#character disability headcanons

[the-maddened-hatter]

Ngl poof floated lower than his parents as a baby in the original seried too

Interesting! Like I said it could easily be nothing more than an animation choice, but it would be interesting if it ends up being significant!

[eldritch-ace]

I present some nerdy prudes (oh and Max)

(I really wanted to take a shot at giving them all more than 1-3ish outfits that I think fit their styles)

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

It’s disability pride month, you know what that means, you are now legally obligated to make all of your favorite characters disabled

[fishblings]

My headcanons for Ruth! I put her in a wheelchair cuz she deserves it <3

[keebiecoo]

I really do think the reason we never see the others communicate with Curly post-crash is because of us seeing through the eyes of Jimmy, who is such an ass he couldn't even be bothered to listen when Anya told him how their improvized AAC works.

Anyway, AAC user here, coming at you with the Curly headcanons.

I think in their situation, they wouldn't have buttons or tablets or anything to give him, so it would be fully gestural AAC. Since he can't really move his jaw & neck, & he's usually lying more on his left side, I think he would "nod or shake" his right arm for yes & no, & he'd point using his eye or whichever limb is easiest at that moment.

I also think most of the crew would know some basic morse code already from working out in the middle of nowhere on a cargo ship (at least that's my experience) & he would use that sometimes by making verbal noises or by tapping one of his limbs, but they'd probably mainly use the "yes/no" style to make it easier for Curly because the morse code method would probably be pretty uncomfortable & frustrating for him, & I think the others would understand that & try not to push him.

I think they'd eventually figure out some "house sign" gestures that would mean specific things that Curly thinks about a lot. Probably because it's Curly, one would be "sorry", another would be "is everyone safe?" & when he's in more pain than usual, he can't really think straight, so he just makes upset noises, & all of them know that means he needs his medicine & some rest.

[starzzytisms]

woah.... art... no way...

featuring headcanons below!

-Sun has EDS (Elhers Danlos syndrome) because I say so!

-Autistic goober! (self projection? Nuh uh...)

-Don't tell the cats, but if given the opportunity he would get a service dog, probably a golden retriever

-Totally has a collection of jellycat birds

-Caregiver/little flip

-Regresses 2-5 y/o

-FtM also because I say so

-Collects GIANT plushies. Like, the freaking 6 ft tall ones

Yay headcanons and art! Enjoy!

[marlshroom]

[t4tozier]

jayvik non sexual domination. jayce on his knees in front of the couch waiting for viktor to give him permission to massage his feet for him. jayce knowing he’s the only person viktor trusts to help him take off his brace because he instructs him to do it for him on the nights they’re actually at home and not at the lab. viktor nudging jayce’s legs wider apart with his cane, just because he likes to see him that way. viktor teaching jayce commands in czech so he has to trust that he’s telling him the correct translation (or just learn by being praised or punished for listening well). do you see the vision.

18+ only !! minors and ageless blogs dni

[cupidsbeaux]

it's my personal belief that Gillion needs glasses while on land but doesn't realize his vision is even different from everyone else's.

in the water he sees great! it's what tritons are made to do! but above water things are blurry and he's nearsighted. tritons can survive on land, but it's not an ideal situation (as shown by the fact that Gillion sleeps in barrels and bathtubs). he assumes that's just how land creatures are because how would he know any better? this is just another challenge that he's willing to face.

so yeah, he's totally visually impaired. lots of fish and amphibians can't see well outside of water, and i'm choosing to believe that Gillion is the same way.

[aggro-my-beloved]

yeah non-hetero redacted characters are cool and everything but…

autistic!david?!?

adhd!asher?

chronicpain!milo??

deaf/hoh!huxley?!

ocd!lasko???

bipolar!damien?

schizophrenic!gavin?!

it’s pride disability month for crying out loud, don’t let the inclusivity stop at sexuality!

[saturnniidae]

you say you have disabled hiccup headcanons? :3 *ears get really reall big. how are they doing that. why*

id love to hear them :D

Yes! Okay you've opened the floodgates my friend, I've been waiting to talk about this for so long.

He's autistic and has adhd! Obviously.

stims by tapping his fingers against things, waving his hands around, quickly taking apart and putting back together trinkets he's made, mimicking dragon noises (tho over time he's realized their vague meaning and stopped doing it randomly bc it was confusing them), running his hands over toothless' head to feel the texture of his scales and (when he was younger) petting his fur vest

His 'obsession' with things (trying to one up viggo, and when he was working on his sword) is literally just him Hyperfocusing on things

Easily loses track of time when he's locked in (Hyperfocused) working on inventions

Has that random 'I need to info dump NOW' thing and wakes Astrid up in the middle of the night like to randomly talk about abnormal behavioral patterns in a new terror flock on berk and Astrids just like 'babe I love you but it's three am'

Dyspraxic. When he was a kid he spent so much time practicing coordination for things like learning to write then later working in the smithy, and almost gave up more than once before continuing out of spite.

immunocompromised. Like seriously Hiccup has a weak ass immune system and would get sick every winter as a little kid, to the point of it being fatal. The villagers would always talk in hushed tones (bc of stoick caught them they'd get yelled at) and wonder if that years gonna be the one where he doesn't make it but he always ended up pulling through (also out of spite)

After meeting Toothless he developed tinnitus. Didn't think much of the ringing in his ears at first bc. Yknow, dragon roared at full volume directly into his ear. Then it didn't go away and he was like 'huh maybe this is an issue' then it just got worse as he continued to be in close proximity to loud noises like, even more roaring, and explosions etc.

Despite this he's got that weird "I enjoy loud noises like dragons roaring and the sound the wind makes when you're flying at like 40 mph, but if I hear the noise of lots of overlapping voices all having different conversations in a large room I need to die."

Chronic pain. The obvious, phantom pains in his leg of course, but fun fact! The human body really doesn't like it when you've broken bones repeatedly especially in the same area, and with how much this kid gets thrown around in rtte it's safe to say he's broken, fractured, and dislocated a lot of things.

When he comes home/gets back to the edge after a long day of traumatic or ridiculous events, first thing he does is take Toothless' saddle and prosthetic tail fin off, then he tries to crash in his bed, but either Toothless doesn't let him sleep until he's taken his prosthesis off (I hate that he sleeps with it on in canon looking at it makes my body hurt imaging how uncomfortable that'd be), or Astrid comes in to make sure he does (and also to make sure he eats bc he forgets to wayyy too often).

Asthma. No explanation. I just know he has it

I hope not all of these came off as super angsty, they aren't meant to completely. Like sure it sucks but he's allowed to not be miserable constantly (disabled people are allowed to not be miserable constantly, it doesn't make our pain any less valid. We're allowed to be happy).

I just love when characters are permanently, physically, changed by their story. Tbh if it weren't for rampant ableism, I think a lot of characters in action/adventure stories would be disabled, but people aren't ready for that discussion yet. Ty for the ask I had so much fun answering and writing these!!!

[the-maddened-hatter]

I made a version with forearm crutches just for fun and ngl it's kind of a slay for him

Hero Forge Peri (FOP)

I'm not totally happy with the way his face came out, and if they end up doing hair closer to his he'll get this style replaced, but I'm pretty happy with the threads, wings, and his cane! (and the perfect lemon cupcake!)

[varyathevillain]

no joke but what I really want for Buddy Daddies as a fandom is to make fanart and fanfic post present time ep12 where Rei wears an arm orthosis when working.

I think varied disability aids being represented would be fantastic, and personally would write Rei as someone being deeply proud of something he's done for his family, but also understanding with time that using an orthosis also helps him at work and in raising Miri. with a giant portion of mobility/motorics aids being represented by prosthetics, seeing more variety and exploring it in fiction would also help making a step in normalising disability treatments.

[futuristichedge]

Some more aggie doodles

[noxexistant]

hi your local real life disabled person is here to critique wider crutchie writing and headcanons again, re: “crutchie hits people with his crutch”

crutches are not strong, especially not modern metal ones. they’re hollow tubes of thin metal with significant weak points all down them where one tube of metal slides into another, and where they bend to accommodate the forearm.

trying to use them as a weapon — applying any force along them rather than down against the tops and handles, ie using them like a bat to hit someone or something — will risk snapping them or bending the thin metal. they’re unwieldy too, they’re heavy and awkward, and pretty much no hit with them is going to cause any genuine damage, especially not broken bones. more likely: the hit will be ineffective, and whoever you’re up against will then have easy access to grab the end of your crutch and wrench it off of you, and then you’re fucked if you, y’know, need it to walk. this also applies if you break it.

crutches are also expensive. they’re about $30 at the absolute cheapest for ones that hurt the most and can cause the most damage, and can go up to $100+ for the more comfortable models intended for daily lifetime use. even the old fashioned wooden crutch that crutchie uses in canon would be very much breakable — it’s a stick of wood — and would be pretty much priceless to him without any resources to get another.

crutchie would almost definitely not use his crutch as a genuine weapon. practically no disabled character would (see also: canes, unless specifically designed for that and reinforced). your mobility aids are an extension of yourself, and you’re not going to put them in any sort of danger when you need them, and that holds even more weight when you know you can’t afford to replace them.

[heimeldat]

I've been thinking about how often Five falls over and the way he just sort of collapses like his legs stopped working, and I've ended up with a new headcanon that his legs do just stop working sometimes. He's the only Doctor whose regeneration came so close to failing, and that's got to have some side effects. His new body got a few wires crossed, and sometimes there's a brief interruption of signal from brain to limbs that makes his legs give out without warning for a second. He wears some sort of fancy gadget under his clothes that usually compensates for the signal interruption and keeps him on his feet, but it's not 100% effective, so when he's under stress or in pain or for whatever reason his nervous system is under more strain than usual, he still has a tendency to just fall over.