BOW YOUR HEADS LOW ALL HAIL SHADOW

i am on bluesky now, just finished uploading the backlog. my twitter is officially dead cause uh fuck it? never liked it there anyways

After releasing her “History of Homestuck” video, Sarah Z recieved legal threats and a chain of completely bewildering, self incriminating emails from Andrew Hussie. She also recieved a bunch of separate messages from former WP staff who recieved completely awful treatment from the company that Hussie’s own comments confirmed, unbeknownst to him. 

Bear in mind, Hussie approached her and said he would answer her questions, then answered none of her questions, and completely shittalked all of his former employees.  

Hussie also never saw Sarah’s video. In fact, she recieved the threat before enough time passed for anyone to watch it.  

Hussie confirmed he didn’t credit people because he didn’t like that they shittalked him.  

If you ever cared about Homestuck, or if you enjoy watching a large property become a complete dumpster fire, give this absolutely stunning video a watch. 

What’s Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS), and why do so many autistic people have it?

I learned about this the other day, when I posted about palinopsia (visual trailing/afterimages) being common in autistic people, and a couple of our followers told me about their VSS. I did some more research, and discovered that I also have it.

Visual Snow Syndrome is a neurological condition that interferes with visual processing. It’s caused by hyperactivity and hyper-excitability of nerves in certain areas of the brain that process visual information.

The core feature of VSS is constantly seeing tiny, fuzzy “feedback” in the environment. It’s kind of like seeing the world through a staticky TV screen. Some people’s visual static is larger than others. Mine is relatively fine-grained, but it gets bigger and more obvious in low lighting.

Some of the other symptoms of VSS include:

It’s common for people with VSS to experience comorbid migraines, but VSS is not the same thing as migraine aura.

So, why do autistic people often have VSS?

It comes down to the fact that VSS is caused by the hyper-excitability of neurons in areas of the brain that process visual information. A core feature of autism is hyper-excitable neurons, especially in areas of the brain that have to do with sensory processing. So it makes sense that autism would often inadvertently cause VSS.

Here are some illustrations of visual phenomenon that VSS causes, in case you want a better understanding of what the world looks like for me and many other autistic people.

Visual snow/static:

Palinopsia/image trailing:

Scheerer’s Phenomenon (tiny bright moving dots):

Starbursts around lights:

Floaters:

I hope y’all have learned something :)

I’ve found it very intriguing to realize that the way I see the world is more unique than I once knew!

~Eden🐢