Hte Real April Foule… Was You.

dr. bao: you have failed your report dr. kel

dr. kel:

The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.

In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.

But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.

"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?

"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.

Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?

It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.

therian doing math call it quadrobic equations

Here I have created a beautiful artistic rendering representing why I, an alterhuman, despise summer

Oh don't test me, Friend. I can hold grudges for years. They call me the grudge holder

I do have digigrade legs but they look like this

Rain World Art Month - Day 3: “POLEPLANTS”

Was somewhat busy today, so just a scruffy little 4 panel comic for today. Hope it brings you some joy.

someone take me on a walk someone take me on a walk someone take me on a walk someone take me on a walk SOMEONE TAKE ME ON A WALK SOMEONE TAKE ME ON A WALK SOMEONE TAKE ME ON A WA

I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could