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There has been something that has been bothering me the past months ever since Delicious in Dungeon became popular and in the past few weeks has been really irking me; the automatic assumption that Laios MUST be autistic because he's weird and quirky and that this assumption gets treated as his only defining trait by some of the fandom. I don't like it, I don't like idea that Autistic people can only be defined by their Autism or othered because of it or that only men can autistic or that characters can only be autistic if they fit the preconceived stereotypes. To me, all of the main cast can be read as Autistic, including Falin or Marcille yet that can't be in fans eyes because of the "Women can't be Autistic!" myth and in the topic of this thread, Chilchuck can't be in people's eyes because he's deemed too "cool" and Autistic people can't be considered that.

And this is something that really irks me when I see non-Autistic people diagnosing fictional characters; they always determine that weird and quirky characters are Autistic, never the ones that are deemed cool, badarse or "normal". It's frustrating seeing people be surprised to learn that Symmetra from Overwatch is canonly Autistic because she's deemed too cool and not weird enough in their eyes.

And like why? Why do Autistic people in fiction have be weird and quirky and why are only the weird and quirky ones determined to be Autistic to fandoms? Why are Autistic people in fiction judge based on how weird and quirky they are over any other traits of feats they've accomplished? Why is it so hard for people to understand that Autistic people can be very different and varied like anyone else, we don't all fit a single stereotype or act the same.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-cant-autistic-people-be-badasses-badarses-in-the-eyes-of-fandom.915648/




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