CLAUDETTE, Autism, and Representation | Dead by Daylight Lore Deep Dive 

as a canadian, when you said the only thing wrong with claudette is that she's canadian, that really made my maple syrup blood boil

Damn; it's a good thing that Claudette's the only Canadian in the game, huh? (Frantically hides Jeff, Haddie, and the Legion members)

We actually do see Claudette as an adult, though not in her tome. She is described in Mikaela's tome, Memory 1310: "Something about the woman keeps others at a distance. Maybe it’s her intensity. Maybe it’s her detachment. Her otherworldliness. Even in this dark, dangerous place, she seems more connected to the flora. To the trees. The shrubs. The night blooming flowers. The climbing vines. The crickets chirping their night song. The moths drawn to the tiny pockets of light that penetrate the heavy black fog. The rats scurrying through the brush. She can sit for hours watching a spider spin its web. That’s what holds her interest. The living things that somehow continue to thrive in this grim and wicked place. She can’t read people the way others can. She can’t look at someone’s face and understand what they’re feeling. The language of human emotion is indecipherable. Her kind, intelligent eyes are framed by big plastic glasses. Her complexion is dark. Her jet black hair a soft, beautiful cloud of tightly coiled curls and braids. She moves through the dark mist and her skin prickles with fear. There are dangers in this place. Predators. Monsters. The stench of death. The sickly sweet aroma of rotten flesh. The air is damp. Cold. The crickets suddenly stop chirping. The abrupt silence stops her in her tracks. She waits. Listens. Holds her breath. A guttural roar rips the air behind her. When she turns, she sees a scarred and misshapen face. A monster wielding a thundering chain saw. Terrified crows bolt from the trees. Mikaela screams along with the woman and awakens with a start, covered in sweat, lying in the dark. A nightmare."

Claudette is honestly a character who I hope gets another Tome; it could be so interesting to see her in her college days, maybe meeting people on forums like her, or maybe even her exploring a weird plant that turns out to be from the Entity (I know, more continuity, but I think not exploring how a botanist sees the Entity is a major missed opportunity). I know there’s currently a version of her that seems to be heading a group of survivors looking to escape the Fog, so clearly, Claudette has the hidden potential for incredible strength and leadership. I hope we one day get to see that more fully realized.

I've always liked Claudette and her lore. It was short, concise, and made her relatable. After all, in early DbD, who better to play that (at the time) obscure horror game than people who spend a lot more time online?

As a fellow ASD member of this community I feel like Claudette needs a lot of work before I consider her a good asd rep I mean she needs a bit of work but the parents and how they are "affected" by autistic kids just being themselves is an ableist way of writing asd characters imo

When you brought up the "masking" thing it really made me think. Back when i used to see a therapist for depression (for context im native american and my tribe pays for that and was 20 at the time), they said I Might be autistic. I asked what makes her think that, she said there were some things but notably a trait was that I didnt look people in the eyes when I spoke or they spoke, but rather near their head. I said well I'm just not comfortable looking into peoples eyes and it feels confrontational. After that I looked her in the eyes more in that session and she said any ideas I might be autistic went away. Like I was suddenly "all there" when i looked directly into their eyes. Stuff like that makes me think she didnt consider masking as a behavior autistic people(adults) use to blend in. Im still not sure whether or not I really am Autistic and I dont want to diagnose myself or anything but I still wonder if it would mean anything if I was.

I'm not autistic but I do have ADHD and I heavily relate to having your condition being treated like only children have it, especially little boys, and boy oh boy, do I know the feeling of wanting to find resources and all of them being catered to parents (at least there's ADDitude but that's about it). I'm still trying to get diagnosed as a young adult :') I'd love to see a video about Symmetra!

I've always had a soft spot for Claudette as a Character, Since I am Autistic myself I relate to her a lot when it came to my life growing up and being around people, and I really would like for her to get more love within the game, It just sucks that the DBD community just see her nothing more as a Symbol for Toxicity and even go out of their way to negatively portray her character in many forms of media.

When I first started playing claudette caught my attention, I didn't read any lore or anything but I always felt like we had something in common. When her tome story came out I finally realized what it was

I'd love to see a direct follow-up tale, where Claudette looks back from adulthood at how she was shaped by her childhood and what she thinks and feels about her parents. Great vid as always!

I am autistic and it's cool to see that representation. I would love to see a story of Claudette as an adult and the video on Symmetra. Honestly, i always felt like a burden to people because of the autism sometimes still makes me feel a bit ashamed of myself. Would really love to see stories of independent autistic people, i feel like i never get to see that. Sorry about rumbling about my life, great video and much love.

My cousin is autistic, and I cannot describe how much you helped me understand him better, pixel. Claudette is absolutely deserving of a second tome, along with the first tome for lord and saviour Kazan

Great video as usual! I hadn't thought about the fact that Claudette's tome focuses on her parents rather than herself. I think her mother being autistic herself mitigates some of the "ick" factor, but like you said, it would have been nice if it was more about Claudette. Personally, it was my first time seeing any portrayal of a canonically autistic character, especially of an autistic WOC, and I was so overjoyed that it kind of overshadowed any other thoughts. At the time of reading her lore and tome, I was actually in the process of getting diagnosed myself (not much younger than you did, at 20), so I'll always regard it in a positive light. It probably won't happen since Claudette had a relatively unexciting life compared to other survivors, but it'd be great if she got another tome that focused on her adult years. Thanks for doing what you do! As a fellow autistic ace, I admire that you talk so openly about who you are :)

I've been considering the possibility I may have autism recently. The topic has come up again and again and it only feels more likely the more I talk to people who are actually diagnosed. I'm also studying biology in college right now and have been in love with the subject ever since I can remember. With all that being said, I immediately vibed with Claudette the second I read her description. I feel a very strong connection with her character and it's why she's one of my favorite survivors to play. I connect far more with animals than people so I related to her semi-isolation by working with plants and chatting through the internet. I'm so glad you're doing a video on her! Edit: Still watching through the video I just got so excited I had to make a comment first. I have a lot of experience with the "autistic savant" trope, since my potential autism results in hyperfixations which I do tons of research into and my ADD means that I'm always picking up new fixations. It makes me seem like I know more than I do about specific things, which is interesting to compare to the traditional idea of the savant trope. My family always referred to it as being the "absent-minded professor" which, while still pretty stereotypical, describes the nature of hyperfixations much better than pretending people with autism have magical superpowers. Despite seeming like a compliment, it alienates people with autism and ADHD by casting them as somehow beyond normal people.

I kinda had a feeling I had autism but I never questioned it and didn’t get it diagnosed till 20 technically 22 since due to Covid it took over a year and a half till it was over. I do wish I had got it checked earlier but i guess it’s done now. Now I’m just coming to terms with it and accepting it

FINALLY YES, I've been waitin' for this. I'm happy that behavior has gotten further with representation but I won't lie Claudette kinda got swept under the rug. There's a post on the forums that has been pinned for months now about David and how someone felt really connected to his story and godamn that's beautiful, but there's another one in the lora section about another player who felt similarly to claudette with hardly the same recognition. I promise I'm not dissing the David situation, I was very happy about it, but I was also very satisfied with Claudettes story even with it's less than average popularity.

i'm an autistic person of colour and i adore claudette. i wish she was more well known as an example of good representation! [edited while watching] i would like to see more growth in tomes and such, but i think she is a good start otherwise.

I’m surprised you haven’t done Dwight yet

I am also Autistic and, in all honestly this is the first I've heard of Claudette being Autistic and that kind of warms my heart. TBH I have a lot of thoughts on plenty of the tropes around ASD, and I do feel a little peeved whenever I hear about a supergenius ASD character especially since I personally haver a very hard time learning and the like, and I'm glad it doesn't seem like Claudette dives full on into it. I also very much agree that I'd prefer to see an ASD adult trying to navigate the world, since I have the personal experience of having to learn and adapt to my symptoms on my own in my 20s cause despite being diagnosed young I was given no teaching or tools to deal with it. I feel that in my experience it's hard to find ASD representation and a lot of the time I have to go into headcanon territory, leading to me finding it easier to relate to expressly non-human characters more than humans since they're often the only place I can find anything resembling my own struggles. I hope this isn't too ranty, I've never been great at expressing myself without way too many words

I really appreciate this video as an autistic person (also with ADHD) and found your analysis and Lilli’s perspectives really insightful. I especially liked how you called attention to the focus being on Claudette’s parents instead of on Claudette, and how her lore is focused on when she was a kid. I wasn’t able to get a diagnosis as a kid and I didn’t figure it out until my MID twenties. It’s honestly hell trying to manage everything alone as an adult (and the PTSD from being mistreated due to being neurodivergent). I also wish BHVR wasn’t afraid to name her as autistic. I was surprised when you said it was canon. Not that I disagree obviously; I just wish people weren’t afraid to say it. Hopefully if they give her more lore they won’t be afraid to be more explicit about it.

PixelBush, you're genuinely so awesome for this. Like, this whole video is amazingly done, a delightful look into Claud's lore, only goes to show how important representation can be if done with effort, even yes, it's not perfect. Also, it was especially based how you used your platform to let a black woman in the DBD community speak about a black character! That is quite responsible and just overall great in my eyes. Your content is just joyous to me as a DBD lore freak who happens to have autism. Thank you so much for being one of the most respectable Dead By Daylight content creators out there, and stay frosty.

I've always liked Claudette, both for her design and as a character. As a person of color myself I highly appreciate the representation, especially because she doesn't have the typical video game black person look of person with dreads or person with afro. I got diagnosed with ADHD as a kid (it was called ADD when I got diagnosed but they got combined for some reason) so while I cannot say that I shared every experience, I can say that I really related to Claudette struggling in school despite being smart enough to do the work. Especially the "get out of the clouds" bit which I was all too familiar with.

As someone with autism this video resonated with me. I was diagnosed with "a light version of autism maybe Asperger's" as a very young child and my parents really had no idea how to handle it. I don't want to get into my own life drama but hearing about how adults struggle with autism really resonated with me as someone who was constantly told to ignore my autism as a child, and am only now realizing how much it affects me as an adult. (It also really helps that I can get like twenty thousand dollars on my university tuition for being autistic, so yeah thanks dad for making me hide my autism.) But as someone who sorta just lightly skimmed the first tome story when it came out I'm really happy to both listen to and read it more in-depth, and think about the representation of a heavily stigmatized group. I'd honestly love to hear you talk about the Symmetra lore story from Overwatch, both because "Blizzard bad" and every second I spend on the Overwatch webpage is a second I spend hating myself, but also because I think the perspective from someone more knowledgably on autism would be greatly appreciated to provide perspective. I can only speak from personal experience, not research or other peoples' experiences.

Forgot to mention in the other comment but yes, would LOVE to see you cover Sym’s story and maybe even the character as a whole in a future video

Amazing video and very informative of the 2 sides being represented with Claudette, I'd love to see a review of stone by stone sounds very interesting.

My favorite thing about people salty about Bubba survivor masks is that they should be blaming the racist assholes who made the masks a race thing rather than just a fun lore reference.

I remember when you teased a Jake lore vid way back, lol, didn't expect Claudette

Pls, I've been waiting for the Symmetra video for what feels like decades now.

I'd love to see your input on the Autistic main character in Netflix's horror/comedy Dead End: Paranormal Park. It delves into hyper fixation and social difficulties pretty well

great video, claudette was the first character i played, like u said lol. i would also love for you to cover any character of overwatch honestly :)

I’d love to see a video about symetra’s story! Also love your channel💕

I've always felt bad about the stereotype around Claudette players I've even fallen into the trap saying the comments myself, "she's just self caring in a bush, she's just hiding. etc etc" but as time has past I've really come to grow & love Claudette as a character. This probably has no bias that my GF is a Claudette main and feel bad that she has gotten such a bad rep.

I didn't even noticed this til you pointed it out.

I really relate to your Very Personal Bit at 17:40 ish. I’m technically not late-diagnosed but I feel a strong kinship to those who are. I was diagnosed at 4, but my parents were in denial and kept it a secret from me. I found out when i was 15 when my doctor mentioned my autism, not knowing my parents hadn’t told me. For years I was angry with my parents; they had the answer to the “what’s wrong with me? why am i so different from everyone else?” question for more than a decade. They could’ve gotten me an IEP and help at school. All of my “unexplainable” behavior could easily have been explained and managed. But now they realize their mistake, and they can’t change the past, and i’ve forgiven them, because after all they were only doing what they thought was best for me. It ended up being detrimental and causing lots of issues, trauma and challenges that I now have to work through as an adult. But now that I know myself better and understand why I think the way I do, it’s easier to manage. Even though I was diagnosed early, I have a lot of the late-diagnosed experiences like you described

That's strange, I don't remember that second paragraph being there when I first read her base lore back in 2017. Was it added after her tome came out?

I didn’t know stone by stone even existed. I’d definitely like to see a video on it!

I watched this video and it caused me to hyperfixate on writing a fanfic version of a possible follow up time for Claudette. It’s 5k words and 7 hours have passed. Before finishing it, I thought maybe two had passed. Pixelbush I blame you for destroying my plans for today

I got diagnosed with Autism when I was around 19-20. While I do relate to Claudette's story in a couple of ways, I wouldn't want to judge/critique the rep as I myself am still learning about Autism. I had to go through my entire childhood without an official diagnosis, the main reason being that my dad didn't want to face the possibility of one of his children being disabled. I wasn't even told that I could potentially be autistic, and therefore never properly learned what it was until late in my teen years. When I asked my dad why he refused to get me a diagnosis, he claimed that he didn't want me to get bullied for being Autistic (which, fair point tbh) but he still made no attempt to accommodate for my disability. (that and I still got bullied on account of being "different") But when I finally got my diagnosis, nearly all the things I wondered about myself were completely answered and explained, and day-to-day life has become much more pleasant since I started learning how to lessen the downsides that come with it. So reading through Claudette's story brought a slight sense of comfort when I read of her parents making attempts to help her properly. It was mainly comforting because my mother tried to do the same for the 5-7 years of my life. While I'm not the happiest about my childhood experiences, I'm glad that Autism as a spectrum is being studied and people are working to better understand it; and I hope that it will be taken much more seriously as that understanding grows.

Lots of love pixel x

I got a kinda funny story about my autism. I was diagnosed with it at some point as a kid, but the diagnosis was so long ago I just didn't remember. I only just got reminded of it last year. at first I was surprised, I didn't know I had any mental condition of any sort, it was strange to think about. then I thought about it, looked up some symptoms of autism, and good lord everything fit perfectly.

"yeah the guy who makes lore vidoes for a living is autistic" me, who is also on the spectrum, and wishes to make videos on their special interest for a living: "well that's not surprising also you cracked the code in terms of income" fr I don't even play this game, I just wanted to learn about why there are generators, and I have been watching your whole lore video playlist. I love how you talk about these characters and caused me to feel so much love for three characters I will never play: The twins and the plague. So 10/10 good job.

I have autism and my school talks about like its a joke it's makes me feel betrayed and sad

Whatchu got against Canadians eh? XD (Not Canadian btw)

I still play Blendette style, but more to be a ninja rescuer/medic. It's hilarious to watch a Killer walk 5 feet away from you without noticing before you unhook someone and pop them to full health with WGLF and 5 stacks of Autodidact.

I really felt your comment on the boy from the Babadook. I, as a woman with autism, was really upset to learn people hated Franklin from Texas Chainsaw Massacre as I felt like I was watching an autistic young man getting bullied by his friends and then dying without much ceremony near the end. It was upsetting as it is so rare to see Autism talked about as anything other than Rain man or sociopaths like Sheldon, much less for female characters. I like Claudette but I would really like to see a story with her going to university or leaving her parents safety net, and showing that even if you are super focused on your hyper fixation it can still be super hard to keep up with neurotypical peers. Sorry personal rant over XD and I would love to hear you talk about stone by stone and Symmetra's take on the autism experience.

20:55 PLEASE make Overwatch lore videos, especially on Symmetra! She's up there with Sombra, Moira, Rammatra, Echo, Bastion and Brigitte as my favorite characters!

I am a member of the asd community and I have to say I didn't pay much attention to claudettes tome story in the beginning because it wasn't a character I particularly played but after watching your video I have come to realise that behaviour is trying there best to include everyone in way that seem natural but sometimes come off a bit disrespectful to those community members but it's never come off as I'll willed or intentional it's always come across as wrongly worded or focused and I don't have to much of a problem with that as the idea of seeing how it affected her parents would be a unique story point but to have it encompass the entire of the tome story feels like a lack of full understanding of how families with autistic children or even adults as well thrive while struggling in the beginning to see what works and what doesn't to help their child or themselves grow and navigate the world in the best way for them. so while it needs some work in my opinion hats off to you behaviour you done a decent job and keep up the fantastic work pixel you've made it easier to understand the lore in a fun and extremely engaging way ill be waiting by the campfire for the next lore discussion

between my friendgroup it's become an inside joke with the amount of times I get tunneled and camped. everyone does, I know, but I would 85% of the time be first. i even tried being sneakier than normal, because normally my playstyle is rather... not sneaky. but no matter what I did I'd almost always get tunneled, and I can't help but think it's because I'm a claudette main sometimes, even if I don't wear dark clothes. i always wear the bright, white shirt with a green apron. i don't run self care and just play like a normal person, and I never t bag or try to be toxic

My doctor refused to give me an autism diagnosis because "I'm worried it will make life more difficult for you". US Doctors are wild.

id be down for a stone by stone vid

Hey Pixel, though I do not comment often, I've been watching and enjoying your content as well as your insights and opinions on all kinds of topics as a person. This probably is a type of comment that you'll see a lot beneath this video in particular, but I've had plenty of experience with this topic myself, being an Aspie and all. I don't mean to go overly into detail on many things me and close family went through, but I genuinly share the way you and many other commenters feel. I merely would like acceptance for who I am and understanding on how both sides feel when engaging with one another, though it still feels like many people consider me and people with similiar disabilities much more alien than they should be. What I am taking an incredibly long and awkward amount of words to say is... it feels relieving in a way, being understood and accepted as a normal human by everyone watching and you opening up about yourself being autistic. Thank you for your honest review and talk about this. It probably sounds weird coming from a random person over the internet who is a stranger, but I feel a genuine sense of pride at how far you have come. Being able to also look at your own mistakes in the past while being true to yourself, I hope your passion keeps you pursuing whatever goal you may have on the Horizon. Also, this is off-topic, but to me, the mere existence of 2018 predator is the absolute funniest shit in the world to me, especially since I have joked about stuff like "Being the next step in human evolution" with them, so the reveal actually had me in shambles. And to whoever decided to read all of this sentimental trash I just barfed up, be it the 'DBD-lore man' himself or just a random passerby, I wish you a wonderfull day and hope you take good care of yourself in these trying times. Thanks for hearing me out. :)

PLEASE make the video on sym that would be awesome!

I though thumbnail / title was a little silly so i came in with low expectations but this was a well done video and i agree with all of it great video ill subscribe!

I personally have autism. And mine isn't as bad as others. I am considered high functioning although I do have times where my condition can become overwhelming. When I read claudettes story, I appreciated the sentiment but the issue as well is that I think it's hard for a story written by someone who does not have a condition like autism to write a character who does. It's hard to put yourself in someone's shoes in something as hard as mental illness or mental disabilities. As a writer I understand struggling to write a character you can't relate too. While she is not perfect, I do appreciate the attempt to put someone in a game that I can see alot of my traits in. I think with a little more love and some ret cons for the more problematic pieces would make it perfect in my opinion.

I feel like seeing you cover stone by stone would be cool. Sigma would also be a cool character to cover if you decide to cover overwatch

1:30 What even was the thought process when saying this?

I'm curious, from your point of view are there any other dead by daylight charecters (killer or survivor) who have neurosivergant traits but aren't canonically diagnosed?

As an autistic adult, some people with autism do have an extreme talent towards certain things but this isn't one size fits all. I know I personally am not a big fan of most sciences and/or maths outside of angles and shapes, but am good at drawing and psychologically analyzing people to a degree. I was diagnosed very early and was given a lot of therapy as a kid, but I'm female here. And even those that get therapy do have to mask to some level in general just to fit in, therapy can treat some issues but it can't make you better at social skills by itself. Just due to when I was diagnosed and noticing how peers react, I'm just better at making a much more convincing mask than most people (note: I can even fake some emotions to the point that some people won't realize when I'm faking those emotions. Literally, I had to do this throughout the pandemic when it came down the anti-maskers and/or anti-vacciers complaining before and after they got sick to me about how unfair and blah, blah, blah. Sometimes they'd complain about their family members dying from Covid too. I really couldn''t feel bad for them - the more they suffered, the more that would make me feel a bit better, considering both my parents also work retail, and I already had some co-workers die from Covid-19. I'd still fake being sympathetic and they'd believe I was despite me thinking, "Literally everything you are complaining could have been prevented if you just bothered to listen and do what something like the WHO said to do. It's literally your own fault you got sick and everything like that happened. You are an idiot that's getting your just desserts for getting a bunch of other people sick by being that stupid.") I have the naturally feeling that if can do something about it then you should. If you medically can't do anything to help yourself, I'll feel bad than because I can relate. If you choose to do nothing to help yourself - that's your own fault, and I can't feel bad at all. Ironically, the pandemic did actually help me out in a few ways, so I took my own advice and got myself a promotion during that time period - (Online shoppers get paid better than Apparel at Walmart). Also as for the Canadians, I'll say the Legion are worse DBD Canadaians.

I think a lot of Autism-related media focuses so much on the people around them because the neurotypical writers find it easier to write from their own perspective than to actually make the effort of listening to an autistic person to understand the matter they want to portray. It goes the same for things like where people writing POC, men writing women, or something as simple as single children writing siblings. I’d advice anyone trying to portray an experience that’s not their own to actually do their research, because otherwise that just leads to harmful stereotypes.

Christ these killers are major ableists

She's actually not even a dead by daylight character she used to be a totally different character obviously

Autism is a very lonely life. Doesn’t matter too much if I want to be alone or not

While I hate Symm in gameplay, I love her character wise. I would love for you to cover Overwatch stories, it’s an important ip to me and would love for someone to finally cover the lore, similar to me wanting someone to cover dbd lore

As someone on the spectrum myself, It's cool to see BHVR try to represent people on the spectrum in DBD with characters like Claudette and (quite possibly) Felix being shown, or at least imply that they are on it. I can kinda see where the Felix speculations are coming from as people have pointed out he might be on the spectrum because of his interest in Architecture, he messes with his hands in his idle animation in the lobby (while not holding anything) and he's probably pretty awkward in social situations.

People don't dislike Claudette because of her lore, people dislike Claudette because she was the go to for sweatlords, just like how people hate Nea for the people that play her and not her lore.

4:44 ANTISOCIAL and ASOCIAL are different words which are often conflated. ANTISOCIAL is a personality disorder in which one is unable to feel empathy or remorse. ASOCIAL is generally synonymous with introversion, and that means one recharges in solitude, rather than around others.

underrated af

What i believe the issue with claudette and why she is hated is the players that gravitate towards her. its the same issue with nea, and most female survivors - for some reason it attracts the really sweaty, obnoxious players that are both sore winners and sore losers, or they are new players, and dont help as much as more experienced players

BHVR dropping the ball? they've never done that before, except with both RE chapters, the forged in fog chapter, NOES chapter, descend beyond chapter, and darkness amongus chapter so they dont really fail that often

I am not a woman, but I am a black man. And I am a fellow Lillie enjoyer. I also have mained Claudette for a very long time. Due to representation in game. It felt amazing to know that BHVR did such a great job aesthetically on a character that looked the way we do.

3:03 look at the Jill's name

Autistic fixations is what made me become an artist, I've noticed alot of artists are autistic, personally I'm not good at anything besides games and art, socialising is definitely my biggest weakness so I've always liked Claudette for that personally. Oh and to mention, I'm a late bloomer for a diagnosis too. Mid twenties!

I think the problems with autistic representation in Claudette's tome are a biproduct of it both being the first tome story and Claudette being eight. Behaviour were likely thinking less about the full impact of their representation and more about how to format everything, and for what it's worth I genuinely think the first tomes (about not just Claudette, but also Trapper and the character that would become The Blight) did a good job. Claudette's tome served to show a part of her story we hadn't seen: we knew where she was (social recluse botanist who likes to spend time on online forums) but not where she came from, and her tome illustrates that while also planting seeds of background information about her past. I really hope we get more Tomes for Claudette that investigate more of her life as an adult, but I have a sinking suspicion we never will. A combination of there not being many stories to tell about "a day in the life of Claudette Morel" and also Claudette not being the most popular character (therefor no desire from corporate to put her in a tome to sell cosmetics, therefor no new lore - the "League of Legends" problem if you will) means I doubt we'll get anything new for her, which is a real shame.

I don't want to insult Lili or even sound insulting. But I'm pretty sure Claudette's color isn't the reason for her being camped, tunneled etc. Killers do that to everyone! Though admittedly some characters get hounded a bit more than others. For example Steve Harrington especially in a Scoops Ahoy outfit will draw them killers to him like crazy. But I'm happy that she feels represented. I never really understood the being represented thing personally in media. I just usually play who I think looks the coolest or matches my personality in whatever game I play. But I know there are those who take it seriously. And it's always nice to see diversity. That being said Feng Min best gremlin!

Seeing Claudette’s perspective in the tome would’ve been great and it sucks that we didn’t get to see that but I personally appreciate the fact that in her base lore she’s an actual character, unlike a lot of autistic “representation” in media that just ends up being “this is the autistic one, we’ll just show the perspectives of everyone around them because autistic people don’t have thoughts, feelings or aspirations, they’re weirdos who act funny and don’t have lives of their own!” At least in they establish her as a character instead of a cardboard cutout only included to get representation points

Lmao I probably only am so interested in the lore if this game is because I'm autistic too 💀💀

I am also someone that experiences ASD and ADHD and my biggest issue with the "representation" is that they are often portrayed as being awesome people "despite" their ADHD/ASD etc. It's never portrayed as a strength, or at least very poorly and very rarely, and I think these characters shouldn't also have to be super geniuses to be ALLOWED to be have ADHD or Autism, it should be just part of their lives, but a lot of us grew up with that part of us being rejected. We just want to see our strengths represented rather than just our weaknesses, and I think representation that signifies these characters as different but self sufficient rather than just always "the picked on one" because man don't we identify with that. '_' (Sorry for long comment had to get thoughts out, appreciate you and what you do Pixel :D)

Everyone who does DBD lore seems to be Autistic, I'm not an exception either.

Hey man, I’m autistic too.

Symetra is your favourite from overwatch? SYMMETRA? cool for you. I wish I could like her as much as you like her.

As a Canadian I can vouch that being a Canadian that’s the only bad part of her lore

I personally feel like she needs another tome story as it does not really show anyone what living with autism is like. I hate the trope of focusing on the other characters as I’m sure a lot of people with ASC can relate to how regardless of age, medical staff will talk to anyone but you, the support is focused on how to ‘deal’ with you, and we are taught to behaviour like other people, I would like to see a sorry about a high masking person who masks enough to avoid the negative perceptions but also masks to well to well to receive any support or understanding because “well you are high functioning”. I know behaviour are trying to have more people involved in stories like this, but I feel like this was not written by someone with ASC but someone “knows about it” because they have ‘lived’ with someone with ASC

I think it's more the people who play her toxically, and not so much the actual character or lore. I'm actually surprised to find this isn't a sarcastic thing, and an actual hate toward the character.

I think maybe it would be a good idea if you got to write Claudette’s life as an adult dealing with autism. Or at least help DBD’s writers understand what it’s like to make a comprehensive story.

Tbh some of the stereotype of someone being very smart and autistic but not so great in other places is true sometimes, my brother is so smart. He can remember things so easily he can do so much in terms of school and work it he’s nit that great socially. I’m fairly sure I could be autistic but I’m not really smart at all. I’m just good art and games and crafts in general. I do think her character can use a lot of work tho, I don’t love the stereotypes I feel bad people are being racist towards her for having dark skin and being able to “hide” better. That’s sad.

I have autism so i like Is Claudette. not my favorite out of my mains. But its cool but it could be better. Also hi 👋 pixel hope you can do jake park at same point.👍

I love her even more, now; somehow

You know, why can't we just have characters, and it doesn't matter what skin color they are.

Who is skylar white yo?

I just play survivors who have nice skins that I like 👍

All the reasons why dbd mobile and net ease hate her and omitted her from the game

8:41 thats not discrimination thats happent with every character (or streamer)

I am one of your followers that has mild autism that likes your videos on RU-vid just to let you know I am on the mild spectrum of autism.

racist people blaming the people they are being racist against that they cant be racist anymore will never not confuse me

Yes

I don't think people hate Claudette as much as self-care teammates. Maybe killers on swamp map with her & those racist claudette face bubba players. Anyway I think she's great, I use her on a somewhat regular basis.

11:43 Well fuck you, I'm staying in the land of fairies!

i personally disagree with this analysis, but i do understand where you're coming from

What she's Canadian? Ok