• 5too@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    …How the hell did I miss that Zoey is coded autistic? I just had her pegged as “the creative one”, never mind the 700 2-second videos of turtles, or her very specific insecurities!

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      6 hours ago

      Someone once said that they all have autistic tendencies, but Zoey’s character/writing really leans into it.

      There’s also how every time they all say something, she’s the one who says something different.

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        3 hours ago

        That actually makes me wonder if one or a few of the script writers have some autistic tendencies. I read something similar happened with the author of The Murderbot Diaries.

        But yeah, given how Zoey seems to have more tells, I suspect she got that treatment more intentionally

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      6 hours ago

      I think you could interpret some of her characteristics as hyperfocusing on very specific interests.

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        3 hours ago

        Oh, for sure. For some reason, I keep thinking that’s just a common thing for some people to do :D