Accidentally autistic badass protagonists

>writer attempts to make a badass stoic protagonist >accidentally makes him autistic

A four-panel collage shows Connor from Detroit: Become Human, Gordon Freeman from Half-Life, Venom Snake from Metal Gear Solid V, and Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza. The joke is that writers trying to create cool, stoic action heroes accidentally make them seem autistic because of their awkward, emotionally restrained, or intensely focused behavior. It is sent as a reaction to characters who are unintentionally neurodivergent-coded or socially unusual. EN: A four-panel collage shows Connor from Detroit: Become Human, Gordon Freeman from Half-Life, Venom Snake from Metal Gear Solid V, and Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza. The joke is that writers trying to create cool, stoic action heroes accidentally make them seem autistic because of their awkward, emotionally restrained, or intensely focused behavior. It is sent as a reaction to characters who are unintentionally neurodivergent-coded or socially unusual.

• @antichirst / 20717 2025-10-06
• @eternalclassic / 76853 2025-10-07