Not dragon related…
BUT.
I am autistic and my special interest (along with dragons) is domestic dogs and dog breeds. I just saw a Miniature American Shepherd, went up excitedly to the owner, as I don’t see them often, and went “Oh wow! Is that a miniature American shepherd?! They’re gorgeous!!!” And the owner looked at me, and with a very condescending tone went “No, this is a miniature AUSTRALIAN shepherd.” then walked away…
I would honestly rather she slapped me in the face. I’ve never experienced someone falsely correcting me about a special interest in such a rude manner. If she did it differently, I would have been like “oh, she just doesn’t know”, but she was SO snooty about it, and it hurt me???
I feel like I just took critical damage in a video game. I only recently (this past year) accepted my autistic diagnosis I got as an adult. I didn’t know that this could hurt so bad lmfao, and I feel like I’m overreacting… however my (also) autistic partner says I’m not. I just… Oof.
