I think I know why I like Greek Mythology so much. It's one of the only religions that I know of where all the godly beings are very obviously nuerodivergent.
The greeks knew it too. They knew they're godly deities were weird as fuck. Their godly deities who could look just like their neighbor or their doctor or someone they pass in the street.
The gods in Greek mythology are so human, especially compared to other religions at the time. It was the first one that designed its gods on humans, one of the first ones where it was okay to laugh at the funny situations the gods got themselves in. The only religion at the time where, though if you got them angry they may kill your entire family, you could interact and be friendly with them.
They were so human. They had a home, a place to live. They went to parties and had their hobbies.
On top of it all, the Olympians are the embodiment of a crazy dysfunctional family. They are a mess, from the cheating husband (and fucking weirdo) in Zeus, to the bitter and jealous wife in Hera. They have kids (mostly Zeus) some who Zeus likes and some where he could literally couldn't care less. There's scandals and messy situation ships. There are betrayals and tragedies. The gods all have their different morals and lines they won't cross and it depends on which god.
They're based on humans. They are so human. (Which is something I don't see often in religions at all and it heals some part of my religious trauma) Yet, they are also weird as fuck, in ways that I find familiar.
They each have their special little things. Things that they care about a mighty deal. Things that are specific especially to them.
Ares with his fighting and war. Hephaestus with his creations and the forge. Hera and her single-mind on Zeus and his disloyalty- that woman is relentless on those poor mistresses. Poseidon and his odd love of horses and other things. Apollo and his music.
It's almost like those things that they focus solely on is some kind of... Special interest perhaps?
It's also the way the act and react to things. They will take things that are said or done that seem small and trivial to another person and blow it up. They will get really upset and make it a whole ordeal.
Like when Athena made a flute and was laughed at cause blowing into it made her look funny so she freaking cursed the flute and it's next player with a terrible fate and threw it off the mountain for no good reason. Or when someone found that flute they played it so well that the bragged that they would even be better than Apollo so he came down, challenged them and then SKINNED them alive after he won. Like dude, calm down.
And I haven't even gotten into how Rick Riordan characterizes them cause I have never seen so many neurodivergent characters in one place then I do in those books. Like, all the campers are neurodivergent because they are demigods, heavy on the god. They got their neurodivergences from them right so it stands to reason that they are also neurodivergent.
Anywayyyyy,
Im reading a Greek mythology textbook right now so I'm going to continue this train of thought as I keep reading but so far, from what I can tell, these fuckers are soooooo nuerodivergent. Argue with a wall if you disagree
I'm obsessed with Apollo in PJO. He's a girlboss. He's bisexual. He's a loser. He killed his ex boyfriend by screaming at him. He's enslaved by a twelve year old. He's the 4000 year old god. He's stuck in the body of a 16 year old with acne. He passes out every fifty pages. He claims to be the eldest twin. His twin sister helped deliver him. He has a talking prophetic arrow only he can hear. He canonically gave birth to Kayla through godly mpreg. He fucking hates ravens. He sang Sweet Caroline whilst actively dying from a zombie virus. He loves elephants. He's a simp. He got cockblocked by a talking sword. He hates everything. He needs to be protected by a 12 year old whenever a fight breaks out. He's a sopping wet cat. He's blorbo. He's entirely and utterly pathetic. He should NEVER be allowed a gun. We stan <3
I LOVE and hate that the gold bands around his wrists remind me of chains
Post TOA - referance not mine, credit goes to unknow Artist on pinterest
surely one of these will stop him from killing himself?
Arguments. The conversations that contain yelling, screaming, insults, hurting, frustration, and occasionally…humor.
If you are uncertain how to write one, I have a few tips for you.
A Reason:
Perhaps the frustration has been building in one of your characters for days, weeks, and in extreme cases, years. When the emotions build up so does the level of the argument.Â
Emotions that has been strengthening for hours compared to minutes will blow up in a more dramatic way.
So there are many reasoning for the argument. Maybe what the discussion is about isn’t actually what the person is upset about. Two characters may be fighting over who ate the last muffin but in reality one of the characters have been feeling left out and has taken their frustration on a muffin.
Maybe the characters simply hate each other and look for any reason to get under the others skin. There are so many reasons and its all determined on your characters.
Serious vs Trivial:
The serious arguments compared to trivial disagreements have much more emotion behind it. There has to be pain, mixed with other emotions creating a complicated mess.Â
Most quarrels are minor, (usually not unimportant), but not consequential. Serious arguments can include physical fighting, hateful words, and revealing feelings they have never shared before. But not all significant disagreements are relationship ruining. In fact it can strengthen the bond.Â
Trivial- Develops the situation
Serious- Develops the characters
(Note: This isn’t correct all the time. Serious can develop the situation as well as trivial developing the characters)
Development:
I just touched on it but most if not all arguments should be impactful in some way. Minor or Major.Â
Maybe it should foreshadow something that’s going to happen or dawns realization on a character. It can destroy or build relationships, or bring the problems up. They can also show the contrasts between characters.
Anyway that’s all I got! Have a FANTASTIC day, and have fun writing!
I think Gi-hun from Squid Game is Neuro divergent. That is all ladies, gentlemen,and nonbinaries. Good night
Took this from Instagram because this is urgent US folks.
You need to call and email your reps no matter if you live in a red or blue state. This cannot be allowed to pass.
It will prevent anyone who has ever changed their name from voting (including their last name)
Autism senses tingling
Adrien: … *keeps distracting Marinette because not only does he have no fucking idea what facial expression he’s supposed to make because it wasn’t specified in the instructions, but he also keeps getting distracted himself*Â
My adhd ass: … wait a damn minute
Context: Lucifer is lonely after the (supposed) divorce and unconsciously ends up pinning for his nemesis/frenemy.
After past experience with Vox, Alastor can almost immediately tell when someone is crushing on him, so he did the only reasonable thing for an Aroace person to do in that situation. 👍
I NEED THIS
i do still love the idea of felix permanently having the dog miraculous in some AUs though just based on the concept that if you put adrien and felix next to each other and said to a random person “black cat and dog. assign them” 10/10 times they would get it wrong and swap them
I love that theory thing where Apollo mostly acts the way he does, because he knows not being taken seriously is way safer then people knowing and remembering he is not only the only god with a connection to prophecy, he also regained godhood without any help, has a strong connection to mortals, is actually incredibly intelligent thanks to his domain of knowledge, and the fact that like he beat python as a mortal did I mention he hung over chaos?? I’m never dropping that guys he fucking hung over chaos
Also like he has humility????? Created camp half blood technically maybe???? And is the only god who has been turned completely mortal like. In general.
He’s actually really smart and scarily powerful cause the arts are already divine and that’s also his thing (that’s just a small tidbit of mine I like thinking about) but acting like he isn’t (and sometimes just being unwise cause his domain’s intellectuality not wisdom that’s Athena’s thing) is just better to do strategically. If your opponent thinks your incompetent they won’t treat as an equal which works in your favor, especially when you’re just well better than them.
Trans, Aroace, He/Him, Autistic, Artist, Writer. Lover of one-sided ships
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