#adhd person writes adhd character

[classic-entp]

Classic-ENTP #40

INTJ: I don't like you

ENTP: lol that's funny

INTJ: ...

ENTP: wait... actually?

INTJ: yeah, actually

ENTP: you genuinely don't like me?

INTJ: yep

ENTP: how???

INTJ: what do you mean, "how"? You are very easy to dislike. You're loud, annoying, have the memory of a goldfish, and never take anything seriously

ENTP: ...

ENTP: but those are my best qualities

[fluffydice]

On the topic, I think Rise does a wonderful job of displaying the sensory needs of neurodiverse characters because they don't limit them to one extreme or the other; another reason why their portrayal is so wonderful.

Donnie probably shows the most examples of this range, for obvious reasons. He doesn't like unexpected stimuli—and that can be something as small as unexpected touch. He has a preference for his flavorless juice. His lab, from what I've been able to glean, appears to be lit mostly from the glow of his computer screens or his tech. Otherwise it's usually kept rather dark.

On the other hand, Donnie loves noise (as long as he's in control of it, of course). He blasts techno music until it's impossible to talk without shouting. He falls asleep to Shelldon's affirmations: also absolutely blaring.

As for Mikey, this one's a lot more speculative lolol. We see a lot of examples of him seeking out sensory throughout the series, the most memorable for me personally being when the boys are interrogating Warren Stone and he's just. Playing with absolutely everything on the playground, rapidly switching from one thing to the next. But for someone who loves runs around—and very much enjoys doing so—it's a bit surprising to me that he so willingly rides Raph's shell so much. I could see that being his safe space of sorts, for when things get too exciting and Mikey can feel it starting to overwhelm him. Just an area to take a breather.

It's wonderful to see both because it allows the characters to have sensory needs without it becoming a one-dimensional gag. It's no longer a trope, but rather an aspect of their identities. Yeah, Donnie not always reciprocating affection can be made funny. Yeah, Mikey not sitting still can be made funny. But the joke is never the character themselves because they focused on writing a complex, actual person; not the simplified, easily-digestible idea of a disability.

[rubyleaf]

Me working on a new WIP: Alright, you can do this. ONE main character who isn't accidentally or deliberately written as ADHD. Just one. You can do this.

Also me in literally the first chapter:

[seaoftales]

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[iamanartichoke]

There’s not enough discourse in the paranormal fandom about those of us who are such space cases that we could walk into the kitchen and find all the chairs stacked on top of the table in a manner that defies physics and either a) not notice, or b) notice and think, huh, I don’t remember doing that - maybe it was the cat?

[greghatecrimes]

IMO Kutner and Thirteen are both neurodivergent but on opposite ends of the spectrum. to me Kutner is ADHD as fuck and I think he probably has decently bad RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria) but is *really* fucking good at masking it and appearing like nothing’s bothering him. You’d never know unless you’re also neurodivergent.

Thirteen strikes me as autistic but is so good at masking and tightly controlling it to appear “normal” that you’d never guess except for the smallest moments when she slips up. The moment in “You Don’t Want To Know” when House confronts her about her dropping the folder and she’s a deer in the headlights, and has to come up with something on the fly. (“Maybe she’s clumsy because she’s nervous, because she forgot to do her spelling homework. In my hypothetical, she’s eight.” In my opinion you can see how she’s floundering to come up with something when the script/social situation she was expecting suddenly goes awry in the way her body language changes as House talks to her). The way she expresses her emotions through self destructive behaviors to the point of breakdown when she has to mask and can’t show them verbally or physically (hookups, drinking, drugs, making herself take dangerous medications in “Last Resort”, etc). Things like little stims- tapping her fingers or playing with her hair (frequently tied up and out of the way in s4/5) probably only come out when she’s truly alone. (Which is fucking exhausting. poor Thirteen.)

[buildarocketboys]

Man nothing like talking to other writers to make you feel like you're not a proper writer

[alltimefail-sims]

If I don't post anything sims-related in a minute please know I'm not going anywhere and I will have original content soon, I'm just trying to fight my ADHD demons and all the distractions it loves (such as playing TS4 and mindless timeline scrolling) so I can make progress on the book I've been trying to write for a little over a year now <3 <3

[straight-to-the-pain]

I know I haven’t posted any original fic in ages, I’ve been a little burnt out from uni and placement and also all the scenes I’ve been wanting to write either need research (historical fiction) or require too many emotions (everyone is traumatised) but please do bear with me there will be content… eventually… I hope

[steakout-05]

//ableism mention tw

ok just gonna say something really quick: i absolutely hate Abe's characterisation in the reboot of Clone High because it is nothing like how he acted in season 1 and it just. isn't funny. they've turned this good-intentioned but flawed loser kid who just wants to be like the original Abraham Lincoln but doesn't know how to, into a self-centered and arrogant asshole who literally almost said a horrible ableist slur twice in the first episode. like. i'm being serious, he almost says the R-slur twice in the same minute and i dunno about you but i really don't find it very funny when a) the only "joke" behind it is "oh look at how bad Abe is compared to the more progressive sensitivities of the new generation of clones, isn't he just terrible", and b) they felt the need to completely rewrite a pre-existing character that fans are already attached to to do something against his own morals for the sake of a shitty joke, and c) TOPHER WAS RIGHT THERE!!! isn't he supposed to be the asshole or am i missing something?? like...

i'm not saying you can't have "edgy" or "dark" comedy or whatever, but personally, i don't find it very funny when a character that actually means quite a lot to me and is one of my favourites is twisted and rewritten into an arrogant asshole in an apparent attempt to appeal to the people who hate Abe for his flaws in the original show. especially when he's rewritten to be someone who would say a slur that's literally been used against my fellow disabled peers, myself included. it just feels... wrong. it actually hurts a lot to see a character i once loved and found to be one of the funniest and most important characters in the show be turned into an arrogant dick, with barely any thought or meaning put into him. i don't like what they did with the rest of the OG cast as well (such as Joan making a complete 180 in her entire character, JFK's character assassination, the removal of Gandhi, Cleo barely being in it etc.), but to me, they did Abe the dirtiest in this season and i'm really disappointed that one of my favourite shows had to continue like this :(

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I'm part of an Unknown Armies campaign run by my girlfriend, and it's driven me to strange madness. Today I made a conspiracy board for it. I've made memes. I'm painting a map of the setting. I started writing a novella loosely based off of my character, which feels like fanfiction. There's an NPC I'm in love with and her existence makes me want to create fan content. I've never created fan content before, for anything. I'm considering writing fanfic for Blorbo from my girlfriend's head, that's where we're at right now. What is going on

[starscreamingg]

They should invent a new type of torture called being hyperfixated on something nobody you know is particularly interested in

[r3verse-the-polarity]

It is probably a neurodivergent thing because I feel like a lot of the people I know relate;

a person, regardless of how self-aware or intentional they are in their aesthetic or personality, is not just themselves, standing or sitting with you. One individual has a whole kind of "vibe" about them, which is very specific to them because it is the fusion of their style and personality and interests. Obviously the popularization of "aesthetics" through social media probably has a lot to answer for in this, but it's kind of nice.

This middle aged white man in a black puffer jacket and chinos... Mustard and lake water, TV ambience and coffee, enduring love, working hard, engineering.

Like, obviously this is all artistic and romanticised but I just get it.

I think that could be part of why music is so attractive to us. Every song is a whole atmosphere, and an album is a whole vibe And most musicians have a defined, manufactured visual and personal aesthetic to them. I feel like sometimes musicians and actors play a persona of themselves in interviews. We get so much more information from a subject than just... It.

Maybe and sometimes definitely it's wrong if we create so much chaos around looks and fashion before we know someone through conversation, and certainly we should not make assumptions about one another. I know that that sentence didn't make much grammatical sense but that's the way I thought it.

Creating characters I start with a vibe and it creates the person, rather than starting with the person and learning the "vibe" like we do in reality.

And I feel like this is when nd people become truly creative. We are so attracted to media because it's a controlled way of observing the world.

[quatrecentvingttt]

I like to sit down with the DSM-5-TR and diagnose my traumatised and/or neurodivergent OCs with as many things as possible

[peliginspeaks]

Sometimes I think about how 60% of Hallowrove's problems could probably be solved if she had access to modern-day ADHD medication. Then I think about how many of my problems could be solved by a working modern ADHD medication and I stop thinking about that lol