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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
Roxtar:
I really wish people would stop projecting their identities onto characters based on trivial details.
"OMG, SHE LOOKED AT A PINK THING, THAT MEANS SHE'S TOTALLY (insert random bullshit here) BECAUSE I ALSO LOOKED AT A PINK THING AND HAD THE SAME REACTION ONCE 13 YEARS AGO"
jwhouk:
I dunno, being called "vertically challenged" is a lot nicer sounding than being called "short and fat," IMNSHO.
mikmaxs:
--- Quote from: Roxtar on 18 May 2016, 06:44 ---I really wish people would stop projecting their identities onto characters based on trivial details.
"OMG, SHE LOOKED AT A PINK THING, THAT MEANS SHE'S TOTALLY (insert random bullshit here) BECAUSE I ALSO LOOKED AT A PINK THING AND HAD THE SAME REACTION ONCE 13 YEARS AGO"
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Except these aren't trivial details. Her speech patterns, trouble with emotion, and going nonverbal are all a pretty damned specific set of traits. And I don't think anyone is projecting their own identities - I'm saying she's probably autistic, not that she's me.
Roxtar:
--- Quote from: emsilly on 18 May 2016, 07:16 ---Also @Roxtar: I think that's uncalled for. Going non-verbal is a pretty specific issue. If Brun isn't autistic, there aren't a great deal of other explanations which make sense.
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--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 18 May 2016, 07:38 ---
--- Quote from: Roxtar on 18 May 2016, 06:44 ---I really wish people would stop projecting their identities onto characters based on trivial details.
"OMG, SHE LOOKED AT A PINK THING, THAT MEANS SHE'S TOTALLY (insert random bullshit here) BECAUSE I ALSO LOOKED AT A PINK THING AND HAD THE SAME REACTION ONCE 13 YEARS AGO"
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Except these aren't trivial details. Her speech patterns, trouble with emotion, and going nonverbal are all a pretty damned specific set of traits. And I don't think anyone is projecting their own identities - I'm saying she's probably autistic, not that she's me.
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here's a common one that does make sense. We've all been to the point where we're on the verge of crying and we need to not talk in order to keep us from going over the edge.
this has happened to literally everyone... making it a trivial detail.
speech patterns: german name, cuckoo clock: likely german immigrant.
problem with emotion: see speech patterns above.
heyjames4:
On neurotypical/neuroatypical: Those words have the appearance of being neutral descriptive terms. Like most neutral descriptive terms used in emotionally charged environments, they will accrete value judgements, if they haven't already. One of the other posters already brought up the idea of the euphemism treadmill (google it, can't link from work).
All that being said; in my experience I've seen neurotypical used pejoratively by spectrum advocates more often than the other way around.
Clinton's totally right to check in with the investigators before leaving the scene of an ongoing structure fire. 'hello authority, i'm witness #4, witness #5 and I are going to motel 6, you've already interviewed us, here's my contact info, she's got nowhere else to go"
On what happens next:
If Brun goes deeper, Clinton may panic. Which of the QC crew are best equipped to help him through it?
It's been a while since Faye's had to deploy the +3 breasts of slumber. I assume she's also got a very steady heartbeat.
I want to see Hannelore interact with Brun--Clinton. Hanners knows how to care-give, and it would be neat to see her seeing Clinton's character growth given his introduction, and her history includes episodes of going into safe mode in response to overwhelming stimulus. Though she's probably the last person in the crew he'd think to call.
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