an open letter to the haikyuu allistics
Apr. 7th, 2020 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stardust_rifle*sighs*
Allistics. Things like "being bad with sarcasm and hyperbole", "having flat effect", "speaking in a strange manner", and "having mannerisms that look weird or even creepy" are commonly referred to as "autistic traits" because a lot of autistic people have these traits as a direct result of their autism. You are not progressive for proclaiming that characters who share these traits can't be autistic because it would be "too obvious".
Secondly, a character who was bullied and called a "monster" his whole life learning into the whole "monster" thing is not "bad representation". The entire phenomenon of slur reclamation shows that people really like to lean into negative things and turn them into a source of power.
ALSO KENMA AND USHIJIMA ARE LOW EMPATHY THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT
Allistics. Things like "being bad with sarcasm and hyperbole", "having flat effect", "speaking in a strange manner", and "having mannerisms that look weird or even creepy" are commonly referred to as "autistic traits" because a lot of autistic people have these traits as a direct result of their autism. You are not progressive for proclaiming that characters who share these traits can't be autistic because it would be "too obvious".
Secondly, a character who was bullied and called a "monster" his whole life learning into the whole "monster" thing is not "bad representation". The entire phenomenon of slur reclamation shows that people really like to lean into negative things and turn them into a source of power.
ALSO KENMA AND USHIJIMA ARE LOW EMPATHY THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT
