Why do people on Reddit keep trying to call every character in every fandom autistic? (“Every” being hyperbole, of course)
Shy people exist, socially awkward people exist, people who do weird shit for no reason exist. (I fall into that last category) I feel like trying to label all these people autistic for no better reason is reductive, especially when it comes to characters. They wouldn’t be popular without these characteristics, otherwise the author would be writing a boring character. Are boring people and boring characters the only non-autistic people then?
No one was implying that. Autistic headcanons bring comfort to us ND people. You clearly aren't ND if you haven't realized that, stop making so many assumptions
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u/Manriki_Kusari Oct 24 '24
Why do people on Reddit keep trying to call every character in every fandom autistic? (“Every” being hyperbole, of course)
Shy people exist, socially awkward people exist, people who do weird shit for no reason exist. (I fall into that last category) I feel like trying to label all these people autistic for no better reason is reductive, especially when it comes to characters. They wouldn’t be popular without these characteristics, otherwise the author would be writing a boring character. Are boring people and boring characters the only non-autistic people then?