Latimas AU: Pride by @Eternity9

Day 20 Novembmas (I’m aware I’m late with these, real life stuff has been delaying me)

Autism pride flag!! as I support the headcannon that the Subway Bosses are Autistic.

Honestly it was very surprising for me when Submas remerged thanks to Ingo’s appearance in PLA, that I started seeing people saying the Subway Bosses were Autistic. At first I wasn’t sure how to take that idea, as an Autistic person myself, because I’ve become a little frustrated with people ‘claiming’ this character must be 'Autistic’ because of their 'unique’ behaviour/mannerisms/weirdness, basically claiming that every 'quirky’ character must be Autistic, ignoring the fact many Autistic people 'mask’ their behaviours.

I did so, many people didn’t know I was Autistic until I had an 'episode’ where I got overwhelmed and had issues, then suddenly I wasn’t a 'Normal person’ anymore I was the Weird Autistic kid. But I kept confusing my peers because I seem like a 'Normal Person’ 90% of the time until something set me off. Because I didn’t fit the classic media portrayal of an Autistic person, kids thought I must be lying about my Autism or that I shouldn’t get 'special treatment’ because I seem so normal.

Anyway I’m getting off track and a bit too personal, so yeah, I don’t like people claiming every 'odd’ character as being Autistic, but when I saw peoples reasoning behind the Subway Bosses as being Autistic it…it felt right, It felt so right, and it made me happy.

I didn’t feel that it was a 'woke’ sticker label people were placing on them because 'Every weird character must be Autistic’, but it was out of love. Love and wanting good representation, but this was positive, it was like look! two healthy Autistic adults being their best selves and doing what they love and being 'Autistic’ wasn’t their whole character deal!! they didn’t have savant syndrome, which made them 'useful’ to society. They were just two guys who happen to also be Autistic, they were still great Pokemon trainers, they still train conductors, they were still 'normal’ people! And it was also really great seeing people who like myself, started sharing/applying their Autistic experience to these character’s, I got to learn new things about Autism, about comping methods and even discover/understand myself a bit more, like finding out I have a dissociation disorder.

Anyway at this point in time I see Ingo and Emmet as being the most positive Autistic people in media!