Snork Being Autistic for 8 Minutes and 5 Seconds 

Why do these look like a better backyardagans?

AHHHHHHH

I'm actually so happy for this-

ITS IS?! IM SO HAPPYYY

Nice

Same I relate to Snork and Snufkin the most.

I hate it when balloons randomly pop. Gosh sensory overload sucks.

While I can tolerate balloons rubbing against each other, there is this certain plastic texture that makes me deeply cringe when I hear it rubbing. Worse than chalkboard scratching.

@@574guy The sound is unholy.

I know. It's such a mood.

I also understand his mind changing to wanting a rocket. I start doing things then I procrastinate then start other things

@yuu Meyrin it could be either an autism thing, a trauma thing or just what your body does. We’re all different

I noticed it as well because I do the same thing 😭

Wait this is a symptom of autism! I have autism, and i have struggled with that all my life. I can’t believe i’m just finding this out😭

At some point I’ll see if I have autism, but even if I don’t I do have ADHD and relate to a lot of things.

reminds me of something someone once told me:"why try to fix something if it isn't broken" :)

I’m leaving the fandom no fucking way I’m going to be associated with dream stans

@@screechingmoths ok, nobody cares if you leave or no, you're not making any bad changes xd

@@myotix people got different standards for what constitutes as broken

@@pidza_hub7532 yes, but if _you_ don't consider urself broken, and u r fine with the way u r (Snork) then others should not be trying to "fix" u

I feel that too. I think one of the many reasons I love Moominvalley so much is because all the characters are allowed to be their true selves, and even when their friends don’t really understand their differences, they adapt and try to make sure that everyone feels included just as they are in the end. Even before Snork was (finally !) added to the show, I could empathize on such a deep level with Snufkin. As an autistic introvert who desperately needs a LOT of alone time to recharge and unwind, it can be hard to make loved ones see how much I really do care about them, when I can’t always show it in the ways that seem most meaningful to them. I used to want to please everybody so badly that I’d completely ignore my own needs, until one too many burnouts left me with permanent health problems. Snufkin represents everything I wish I’d had the courage to be when I was younger, and the fundamental part of myself I’ve been learning to accept. He compromises even more than I think I could, but never enough to harm his well-being or to change his nature, which is SO important. And I think there’s real beauty in the way Moomintroll, who is the complete opposite in terms of social needs, learns to meet him halfway, by finding contentment in what his friend CAN give freely. I’m delighted to also see Snork stay true to himself whether that makes him popular or not, and the others recognize that his more analytical approach to situations doesn’t mean he’s devoid of emotion.

EXACTLY!!! Gosh, not knowing what to say is a big problem for me. I've developed this kind of system where I observe what everyone's saying and then try to mirror it best I can so it's appropriate. Through years of feedback, I can kind of guess what it is I'm supposed to say, but most of the time I'm still clueless when it comes to what I should say/talk about when I'm forced to do small talk with people who don't share my interests. Snork is such a beautiful character and I positively feel a normal way about him /s Another thing I would've wanted is for him to develop a friendship with Snufkin, possibly instead of with Misabel, because I have a hc that Snufkin is also on the spectrum and I dunno, I feel they could've bonded over their shared appreciation for solo time and distaste for big social gatherings

I wish all people were. But a mare can dream…

Just smile and nod. Normally works.

@@bonbonponyywnbah

:(

that scene in particular was really relatable- i've always hated balloons and would probably react the same way

I’m autistic and scared of balloons popping

actually me... the idea of popping a balloon terrifies me but when I see people being rough with them it's worse

I'm also scared of balloons popping

It makes me kinda. happy i knew why that scene made you happy before you id haha

Im so happy for you that your diagnosis can help you understand yourself better! 💛

Awww I'm so happy for you. Congratulations! Snork also has the coolest hair lol

Really, if that ain't me

Congrats! 🤗

Well to be fair moomin troll pays more attention to snufkin then he does her

@@coffintears5821 yeah

@@coffintears5821 thats snufkins fault for being more lovable 🙄

I think Snorkmaiden represents that ugly side of puberty we all went through. All that insecurity, jealousy and the feeling how we are not good enough as we are. We all have little Snorkmaiden in us and she has important role reminding us how not to behave and not letting your on insecurity to get better of you 🤷‍♀️

People hug where you live? if I hugged someone I would be bullied

I also hate physical contact, it causes me to feel nervous, mad, and confused.

Yeah that was too accurate. Sometimes, not often, just the lights in the house make me overload. I have to turn off all the lights or go hide in my room to relax

Is it normally quite frequent a thing? I think I have it happen on the rare occasion. Usually when talking to someone. I just suddenly find myself in a panic and can't handle looking the person in the eyes. Like, I'm fine 99% of the time, but out of nowhere, I want to run and hide from it all, even tho I also really want to continue the conversation. Tho maybe it's more of an anxiety problem. But it feels sensory. The last time was recent; my eyes got all weird from whatever annoying wind was blowing in them, and them bam.

That scene is so me in a big airport or most parties.

Yeah, and how the sunset looked brighter and more colorful for him. Great stuff!

Since Snork is confirmed canonly autistic, he's not coded then. Coding would be hinting the character might be that way.

@@tultsi93 Oh ? I didn’t know the actual term had been used officially. That’s even better !

@@StarlitSwamp Yes. It's heavily established he's autistic. Not only in Instagram but also in the show itself.

As another autistic person, I've always thought that Snufkin is autistic.

In order words. He's Authentic and not a caricature like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory.

I’m autistic and that’s literally how I am lol. I understand your point tho, I’m super happy with Snork and I love his character to bits.

A little bit, yeah! Though out of all stereotypical autistic characters (even if just a little bit). This is one of the least worst imo

I didn't know being blunt was an autistic stereotype. Huh, learned something new today

To be fair there are autistic people exactly like this.

@@batwolfy7044 Nah I'd say the worst is the general publics interpretation that autism means down syndrome.

I don’t have autism but I do relate to the sensory overload being neurodivergent myself

My husband has autism and we're expecting our first child, comments like this make me happy.

Ya know thats relatable as hell, my dad doesnt believe in this stuff either even my own autism diagnosis. He force me into alot of social situations which constantly left me in alot of stress not wanting to interact with just about anyone even in a school setting. Somehow I am thankfull for this in the end. He wanted me to have a "normal" life and well alot of people including random strangers have become even pleasant to talk to and get along with. Dads are a misunderstood breed going off what I see from alot of other people saying about their parents.

it's always the dads who refuse to admit they're neurodivergent istg

i want to hear more autistic parent stories

Can’t he get checked out now since he’s adult now ?

. . . Look into autism buddy

SAME fr

HONESTLY

Dude same omfg.

He doesn’t really have a human worldview, he’s more connected to nature

I wonder if that has to do with the fact that the Moomins were originally written in Swedish. Maybe, in attempting to translate the dialog, they went with the more literal translation which is why they're so direct. As someone who is autistic, IMO them doing literal translations would also be a way of representing neurodivergency, because why add all that unnecessary social conventions when you can be direct with speech. I mean, I understand why social standards when it comes to conversations exist and will participate in them, but the bluntness of the Moomins is nice.

​@@Soulraven2735not finnish?

That's just Finnish people are.

I like him

Snork was always just distracted nerd but I like this version better

I like this version, the one we got was a chauvinist.

Well he didn’t really have any characterization in the original material beyond being the Snorkmaiden’s brother, and the 90s anime made him an inventor who was obsessed with building a flying ship, which wasn’t relevant to the main characters most of the time.

*ITS FRIDAY THO*

its wednesday here

@@ameteuraspirant well, today lol

It's Saturday here!

@@shibumi-tanuki yup

Your friend is a k e e p e r

Same homie

I have both too and it was very relatable!

Some scientists think that ADHD might actually be a common form of ASD due to it frequently occurring in autistic individuals. So you might be autistic, but just not have the more commonly associated traits of it.

I’m the same way! I especially don’t like when people come close to me without telling me their intentions. It’s so nice to have a character to relate to!

Yeah same, hopefully they get to actually meet at some point

As an autistic person I think it's very much to show how many neurotypical relate to autistic people. NT aren't usually put off much by those that are easy going, albeit non-sociable people but they are put off by those that are abrupt, brutally honest and struggle to show our emotions in a readable way like us ND peeps are(that doesn't mean we don't have them we just down show them as openly). So the fact moomin wasn't put off by snufkin but was by snork is actually pretty relatable.

well, there is a pretty obvious difference between the two, to me snufkin seems to be overstimulated by people and social situations specifically (akin to social anxiety/agoraphobia), while snork is sensitive to sensory input like sounds, lights, colors etc. which, when added up, causes overstim. snufkin is just a bit introverted and non-sociable, while snork, to an NT person, might even appear non-approachable due to being difficult to read, blunt, and "awkward/annoying to talk to" (due to not understanding jokes/sarcasm, being brutally honest, etc.) to be fair, snufkin also gives ND vibes for me, but in a different way than snork, so it still makes sense that moomin understands snufkin far better than snork (that, and he knows snufkin much better... maybe once he's had the time to get to know snork better, he'll do better too). but that's probably me projecting lmao

@@lunarsway Honestly as an autistic person, I think Snufkin is a bit more relatable than Stork. As a child I would've said the opposite, but autism poses different challenges at different lifestages.

@@unenouille430 i totally agree! i relate a lot more to snufkin too, it's different for other people. snork is still relatable but not as much

What about annoying nerds?

That was so interesting to see!!

😂 It also could've been worse. If Stinky was there, there's no telling what he would've done. LOL

Same😔💔🥀

me too :'(

same 😢🥀💔

Same ☹️🖤⛓️

Also autistic but I agree. I think it comes down to - at a party you're expected to interact with people or even be the centre of attention while at a concert the attention is entirely on someone else and people tend to not interact with the people next to them much. At a party having to contend with multiple relationships/conversations in itself can be overwhelming not even counting all the lighting and stuff around to effect your senses. At a concert it's really just sound, sight and maybe lighting so it's a lot easier. At least thats how it works for me.

@@rabbitguts2518 My best friend is most probably on the spectrum (her psychiatrist mentioned it but since my best friend had to move soon after they never had time to do any proper diagnosis) and she can barely function in a social setting, like a party, but she loves concerts and festivals. I have ADHD and I hate concerts but can sort of handle parties. I'm alright with interaction, even with strangers if I have to, but all the intense, loud, obnoxious stimuli of a concert? Instant meltdown. I went once and left scarred after 10 minutes. But I really think it's individual as well. I know autistic people who, like me, would never ever go to a concert for the same reasons, while some absolutely love it. Just do what makes you feel comfortable. ❤

Parties are more personal, I guess

Concerts are just less personal. You don't have to talk to a ton of people, you can just be invisible in the crowd. People understand if you need to take a minute in a quiet area and no one is really expecting you to be on your best behavior.

I was just thinking about how music isn’t a problem for me if I’m the one who decided to turn it on, but I get agitated if someone else decides to play music or spontaneously start to sing when in my vicinity. I think it might be some kind of ‘loss of control of my surroundings’ thing, but it also negatively impacts my sense of self-worth because it means that I’m compelled to be an unfair jerk to the people around me.

Aspergers is a subset of autism nowadays. I think you are right.

Same here, there's some overlap with my own autism and his of course but seeing how asd and how his specifically was represented and percieved by other characters here in general was really lovely

As a person with autism, it's wonderful seeing an autistic character

aspergers is an outdated term tho

Aspergers is autism

YES ABSOLUTELY

It’s a literary reference. In the novel _Robinson Crusoe,_ the title character is stranded on a Caribbean island for several years until he rescues a native man from some cannibals, who he then names ‘Friday’ because that’s what day of the week it was. Friday then became his loyal servant, because this book was written three-hundred years ago and was very, very racist. In fact by our modern standards the main character is a thoroughly horrible person, he sold a literal child into slavery and he ended up on that island because the ship he’d chartered se he could go to Africa in order to buy more slaves for his plantation in Brazil sank. Because the novel was so popular, the term ‘Man Friday’ became a common term to refer to a personal assistant. Moomintroll was making a reference to the book, with himself as Robinson Crusoe and the Snork as his -Man- Snork Friday.

@@Xalerdane I see

Honestly, same, throughout the whole video. And when Moomin tugged on his arm at several points my mind went “euhhhhh wipe your arm Snork wipe it wipe it” as though it were me who was touched and then he wiped his arm :D The satisfaction…