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TAISHO STRAY DOGS

akutagawaprize

Hi, I’ve been inactive for a while but another quick one for all those following me, akutagawaprize is a sideblog dedicated solely to Taisho Stray Dogs (大正ストレイドッグス).

For those who don’t know, Taisho Stray Dogs is a Japanese manga series written by Franz Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Natsukawa. It has been serialized in the weekly manga anthology SHONEN JUMP and an anime television series adaptation was produced by SHAFT.

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Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, believing himself to be cursed by his deceased mother, decides to seek the help of a spiritualist who goes by the name of Dazai Osamu. Except that this Dazai was nothing but a fake, and that Akutagawa wasn’t actually cursed, but rather, part of the few who have been granted supernatural abilities. Dazai takes a liking to Akutagawa and insists on making him his protégé despite the latter’s straight refusal. A series of events leaves Akutagawa deeply indebted to Dazai, so in the end he has no choice but to join the Armed Detective Agency, a powerful firm of supernatural investigators who handle bizarre cases even the police or the military won’t take.

Main Characters:

◘ Akutagawa Ryuunosuke - Akutagawa is an Agency rookie who is more interested in reading books or doing paperwork than going out on official missions. He gives the impression of being worldly due to how well-read he is, but in reality is quite an airhead and will believe almost anything said to him no matter its absurdity. When asked about his health, he would assure that he hasn’t been sick in a while, but would then violently cough before he could get his next words out. Akutagawa’s childhood wasn’t something he was proud of, and until now he has nightmares of his insane mother’s clammy hands around his neck and him activating Rashomon as a means to defend himself. Something about Akutagawa attracts bothersome personalities, with the list including Dazai (who motherhens him) and Atsushi (whose fascination with him causes trouble for the Agency). He values human life, but is anxious about his own future, since a small part of him agrees with his mother that his existence was a mistake. Currently Kyouka’s partner.

His ability is called Rashomon. Akutagawa can control his garments to serve as a protective cloak from physical and/or energy attacks. While it can block off attacks, it isn’t impenetrable and can be removed by energy drain or extreme force. At its best, it can stretch to encircle an area of around 10m radius. The “thinner” Rashomon stretches, the chances of an ability piercing through increases. Though a defensive ability, Akutagawa has shown numerous use of Rashomon, including catching things to deflect them back, using the cloak to carry heavy weights, and sealing off entrances and exits to trap enemies in a room.

◘ Dazai Osamu - A charismatic young man with narcisstic tendencies, Dazai is considered by the Agency as both the essential mood-maker and their resident troublemaker. While he seems bright and easygoing, he can easily switch to being glum and moody. He has a bad habit of asking women he had just met to commit double suicide with him. Ranpo likes giving him instructions on how to cause mischief, which he follows to the letter. Kunikida chastises him for always slacking off while other colleagues describe him as the most useless ikemen. Dazai grew up in the mafia, though looking back, his reason for joining was something as shallow as wanting to look cool and important. He is childhood friends with Chuuya and was once his partner, but Dazai could only remember himself being the shorter man’s punching bag. An incident involving Oda and Ango caused him to defect. Even so, he’s still not sure if he finally found a place he can belong in with the Agency. Dazai may not look like it, but he had been a candidate for an Executive position. He is cunning enough, and can hold his own in a hand-to-hand combat. Currently Kunikida’s partner, though he keeps begging Fukuzawa to let him be paired up with Akutagawa. Covers his right eye with bandages.

His ability is called No Longer Human. He has one of the abilities that are dependent on Eyes. In his case, he can detect ability users at any time and at any given place, as long as he has visuals of them. Once he sees an ability in action, he will automatically be able to tell how the ability works and what the weaknesses of said ability are. His ability isn’t affected by nullification.

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writing an autistic character when you are not autistic - a masterpost

taptrial2

completely double spaced version on google docs here – this post is more blocky for the sake of people’s dashboards, but still long so people will be less likely to glaze over it. my apologies if that makes it hard to read

things to look for and avoid in an autistic character

• symptoms only manifesting as “nonverbal and rocking”
• super smart / living calculator
• super dumb / doesn’t understand anything
• all the symptoms you can come up with for them are “awkward” and “has special interest(s)” (please do more research)
• trains, technology, and/or math as special interests
• acting like a child
• getting treated like a baby
• unreasonably cruel and uncaring about others’ reactions to them being cruel
• if they’re comparable to sheldon from the big bang theory, start over
• animal comparisons
• a lack of feelings
• please no stories about what it’s like to be autistic told by allistics

the right way to write an autistic person

• lots of symptoms, including secondary ones not included on a general diagnosis requirement list (here’s a list i rather like that was made by an autistic person – their blog is also a good resource)
• having a good amount of general knowledge and actually talking about it (i cannot believe that i have to say this)
• talking about things outside of special interests (again…. come on……….) (special interests are usually the default things our brains go to when theres no stimulation or we want to entertain ourselves – it isn’t literally all we think or talk about ever. if a conversation has no connections to a special interest, reconsider having your autistic character bring it up in a context that is not an introduction.)
• explicitly expressed to be capable of attraction and romantic feelings – if your character is an adult, add sexual feelings to this point
• capable of general functioning, just with a disability that makes it more difficult – not a walking disability (….sigh)
• a wide amount of feelings and emotional turmoil (but perhaps only being able to express it in limited ways)
• we’re people
• just people whose brains are wired differently

things to avoid in research for an autistic character

• autism moms / autism blogs and websites not run by autistic people
• any affiliation with autism $peaks means you should walk away and never look back
• a scientist trying to create explanations for what autistic people do without actually asking / not mentioning asking autistic people
• anything about a cure for autism
• a person that “worked with autistic kids” phrased in the same way as “worked with animals”
• talking about autistic people as if they are mysteries, are like animals, or are otherwise othered weirdos instead of people

things to look for in research for an autistic character

• actual autistic people talking about their experiences and symptoms
• just stick to that and you’re good but it’s hard to find sometimes ngl. just look for the above red flags

things i would personally like to see in an autistic character

• less easy to swallow sadness and more destructive anger. i would love to see a canonically autistic character who was frustrated easily by small things and had trouble communicating why
• not a story about being autistic, a story that happens to have a character or characters who are autistic – it isn’t pointed out or questioned, they’re right at home with the rest of the cast and not othered (a la symmetra from overwatch)
• intensive sensory issues / small sounds making large reactions
• clear communications about not liking x sensory thing (for example being touched)
• poor motor skills / clumsiness and not being laughed at for it
• walking funny (body bent downwards, walking very fast, walking slowly, big strides, shuffling, stiffness, etc)  – no one treats it as if it’s funny or something totally strange
• a big personality that has a presence so they can’t be cast aside (but feel free to have quiet characters too) – if this was along with being nonverbal they would probably leap to being one of my favorite characters ever
• a fear of asking for clarification on sarcasm or jokes because of past experiences and an arc about the character becoming more comfortable asking questions

>> if any fellow autistic people want to add something, feel free <<

allistics are encouraged to rb this

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