bdt2002
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs superfan
I have a confession to make. I like to sympathize with neurodiverse-coded characters in mainstream media (books, TV, movies, video games, etc.). Which is a problem because I can't seem to actually find any of them. For some background information, neurodiversity- primarily autism awareness, but also other things too- is arguably the most influential part of my life, and I'm in a phase now where I'm grown up and am starting to recognize my beliefs as a human being. This is a problem because I'm still heavily attached to my special interests I've had growing up, and for a while now I've wondered what kinds of things would be able to keep me interested in those topics since my interests have started to wane.
Why did I want to make this a whole thread of its own? To be honest... I don't really know. I just kind of felt like I should for some reason, so I did. It's come to my attention that, while representation is an area companies and brands have to be extremely careful with, the developers of these things properly trying to recognize different kinds of people within the product itself may have a lasting impact on fans who might otherwise feel neglected outside of their own special interests.
Again, I don't really know why I made this into its own thread, but I'd like to think we can use this as a space to both ask and answer other users about questions we might have.
Why did I want to make this a whole thread of its own? To be honest... I don't really know. I just kind of felt like I should for some reason, so I did. It's come to my attention that, while representation is an area companies and brands have to be extremely careful with, the developers of these things properly trying to recognize different kinds of people within the product itself may have a lasting impact on fans who might otherwise feel neglected outside of their own special interests.
Again, I don't really know why I made this into its own thread, but I'd like to think we can use this as a space to both ask and answer other users about questions we might have.