What are your thoughts on this meme I made?

[Greatshield17]

Is it accurate or not? I made it because many people think that we’re kind of unemotional, so I used pictures of kuuderes for these two versions:

 

[tree]

None of those look like representations of ASD people to me,
regardless of whose viewpoint they are supposed to be from.

 

[Atrapa Almas]

I cant see if they are emotional or not by one picture/drawing.

 

[VictorR]

I think I understand what you're trying to say / convey, but the message didn't come out that way. (I'm confused)

 

[Misery]

I think the issue here is that the meme is kinda requiring that the viewer know certain characters here.

I recognize Yuki (girl with glasses) and know that in the show she's basically emotionless most of the time, so she sorta works with what I think you're saying. But others who dont know her will just see an anime character who isnt really doing anything at that particular moment.

If you're gonna make a meme, ya gotta get more visually obvious. So that the viewer doesnt need to know the characters at all. There's a good reason why the visual elements in memes like this are usually a little exaggerated.

 

[Homulilly]

Huh, as NT I think I get your meme? Are you trying to say that the autistic stereotype is that autistics can get anxious/nervous, while the NT stereotype is that autistics are emotionless? This is what I got from your images.

 

[Judge]

Sorry, but from my perspective using Anime imagery says nothing to me.

Keep in mind the importance of visual metaphors. That we need to be seen as human beings- not cartoons.

 

[Nervous Rex]

But others who don't know her will just see an anime character who isn't really doing anything at that particular moment.

That's exactly what I saw.

Looking at two anime characters that I don't recognize feels like I'm being asked to play Spot-the-Difference.

 

[Bolletje]

I’m sorry to say I don’t understand what the meme is trying to convey. I just see two anime characters that don’t tell me anything. Sorry

 

[Tom]

Same as most others. All the pictures look very similar and don't convey anything particularly autism related to me.

 

[Tom]

One suggestion is to have more difference and a louder message in the pictures.

Something like:

How we see ourselves

How others see us

 

[Misery]

Okay, from my archive, I shall grant you an example of an anime meme that works for anyone:

You dont need to know who either of those two characters are in order to get the joke.

 

[Greatshield17]

Huh, as NT I think I get your meme? Are you trying to say that the autistic stereotype is that autistics can get anxious/nervous, while the NT stereotype is that autistics are emotionless? This is what I got from your images.

Sort of, for much of my youth, I often imagined that people would view an Autistic person as someone who was both socially awkward and socially anxious, as I myself and a lot of the people I know were socially anxious. I never realized until recently that NTs viewed us in a quite different light

 

[Nonamedjohn]

This reminds me of the sailor moon outfit I saw in the store the other day. It was really skimpy. Cosplay it's amazing.

 

[Homulilly]

Sort of, for much of my youth, I often imagined that people would view an Autistic person as someone who was both socially awkward and socially anxious, as I myself and a lot of the people I know were socially anxious. I never realized until recently that NTs viewed us in a quite different light

I agree with Misery on making your images more exaggerated, possibly a lot more. I understood what you meant by the characters because I could understand their body language+expression, which is probably what’s causing confusion for other members here. The social cues are a bit subtle even for me.

As for the part on “what you imagined NTs thought” vs what most NTs actually think, I think that’s hard to convey purely from images. I would go with Tom’s approach, where you alter the words on your meme altogether. Possibly change them into something like “what I thought other people think” vs “what they actually think.”

 

[Starfire]

It’s rubbish.