Came Back To Dungeon Meshi Fandom And Then Saw Some Weird Posts About People Complaining About Laios

Came back to dungeon meshi fandom and then saw some weird posts about people complaining about Laios being headcanoned as autistic (I highlighted the parts i thought were the wildest):

Boohoo, autism scary. Stop pretending you care about disabled people when the only thing you want to do is dunk on people you find cringe online.

It’s so hypocritical to pretend you care when you use ableist language, calling others “demented” and keep insulting “terminally online people”.

What these people fail to realize is that a lot of terminally online people are autistic or neurodivergent in some way. For a lot of us fandom spaces are one of the only ways we can socialize.

Most people aren’t “fandomizing autism” by headcanoning Laios as autistic, they are relating to him. In a world where most of the few confirmed autistic characters read as stereotypical and not relatable, Laios being embraced by the community is a very positive thing. Even if he isn’t confirmed autistic.

It makes so many autistics feel happy and validated. I almost cried during the Toshiro fight because of how relatable it felt.

Let’s not forget how many of these people seem to only see autistic people as dependent and highly intellectually disabled, when the autistic spectrum is so broad, with so many different experiences.

Laios can absolutely be autistic, being able to read and live independently isn’t proof that someone isn’t autistic. I was diagnosed with autism and can, not only read but also speak 3 languages.

Also how many fans really assumed Laios in on the far end of the spectrum? Not saying that it’s the correct assumption, but in fandom spaces, if a character can speak without impediments he is generally headcanoned at maximum as level 2 support needs.

The only thing I agree is that diagnosing people you don’t know is wrong, but if this end up turning into an argument about self diagnosis (which happens a lot), I’m out of here.

POV: You are a closeted bi, with a male preference but you talk so much shit about the boys from your school that all your friends just assumed you’re a lesbian.

Everybody is talking about Sevika and where is the love for Ambessa?

Like, I hate her personality but damn, does she look good.

I don’t talk a lot about religion, think I mentioned being Christian once, but to be specific I’m a lapsed Catholic.

I was raised by a catholic family, but they aren’t very good Catholics, they often don’t go to church, most haven’t read the bible, were against confessions, discarded some parts of the Bible in favor of science, etc.

It led to me having a somewhat confusing religious upbringing. I never read the full bible and my understanding of God is a weird mix of the few parts I read and personal interpretation.

My main reasons to not engaging with the church are basically:

- I always found their activities boring.

- I hate how annoyingly bigoted the church and it’s members can be, can’t stand some of these people.

- I’m queer (self explanatory).

Why I don’t call myself an ex catholic? My understanding of God is so tied to my personal interpretation that I never felt the need to stop believing. I only feel the need to distance myself from the institutions.

I was bored in chemistry class and felt the need to do this after seeing Ryan Gosling Laios.

Edit: Some people pointed out to me that Kabru is actually South Asian. I didn’t know it when I made the post so sorry for that.

My ex friend came to school in a wheelchair (she is abled body) and I’m feeling guilty for not saying or asking anything but I also don’t think I should.

Like, the girl did nothing when our other “friends” started excluding me and didn’t say anything when I was having a pretty bad meltdown.

Deep down I still care about her, but being close to her hurts. I gave her a lot of support when she was having mental health problems and backed her when people started excluding her, but now that I’m going through the same situation she does nothing, not even ask if I’m ok.