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Twitter/X thread from Victoria Duncan on X:
"At some point, very early on, undiagnosed neurodivergent children are faced with a terrible dilemma.

They will tell someone they're in pain, someone they trust, and that person will say no they're not. That didn't hurt. It can't have. They're being selfish/dramatic/lying.

The child has to get their head around it. They feel pain, but a trusted caregiver says they don't and they're being bad for saying so. How can it be true?

There are only two, bad, options.

The child may choose to believe the caregiver and decide that they are wrong about their pain. They will make this choice again and again over the years and slowly learn to ignore their body until they are barely connected to it at all. They learn not to trust themselves.

Or, the child might not be able to ignore the reality of their pain. In which case, they have to give up on pleasing their caregiver by keeping quiet as demanded. They learn that adults won't believe or take care of them. They learn not to trust other people.
I think whichever choice you make, you carry the rest of your life, disconnected either from your own body and experiences, or from other people and meaningful relationships. Maybe both.

Anyway, diagnosis is the only way out of the dilemma. It's the only way your reality can be different from other people's without someone being at fault - is if you have a word like "sensory overwhelm" to explain the difference.

That's why diagnosis changes lives & why people want it so much.

This is about saying you're in pain because of sensory overwhelm, but it can also be about saying you're tired from sitting still or socializing or reading and someone says you can't be. Saying you "don't like" an activity you find hard, and having people assume the worst of you.

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*benoit blanc voice* now that is just amazing, mister kira, but you seem to be a lot less bright then i musta thought... we're only broadcasting this program to the kanto region of japan.

Okay how the FUCK did Arthur keep his cool????

I just got dressed in armor by my friend because he’s making a ren faire knight costume and he needed someone to demonstrate on and hoOOOooOoly SHIT that’s gotta be one of the most intimate acts I’ve ever engaged in

(Yes I have a slight crush on this boy but hush)

Point is, our boy Arthur was WHIPPED and he had Merlin dress him everyday??? Either bantering or in solemn quiet where the words “I love you” or “be safe please” hang lingering in the air but neither wants to say it?????? Bro I may be asexual but if a fucking buff man who’s killed for me and who was in love with me who looks like Colin fucking Morgan tenderly put armor on me I’d make out with him on the spot

Arthur is truly the strongest of them all holding on to that tiny shred of heterosexuality

7 months ago

reblog if you believe fanfics are as valid as books that were published and sold by authors who write as their main careers. I'm trying to prove a point

Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II
Bbc Merlin - 03x12 The Coming Of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming Of Arthur, Part II

bbc merlin - 03x12 The Coming of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming of Arthur, Part II

never gonna be normal about this

10 months ago
Based Off This Post By @75screamingtoads That Made Me Start Watching. As You Can See My Art Gets Progressively
Based Off This Post By @75screamingtoads That Made Me Start Watching. As You Can See My Art Gets Progressively
Based Off This Post By @75screamingtoads That Made Me Start Watching. As You Can See My Art Gets Progressively

based off this post by @75screamingtoads that made me start watching. as you can see my art gets progressively worse each panel lol

I hate to break it to you guys but once you Merlin you can't Merlout

I Wanna Push You Around

I wanna push you around

can’t stop crying over arthur loving merlin for merlin. like he fr thought he was just some guy but guess what? that’s his some guy. and he’d stick with him forever. i think i’m gonna throw up

Fics that you should read before Arthur comes back: clown edition

Now I know we might all be clowns, and that they're probably playing with us as usual, but honest to God I don't care. I am going to get my hopes up because I have been doing exactly that for the past lord knows how long. So better stay consistent, ok? Better remain true to the cause.

Now here are some post-canon fics that the writers should put into consideration if they know what's good for them.

1. These Ghosts Might Be Mine by @peaceheather. 68K, G.

The only thing I wrote in my bookmarks over this was that it's "the ending we deserved". Pretty sure that sums up exactly what I want to say. It's not just your ordinary time travel fix-it fic, but one that is done with such brilliance that it leaves you marvelling in awe at times. You must do yourself a favour and read for this author if you actually want to get a good understanding of the characters past canon.

2. Seo Gaestlufe/The Soul's Love series by flowerofnettles. 180K, T/E.

I know how hesitant some are when it comes to series, but listen. This one is simply not long enough from how GOOD it is! I rarely read wip fics, (it's now complete) but I genuinely loved living a journey with the author while it was being written, and I felt the amount of love and passion the author spent on it. What a creation, honestly. It's one of the very best out there.

3. I will turn your fear into a handful of dust by @regulusrules. 1K, G.

I am biased, ok? I want my own happy ending for them. I want to see them grow old and weary together. I want them alive. And if what it takes is a 1k drabble of them lying together by the sea, then I'll take it. I'll take it every single time you guys.

4. Albion's last bulwark by Saturne. 92K, E.

You know when there's a halo around a fic that you intensely remember a scene from but never the whole? And the scene alone is more than enough to remind you how good of a fic it is? Yeah. Yeah it's definitely the case here. I vividly feel its effect still. Absolutely planning on rereading soon because of how brilliant it was.

5. And like the cycle of the year, we begin again by @katherynefromphilly. 207K, M.

And lastly, the fandom requirement. The one that we will throw fists for if we don't see a scene or two from. As much as I am always more into canon deviations than accepting the idea of immortality and Arthur rising after millennia, this fic was definitely a pro in trying to make me less in denial. It certainly set the expectations high for any adaptation they might make now, and for good reason.

Fics That You Should Read Before Arthur Comes Back: Clown Edition

ARTHUR WILL RISE AGAIN.

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