Autistic (Coded) Characters I Actually Relate To

17 днів тому

... or that curious phenomena when a character never intended as autistic is better representation that brown haired rude white boy number thousand. Finally had an idea for #AutismAcceptanceMonth but sadly only relatively late.
That is also why the subtitles are not finished yet; I would not manage to still be in April if I waited until I have them finished, but I will definitely add them and signal that with adding "[Subtitled]" in the title.
Chapters:
Intro: 00:04 - 01:41
Spock (Star Trek TOS) 01:41 - 4:50
Pearl (Steven Universe) 04:50 - 07:16
Lennier (Babylon 5) 07:16 - 14:12
Data (Star Trek TNG) 14:12 - 18:10
Raj (The Big Bang Theory) 18:10 - 22:32
Amy (The Big Bang Theory) 22:32 - 24:29
Rana (The Risen Empire) 24:29 - 27:17
Entrapta (She-Ra) 27:17 - 30:19
Own Voices:
Xandri (Failure To Communicate) 30:19 - 32:24
Aster (An Unkindness of Ghosts) 32:24 - 34:22
Might be autism might be something else:
Tally (Uglies Series) 34:22 - 36:25
Harrow (The Locked Tomb) 36:25 - 37:39
End 37:39 - 38:52
Entrapta art:
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/tallysgreatest...
Twitter: / 1784304535277539421
Rana art:
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/tallysgreatest...
Twitter: / 1784627952757473574
Mentioned other video essays about some of these characters:
Rana, Xandri:
Underrated Sapphic Space Operas: • Underrated Sapphic Spa...
Entrapta:
Why So Many Disabled People Love the Monster Romance Trope: • Why so many disabled p...
What Entrapdak Means To Me as a Disabled Person:
• What Entrapdak (She-Ra...
Data:
Autism and Robot Tropes: • Autism and Robot Trope...

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@flatwoodsdaemon 15 днів тому

A character I've personally always related to as an autistic person was Deku from MHA. Namely, the detail that he's extremely good and smart about what he's specifically interested in, but not as much at everything else. He's not insanely smart at literally everything ever, he's *just* insanely smart about his special interest, superheroes, and for someone who always felt stupid for struggling with schoolwork because it wasn't related to anything I was interested in, seeing him infodump made me feel really seen.

@Hyzentley 15 днів тому

Oh yeah, that is such a fitting detail/observation. Have the same experience. I don't know the show, but that sounds good

@Audhder-kj2hj 14 днів тому

I love the characters from The Owl House, I'm an AuDHDer and Luz Noceda, the main character in the show actually showed so much resemblance with me, which actually having a part in my evidence to show when I got my medical and canonical diagnosis. I love it when I spot a character on screen and instantly go "Oh, you're like me!" It's like that one spiderman moment, you know. It makes me feel genuinely connected with the character and I absolutely love it when it happens.

@Hyzentley 14 днів тому

Love to hear that. I do not personally know the show since I heard some horrible things from fandom toxicity, but heard about this before

@StainedBrain 13 днів тому

Have you listened to “Ordinary” by Joriah Kwamé? He wrote the song specifically for Luz’s character since so many people connected his song “Little Miss Perfect” to Amity. I relate a lot to the song (and to Luz since I’m AuDHD as well), so maybe you’d like it too!

@Hyzentley 13 днів тому

Thanks for the rec!

@Audhder-kj2hj 13 днів тому

@@StainedBrain Oh yes, I've already heard it, and I actually liked it so much! Thanks for the recommendation :)

@RWTHRLL 14 днів тому

getting in early to say donnie from rottmnt (2018 tmnt) is amazing, there's a few videos about it if you wanna check it out, otherwise the movie is quite accessible and worth a watch! unfortunately the movie is moreso a summary of his character arc about accepting change but still shows many autistic traits such as sensory issues and low empathy :)

@Hyzentley 14 днів тому

Thanks for the recommendation!

@Moxalotl12 15 днів тому

Great video, I didn’t know others felt like this. I got really excited when I saw Pearl on the thumbnail

@Hyzentley 15 днів тому

Glad to hear that. Its so nice to find others, glad I could provide that. And I this seems to be a common opinion in the autistic community?

@povarensky 14 днів тому

On the topic of autistic characters: I always wondered if Baby/Miles from "Baby driver" is autistic coded or its just me

@Hyzentley 14 днів тому

Heard that theory before. Didn't saw it personally though

@geetoasty 14 днів тому

As an autistic person, Sheldon is the fucking goat

@Hyzentley 14 днів тому

Well, we autistic people are not a monolith, so of course its okay to end up with an opinion the majority of us does not share. I think the biggest issue with him is not hardly anybody relating to him anyway, but that neurotypicals seem to think all autistic people are like that when in reality, close to none are like that.