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| All the additional themes that come along with ‘being a woman’ are more of a pleasant side-effect. Though that doesn' | All the additional themes that come along with ‘being a woman’ are more of a pleasant side-effect. Though that doesn' | ||
| - | I'll also point out the difference between male and female protagonists in horror games. Male protagonists tend to be central to more action-oriented horror games (with exceptions like < | + | I'll also point out the difference between male and female protagonists in horror games. Male protagonists tend to be central to more action-oriented horror games (with exceptions like < |
| - | Compare Ruka Minazuki (< | + | Compare Ruka Minazuki (< |
| === Kurumi - The Autism === | === Kurumi - The Autism === | ||
| My original plan when writing this article was just to respond to the Sango stuff, but now I'm also gonna include the Kurumi stuff. The reason being that I find Punchy' | My original plan when writing this article was just to respond to the Sango stuff, but now I'm also gonna include the Kurumi stuff. The reason being that I find Punchy' | ||
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| * She regularly interacts with supernatural entities and **appears completely unfazed by it**. | * She regularly interacts with supernatural entities and **appears completely unfazed by it**. | ||
| * She typically speaks in a childish and sing-song manner. | * She typically speaks in a childish and sing-song manner. | ||
| - | * She enthusiastically and unhesitatingly volunteers personal information to a stranger (granted, a doctor) she had never me before when he asks her for it. | + | * She enthusiastically and unhesitatingly volunteers personal information to a stranger (granted, a doctor) she had never met before when he asks her for it. |
| * She holds a conversation with a talking mailbox and doesn' | * She holds a conversation with a talking mailbox and doesn' | ||
| The last one is the proverbial smoking gun, as that indicates an inability to understand reality...which is probably the biggest piece of evidence to suggest that she's low-functioning.\\ | The last one is the proverbial smoking gun, as that indicates an inability to understand reality...which is probably the biggest piece of evidence to suggest that she's low-functioning.\\ | ||
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| I think that Japan is actually among the countries that is nicest to high-functioning autists. This is due to what I stated before: they don't really care how weird or eccentric you are as long as you perform your role, follow the rules and don't bother others.\\ | I think that Japan is actually among the countries that is nicest to high-functioning autists. This is due to what I stated before: they don't really care how weird or eccentric you are as long as you perform your role, follow the rules and don't bother others.\\ | ||
| - | Thus a high-functioning autist would probably perceive Japan as a bit of a paradise: there are **clear** rules that apply clearly in situations and which are almost religiously enforced by the entire population...who is fine with you occasionally breaking a rule as long as you show humility and correct your behavior from then on. It wouldn' | + | Thus a high-functioning autist would probably perceive Japan as a bit of a paradise: there are **clear** rules that apply clearly in situations and which are almost religiously enforced by the entire population...which is fine with you occasionally breaking a rule as long as you show humility and correct your behavior from then on. It wouldn' |
| But now that I've recapped that, you may have noticed the major issue with low-functioning autists: they kinda break the only requirements needed to fit in. A low-functioning autist has trouble with fulfilling their role in society, with following the rules (which they may have trouble comprehending no matter how often you remind them) and they end up bothering others with their actions (or inactions, as they can be perceived as a social burden too). | But now that I've recapped that, you may have noticed the major issue with low-functioning autists: they kinda break the only requirements needed to fit in. A low-functioning autist has trouble with fulfilling their role in society, with following the rules (which they may have trouble comprehending no matter how often you remind them) and they end up bothering others with their actions (or inactions, as they can be perceived as a social burden too). | ||
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| Punchy doesn' | Punchy doesn' | ||
| From the point of view of her parents...there really //is// a problem here that they want to desperately fix. Not because they' | From the point of view of her parents...there really //is// a problem here that they want to desperately fix. Not because they' | ||
| - | How does that mesh with them approaching a doctor with a clearly dangerous treatment method that only seems to harm her? Well, from their point-of-view, | + | How does that mesh with them approaching a doctor with a clearly dangerous treatment method that only seems to harm her? Well, from their point-of-view, |
| They were obviously //wrong// (because Kurumi //dies//) but I don't think it's fair to characterize them as purely selfish...and Kurumi as entirely normal.\\ | They were obviously //wrong// (because Kurumi //dies//) but I don't think it's fair to characterize them as purely selfish...and Kurumi as entirely normal.\\ | ||
| It would have been better to deal with Kurumi' | It would have been better to deal with Kurumi' | ||
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