#identifiable

Dwayne - RuneScape

A black scorpion with cyan patterns on it, marking it as a soul devourer, apparently a type of corrupted creature.

Because none of you can describe what “neurodivergence” is. You can’t make a metaphor for something that is undefinable.

If you think Mulan “looks at the world a little differently than everyone else,” then sure, it’s a story with that in it. But guess what? Grandma also looks at the world differently than everyone else. Oh! And Fa Zhou looks at the world differently than Mulan! And Fa Zhou’s wife looks at the world differently than Mushu! And Mushu looks at the world differently than Shan Yu! And Shan Yu looks at the world differently than The Emperor’s Advisor!

Heyyy maybe we’re all humans who have our own unique perspectives & responses to the world around us. Some of us have some pieces of unique perspectives/responses in common, like fabrics we like the feel of or topics we happen to be focused on in this season of life, and some of us, shocker, have different pieces/responses in common! Hey, we’re all alike and we’re all unlike—which means we’re mostly alike! Even in the way we think!

Maybe you don’t need a word that means “I’m different, but not in a specifically definable way, just in a way that makes me both like and unlike some people, somewhere, sometime, depending on how ‘seen’ I need to feel in a given moment, and who/what piece of media I’d like associated with me/that given people group.”

Red Centipede - Rain World

A huge, extremely aggressive centipede with tough armour plates and heads on both ends. If they grab you with both heads you'll get electrocuted! Scary!

Gemstone Crab - Old School RuneScape

A big ol'd crab with crystals growing on it! It doesn't actually die when defeated, it simply burrows away while leaving a bit of its gem-encrusted shell on the ground.

Durant - Pokémon Black and White

This one's a pretty ordinary design. A grey ant with steel bands around its abdomen and thorax, and an armoured head. It's pretty much just an ant with metal armour. And that's all it needs to be to achieve perfection.

Look at it. It's adorable. The head feels more waspy to me, most ants I've seen either have kinda small eyes or a very different head shape (like bull ants), but what are ants if not a group of wingless wasps we gave a separate name to?