This new show teaches you how to write good autistic characters
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- čas přidán 22. 09. 2022
- Writing autistic characters is hard, even for people in the spectrum, but this show can give you excellent advice
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Yeah, I have issues with that romance, too. Basically, I don't understand why he likes Woo.
My issue isn't that Woo is autistic. My issue is that they don't appear to have anything in common except for the fact that she's autistic, and he works with handicapped people, so it comes off more as pity than love.
Like if he liked whales or aquatic life, so that they had that, or if he was really into law (which he's not lawyer and we don't see him being all that into work), then they'd make more sense as a couple because they had something in common. For a little bit I thought they were going to turn doing charity work into a common interest as the go on dates reflecting charitable causes, and we know he did work with a handicapped charity, so maybe making the world a better place is their thing? But no, later he complains about all the charity work dates.
So in the end I'm left with she's autistic, and he likes helping handicapped people, and that's the entire basis of their romance. From her angle I get more of the appeal because not only is he good looking and kind to her, but he lets her talk about whales and law even though he doesn't have actual interest in those things, and is humoring her because he likes her. But from his end, her handicap is going to make life more difficult, so what is it that he sees in her that makes facing that difficulty worth it? And all I'm left with is he likes her because of the handicap, which is kind of icky feeling watching this romance.
Maybe it's some kind of K Drama thing to have a man love you for no particular reason, just because? I mean, I've been told this is supposedly a woman's fantasy set up as you're in complete control, but I don't find that kind of thing fulfilling to watch, though i find the show very interesting in other ways as it presents cases that question Korean traditions, and issues of disabled people interacting with the rest of their society. I find Woo compelling. But I feel I understand her friendship with Remi better than her relationship with Jun.
I understand your comment but I do think that it’s not just pity (it probably was pity initially) and that there are people who derive true joy and fulfillment from nurturing and helping guide and protect others and that includes their partners. If their partners actually benefit from AND enjoy that dynamic, then great!! I know people and couples like this. It’s just not for everyone.
In the show they also show that he finds Att. Woo charming and endearing and he likes those traits in her :).
Also, I think people who volunteer to directly help others, like the disabled community, are, for the most part, people who derive fulfillment from it in the first place. Meaning, I don’t think he has pity and wants to help Att. Woo *because* of volunteering with disabled people. I think he has a desire to help others in the first place, as a general characteristic and that drove him to volunteer in the first place.
Also, I think people have different things that interest them. And if you’re going to volunteer for something, might as well volunteer for what you care about. For him it may be helping people with disabilities or helping people in general. Helping people directly is different from doing other type of volunteer work like picking up trash at the beach or standing with a protest sign for hours. It’s less fulfilling for him. He probably wants to be more hands on and gets more inspired by directly helping someone with tasks they find difficult or things like that.
You can see he’s a very thoughtful and empathetic person in general. I don’t think it’s pity, but it probably was at the beginning.
Anyway I hope that helps understand him a little bit better. I just know several people like him and I’ve always had this sense that they’re just wired differently. I’ve benefitted from people like this in my life and I’m incredibly thankful for the nurturing care I get from them :).
Huh, maybe I should watch it, thanks :0
Not sure if I'm autistic (but I think everyone assumes I'm at least *somewhere* on that spectrum).
That's neat about the moral code thing, I sometimes have to explain to people that "I can't lie" doesn't necessarily mean "I don't want to lie," but rather, "my brain will not allow me be intentionally deceptive [unless I am making it very clear that I am being deceptive for humour or entertainment and the other parties are in on it]."
Also, if I'm autistic, that would make me one of the autistic aces mentioned 😎
Relationship representation is pretty weird to me, too, because in my bubble, autistic partners are always super communicative. My partner is probably autistic (and has been recommended for a diagnosis), and we both get that: most people don't "understand" us, and: we don't "understand" most people. So we just over-explain our thoughts and emotions and that translates into Hardcore Communication™️ in our relationship XD It's pretty great to be honest and wayyy more straightforward than the shenanigans a lot of people seem to go through.
I’m here for your brain decompression. Lol. Also, thank you for putting this show on my radar!
I have been waiting soooo long for someone to talk about this show!!! I absolutely love it! I found it randomly on Netflix and it sort of started my exploration and discovery of my own autism. I’m so happy I found it and also that people are finally talking about it! :D