There is a point somewhere here where I say "difficulty understanding other people's empathy" it is supposed to say "difficulty understanding other people's emotions." I apologize, I thought I had fixed that. I cannot include a screenshot of what my caption had said on other platforms, so I will copy paste it at the bottom.

Caption from other platforms!!

A Splitting Of The Mind (or ASOTM) is an infamous MCR fanwork from the mid 2000s in which Gerard Way has schizophrenia. Still today it is hailed as one the Big Three of MCR fan works, even with demand for a physical release. With that being said...it's handling of schizophrenia is insensitive, shallow, and sometimes just incorrect, as most media about us is.

Normally I'd give it more grace. The author was clearly a teenager when they wrote this, and I want to brush it off as a product of its time. But both the author and the fandom stand by ASOTM to this day. That concerns me. When something reaches and impacts such a large amount of people for nearly 20 years, I think there's room to discuss it. And I'm glad to hear the author has encouraged feedback.