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fairandfatalasfair · 2 months ago

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I've seen a few fics where Charles is dyslexic, and while I'm not wedded to it, I do kind of like that headcanon.

In which case, I do think that Edwin has noticed on some subconscious level that if he describes his books to Charles by shape, colour, and location, rather than just title, that Charles is more likely to hand him the right book.

But I do not think that Edwin is likely to be consciously aware that Charles is dyslexic, or indeed of what dyslexia is, nor do I think Charles knows. I think if you asked Edwin he would say that Charles is brilliant and therefor is refusing to learn to read Aramaic out of pure stubbornness, and if you asked Charles he would say he's just not great with reading and that's what he has Edwin for.

#Like. They are nice kids #But they were neither of them exactly raised with a 21st century awareness of neurodiversity #and I don't think keeping up with psych literature #has exactly been Edwin ''he is a boy and I am a boy'' Payne's top priority #and Charles hasn't been reading the DSM because he's fucking dyslexic #DeadBoyDetectives #Charles Rowland #Edwin Payne #headcanons #Dead Boy Detectives #DBDA #Further headcanon that Charles basically worked out his own accommodations enough to manage in school with zero support #because his dad was a prick about it and his teachers were racist. So like. He copes okay.#But he doesn't tend to read a lot if he doesn't have to

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