Tyler Blu Gunderson - Tumblr Posts

I know autism acceptance month is over but I still have more characters to appreciate. Remember the movie Rio from 2011? Oh yeah, our man TYLER BLU GUNDERSON is totally autistic. Listen, I remember watching this movie when I was six years old and just seeing myself reflected back in this guy. He felt so distant from his peers and he desperately wanted to go home while he was lost in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. All of his dialogue stuck with me. At the end of the movie, it might seem like he “changed for the better”, but really, you can see in the second movie that he just learned to adapt to a new life that he wanted. He’s still the same bird and his (wife? birds don’t get married… “partner”, I guess 👍) partner loved him for exactly who he was. And even though it was a huge change for him, he was able to make a home in the rainforest and find a balance between his comfort zone and wild jungle out there.