Why does everything that happens in this series feel like it exists in a vacuum? I think that's the best way to describe a lot of my issues with this series...
I'd love to know more about your views on how Ozone is written. What is, in your opinion, done well and what is…
Oh you put it so much better than I ever could. Thank you! One small correction, however, is that the levels refer to support needs, not levels of autism. Level 1 requiring support; level 2 requiring substantial support (which is where I personally believe Ozone falls); level 3 requiring very substantial support. I much prefer that over high/low functioning because that is referring to how an autistic person fits in a neurotypical society, whereas support levels just say that we are different people and need different amounts of support in our day-to-day life. I don't think it's perfect by any means, but I definitely like it better than high/low functioning.
I'd love to know more about your views on how Ozone is written. What is, in your opinion, done well and what is…
Well, there is a reason why those "high/low functioning" terms aren't used anymore, but I really do not want to be having that conversation here right now. Let's just say it goes back a good few decades and leave it at that for now. At the end of the day autism is still a disability whether you're "high-or-low functioning." We will never be neurotypical, and viewing us through a neurotypical lens, just furthers stigma.
I'd love to know more about your views on how Ozone is written. What is, in your opinion, done well and what is…
I totally agree with how Ozone is supposed to be a "low functioning" autistic person. My first impression of Ozone was a level 2 autistic (which refers to support level, not "how autistic" a person is).
That being said, terms like "high functioning" and "low functioning" aren't really used anymore, and it also judges autistic people through a neurotypical lens. Asperger's was considered "high functioning" but it got removed from the DSM in 2013, yet I have personally seen medical professionals still use that as a diagnosis, and my own sister got diagnosed with it just last year.
As for your last point, that's exactly why I can also be more lenient about it.
I'd love to know more about your views on how Ozone is written. What is, in your opinion, done well and what is…
Oh yeah, that rubbed me the wrong way a bit as well. I may be way off here because I have no experience with it, but to me, that part of Ozone seems more like schizophrenia. With that being said, Ozone's situation is unique to say the least, so I can /kind of/ (huge emphasis on "kind of") forgive it a bit.
Also, it being said by a doctor, is honestly a bit realistic, as sad as that is... Not quite the same, but I have definitely had moments where I've corrected doctors when they called my diagnosis "Asperger's." Might as well just say straight to my face that I'm not autistic enough (even though that's not at all how that works).
No it's specifically for the role I'm sure. Gun is so versatile you should see his other shows. I just know watching…
Oh, I absolutely believe it! I have loved him in everything I've seen him in so far. He was also one of the biggest reasons why I was excited for Leap Day in the first place.
Can someone who is more familiar with Gun tell me if that's how he usually holds chopsticks or did he do that specifically for Ozone's character? Because if so, that's some crazy attention to detail as autistic people are more likely to have hypermobility and that can make you hold utensils in an "unusual" way (among other things, but that really stood out to me in this episode).
Yes, they skipped the fried chicken date, but did you also notice the message board thing essentially went nowhere? Not once did they show Heesu even remotely interested in what Seungwon brought up in the beginning of the episode. I understand that he's preoccupied with his own dilemma, but then why even make the two things happen simultaneously? The way the scene went, it felt like it set up for something happening with the message board plot later in the same episode, but there was literally nothing. (I'm sure they'll bring it back eventually, I'm just talking about in episode 4) And back to the fried chicken date, why does it feel like the show is almost treating it like it never happened in the first place?
Was that the finale? I was just so lost the entire time. It was like a mix of the subs not being the best and me personally not remembering what actually happened in the previous episodes. Is it worth it getting a channel membership? Not that I appear to have the option on YouTube in the first place, but I can probably work something out.
That being said, terms like "high functioning" and "low functioning" aren't really used anymore, and it also judges autistic people through a neurotypical lens. Asperger's was considered "high functioning" but it got removed from the DSM in 2013, yet I have personally seen medical professionals still use that as a diagnosis, and my own sister got diagnosed with it just last year.
As for your last point, that's exactly why I can also be more lenient about it.
Also, it being said by a doctor, is honestly a bit realistic, as sad as that is... Not quite the same, but I have definitely had moments where I've corrected doctors when they called my diagnosis "Asperger's." Might as well just say straight to my face that I'm not autistic enough (even though that's not at all how that works).
And back to the fried chicken date, why does it feel like the show is almost treating it like it never happened in the first place?