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I've loved this book for decades. Read it multiple times. Thinking about it a bit, and I believe the Mc is autism coded.

Anyone else read this and agree?

Anyone have examples of this in other areas?

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

~~Jonah~~ Judah from Bojack horseman is very clearly autistic, but it's never mentioned or even the source of any plot point. He's just a regular character who happens to be autistic and has his own plot things and stuff.

Edit: misremembered the name

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Vincent Adultman also feels sympathetic. Not straight autistic, but clearly heavily masking.

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well of course he's masking, he's hiding the fact that he's three kids in a trenchcoat

[–] BitchPeas@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

We don't say that.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think you mean Judah from BJHM. AFAIK that show doesn't have a character named Jonah.

But Jonah from Ozark is also fairly autism coded although it's only ever directly implied once in the first episode when he's called r*tarded by his sister