and how it differs in different people, as well as how it can affect interpersonal relationships (also having the sister mention that she thought she understood autism as a whole but later realized she only understood her sister's autism specifically because it is so individual)

+ realistic portrayal of sensory overload, stimming, communication between different autistic people etc.

+ queer autistic people – gay and asexual autistic main characters

+ autistic people joking, showing emotions, humour without the autistic people being the butt of the joke

+ empathetic portrayal of an adult realizing they might be on the spectrum and the denial and questioning that comes with that

+ portrayals of autistic special interests and autistic joy

Quinni (Chloé Hayden) – Heartbreak High (5.5/6)

+ autistic actress playing an autistic character

+ autistic queer representation

+ themes of ableism are included but dealt with sensitively and without making the ableism seem harmless

+ realistic portrayal of stimming, struggle with abrupt change of plans, overstimulation, meltdowns, autistic joy, info dumping etc.

+  autistic character having genuine friendships and friends who support her and know her sensory needs etc.

- because it is set in high school, this is a very specific group being represented so it is possible that the largest part of the autistic community won’t see themselves completely accurately portrayed, but chances are they can relate to Quinni nonetheless at least in aspects.

#autistic characters #autism #autistic representation #autistic characters rated #autism representation #actually autistic #heartbreak high 2022 #heartbreak high quinni #everything is gonna be okay #atypical #loop pixar #salmon fishing in the yemen #abed the community #music movie #chicago med #young royals sara #young royals #girl meets world autism #girl meets world #farkle minkus #the good doctor #shaun murphy #fuck autism speaks #autism speaks doesn't speak for me

[crucifiix]

#ewan mcgregor #salmon fishing in the yemen #( my gifs. )

[phoenixspencer]

Happy 52nd Birthday, Ewan!

Showcasing my favorite of Ewan's roles (so far) to celebrate his birthday:

1. Mark Renton, Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017) 2. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars 3. Alex Law, Shallow Grave (1994) 4. Alfred Jones, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) 5. Danny Torrance, Doctor Sleep (2019)

#ewan mcgregor #ewan's 52nd <3 #mark renton #trainspotting #t2 trainspotting #obi wan kenobi #star wars #owk #revenge of the sith #alex law #shallow grave #alfred jones #salmon fishing in the yemen #danny torrance #doctor sleep #i was almost late but we don't talk about that #phoenixspencer gifs

[fanfrelon]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen & The Office & The Magic Roundabout & Mean Girls & Supernatural & Modern Family & Unplanned

#salmon fishing in the yemen #the office #the magic roundabout #mean girls #supernatural #modern family #unplanned #movies #series #weekly schedule #parallels #movieedit #seriesedit #my edits #2402

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday #emilyblunt #actress #thedevilwearsprada #edgeoftomorrow #intothewoods #oppenheimer #thefallguy #thewolfman #theadjusmentbureau #thegirlonatrain #salmonfishingintheyemen #junglecruise #theyoungvictoria #thehuntsmanwinterwar #sicario #marypoppinsreturns #aquietplace

#happybirthday #emily blunt #actress #the devil wears prada #edge of tomorrow #into the woods #oppenheimer #the fall guy #the wolfman #the adjustment bureau #the girl on the train #salmon fishing in the yemen #jungle cruise #the young victoria #thehuntsmanwinterwar #sicario #mary poppins returns #a quiet place

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays to the very awesome and very beautiful Emily Blunt!!!

#Emily blunt #my summer of love #mary poppins returns #edge of tomorrow #a quiet place #a quiet place 2 #the devil wears prada #wild mountain thyme #the adjustment bureau #jungle cruise #salmon fishing in the yemen #sunshine cleaning #looper #sicario #the five year engagement #wild target #actress #movies #television #the young victoria #the girl on the train

[friskynotebook]

Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor as Harriet Chetwode-Talbot and Dr. Alfred Jones in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (one of my comfort movies!)✨

You can get a high quality print of this piece on my Inprnt ✨

No-pressure tags: @saradika @obiknights @princessxkenobi

#emily blunt #ewan mcgregor #salmon fishing in the Yemen #Harriet chetwode-talbot #dr. Alfred Jones #fred jones #my art #artbytmb

[iensen-ackles]

Millie’s list of favorite movie scenes ↳ ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ (2011). - I love her. - Oh… Does she love you? - I don’t know now. Yesterday you weren’t alive.

#salmon fishing in the yemen #ewan mcgregor #tom mison #* #*film #*salmon #*ffs

[xxlittle0birdxx]

Okay... so... apparently my crush for Ewan McGregor characters knows no bounds. A couple of weeks ago, a friend's spouse went out of town, and she invited me over to binge Obi-Wan Kenobi with her (she hadn't seen it yet, because he would make snide comments), and after it was over, we mused about the Ewan McGregor movies we'd watch next. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen came up. I love this movie, but hadn't watched it in years. I'm not embarrassed to admit I watched it 6 times over a week. I just love watching his character slowly transform from someone governed by logic to someone who remembers there's a place in his life for dreaming. So anyway...

___

Between that final row after he resigned from the Department of Fisheries and Agriculture, and Mary's text pleading with him to stay with her, Fred had come to realize he'd never really loved her. He proposed because she seemed to expect him to, and he didn't quite know how to extricate himself from it all. He never experienced the heat of passion with her that he'd read about, but he hadn't known any better. His mother had died when he was young, and his father never remarried, so Fred's examples of happy marriages were what he saw on the telly or in films, but he dismissed those as the product of someone's fevered imagination. In all fairness to Mary, he hadn't known what he wanted or needed, not then. And even if he had known, he didn't have the vocabulary to express it. And it always seemed easier just to let her have her way. Emotionally, anyway. She always shot down his meekly voiced ideas with barbs so subtle that he didn't realize just how sharp they were until much later when another tiny piece of his soul gradually withered and died. So by the time the initial e-mail from Harriet dropped into his inbox, he didn't know what dreams and desires were his and which were Mary's anymore.

#salmon fishing in the yemen #epilogue #understated ewan mcgregor characters #dr. fred jones #harriet chetwode-talbot #if there were every two characters that deserve a sweet and sappy epilogue #it's these two #fluff #tooth rotting fluff #salmon fishing in the yemen movie

[crucifiix]

#ewan mcgregor #salmon fishing in the yemen #( my gifs. )

[beautifulfaaces]

Otto Farrant

Facts

November 13, 1996

English actor

Filmography

Alex [Alex Rider: 2020-2021]

Charley [Edge of the World: 2021]

Petya [War & Peace: 2016]

Thomas [The White Queen: 2013]

Joshua [Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: 2011]

Appearance

blonde

blue eyes

1.75m

Roleplay

playable: teenager, young adult

Icons: Alex Rider

#Otto Farrant #male 90s #male english #90s male english #alex rider #edge of the world #war & peace #the white queen #salmon fishing in the yemen #blonde male teen #blonde male young #90s male blonde #blue eyes male teen #blue eyes male young #90s male blue eyes #teenager male #young adult male

[neighboringpillow]

#salmon fishing in the yemen #ewan mcgregor #emily blunt #lasse hallstroem

[navree]

anyway obi wan’s “promise me” about getting leia to alderaan made me very sad where is ewan’s emmy

#personal #obi wan kenobi #obi wan kenobi spoilers #it's the pain in his voice for me #all the awards to ewan mcgregor now and forever #this series could make me forgive a hundred salmon fishing in the yemens

[ewansbeard]

OK, I'm bored. let's make a poll

pls reblog for sample size :)

#ewansbeard #ewan mcgregor #poll #tumblr poll #polls #tumblr polls

[daisygrayce]

Getting to Know You

@ineffablefood - Ask and you shall receive

Favorite color: Black and purple. Yellow's been growing on me.

Last song: As Heaven is Wide, Garbage

Last movie: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (quiet, gentle, romantic)

Currently watching: Good Omens, again! Keeping it going in the background. Referring to scenes a lot.

Other stuff I watched this year: Was TV invented then??? It seems so far away: Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, The Lake, Upload

Shows I dropped this year: Discovery, Jack Ryan, The Consultant

Currently reading: Coraline, Neil Gaiman; On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King; Absalom! Absalom!, William Faulkner; UK Travel Books been inspired to visit wonder why???

Currently listening to: Coldplay, Shinedown, Garbage, Taylor Swift, The Killers, The Clash, random stuff

Currently working on: My own little GO meta. One day, wait for it, Shazaam! I'll lay it out there: Big fat GO fanfic that no one will ever see

Current obsession: Good Omens, Nanowrimo & the above mentioned trip to the UK (OK GO)

@ ineffablefood I'm stealing this: I would love to tag all my mutuals, followers, and all people that I follow, because I like getting small glimpses of people's lives. So if you're reading this, and want to, consider yourself tagged!

@phoen1xr0se this definitely includes you

#getting to know you #get to know me #renew good omens

[emilybluntt]

imagine a showdown of every emily blunt character. who would be the sole winner?

i am going to be honest and say that i have been pondering this question all day. i wanted to sit and give this some thought because i wanted the answer to be just right. we are going to just include feature film roles ( none animated ), because most of her tv roles have been eh. we are also not going to consider the one short she has been in.

right off the bat emily ( devil wears prada ), harriet ( salmon fishing in the yemen ), baker's wife ( into the woods ), violet ( the five year engagement ), tamsin ( my summer of love ), girl ( wind chill ), mara ( irresistible ), valerie ( the great buck howard ), prudie ( the jane austen book club ), jane ( charlie wilson's war ), norah ( sunshine cleaning ), and elise ( the adjustment bureau ) are immediately dead. they have zero survival instincts.

the real contenders in this show down would be rita ( edge of tomorrow ), evelyn ( a quiet place ), rose ( wild target ), mary ( gulliver's travels ), sara ( looper ), kate ( sicario ), lily ( jungle cruise ), and freya ( huntsmen winter's war ). are all of these characters badass right out the gate? possibly not, but some of them prove to be resourceful enough to stick around for bit, not a long time, but a bit.

i think rita is the one taking this home though. i mean hell she is the full metal bitch after all. she has killed hundreds of mimics by herself.

she was the reason that they started to mass produce the exo-suits for the udf. like?? the angel of verdun deserves the respect on her name.

sorry for that long winded answer, but yes! that is who i think would win an emily blunt character show down. yes, some of the other contenders have some points, but imagine if it was rita that still the time altering ability, no one could stand a chance.

#look who got an ask #anon ask #emily blunt #loml #just note these are my opinions #and they are fact #xD #edge of tomorrow #rita vrataski