I just really wanted to express my gratitude towards you and your characterization of Rachel. Maybe it sounds strange, particularly considering what a polarizing (and often — i would argue unnecessarily demonized) character she is, but I found a lot of Rachel’s struggle with her own emotions and the dichotomy between her inner and outer lives in season 2 really resonated with me to the point where I relate to her perhaps more than I’ve ever related to another fictional character. I’m a young woman on the autism spectrum (which is a neurodevelopment disorder that is often invisible or misdiagnosed in women because of the differences in the ways in manifests in comparison to men with the same disorder) and I feel like a lot of the ways in which I express difficulty processing empathy and emotion were present in Rachel. Additionally, the movements of her hands and lips during very emotionally taxing scenes are very similar to a lot of “stims” that people with ASD use to self-regulate. Was this a conscious choice for you at all?
And for a completely unrelated question that I’ve been dying to know the answer to, what do Tony’s tattoos say?
Thanks for being constantly inspiring and just generally awesome as hell!
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Hi Tat!
I just really wanted to express my gratitude towards you and your characterization of Rachel. Maybe it sounds strange, particularly considering what a polarizing (and often — i would argue unnecessarily demonized) character she is, but I found a lot of Rachel’s struggle with her own emotions and the dichotomy between her inner and outer lives in season 2 really resonated with me to the point where I relate to her perhaps more than I’ve ever related to another fictional character. I’m a young woman on the autism spectrum (which is a neurodevelopment disorder that is often invisible or misdiagnosed in women because of the differences in the ways in manifests in comparison to men with the same disorder) and I feel like a lot of the ways in which I express difficulty processing empathy and emotion were present in Rachel. Additionally, the movements of her hands and lips during very emotionally taxing scenes are very similar to a lot of “stims” that people with ASD use to self-regulate. Was this a conscious choice for you at all?
And for a completely unrelated question that I’ve been dying to know the answer to, what do Tony’s tattoos say?
Thanks for being constantly inspiring and just generally awesome as hell!
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