>Jasmine switches her hyperfixation from rock to steel when her Onix evolves. Is always suddenly compelled to polish a steel type when she sees one regardless if its wild mon or another trainer´s

>Steven never shuts the fuck up about his rock and gem collection, makes it his entire personality

>In the anime, Byron shouts ¨ I LOVE BASTIODON, I LOVE DIGGING¨ in public iirc

>Colress is a mad scientist who lives off in his own world

>Wikstrom is a grown man who publicly larps as a knight

>Poppy dresses like a toddler when she´s nine years old

>Amarys walks and stands like a robot and speaks in monotone

What is it about the steel type that´s so appealing to autistic people and why does it attract so many of them?

>>57910733 (OP)
It’s a series full of eccentric characters

>>57910733 (OP)
byron sex
wikstrom sex
rose sex
peony sex

>>57911104
Based

>>57910733 (OP)
Something something autistic people seem emotionally distant or some shit. kinda like robots. which are made of metal and steel.

>>57910733 (OP)
It's the best type in the game so they're all secretly metafags trying to justify their hyperfixations. Peony somehow being the only one here that isn't fucked in the head is impressive given he's a jeet

>>57910733 (OP)
>always suddenly compelled to polish a steel type when she sees one
I got steel-type Jasmine can polish

>>57910733 (OP)
Sir Wikstrom was most likely knighted though. That still happens even today.

>>57910733 (OP)
I never realized we had such a dry streak of female steel specialists for that long

>>57910733 (OP)
Many of them are inorganic or have metallic bodies, which probably feel more pleasant for autistic people to touch than fur, scales, or feathers

>>57910733 (OP)
Don’t forget ONE DAY Rose

>>57910733 (OP)
>Byron shouts ¨ I LOVE BASTIODON, I LOVE DIGGING¨

>>57911655
poppy still isnt enough

>>57913013
Poppy is MORE than enough

>>57910733 (OP)
Steel types are the Pokemon of the Pokemon world

It's because of the symmetry and repetition that the type brings to mind

>>57910733 (OP)
tons of steel specialists and not a single good design

>>57910733 (OP)
Poppy being 9 means her parents are getting her those clothes, it's not her fault.

now that I think there are also mons like Klinklang and Orthworm. the gears inside of a clock moving in a predictable and rhythmical fashion, I think clocks are another autism trope

Then Orthworm is supposedly also based on a subway train, the autism trope

>>57913071
She's in the Elite Four—they probably come out of her ridiculous costume stipend.

autism is what normalfahgs call anything with personality
CLANG!

>>57915102
"Autism" is what girls have instead of a personality.

>>57911655
Wonder what types would be considered the most masculine or feminine by specialists. Some like Normal, Bug, and Electric only have two up to this point.

>>57911659
I mean—maybe your particular autism, but autism therapy dogs exist, and if you think feathers or scales are a non-starter you've clearly never met anyone who's really into birds or reptiles because holy fuck, those people are all touched in the head in one way or another

>>57915623
Bug have mostly male specialists because in-universe girls think bugs are freaky unless they're freaks themselves like Viola (Katy doesn't really have a personality)

Electric tends to be electricians or vets like Surge, Wattson, Volkner or Clemont. The two female Electric trainers are electrifying personalities like a model and streamer. It's interesting how the females lean less towards "productive" occupations and more into entertainment

Dark has less to work with, it's literally just Karen and maybe Marnie if you want to count her

>>57910733 (OP)
Nobody said anything about Molayne, what's the consensus here on him? I don't remember him being too autistic

>>57917594
He's fairly normal, but he does work at a space observatory and manages Alola's PC system so there could be something

>>57917593
literally the first bug-type gym leader was a girl, though

>>57917661
>Bugsy
>Girl
Did you serious think that the not very androgynous shota is girl

>>57918012
Androgynous enough for the manga.

>>57917661
Just because Falkner can't get a GF doesn't mean Bugsy isn't packing

>>57910733 (OP)
Byron overall was hilarious as fuck in anime.
>Byron
>Some thiefs sneak into his gym, attempting to steal his preciousPokemon
>THIS SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY!

>>57918199
You onow why his son build his gym far away from Canalave City. Imagine explaining people that your dad is genuinely autistic.

>>57918203
I doubt that the reason considering his grandpa and the fact that digging is family obsession
Grandpa is in it for the love of the game
Byron for steel and training
roark For for fossils

>>57912998

>>57914455
ESL?