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One of my favorite genres of character has to be "some dude who looks innocuous or even completely innocent, but everybody that knows more about that character absolutely despises them.

For example

Thanks to this post for turning me onto an article about perseveration, which I had never heard of before. Apparently, it's common in people with autism:

"People who perseverate often say the same thing or behave in the same way over and over again. But they can get stuck on their emotions, actions, and thoughts, too. And they do it past the point where it makes sense or will change anything."

This can involve:

  • Worry about something that might happen because it happened before 
  • Have trouble getting past being angry or scared
  • Continue to ask the same question long after getting an answer
  • Keep thinking about previous conversations or interactions (This is sometimes called “looping thoughts.”)
  • Fidget or repeat an action over and over again
  • Give the same answer to a different set of questions, even when the answer doesn’t make sense
  • Look for a lost item in the same place without looking anywhere else because it “must be there”

my mom is 61 and her bf is a huge nerd and he’s teaching her to play magic the gathering and he had her watch avatar the last airbender with him and his ringtone is terra’s theme from final fantasy 6 and he paints pictures of sephiroth. my mom’s bf is nerdier than i’ll ever be.

and she does all these pinterest crafts and now she makes little bejeweled vials of healing potions for him and his buddies. my little geek heart can’t handle all this.

edit: just picture a 60-something woman with a VERY thick minnesotan accent saying “mike is having me watch the naruto”

just fyi my mom is now 62 and they finished watching “the naruto”

if i had told my 13-year-old self that this is what my mom’s hallway would look like when i was 30 i wouldn’t have believed me

The Old World Blues DLC has been on the mind lately, and just. Muggy my beloved.

Give this little guy a coffee mug and a break, damn-

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haven't watch the atsv yet still think it would be hilarious if there was a spiderman which is the uncle ben and literally everyone else seeing him goes like 😟

They can't bring him into spider society because literally every spider will start hovering around him