The Player Sees Representation

The player. Dungeons & Dragons introduces its first canonically autistic character trib.al/DqzGFKn

A dark social-media screenshot shows the caption “The player.” above a post announcing that Dungeons & Dragons has introduced its first canonically autistic character, illustrated by a dramatic fantasy warrior raising a sword beneath a starry sky. The joke is that the player reacts with overwhelming excitement and epic emotion to seeing autistic representation in the game, as if receiving a grand heroic revelation. EN: A dark social-media screenshot shows the caption “The player.” above a post announcing that Dungeons & Dragons has introduced its first canonically autistic character, illustrated by a dramatic fantasy warrior raising a sword beneath a starry sky. The joke is that the player reacts with overwhelming excitement and epic emotion to seeing autistic representation in the game, as if receiving a grand heroic revelation.

• @eternalclassic / 38344 2023-09-07