Fuck It. Shout Out To "high Functioning" Neurodivergents

fuck it. shout out to "high functioning" neurodivergents

the ones who can mask easily, the ones who can get social cues, the ones who have managed to go most of their life not even knowing they were ND because they didn't present as the stereotypical ND person.

the ones who can pay attention in class, understand social etiquette, who understand societial expectations

the ones who don't feel neurodivergent enough bc they don't struggle in the same ways/areas a lot of NDs do, or they can't relate to other NDs' experiences because they always understood these things easily

the ones with high empathy, the ones who DO get the joke, the ones who are constantly told that they can't possibly be neurodivergent because they don't act like what you'd expect a neurodivergent person to act like.

you are neurodivergent enough. you are valid, and so are your experiences. not struggling as much as others do in some places doesn't mean you dont struggle at all. your condition and diagnosis is valid. your symptoms are valid. YOU ARE VALID. not checking all the supposed boxes doesn't mean you aren't neurodivergent. you are enough. you are valid. you are loved. you are valued. you matter. you belong in neurodivergent spaces, you deserve to use whatever resources are available to you, you are allowed to take up space in these communities. and i am so, so proud of you.

feel free to, and actually, i encourage you to reblog this with your experiences. we belong in this community as much as anyone else. please also tag this w/ any neurodivergent conditions i may have forgotten 💙

since this is getting lots of notes I'd like to add, even if you're undiagnosed or maybe self diagnosed, for whatever reason, (i.e. can't get access to a diagnosis, not being taken seriously, or just not wanting an official diagnosis, etc.) this still applies to you. actually especially to you folks. don't think for a second you're not valid just bc you don't have the paperwork or whatever to say it

Hey since you are doing a rewrite of rwby I have one question:

How would you rewrite Cardin Winchester? To me personally I would get rid of the bully arc and make him a tough but fair leader.

That's honestly what I'm considering too, I kinda wanted to just make him just an ass who gets better over time, I actually have big plans for him too.

I guess I can compare the "cast hierarchy" to this

You know Justice League and Justice League Unlimited?

Basically teams RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, and Oscar become like the big 7(Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Hawkgirl, Flash, Martin Manhunhter, Green Lantern) who ascend to their greater calling

and smaller dudes like CRDNL, Torchwick and his gang, Adam and The White Fang, CFVY are the smaller dudes akin to Vigilante, Shining Knight, Star Girl, Question, Huntress, Green Arrow, Black Canary, I think you get the idea

CS Lewis: This is Digory’s Uncle Andrew

Me, an intellectual:

Six heroes. One destiny. (January 2021)

Curse words? And here I thought you were a Christian.

Guess that only applies sometimes, which is something I have definitely observed.

Christians can swear save the Lord’s name in vain. Leave me alone

Adds more to why I think Bad Luck is a stupid semblance

Not only isn’t a needlessly cruel and annoying way of telling the audience “Life can suck, did you know that?”

It literally makes Qrow a “silver bullet” when given enough thought, even though turning one’s weakness into a strength can be done well.

But I don’t trust RT doing so

Random thought of the night: Qrow is supposed to be a teacher at Signal, right? Whose bright idea was it to let QROW of all people teach new combat school students? Even if we ignore the parade worth of red flags around him as a person, they put Mr. Bad Luck Aura around children who are learning to use weapons and fight monsters