Lets Talk About Autistic Keith And Pidge

Let’s talk about autistic Keith and Pidge

Because I am trash and it took me all of three episodes to be 1000% convinced that they’re both autistic. And now I’ve watched this show straight through three times (plus bits and pieces like eight full episodes of a fourth run for Research!) and I want to ramble about it.

Under the cut: a look at canonical evidence for autistic Keith and autistic Pidge, plus a few of my own headcanons.

Minor spoilers, mostly for the first four episodes.

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What to do now that Halo’s come out as nonbinary:

A guide by a genderfluid person for the writers of YJ

1. Have at least one character ask about pronouns. She can still go by she/her. Plenty of nb people, including me, use those pronouns, but the talk needs to happen somewhere.

2. Brion needs to ask Violet if it’s okay he still call her “girlfriend”. He doesn’t need to redefine his sexuality. We don’t need this to be about him. But deciding between girlfriend, boyfriend, enbyfriend, datemate, partner, or something else is a small thing that would go a long way to actually show she’s nonbinary.

3. You know how the show has multiple times had M’gann and Conner yell “we’re not human!” Let Halo have that same energy when she’s called a girl.

4. Happy Harbor High School GSA. Just mention it once.

Romani Tropes 101: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing a Romani Character

Although I strongly discourage non-Roma from writing Romani characters that involve any sort cultural or linguistic association, I am in no way opposed to authors writing characters that happen to be Roma.. as long as said authors don’t rely on tropes and stereotypes.

We will start with some obvious and common ones:

Magic | Mysticism This one is pretty obvious. Romani people have long been stereotyped as having some sort of magical or mystical abilities. In reality, though, we are just ordinary people. What’s important to remember, however, is that this stereotype has played a pretty big role in the oppression we’ve faced, which stems from a fear-mongering campaign led largely by the Catholic Church.

How does this impact writing Romani characters: if you are considering a Romani character that has some sort of magical ability you need to ask yourself some questions before continuing writing. 1. Is magic or mysticism necessary to the plot? 2. Is your Romani character the only one with magical abilities? 3. Is magic or mysticism used to augment the “Gypsy-ness” of your character? 4. Are you treating magical or mystical abilities as cultural or ethnic phenomenon?

If you answered yes to anything other than the first question, you need to stop and reevaluate your character. If your writing involves anything listed in numbers 2-4 then you are relying on stereotypes and perhaps you should not include a Romani character at all.

Fortune-Telling | Palmistry | Tarot Cards Yes, many Roma do these things, but they are also common in many other cultures. This is a really common stereotype. If you’re not Roma then I would avoid any having your Romani character perform any sort of fortune-telling. We’re not going to go through any evaluation questions for this topic because it pretty obviously relies heavily racist stereotypes.

Maybe you want to touch on those stereotypes in your writing, though. That’s a good idea! So, using the topic of fortune-telling is okay when you’re doing it in a way to combat stereotypes.

For example, your Romani character could be asked to do some form of fortune-telling and respond with some history or an explanation as to why it’s a stereotype. There are ways to actually combat stereotypes about Roma by using the stereotype itself. Just be super careful to not demean or accidentally reinforce the stereotype.

Belly-dancing This is a big misconception about Romani people! We don’t belly-dance in the traditional sense. We have a type of dance that uses similar hip motions, and some Roma in the Balkans and Turkey do perform belly-dance. However, belly-dancing comes from MENA [Middle Eastern / North African] cultures and is not actually Romani. It also plays into the hyper-sexualization of Romani women, but we will touch on that next.

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Black Character: ...[coughs]

Literally Any Fandom: See, that's the reason why I don't like that character. Look at the way they cough. They're so arrogant and obnoxious and, like, loud. They clearly felt the need to cough louder than everybody else. And this is why I don't like them. I'm not racist. Not everything is a race thing. I just don't like THAT character. They're worse than the villain because at least the villain has a reason to be obnoxious.

Black Female Character: [Dates Non-Black Character for 5 Seconds]

Fandom: Idk why the writers put them together. They have no chemistry, they don't look right together. They just don't click. She's a strong independent woman and a love interest will just ruin her story. Why can't he be with that random white girl that looked at him that one time 2 seasons ago? Or the cis straight white dude? They had a lot of chemistry in that one scene, that one time. I ship him with literally every character on the show EXCEPT her. Even ones he's never met.

Fandom: I know she's the only black character, but it's not a race thing. Not everybody who hates your ship is a racist, and it's offensive to assume so.

Fem jeith but smols

i dont know that much about batman, but i know good characters when i see them. here’s a little personal rendition of some of them

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