cxsmictxy:

“ok but what if aliens are baffled by [neurotypical able-bodied human thing]?!”

Fam you know autistic ppl exist and you seem completely fucking alien to us even though we live on the same planet right

I say that if we’re going to write this “humans are space orcs” shit we’re gonna do it while being inclusive as possible and say that neurodivergent/disabled humans are more easily understood by these aliens of yours. Because they, too, are baffled by all of these things I have legit seen people writing stories about aliens experiencing for the first time and going ?????? or !!!!?!?!??:

• Sarcasm
• Facial expressions
• Quirks of speech
• Verbal speech
• Slang
• Social norms
• Various types of sensory input being insufficient, or actually physically painful
• A seemingly endless reserve of energy and attention
• Physical hardiness
• Being able to eat just about anything
• Bureaucracy
• Extroversion
• Introversion
• Going against rules/structures
• Deviating from a routine

And these aliens are like yes, finally, a human we relate to. A human we can communicate/coexist with comfortably. We like this human. 

I’m lacking in spoons to write about this in detail but feel free if you wanna

someone do this