REAL???????? I'VE ALWAYS ASKED MYSELF WHY I SUPPOSEDLY DID SO GREAT WITH METAPHORS AND WORD PLAYS, SO

REAL???????? I'VE ALWAYS ASKED MYSELF WHY I SUPPOSEDLY DID SO GREAT WITH METAPHORS AND WORD PLAYS, SO MUCH SO THAT I LOVED MAKING JOKES WITH WORDS AND STUFF WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HORRIBLE AT IT BUT THIS JUST MAKES ALL SENSE 😭😭😭😭

I always have TONS of the most minor questions ever on tests, I even trained myself to just assume some of them because they took too much time 😭

The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.

In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.

But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.

"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?

"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.

Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?

It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.

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starblaze-the-traveler

1 month ago

so true

Yaoi.

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1 month ago

figured out a way you can search for posts that are tagged TWO things on a blog!!! feeling clever

for anyone else who didn’t know, this is the format!:

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remove the [brackets] when using it!

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starblaze-the-traveler

4 weeks ago

I NEED the Shinonome siblings to learn about the others' sekai, do you know how funny that'd be

Akito coming home like "hey Ena, MEIKO started selling these new pancakes, you should've been there they are so scrumptious. Then Rin and Len challenged us to a game of badminton and we won" and Ena goes "KAITO called me a bitch today"

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starblaze-the-traveler

1 month ago

IIIIIIIIIt's bunny dayyyyyyyy!!!! Day of sharing your bunnies with the world ♪

I sent some bunnies over to some accounts I follow and interact with frequently! But to anyone who didn't get a bunny, here's she:

Her name is Nala! She's one of my cubs, and I would both kill and die for her <3

Happy Easter, and for those who do or don't celebrate Easter, Happy Bunny Day!!!!

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starblaze-the-traveler

1 month ago

Well then, mind if I was sneak right in there next to you? No one should have to be alone!

I’ll just be here doodling away, so ignore me if you want :3

- silly anon~

Hehe, that would be really nice, I'm feeling awfully lonely and distancing myself from the only one that cares enough-- I feel kinda awful about that too but I don't think I can go back

Though I'm gonna have to go to sleep soon T_T I think I sent a sleepy ask to someone, I hope it was nice I don't have the braincells to think rn

Good night when I actually go to sleep, idk when honestly, could be now or after half an hour, or more

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starblaze-the-traveler

1 month ago