• the creators struggle of "yes I absolutely made this for myself and I should absolutely appreciate that I made this thing that turned out amazing and be proud of it on that merit alone" vs "man it'd be cool if everyone liked this thing I made as much as I do"

  • autism allies (and even a substantial number of autistic people) when you tell them your autism-induced picky eating is not “picky eating” but is in fact an eating disorder that you can’t magically get over in the next 5 seconds:

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  • it’s all fun and games with the jokes about chicken nuggets until you’re watching me try to eat a piece of fruit and gagging so hard that my eyes water over just the thought of putting it in my mouth. Just saying

  • like i don’t know if people who don’t struggle with ARFID (or eating disorders in general, or food allergies, or anything that makes food difficult) understand what a fucking minefield, like, hanging out with other people is when you genuinely can’t eat food. i can’t eat most takeout food. i can’t eat most meals my friends cook. if my food is made even slightly incorrectly (i recall a time recently when they put some sort of herb in my spaghetti despite me asking them not to), i have to send it back not because i’m “picky”, but because i can’t eat it.

    and it only gets worse when people try to pressure me into eating new things, or laugh at the fact that i only eat spaghetti, or berate me for making things awkward and difficult. so many, like, Group activities are structured around/involve the consumption of food and i genuinely don’t think people who don’t have issues with food understand that.

    and this isn’t to say like Don’t invite me places or whatever, because that’s WORSE. i WANT to be included. but please:

    1. if you’re going to invite me somewhere, invite me somewhere you know has food i can eat

    2. if you can’t do that, try doing something at home and making food you know i can eat

    3. if you can’t do THAT, let me bring my own food

    4. if you can’t do any of those, don’t berate me for not eating anything and please consider doing one of those options in the near future!!!

    food is so stressful for so many people for reasons out of our control. whether it be a disorder like ARFID or a food allergy or food sensitivities or anything else that impacts what food we can eat and when we can eat it and how we have to deal with the aftermath of it, i can almost guarantee someone you know and someone you care about is in a unique circle of hell every time you invite them out to eat. Be mindful please

  • ^^^^^^^^^^^ YO THIS

    I tell people I have a sensory issue and can't eat most meat. They decide I am a vegetarian. They get confused or upset when I eat something with meat in it. Cue the jokes. Explain that because it is a SENSORY ISSUE it's actually SPECIFIC SENSATIONS and not anything against the entire food group, and I know what meats are safe in what forms, but its too complicated to explain so PLEASE don't buy me meaty foods because you don't know what's safe. Cue invite to steak place. Cue jokes about "cheat days" and diets and weight loss. fxfhcybfjghjhg

  • I was playing tears of the kingdom and I found a deer and started riding it. we became best friends. we ran. we climbed. we frolicked. until we got attacked by constructs that killed my mount, turned it into a hunk of meat, fused its meat to a weapon, and hit me with it

  • metroid is about isolation

    but metroid is also about learning to do trick jumps from random animals who celebrate when you get it right, and about saving them even as the planet shudders under your feet

    and metroid is about lowering your gun when you meet the last of a species who's only just hatched, and gently holding out your hand

    and metroid is about accidentally calling the name of someone you care about, who you thought you'd lost, and finding out they've been with you the whole time

    and about a little scribble of a child with their parents tucked into the corner of a grand mural

    and about the gifts left behind by others because they may be gone before they get to meet you, but that won't stop them from helping you

    metroid is about love actually

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