#asd talks

Soft™

Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying he's lying or consciously twisting facts. To a certain extent, everyone can be an unreliable narrator; our opinions and internal dialogues are often shaped by incomplete information and personal biases. And unfortunately, trauma reshapes the brain's networks and skewing how we interpret events around us.

But wouldn't it be fascinating to zoom in on the small details?

He's a well-experienced emergency medicine physician, with decades of experience, yet he missed all the telltale signs of Langdon's addiction.

We all know Robby will blame Leah's tragedy on himself: he should have been a better physician, he should have been at the festival, he should have been more gentle and considerate with Jake. When there's absolutely nothing he can do to save it -- sorry, mate, we just ran out of time machines.

On the rooftop, he told Jack: he broke. He froze. He wasn't there when everyone needed him (which is absolutely not accurate).

He saw Adamson as mentor and almost a father figure (he grew up with his grandmother and that parental figure was most likely absent). So far, we've experienced Adamson entirely through Robby's eyes; but from someone like Dana, his influence feels more neutral.

What if we stepped outside Robby's POV -- how would the story shift?

At times, it feels as though Dana and Jack are his empathetic confidants, offering him a safe, compassionate space to process his experiences. And I guess that's why I locked in on those three right from the beginning.

I've been this way since I was a kid. I don't feel things the way other people do. So I was using their feelings to look at mine. Everyone kept asking me why I was doing this… but they wouldn't let me answer, they just kept guessing why I was doing it. Always my feelings through them. And then I thought, "Do I even know what I want?"

So I had to get away. Because I do have feelings. One a lot. It's so strong inside my head. Anger. At people like you, who think, what did you say, "The strong do what they will, the weak do what they must."

Anyway, now I'm strong and you're weak. So what am I going to do, and why am I going to do it? Because that was the whole point of all this.

I had to be totally alone, away from all their influence, all their good influence, so I could get to this moment right here, where I genuinely do not know what I'm going to do.

Why didn't anybody mention that he identified outed as neurodivergent!!! That's a groundshaking revelation, especially when it happens in your 50s!

autistic people can have friends who care about them & vice versa and share deep, meaningful conversations connections or just simply hang out and do shit or do nothing. It might be difficult to find them sometimes, but it’s definitely not impossible. To survive med school, the VA, the Pitt, be the primary care taker, and everything else…

and then the fandom acts like she had absolutely no friend and no one to rely on?

Taylor: I don't think of her as thinking about sex and sexuality at all. [...] I think more than anything it's just loneliness and wanting to find someone to share things with. But romantic companionship is not necessary. It's just companionship in general, companionship is what's necessary.