Sourapplesnake - “Will You Want Me When I’m Old And Dead?”

Physical Touch and Autism

Something I would love neurotypicals to understand is that, as with all symptoms, aversion to physical touch is a spectrum. There are some who like it, some who hate it, but there's also a very concrete middle.

What this can mean is that we don't mind, perhaps even enjoy, physical intimacy. Hugging is fine, for example. What we hate is unexpected physical intimacy.

I love hugs. I love to hug people. However, when I don't initiate said hugs, it makes me uncomfortable. Some of us simply require autonomy over our bodies, and that's okay.

I think there's a great pressure on autistic people to lie firmly on one 'end' of the spectrum in each symptom they display, but this isn't the reality. I don't speak for all of us, but if you want to know what an autistic person's views are on this kind of thing, I beg you to talk to them.

And it's not necessarily related to if we're high or low support needs either. Everyone is different. (And neurotypicals can be touch averse too! It just happens to be that I focus here on autism, where it's most prevalent.)

It's like being a cat. We show you what we need, and we love you if you can meet that. But what each cat needs slightly varies. You just have to learn.

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sourapplesnake

10 months ago

i am an advocate for Big Dumb Man rights and i will not take this blatant erasure by the anime twitter users

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sourapplesnake

4 months ago

I Want It To Be Put On Record That When I Posted This To Tiktok, I Did Not Think It Would Blow Up, Nor

i want it to be put on record that when i posted this to tiktok, i did not think it would blow up, nor did i ever imagine that the ship name would be "billfiddlesford"

the council decided that name without my consent, but i do appreciate the whimsy of it /j

i made these comics as a joke with myself about "what if fidds just got tired of bill's nonsense and teased him 24/7 bc Bill's a menace but Fiddleford grew up on a farm" type of thing, which has now spiraled.

also bc consider; I want Fiddleford to have a win? i want him to be happy and healthy and also in a polyamorous gay marriage with his college friend and his muse, nothing too dramatic

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sourapplesnake

1 year ago

please don't reblog this post a devilish temptress tricked me into making it and she placed a hex upon it so that every reblog removes a molecule from my body

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sourapplesnake

4 months ago

Bewitched

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sourapplesnake

4 months ago

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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