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Careful with what words come out of your mouth. Even you could misinterpret it as literal.
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#originalcharacter #autism #autistic #infinity #literally #oc #red #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #eddant #mrseddant #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
18: Taking It Literally
Nameless person says "You want to work here, huh? Mrs. Eddant follows by saying "Yes, I do." The Nameless person then says "Alright. We'll just need you to put your John Hancock on this paper and you're good to go!" while holding a piece of paper meant to be signed. Mrs. Eddant suddenly thinks while surprised "John whatnow?", as faintly transparent images of a hand and a chicken are displayed under the bubble. Confusing it in a literal sense (at least that's what she's thinking), Mrs. Eddant replies with a disturbed look, "You could've just said 'signature'!". The Nameless person looks confused, replying with "Why? It's what I always say to newcomers."

October 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Sensory Profile determines what makes you most happy or most disturbed, applying to any of the five senses!
More info: www.deviantart.com/dominicdelag...
#autism #autistic #oc #originalcharacter #technetium #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #auctober2025 #sensoryprofile

October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Autistic people are more likely to be LGBTQIA+!
Mrs. Eddant is a lesbian and Mercury is asexual!
#originalcharacter #asexual #autism #autistic #lesbian #lgbtq #mercury #oc #red #transrights #lgbtqia #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #lgbtqiaplus #auctober #mrseddant #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
16: LGBTQIA+
Mercury wears a long-sleeve shirt colored to look like the asexual pride flag, and Mrs. Eddant wears a tank top that resembles the lesbian pride flag. The background is colorful like a rainbow, and two lines - colored like the trans pride flag - can be faintly seen under the colorful rainbow background in question.

October 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Hyperfocus is when you focus and concentrate strongly on something specific (like maybe a video game), probably for a long time.
More info: www.deviantart.com/dominicdelag...
#kirby #fanart #autism #autistic #oc #mercury #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #kirbyairriders #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
15: Hyperfocus
Fanart of Kirby Air Riders -- Mercury, Mrs. Eddant, Pane and Caesium hold a different game controller each as they're ready to play the game:
Upper-left corner: Mercury holds a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, confident as he plays as Yellow Kirby (riding the Paper Star).
Upper-right corner: Mrs. Eddant holds a Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con, also confident as she plays as Bandana Waddle Dee (riding the Slick Star).
Bottom-left corner: Pane plays using the Nintendo Switch 2's handheld mode, locked in as he plays as Cappy (riding the Swerve Star).
Bottom-right corner: Caesium holds the Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip, her right eye glowing a cyan light with competitive spirit as she plays as Susie (riding the Warp Star).
On the middle-right section of the drawing, a text box is shown saying "Once the game starts, everyone locks in."

October 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Eugenics have always been a danger all over the place especially in America.
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#originalcharacter #autism #autistic #caesium #infinity #oc #red #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #redinstead #rainbowinfinity #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
14: Harmful Eugenics
Caesium looks at her cell phone, disgusted as she sees the U.S. News saying "You know...an empire that can't even keep their hands to themselves...DESERVES TO COLLAPSE." (Extra text above her head saying "Insensate humans...") The "U.S. News" in question displays four speech bubbles from the phone from top to bottom:
[Government claims tylenol causes Autism]
["Evidence" says that circumcision is a cause of Autism]
[The "President" announces virginity causes Autism]
["Vaccines cause Autism", according to a "Christian" who happens to have nazi tattoos on their face]

October 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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It highly irks me that the r-slur is being normalized here in America. 😠
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#originalcharacter #autism #autistic #infinity #mercury #oc #periodictable #red #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #mrseddant #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
13: Ableist Slurs
"Mercury was curious about what America is like. Not even a minute in the conversation, and he already wants to move to a different country. (If he could, he would)"
Mercury looks at his cell phone, which a speech bubble from it displays random keyboard symbols in no apparent order (!@#$%^&*) -- a follow-up speech bubble for the random symbols says "One minute on Earth's world wide web". Mercury is clearly startled of the ableist slurs' existence, saying "Wait. THAT normalized???", and Mrs. Eddant, disappointed about the ableist slurs' existence, says "Unfortunately...yes." She quietly thinks "And somehow, the entire agreed unanimously that it's an acceptable word..."

October 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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50-70% of autistic people happen to have ADHD! The term "AuDHD" is a mix of being autistic plus having ADHD.
Pane is autistic and has ADHD! #originalcharacter #adhd #autism #autistic #oc #pane #red #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #redinstead #auctober #audhd #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
12: Au-DHD
Pane happily holds two words, one on each hand. The words in question are "autism" and "ADHD," and they both merge into a single word displayed above his head: "AuDHD".

October 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Rainbows make a whole spectrum of colors! Same with the autistic spectrum: lots of unique experiences!
Caesium holds a red flag with the Rainbow Infinity printed on it! #originalcharacter #autism #autistic #infinity #oc #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #rainbowinfinity #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTBOER 2025
11: Rainbow Infinity
Caesium happily holds a flagpole which displays a red-colored flag with a rainbow infinity (the Actually Autistic symbol) printed on it.

October 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Self-care is important! Always ensure you have good hygiene, eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, rest easy, have a good sleep schedule, all that stuff. #originalcharacter #autism #autistic #iridium #oc #selfcare #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
10: Self-Care
Four-panel drawing of Iridium showering (cyan liquid -- electrionium -- acting as water), only her head and shoulders are displayed. From top to bottom: in the first panel is Iridium with shampoo bubbles all over her soaked hair, letting the shower water wash the bubbles away. The second panel shows that Iridium notices her hair is not messy (after the bubbles have washed away), so in the third panel, she shakes her hair around, drying it up and making it fluffier, intentionally making her hair messy. In the fourth panel, Iridium is happy and comfortable that her hair is now messy.

October 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Nothing about us without us! Seriously, neurotypical adults have talked about autism and didn't include autistics in the conversation.
Here's Mrs. Eddant, a happy self-advocate! #originalcharacter #autistic #oc #neurodivergent #selfadvocacy #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
09: Self-Advocacy
Mrs. Eddant's hands happily fidget as she displays a message in rainbow letters just above her: "Nothing about us without us." The background is colored cyan with a couple sparkles scattered everywhere.

October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

@dominicdelagol2.bsky.social

Socializing with people is not easy. As an introvert, I need time to prepare myself before speaking with anyone.
Mrs. Eddant and Iridium are both introverts, yet they both became good friends! #originalcharacter #autism #autistic #oc #beach #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
08: Socialization
Mrs. Eddant and Iridium are at the beach, both wearing a short-sleeve shirt and shorts. Mrs. Eddant speaks with Iridium, whose arms fidget with joy.

October 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Stimming! It's fun to be fidgety! There's even stim toys that are fun to play with!
Technetium's quite fidgety & likes to play with stim toys to pass the time!
#originalcharacter #autism #autistic #oc #technetium #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #stimtoys #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
07: Stimming + Stim Toys
Technetium happily stims with her right hand while she holds a black fidget cube with four green buttons, a green thumbstick and a green off/on switch - each on different sides. The background is green with bubbles floating about.

October 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Some surfaces just feel very nice to touch or even look at! I find diamondplate quite satisfying to see or walk on! Not everyday I find that material anywhere though.
Mercury loves diamondplate! #autism #autistic #oc #red #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
06: TEXTURES
Mercury feels satisfied of the diamond plate background, his eyes closed as he happily says "Mmm... Diamondplate."

October 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Other than the periodic table, I do have a couple special interests that switch around every now and then: colored dice, Graffiti Kingdom, Spore 2008, etc.
Technetium and Pane both love Pikmin! They even have a Pikmin plush of their own! #actuallyautistic #auctober #auctober2025 #autistic #fanart

AUCTOBER 2025
Special Interests
Technetion happily holds a Glow Pikmin plushie while Pane holds a Purple Pikmin Plushie. The background shows a fairly cloudy daytime setting with grass on the ground.

October 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Some people might say that you don't look autistic, assuming that autism has a "look" of some sort. To this day, I'm still not sure what that's even all about. #originalcharacter #autism #autistic #mom #mother #oc #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #mrseddant #auctober2025

AUCTOBER 2025
"You don't look autistic"
Three-panel comic: A nameless student in a blue shirt says with a smirk, "Hm... you don't even look autistic. You actually look--", his last sentence interrupted on the second panel where Mrs. Eddant says with calm anger "Oh, you don't say? What gives you that idea?" She thinks "Ugh... It's one of THOSE students again." The nameless student tries to talk, saying "I'm just saying...", and the third panel follows with Mrs. Eddant's anger leaving the student scared. Mrs. Eddant looks at the student with a glare, making sure he doesn't get ableist again by saying "AND THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK. You're talking to a school teacher."

Additional text box is added on the blank bottom left corner of the drawing, saying "Mrs. Eddant is a high school gym teacher. She sees the good in students, all of which are usually nice to her, but a few can get on her nerves if they say anything unnecessary especially behind her back."

October 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

@dominicdelagol2.bsky.social

When masking in public or in conversation, masking can exhaust anyone quickly. #originalcharacter #autism #autistic #caesium #masking #oc #periodictable #red #unmasking #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #auctober #auctober2025
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AUCTOBER 2025
03: Masking/Unmasking
Caesium lays on the couch exhausted (as seen with the "low energy" symbol next to her head), and two masks with handles are seen on the floor, both that look exactly like Caesium's happy face (one blushing with joy, the other winking).

October 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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You can notice a stereotype or two of autism in some TV shows, books, movies and more. These depictions cause more harm than people (especially Americans) want to admit. #autism #autistic #mercury #oc #originalcharacter #red #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #redinstead #auctober #auctober2025

Two-Panel comic of Mercury and the nameless American in a conversation. On the first panel, Mercury says "Look, what do you even take me for? You think I'm a gifted superintelligent computer or something?" On the second panel, the nameless American says "Well, it's...funny you say that." while thinking "Why isn't this one like Sheldon Cooper...? or even The Good Doctor." The nameless American has another thought bubble, depicting Mercury shaped exactly like Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, holding a laptop and saying "BAZINGA".

October 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Here's the first of my Auctober 2025 drawings!

We don't light it up blue - that stems from Auti$m $peaks, a hate group. Instead, we light it up red for autism acceptance!
Mercury and Technetium both hold the red autism acceptance flag!
#actuallyautistic #auctober #auctober2025 #mercury #technetium

AUCTOBER 2025
01: Light It Up Red!
Mercury and Technetium both happily hold a single big red flag from opposite sides. The red flag in question shows a rainbow infinity, the #ActuallyAutistic symbol.

October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM Everybody can reply

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Dominic Delagol (🎂✨ Nov 10)

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Planning another Auctober this October! Feel free to join in and draw for each prompt! List of prompts and their context here: www.deviantart.com/dominicdelag...
#adhd #autism #autistic #infinity #october #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #redinstead #rainbowinfinity #auctober #auctober2025

August 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM Everybody can reply

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