A joke @quixoticclown made about #TheMatrix being a neurodivergent narrative got me wondering if it actually is. I’m gonna press play now and point out things as they come.
There is a lot of computer science stuff but it’s not a common special interest to all autistic people (I know very little) so I won’t comment on that in #TheMatrix
If one wants to read too closely into #TheMatrix as I’m doing tonight, it does go from computer code to a bright glaring light
Is bullet-time an analogy for ruminating over small details in an interaction when you’re neurodivergent? #TheMatrix
Definitely thematic stuff about the rules of the world, understanding them, bending them, it seeming strange to ‘normies’ #TheMatrix
Again, not all autistics, but androgyny can feature and the gendered presentations of certain characters could speak to queer and neurodivergent experience #TheMatrix
Neo is there staying in, retreating to online communities who understand him better, mining an obsession for research, nothing autistic about this #TheMatrix
Neo standing tense at the edge of the nightclub, expecting to meet someone who’ll help him make sense of things -_- #TheMatrix
Neo struggling to manage time and get up in the morning, (setting his alarm late as Dreamgun said?), gets to the Office and the employment world is outright telling him to conform for a greater whole #TheMatrix
I don’t want to play into autistic stereotypes, but the IT sector does employ more autistic people compared to other sectors, and it could help me claim Keanu Reeves’ Neo as canonically autistic #TheMatrix
The interrogation scene is great.
The contrast in the Agents’ strict costume versus is Neo’s scruffier look, already highlighted in trans analyses.
Of course, there is a file on him. #TheMatrix
The contrast in the Agents’ strict costume versus is Neo’s scruffier look, already highlighted in trans analyses.
Of course, there is a file on him. #TheMatrix
And the body horror still works really well. Scary image for an autistic person to lose their ability to speak and be heard.
Neo is then held down and subjected to the intense discomfort of a medical procedure intended to keep tabs on him. #TheMatrix
Neo is then held down and subjected to the intense discomfort of a medical procedure intended to keep tabs on him. #TheMatrix
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