⚠️Autism headcanons ⚠️ #3
This is actually Penelope, and not exactly Papyrus, but she’s A Papyrus
I will also mention a few things that are somewhat unrelated
This is based on a problem I have with (at this point) a “fanon” interpretation of Papyrus, especially when it’s SO widespread, and almost too widespread, (I’ll say it again) to the point where it’s almost “fanon”.
Disclaimer: I didn’t disagree (it’s just too many people saying it)
They’ll fucking put ONLY Papyrus in “autistic coded characters” compared to canonically autistic characters represented in media.
Like, again, I have written a lot about Sans being autistic, and you can go check those other post on my blog, with the tag /autism headcanons.
And other people will have their own HC of ie: Frisk and/or Alphys and they get pushed away too. And it’s so FUCKING AGGRAVATING, it’s like the internet (or the brain) tells you “no matter how much you say about any other character besides Papyrus being autistic, it’s just gonna be Papyrus”
It’s also like say, “if you’re autistic, you ONLY get to be papyrus” like WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?
Believe me, I DID NOT want to have to fight for this, but whoever posted that in 2016 and with the whole fandom snowballing that shit, just eroded things. But the fandom snowballing that is probably more responsible for this than the original poster. The internet likes to snowball shit all the time.
And I mean I get it. Autism is rather complex to understand enough about it, especially when you’ve HC Sans since forever and you never understood why people claim Papyrus is “higher support needs” than Sans.
I mean they may say he “masks more” and Papyrus is more outgoing and all that, but HONESTLY, with Papyrus being capable of doing all the chore, and Sans barely doing any at all, to me that sounds like executive disfunction, and ofc those aren’t the only indications, however I can only think of the ones that stand out to me, it sounds like to me that, Sans might actually be a little higher support needs, than Papyrus, and overlapping with Sans masking a lot, and it makes it seem like Papyrus is just a quirky guy. Which might be one of the reasons why I actually saw it in Sans first.
THE AUTISM SPECTRUM IS A PIE CHART, NOT A LINE
And it actually pisses me off that I haven’t seen anyone else say they saw it in Sans first, even if the person posting that HC that for both brothers.
I try to find any of the validation I can find, even if I have to vent to meta AI about it.
And don’t even get me started on the post with “Sans having ADHD and not autism” though I never said Sans didn’t have ADHD (+ autism (AuDHD) and then the same people will say “Papyrus is the autistic one”
I don’t care if you’re an autism advocate, I don’t care if you’re the nicest person on earth, and I don’t give a fuck if you’re even a proshipper, I can’t help but lose all my respect for that person. I’m sorry, and I’m not trying to be mean, but when you’ve been unheard for years and you have yet to feel validated and HC whatever you want guilt free, I’m fucking blocking you.
Also, yeah this one is also a controversial take, and ranks #2 on my list, which is saying, “people saying Papyrus is 13 (or 16 if you will) is infantilizing an autistic adult” Like, no the fuck it’s not.
“Papyrus is 13” is not infantilization, it’s a FUCKING HEADCANON!!!
Treating an adult like a child IS infantilization though, but the HC only included AGE.
And the people who believe all autistic coded characters who often get labeled as a child, in terms of age, and not necessarily the way they’re acting, believe that’s how autistic people act, universally. That’s fucking dumb, you guys. I’m sorry.
Anyway, yeah. That all I’m going to say, today. You could probably just tell I was angry just writing that. 😅
