Lol People Asking Why The Riot Police Isn’t At The Capitol, You Can’t Have Them Two Places At Once.

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"when the looting starts, the shooting starts"

... So what are yall waiting for racist pigs? Where's that shooting at?

Honestly? So much of Sonic Prime happens the way it does because Sonic is unabashedly, wholeheartedly neurodivergent, and I wanna talk about that in detail for several reasons

I think most people assume he has ADHD, and while I agree, I think they tend to leave it at "he's hyperactive and impulsive" when there's actually a lot more going on there.

For example, he lacks a filter. He says exactly what he's thinking, all the time, regardless of who's listening. I wouldn't be surprised if he does it as a type of vocal stim, considering that he talks to himself as much as he does to other people. Maybe he dislikes the way silence feels on his ears, too?

Something I noticed was that when Thorn gets on his case for this, asking if he ever stops talking, the way he says "eh, not really" sounds... almost resigned?

He could have easily said it in a more jokey way, but his tone (and the wide camera shot) gives me the impression that this isn't a trait of his that he feels especially positive about.

It's not cool or funny to him, at least not in this instance; it's just something he does, which further proves to me that it's more of an unconscious stim than anything else.

On the topic of the jungle world though, it also shows us a couple instances of him not being able to read others' intentions very well. Prim lies to him about knowing what the Prism shard is, and Thorn uses him to get to said shard - and despite how hostile they are, he takes both of them at their word.

He only realizes Thorn's intentions after she hits him across the clearing - not for the first time that day, mind you - and Sonic berates himself a little for not seeing this coming.

But it's not like this is the only time he has difficulty understanding intent; just look at his interactions with Shadow.

This is not the behavior of someone who understands why Shadow's picking a fight with him. He doesn't understand the implications of "you literally shook the world" because he doesn't know about the Weirder aspects of the explosion. In his mind, he just messed up a mountain.

Though I think his attitude implies another thing about his dynamic with Shadow that might explain why he was so quick to dismiss what he was talking about, which is. I don't think Sonic usually understands why they fight??

Shadow is a person of few words and Sonic has a hard time picking up on subtleties, that's a recipe for miscommunication already. And if Sonic's already predisposed to thinking that Shadow fights him Just Because, then of course he didn't take this particular instance seriously.

Though going back to "he only registered the physical effect of the explosion," Sonic is actually pretty consistent with understanding things that are tangible a lot better than anything else. Case in point: that One Palm Tree

His first reaction to seeing it presented as a gift is that it must be a trick. because he doesn't see the tangible point of the tree, and isn't enough of a symbolism guy to see the sentimental point of it, either.

Don't get me wrong, he is being insensitive here, but I don't think it's on purpose in any way. Look at his body language and expressions:

Even as he's getting on their case for being too sentimental, he's not unhappy or uncomfortable with them. He's just completely failing to recognize that this was supposed to be a big deal for them, so he's treating it way more casually than is appropriate.

Which is like. a classic social flub for neurodivergent folks

(Quick side note - this specific "huh" that he makes as Tails is flying away before Sonic realizes he's upset is a whole mood. I don't know how to explain it but this is Exactly what it feels like when you can sorta tell something's not clicking but you don't know what yet)

(Look at him. brain static)

I could go on with the detailed explanations but some of that would just be me repeating past posts I've made, so I'll leave it at "he is clearly not handling change well either" and link back to an example.

So anyway, this is what I meant when I said that so much of the show is impacted by Sonic being neurodivergent. It affects how we hear his thoughts as viewers, it affects his ability to understand and connect with his friends, it's why he dismisses Shadow, it's why he impulsively smashes the Paradox Prism, the list goes on.

And he's not stupid because of any of these traits, either. None of what I've described has to do with intelligence, but I've seen "Sonic is too dumb" as a reason to criticize the show, and that's just not what's happening here.

If anything, I'm actually really impressed with how well the writers have managed to portray a more nuanced take on what a character with ADHD would look like. Because he's not just being hyperactive and chatty, you can tell it affects how he perceives things too.

Which is a much bigger part of the overall experience, and it's really cool to see in a cartoon like this - and in the lovable main character, to boot! Who cherishes his friends despite his struggles to understand them! Why is it so good!

In conclusion Sonic is the ADHD king we both needed and deserved, thanks for coming to my TED talk

this was requested by a discord I’m in 

While Janus was out helping Logan and the others the reason Remus and Virgil stayed behind was because of Just Dance.

Janus had been the reigning champion for way to long, it was an agreement every time he was out they had to try and beat it.

Not once had they beaten it.

What really rubbed salt in the wound was the fact that when Janus came back he’d always beat his score, just to make sure that it was never beaten.

It infuriates them to no end, they try everytime

Virgil has been caught on numerous occasions staying up all night trying to beat the score

The wii remotes have to be locked away otherwise Remus will try to eat them. so It’s primarily Virgil who has to try and beat it but Remus will step in when Virgil is close to collapsing from exhaustion

The only thing stopping them from Getting Roman to help is pride

Remus refuses and Virgil doesn’t want to make Roman’s ego any bigger by asking for help.

They also know if Roman finds out Janus is the best they will either team up and be unstoppable or they will tear each other apart

But then Patton arranged a just dance night

it goes about as well as you’d expect, Logan just reads his book, sometimes commenting but mostly ignoring them

Virgil teams up with Remus, Janus goes on his own and Patton and Roman team up.

Janus destroys Roman and it starts

they play all night and well into the morning

There’s shouting and anguished screams when a movie is missed

They both collapse after almost 24 hours for Just Dance

When they wake up there’s a new high sore, much higher then either Roman or Janus’s last high score.

No one admits to the “Crime”

But deep down Remus and Virgil know it was Logan

Because Logan had just wanted to read his book, and was disturbed

Josey was found 3 hours after they rented the boat, alone, asleep and wearing a life jacket, and he told the police that Naya jumped into the water and never resurfaced, and it's sickening that people are making jokes about it now when a four year old might have lost his mother and that will be something that will haunt him for the rest of his life!!!! Do not make light of this situation!!!! You don't have to like her, just don't say anything then, if I see one more post being like, "I don't like Naya Rivera and she is a bad person who did this and that, BUT..." JUST SHUT UP!! I hope that she is found.

🗣 DIVERSITY IS NOT SAMENESS.

“Trans folks will never be true women and men”

Me:

"Abortion is murder!”

Me:

"Blue lives matter!”

Me:

"Capitalism doesn’t harm the environment!”

Me:

"Being gay is against the laws of nature!”

Me:

"There are only 2 genders!”

Me:

"Why is it wrong to say the N-word, you fucking snowflake?”

Me:

"Terf is a slur! Don’t say terf!”

Me:

"Asexuals aren’t part of LGBT+”

Me:

I cannot stress how important it is to be intersectional about your feminism. listen to black women, listen to trans women, listen to disabled women, and please acknowledge the fact that there are different types of women who go through different types of struggles than you

Holy shit