Where Every Scroll is a New Adventure
can you do an analysis of Simon but through an autism centered perspective . if that makes sense
I’m no expert in neurodivergent behaviors but his little knack of imparting rlly sound advice or comfort and being misunderstood/read wrong is something that I think of immediately
people disregard him throughout the entire book, and while he’s no Peter in knowledge, he has a sense of emotional intelligence and self reflection
he’s probably the only one on the island able to step back and take control of seemingly uncontrollable circumstances- discovering the beast was just a dead body, finding the glade of beauty in the forest, and sitting down and just listening to Ralph as a leader.
He knows how to take care of his needs while being aware enough to buckle down and help make huts when most evb was either telling Ralph what to do or playing around with Jack
He’s a symbol of purity and innocence through the canon eye, but read with this interpretation in mind, you could view his authenticity and simple notions as the straight forward thinking and unquestioned acceptance of his needs often associated with autism
His being called queer and loony is also supportive since autistic people are clocked by neurotypical nine times outve nine- Peter thinks he’s stupid, which makes sense bc he’s representative of education and intellectual society. Jack thinks he’s soft and preyish, which makes sense bc he’s representative of war and the status quo of ‘man’ and ‘power’. Ralph thinks he’s queer, which makes sense bc he represents democracy- ‘majority rules’- and Simon’s outlier personality clashes with it more than Jacks. (like a two party systems- Simon would be a useless non-voter or unpopular third party, EVEN THO HE HELPS RALPH)
All in all, I’d say he’s a pretty solid example of what it’s like living in a world not meant for you, and the struggles of trying to be a contributing member anyways- even if you seem to be doing it wrong no matter how hard you try.
His being killed by everybody, including Ralph, is also very significant because that’s just it. He’s an outlier and no one is willing to accommodate him, even when he’s done nothing wrong. (His being apart of but not being apart of the choir rlly punctuates it)
We could make the argument that his being mistaken as the beast in his last minutes shows the stigma autistic people get, with allistic often getting ‘the creeps’ from them, but I feel I’ve yapped past your interest enough for one tweet lmfao
Ik we have a lot to say n draw abt flies in (yk) lord of the flies, but i also like ants as a motif for rotting bc they bite yk
like u feel the pinching, you just brush it off, and I think there’s merit in that
feels more active
like death is nipping at their toes rather than waiting around in the air
yall I rlly want to drop a fic abt Ralph’s introspection both during and after island bc there’s sm left to say and sm I can tweak and push and force into the forefront- most all, Ralph’s isolation
He’s friendly enough and probably has a history of being well liked. he can joke when he wants, and while he’s no genius, he’s no tool either
He’s had to have considered going buck wild just as the others did countless times
He’s had to have imagined it in dreams and mornings and meals spent picking at the flesh of fruit where the others tear apart pig with their teeth. Pig And Piggy
Because he sees a gleam in Jack’s eye that spells something knowing under all that wrath, and despite standing with Piggy he doesn’t even know his fucking name because he has that knack for social hierarchy and cruelty and he’d fit right in if he just allowed himself to
He had to have stared at the groups backs and know so so so intimately that he could saddle right on up and feel warm for the first time in a long time
rule 63 lotf is cool bc sm sm sm sm social commentary. like the original alr had something to say abt gender and how the boys were molded by the war and their older male role models and how those ppl are involved in that war, but the ‘going animial’ must be so different from a female perspective, both bc of time period but also just the way the way girls care for each other interpersonally
like the boys shove out mean names and throw fucking rocks at each other, and maybe it’s meaner than usual but it’s still in the realm of normalcy
but could you imagine the betrayal Ralph feels with a Jack she could hug and fuss about and lean into without feeling deeply guilty abt it? A Jack she could be softer with, and a group she thought she could trust to foster community and care for one another- all that softness just to be hit with the same inevitable level of cruelty as canon?
Gah. Crushing.
post island ralph ilyyyyyyyyyy bc he’s repressed as all hell and then some
nope don’t look at the shadows that
raise ur hackles from ur peripherals or those dreams of fiery, finicky orange and strokes of deep, dripping red
Also! Ur Homo!
For… for the guy ur desperately trying to pretend isn’t stalking your subconscious/neg
so much fear and pain and hatred and exhaustion and pessimism, yeah get this man a box to scream in and five thousand beers pls
fear and hunger can also work as the name of a 2000s highschool comedy. that could be the angsty version of Mean Girls if they committed to the body shaming toxicity of their time and gave Cady anorexia just saying
love a good old identity crisis in my blorbo/a
like yeah lmfao I have no idea what u r the world is what u make of it
it’s like watching their fishermen boat get swarmed by a thunderstorm in the middle of the deep sea
there’s literally no way to help this
“is all im good for xyz?” shit maybe
“could I exist any other way?” prolly not but idk maychance
“will I ever outrun my trauma?” yikes! holy anguish!
it’s a very entertaining spiral bc u literally can’t do anything to pull them outve this bc all their fears will always ring true on some level and the only solution is just not to gaf abt it so hard and they can’t so it’s like damn that sucks 4 u- want a coffee?
tsukishima struggling to give up his button during graduation and just like mailing it to u a week after is rlly funny, esp if yall r neighbors, and doubly esp if yall r in an established relationship