The people that do that "fake" austism shit are the ones that wear it as a badge of honor which is why the memes frame real autism as math warhammer and agartha stuff. Having a brain development condition that makes you less likely to pick up on social cues unless you get taught them has been turned into a disgusting flanderization of "oooh wholesome hand stimmy happe happe nooo can't improve because utisms and interests? YOU MEAN HYPERFIXATIONS I AM PREDISPOSED TO LIKING THING BECAUSE AUTISM NO FREEDOM NOOO SO OPPRESSED". People need to remember that even through difficulties you can overcome shit instead of trying to embody early potential signs of autism in small children as a grown ass adult.
It's all very very gay and not int he cool kinda way.
Hmmm agree and disagree. As in, the latter does this ALSO, just in a more self-flagellating way. Like, "I'm such a pathetic sad chud cause I have autism, that's why everyone hates me. It's not cause I smell like Axe body spray and have borderline contagious MDD, it's because of my SAD FUCKING AUTISM that's why I'm still a virgin because I'm AUTISTIC PLEASE FEEL BAD FOR ME BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW COOL I AM FOR PRETENDING TO BE NUMB TO THIS. I'M SUCH A CREEEP I'M SUCH A WEIRDOOO WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HEEEEERE"
As annoying as the former is, I'll hand them this, they found a way to cope with a developmental disorder in a way that-- if tweaked-- could bring joy. The latter just wants to stay miserable and have every time they enter a room be accompanied with a sad violin.
Looping it back to the actual topic at hand kinda I've seen way too many people use this show as their "hyperfixation". People can't even enjoy an Internet series without trying to loop it into some genetic predisposition these days and it's wild as shit to me seeing that happen. It's likely also tied to the same shit of how you end up with the kind of people that flip the fuck out over the cookie mobile game character fucking dying.
Maybe it just is their hyperfixation. Though most people misuse that word, a special interest is something you're obsessed with for a prolonged amount of time. A hyperfixation is a short-lived intense obsession that dies out. So it is funny that they're just admitting they'll stop caring about this within a month.
Zooble's entire trauma is her identity, which is something people go through, but in the grand scheme of things, is minor and relatively childish for an adult to struggle with. Yes, people struggle with it but a lot of the people who struggle with their identity issues either have deeper problems that they aren't showing or mental disorders that are undiagnosed.
I think I get Zooble's trauma? Considering the fact that she said she had dreams of making her mark on the world, I don't think her issues stop at her body, it's also her feeling insignificant, small, and useless. Maybe that mirror scene was less so "Look at how ugly you are" and more so "Look at how much of a failure you are".
Basically Ragatha was abused by her mom, which is why the trauma torture Caine did to her is the more brutal of the ones everyone else suffered.
I know I've sperged about this enough but I just honestly really love that they made Ragatha's trauma emotional abuse rather than physical. Emotional abuse by a parent is often overlooked. Good move, Goose.
Jax has to deal with people laughing at him for something we don't know about yet, and then shows him having his skin ripped off, which in my mind might be an allegory for Jax being trans, which will be revealed in the next episode.
Honestly my interpretation of it was a more extreme version of the "In your underwear in front of everyone" scenario. How nakedness is linked to vulnerability and often embarassment, except he's not naked, he's just fucking skinned. It's like bullies giving you a wedgie but more horrific. I saw it as hinting at Jax having a high imbalance of shame and being deeply insecure. But I'm willing to eat crow on this.
