Queerness, Autism and Sonic the Hedgehog (feat. Jessie Gender)

[@AGaiman]

My Dad screamed at me to turn the tv off and go outside. Now I realize the tv was an escape from him and the rest of my shitty situation.

[@fusionspace175]

My mom forced me to play outside too, but it built character and I thanked her for it. Ever consider that?

[@wyrmghost]

Ever consider this person could be having more issues than this one instance of their father telling them to go outside?

[@averagegenzguy2751]

​@@fusionspace175 You might've noticed "rest of". Kindly leave your presumptions at the door.

[@wyatt8739]

wow your dad made you get exercise, you were so abused😢😿

[@wyatt8739]

i hope gen z does retuen to boomer or gen x parenting either one hopefully

[@gatorose]

man i had the other side of that "you know when ur with a female" where a classmate said i could tag along to this outdoor dj concert and the dj brought these girls on stage and they were all wearing cute matching outfits and dancing with pompoms and im just standing there in the audience watching them like damn imagine what it would be like to be a girl (i am a girl)

[@Co-uy9rv]

As an autistic bisexual person, this video spoke to me so much. I’ve tried to emulate the way my religious and conservative community wanted me to do, only to make me miserable and an awful person. Seeing characters like Sonic who went against authority was inspiring because it made me determined to be like him and other characters. You really put in effort and vulnerability into this video and it’s awesome!

[@anonymousmurphy]

Barely 20 min. in and this video is releasing Chernobyl levels of synchronicity into my brain stem. 1. I was diagnosed with autism as an adult. Watching the first few minutes felt like a “new memory unlocked” moment. 2. My partner and I had planned to watch “I Saw the TV Glow” for the first time precisely tonight. I have more thoughts, holy shit do I have thoughts, but I’ll just leave it at thank you for making and releasing something so honest, thoughtful, and vulnerable. Incredible and criminally under appreciated work.

[@humanwaveform]

o7 Captain Murphy

[@archieved6749]

Tying Sonic, I Saw the TV Glow, and existential dread was something I never thought I'd ever see strung together so cohesively. I'm trans and this just struck a cord of a beautifully positive and sad song in me so deeply. Thank you so much for creating this. Its nice to know I'm not alone in feeling this connection with works of fiction instead of reality. The escapism the everything. I believe there is always a path we can pave forward despite the chaos that ensues. To be ourselves, empathize, and love eachother. Just thank you for all this.

[@bismuth7398]

As someone who is also on The Spectrum™, this video connected with me on a very personal level. I've always been "unusually" comfortable spending time alone with my thoughts, and escapism has been my proverbial drug of choice. However, I've grown to have a far more... cynical outlook on the part of our existence that got stamped as "reality". My response has been to do as Nero allegedly did, and play my proverbial fiddle while Rome burns.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes😅😅😅 i REALLY hate "reality"

[@timah4]

I’m not good with getting my points across but I’ve never felt so seen until I started watching your videos, it felt like my emotions and thoughts were dissected on table and presented in a video by a stranger. Somehow being able to explain everything in me.

[@James-ud3ns]

Your note on your ex-friend becoming so angry after their breakup matched my own experience. He had a girlfriend that he adored and boasted about until they broke up. To which she immediately hooked up with a woman which sent him fucking spiraling for the next five or six years until I couldn't handle it last year and gave up. Which sucked, but it was also kind of inevitable. Especially with his family and his brother's clique pushing him towards this end. It only close him most of his actual friends. I almost fell down that path myself if only it hadn't made me so miserable. If only it had fixed the problems I had, which it never did. I never had any guidance with it, so I just tapped out and found my own way. I still miss that friend sometimes. There were some good moments, but I don't want to wait for those moments through slogs of whining and belittling.

[@codemonster8443]

That feel when the atention deficit hits and you have this video in the YT app, 1 chrome tab with niche game lore, 1 fire fox tab with exam notes, spotify with rock music and phone's music app with anime OSTs all open at once. Yes I am on the spectrum how could you tell

[@codemonster8443]

and yes I am rapidly switching between them all

[@quirkyqwertyto1055]

yes

[@reemamohammedidrees8122]

Dam, a philosopher who's into sonic, now I have seen everything

[@reemamohammedidrees8122]

I just finished the video, and dam.. I don't think I have related to anything more...tho I don't think that is a good thing

[@blackleon1708]

​@@reemamohammedidrees8122 anyone can be into sonic, and philosophers can be into anything. I know plenty of doctors who are into sonic, for example, it's nothing special really.

[@ruliak]

I'm at 28:43 and already getting emotional. Looking forward to finishing but it already touched my heart quite early on. "Like Spock, for instance. He's half alien half human, and struggles with his emotions" "Where did it say that?" "It's just how he is."

[@kibbeh]

incredible video! it was really interesting seeing how all these seemingly disparate topics ended up tying into a cohesive whole, and the experiences you depicted through that really resonated with me :) looking forward to checking out your other videos!

[@Misaxskull]

this title could actually describe my life

[@goodboi42]

Collab with Jessie Gender?! LETSSSGOOOOOOOO

[@rosebudsavesacat]

Sometimes we trauma bond with our special interest tv show as lil treat 🥰

[@PersonOfTheInternet280]

The time you spent into compiling sonic clips while condemning your childhood must have been the sadest experience.

[@thirdwheel9938]

What

[@sciencey2858]

?

[@EverydayZer0]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my “Sonic” (i loved sonic as a child too, though), I was diagnosed with autism in my late teens, so watching I Saw the TV Glow hit extra from both an LGBT and neurodivergent perspective.

[@jummusmcnugget8190]

You make great personal vídeos keep It up

[@bowlofcereal7950]

everything you put out, video by video, resonates so much with my own thoughts

[@southparkking2]

Needed more sonic but high tier cinema never the less. Good introspections were had.

[@Billiambuttons]

I love drinking coffee and sitting as still as I possibly can while watching your videos

[@Wizardzfoot]

Great video , glad your sharing your perspective with us ❤

[@Allandacky]

Man this hits hard

[@WizV8]

I hate how much I relate to this video. good stuff

[@dannydevito7145]

I think this is one of the most relatable videos ive ever watched wow

[@thedorkyturtle]

There's no words to tell you how much this video resonated with me as an aroace autistic trans person

[@CakeGoober]

The Bionicle Council has arrived to participate

[@TheMightyPika]

I have never related to anyone harder in my entire life. Only for me it was Land Before Time not Sonic.

[@Ivory_35]

Good video essay

[@synmad3638]

I created it, and IT'S REAL! oh God.... (this is my way of saying this video resonated with me and I hope you get to watch Star Trek DS9)

[@Sunnydionysus]

Love this

[@checkoffgames]

Blue rat go vroom

[@gabrochart]

Great vid

[@stacy__fakename]

Saw this video, thought "hey, cool, this seems like a neat watch." Read some of the needlessly acerbic comments left by a handful of dumbasses. Leaving it on to spite them. Who knows, maybe I'll comment again when I'm done, boost your engagement a bit more

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes

[@zainmudassir2964]

Good video

[@Coolio_Ash]

Kick Buttowski flashbacks...

[@Coolio_Ash]

Holy shit this video is gonna consume me

[@correction64gay74]

I never related to a thing in my and I only just started the video

[@zainmudassir2964]

Dude you look handsome

[@AlOstosman]

Havent watched yet but gotta say Alhamdulillah that one of my older cousins showed me that infamous barefoot sonic photo when i was a kid, i was obsessed with sonic before that but that photo disgusted me So Much that ALL my interest in it died that moment, dodged a tank shell right then and there ☠️😅

[@0r0ch1]

L

[@breal1279]

I feel the need to say it because y'all are usually not hip, but the people who are bad at math that you don't think should be voting or having their vote count as much as yours? They're voting ree public kin... The people you complain about at the end and had to make up a story to lambast them? They're not the problem. Just felt the need to say it.

[@careottjuice]

Chris Chan

[@helenawave]

frickin hate that movie

[@p0ison_g1rl]

What movie?

[@helenawave]

@p0ison_g1rl i saw the tv glow

[@bareto]

This was hard to watch. I'm so sorry about what happened to your whole generation. We should have forced you all to go outside and learn to be functional people. This is a mess.

[@frankiee5004]

Lol i was forced to go outside and all i did was sit on the curb until i was allowed back in.