oh my goodness I'm finally just reading this and I DON'T KNOW HOW I relate to everything you write on such a deep level. Also the way you write is so good for my lil ND brain!! So engaging, so much like actual speech, just a wonderful experience start to finish. <3
You've made my put Jane Eyre on my reading list - I read it as a teen almost 40 years ago but can remember nothing except the ending (which I won't say for Kaci-in-the-comments and others in case it wrecks their experience).
Hi hi yes to all of it — the last time I read Jane Eyre (maybe about 10 years ago? After loving it as a child obvi) I was EXTREMELY turned off to the point of grief at how verbally and emotionally abusive I found Rochester to be to Jane. As a kid I thought it was intellectual banter, but then as a young adult I was like “oh no, he’s just mean to her in a different way.” But I have not read it since beginning to think deeply about neurodivergence so I never applied that lens, and now I’m wondering if there is a take here on how sweet intense neurodivergent people are such targets for abusive systems?? See: pattern of folks leaving a church/cult only to often fall into other places where people take advantage of you?? I think this could be such an interesting riff on the more classic analysis of Jane Eyre as [one of?] the first bildungsroman and/or novel characters with self-determination and interior life…..like yes she has such strong characterization, but also she’s like a glowing target for everyone looking to exercise control over her? 🥹 plz hit me up if you’d like to coauthor this paper tysm
Omg yes yes! And like I also feel like it is such a depiction of how like.... often ND men and women (in an extremely binary world) get treated so differently like he is so controlling and impulsive and so bad with social norms and rude and lots of things that can be legit ND symptoms but he's like worshiped as this great guy, and she masks so intensely and is still like openly derided. But even the fact that as kids we were reading rochester as sexy.... lmaoooo it proves your point! But also I'm still a little horny for it oops ;)
oh my goodness I'm finally just reading this and I DON'T KNOW HOW I relate to everything you write on such a deep level. Also the way you write is so good for my lil ND brain!! So engaging, so much like actual speech, just a wonderful experience start to finish. <3
such a great reading, loved this 😇
You've made my put Jane Eyre on my reading list - I read it as a teen almost 40 years ago but can remember nothing except the ending (which I won't say for Kaci-in-the-comments and others in case it wrecks their experience).
Your Can-do cardigan looks fabulous, by the way.
ok, so you've convinced me to read Jane Eyre! I was also a hyperlexic kid, but somehow missed it when I made a pass through the classics.
Hi hi yes to all of it — the last time I read Jane Eyre (maybe about 10 years ago? After loving it as a child obvi) I was EXTREMELY turned off to the point of grief at how verbally and emotionally abusive I found Rochester to be to Jane. As a kid I thought it was intellectual banter, but then as a young adult I was like “oh no, he’s just mean to her in a different way.” But I have not read it since beginning to think deeply about neurodivergence so I never applied that lens, and now I’m wondering if there is a take here on how sweet intense neurodivergent people are such targets for abusive systems?? See: pattern of folks leaving a church/cult only to often fall into other places where people take advantage of you?? I think this could be such an interesting riff on the more classic analysis of Jane Eyre as [one of?] the first bildungsroman and/or novel characters with self-determination and interior life…..like yes she has such strong characterization, but also she’s like a glowing target for everyone looking to exercise control over her? 🥹 plz hit me up if you’d like to coauthor this paper tysm
Omg yes yes! And like I also feel like it is such a depiction of how like.... often ND men and women (in an extremely binary world) get treated so differently like he is so controlling and impulsive and so bad with social norms and rude and lots of things that can be legit ND symptoms but he's like worshiped as this great guy, and she masks so intensely and is still like openly derided. But even the fact that as kids we were reading rochester as sexy.... lmaoooo it proves your point! But also I'm still a little horny for it oops ;)
should i re-read??
I mean.... it depends how much you can enjoy being infuriated- I am loving it but SO annoyed at it too hahah