Lovely!

so handsome!

keira smirking with those cheekbones: im gonna give the gays everything they want 

so beautiful

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Love this drawing, especially the expression on the face

Hi what are raptor hands? I see people talk about this in #actuallyautistic, and I'm not 100% what kind of hands it refers to. (I love your detailed and thorough answers to everything, btw.)

Hi, I’m glad you appreciate how many words I need to answer even the most basic questions! (half joke)

Interestingly enough, my icon here is a drawing of myself with raptor hands. 

Raptor hands (also called raptor arms, meerkat hands, and many other things of this format) are a way of holding one’s hands/arms at rest. It’s when a person has their arms in a resting position where their elbows are bent. 

A common way that this can look is that the hands are right at chest level, and loosely hanging down. The hands don’t need to be as high though for me to still consider it raptor hands. Elbows at a right angle such that the hands are hanging down from around the waist still strike me as being a bit raptorish in this sense.

The reason this is talked about in the actuallyautistic tag is because autistic people tend to be the ones who do this naturally. I’m not sure what causes it, but a lot of us find it much more comfortable than having our arms hang down to our sides. I have a friend who tries to hold her arms down to her sides, but because having them bent is so much more natural feeling, her elbows are still a bit bent, and so when she walks you can see her arms bending away from her a bit. It’s actually how I first thought to ask if she’s autistic too (she is). 

Here’s the original drawing I did that I turned into my icon, since I think it’s a good example. (Copic markers and a pigma micron for the line art)

Two books I got in the mail today What a great combination

I want that shirt

I sent a message last night about my new Autism Shirt™ and thought you’d like to see it

Kay: !!! it looks super soft and comfy!!! I also like the colors. They go well with your skin tone. SIDE NOTE IT THAT A HARRY POTTER POSTER IN THE BACKGROUND??? You’re a good bean, and I support you. I hope you get a lot of comfy flannels in the future.

Great tribute to power of writing and reading

Artist Uses 100,000 Banned Books To Build A Full-Size Parthenon At Historic Nazi Book Burning Site

heartbreaker

Ooh! Aah!

Love your blog so freaking much!! It’s so relaxing 🌿☁️ what are your book recommendations? I’m always looking for new ones hehe

Thank you so much :) I hope you enjoy these books:

The Night Circus // Erin Morgenstern

The Bear and the Nightingale // Katherine Arden

The Secret History // Donna Tartt

City of Thieves // David Benioff

The Raven Boys // Maggie Stiefvater 

The Diviners // Libba Bray

Station Eleven // Emily St. John Mandell

Purple Hibiscus // Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Six of Crows || Crooked Kingdom // Leigh Bardugo