#but i don't wanna go into full emotional shutdown either

[warrenwaskilledbyadeer]

Now normally I'd be feeling like a complete failure because of how a bunch of my Halloween plans blew up in my face and I got depressed about it and didn't finish my costume but now I've been invited to a Halloween party on Halloween and don't have time to finish my costume, but when you're already so overwhelmed you've gone numb it doesn't change your mood at all!!!

[stebens]

i wanna start by saying i'm not being antagonistic or trying to be mean, i really just wanna know. what steven universe characters do you headcannon as autistic? i really like your take on things and just your blog in general so i'm sorry if this is annoying or upsetting. you don't have to answer this if you don't want to (like i won't be upset or spam you with asks) have a great day ❤️

You’re not being antagonistic! Don’t worry!! I love talking about my autistic headcanons.

(I’ll forego explaining Steven since he’s so widely headcanon’d as autistic/ADHD, there’s already multiple posts out there about him.)

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Pearl

- She has a routine, and changes in that routine can cause her to meltdown and cry.- She is VERY expressive with her hands and often uses them to stim!- She love love loves to infodump and is always eager to teach, i.e. swordfighting, gem stuff, etc.- She doesn’t really get jokes or sarcasm very often.- She either keeps a plain facial expression or a wildly emotional facial expression and there is little to no in-between.

Garnet

- In Season 1, she struck me as semiverbal, and I like to imagine she was even nonverbal when Steven was a toddler. But now that she’s grown and opened up to her friends, I think she can even go hyperverbal sometimes!- Meat Beat Mania is the Ultimate Stim and Hyperfocus- She doesn’t always know what facial expression she’s making so it gets stuck in a smile, frown, scowl, etc. sometimes so Steven paps her face to un-stuck it.

Amethyst

- LOV THE CRONCH. Eating is the best stim. That’s why she eats such weird shit.- The mess in her room is an Organized Mess. Don’t touch it. Everything in there is important to her and she’ll know the minute something goes missing from her room.- She shuts down whenever she’s overwhelmed. Bother her too much while she’s like this, and the shutdown will turn meltdown.- Heavily uses sarcasm but doesn’t always get it when others do.

Ruby + The Squad

- Minor inconvenience = MELTDOWN- “Sorry what? I couldn’t hear you over the sound of my brain running at 200mph”- Ruby focuses on one thing at a time. She has a hard time dealing with multiple problems, so she only deals in ones. It can be difficult getting her attention when she’s got her mind on something.- Doc can count, but has difficulties processing numbers. She usually has a suspicion when she counted wrong, but if someone tells her she’s right, she’ll believe them.- Navy has an indoor voice because everything is Too Loud. Quiet places make her happy, which is why she immediately loved Earth.- Army stims by FLEXING and PUNCHING THINGS. She’s also more likely to shutdown rather than meltdown. She’s angery 24/7 but if something overwhelms her she’ll go full nonverbal and hide away from everyone and everything.- Leggy has the most trouble processing new information, which is why she seems to be “lagging” behind the others. She’ll get better at it though!- Eyeball is very set on her missions and goals. That’s her routine. If she can’t accomplish them, she gets really angry and depressed. This shows in her behavior in ‘Bubbled’.

Sapphire

- Hyperempathetic, even if it doesn’t show. She feels what her loved ones are feeling. Even when she’s not fused with Ruby, she shares her feelings, i.e. her anger in Keystone Motel.- Her infodumps aren’t the typical “super excited, talking really fast” infodumps. They’re slow and passionate like she’s telling a fairytale, and everyone loves to listen to them.- She stims with her hair A LOT. Brushing her bangs, combing her fingers through the lengths, etc. She loves when other people play with her hair too.

Rose / Pink Diamond

- She has the biggest, BIGGEST special interest in Earth. For the thousands of years from her “shattering” to Steven’s birth, she spent every moment loving humans and the Earth and learning as much about them as she could.- She reformed with a dress because it’s fun to stim with! Twirling and bouncing and everything. Her old outfit was so uncomfortable sensory wise. Now she doesn’t have to deal with puffy sleeves or shoes anymore!- She doesn’t know what’s going on most of the time and that’s okay.