#i have sensory issues around food i cannot eat most things

[malwarechips]

yknow, does anyone have any collections of recipies for meals that are... actually edible for someone who's an incredibly picky eater completely unwillingly

[sambot2000xp]

THE THREAD I HAVE BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON FOR A WHILE!!!

murderface’s autistic traits

because i see a lot of people talking about toki, skwisgaar, and nate’s autistic traits but never murderface.,,,

under the cut

one of the more obvious traits is his interest in war history and macabre things, which definitely seems like a special interest. it takes up his WHOLE ROOM, and the only time we see him taking a vacation is for a war reinactment. it is basically the only thing we see him have any interest in outside of dethklok and other music endeavors (which he does not seem to be that interested in even) he is genuinely PASSIONATE for history.

his gullibility is definitely overplayed for jokes but to me it reads as an extremely obvious autistic trait. for example , the firecracker scene. that scene just screams autistic to me. the way he just never realizes that he should STOP trusting them and keeps on bending down? yeah.

one of the less obvious things that I notice is his pickiness with foods. also a joke and definitely tied to extreme internalized homophobia, but it just seems like something that most neurotypical people would not go to the lengths to defend. yes I know that he does eat a hot dog in doublebookedklok but who says autism people cannot be hypocrites, I know I am lol. also just a headcanon of mine that he is sensitive to foods and sticks to foods he is comfortable with + knows well, seems to be pretty canon compliant too.

something i notice is how he does seem to understand some social norms, but not fully. and even the ones he does understand, he does not care to follow. for me as an autistic person that is something I heavily relate to. It is hard to follow the social norms you do understand when you have no reason to, and you have never had them explained to you. murderface was just treated as a problem kid his entire life so of course he just sticks with it instead of trying to work on his attitude.

kind of reaching but autistic people are more likely to experience depression and other mental illnesses, something that murderface definitely deals with. he also shows symptoms in less typical was, tied in with his anger issues. i think his anger issues could also be compared to how he was never taught to deal with his emotions, and also combine with autistic meltdowns of the sort. basically all of his issues just are worsened by his autistic traits.

SPELLING!!! i know this is just something that shows he is uneducated, which makes sense as he (in the shoe, NOT the comics) grew up in the south (probably in poverty) and never cared for school, but it also could have been heightened by his trouble learning new concepts. he very easily could have been pushed away by the fact that no one understood how to be patient with him and teach him in a way he understood, an experience lots of autistic people face.

the way murderface talks to people, he rarely knows how to act when he is not complaining or insulting people, which definitely ties into the lack of social skills. he also seems to not be able to tell when people are joking, or read emotional subtleties.

with how he tries to be a “gentleman” around ladies, it definitely shows how he does not know how to act outside of stereotypes and what he has been taught, almost like he is following a script.

HYGIENE. a big thing for autistic people. i know some people who are extreme near freaks and very very cautious with hygiene, as for me and others,,, not caring at all. i think it is obvious murderface falls into the second category, he does not CARE about hygiene and frankly, does not want to. we seen him showering in one scene so I think he is capable of doing self-care oriented things, but maybe it is hard for him to start, or he is uncomfortable with it in most occasions.

we???? Have never seen him wear pants? Like never. Even when wearing suits he has never worn pants. Definitely a sensory thing and NOT NORMAL?? just something subtle but texture in clothing is definitely a big thing with sensory issues.

headcanons

ahem ahem,,, we never see him in any shoes with shoelaces so I like to headcanon that he either never learned how to tie his shoes, or if he did, he is very bad at it and it takes him a while, so he is embarrassed to tie his shoes in front of anyone.

i also like to think he makes a lot of references to old TV shows (see my murderface agere post) and got a lot of his ideas of what “masculinity” is from those. i assume he shaped his worldview around fiction and what he learned from history, which resulted in a really warped perspective.

that is all for now!! i will probably add onto this later!! ^_^ byebye!

[phoenixeclipse-lmkau]

Okay so my ADHD butt has stumbled upon your blog and became hyper fixated on the Warlords AU. Now it had me thinking, how would the monkeys would react to a neurodivergent reader (ADHD, ASD… etc.) with sensory issues. 

[Possible useful context.]

Sensory issues can lead to restricted diets (which can be unhealthy with lacking nutrition) and various other restrictions like clothing. For instance I physically cannot eat fruit because it feels slimy or it feels like I’m eating fabric, it gives me a sensory overload, but the way I get around that is making smoothies.

(I may not be using the right terminology sorry.)

Alright so if the warlords fall in love with someone with ADHD and sensory issues? Well they’ll find out during the first part of the journey of course. Aka when they are cursed and can’t do anything.

They’ll see how Spirit finds a way to make Reader eat something. Spirit makes sure Reader is able to eat and finds exactly what she is able to eat. If Reader tells her that she can only eat mashed/blended fruit then Spirit would take the time to make her smoothies so she has something to eat.

So when they inevitably courtnap their love they know what you will and will not eat. At least what they were able to see you eat. They will do whatever it takes to get you to eat a good and healthy diet. So to be honest they will give you what you like to eat for the most part. And if you can’t eat something they wont force you to eat it.

Basically whatever Reader has a sensory to the warlord duo will do everything in their power to make it so that she can eat and they will work around these things. They want you to love and depend on them and don’t want you to feel like they are lacking in anything. They will give you whatever you want/need to feel comfortable.

If Reader has an aversion to clothing? Well simple they’ll get you what you want to wear. They’ll hand make you any type of clothing that you want (Or have one of their troop make you something)

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“I can’t eat that,” You muttered softly staring at the bowl of fruit sitting in front of you.

Both of the monkey cubs looked at you with confusion while Spirit nodded. She had known it was a long shot to get you to try something like this again.

“I’ll mash it up for you. Watch the cubs for a moment,” She smiled knowing that you felt bad for not being able to eat it as it was, but she didn’t mind at all.

“Thank you,” You smiled as you gave Peaches a few scratches which he fell into easily.

Plum butted his head against your arm to get your attention as he looked up at you with an adorable tilted head. Your eyes widened before a grin spread across your face.

“You are the cutest!” You gush which resulted in an offended sound from Peaches, clearly disliking the fact that HE wasn’t the cutest. You giggled as Plums chirped in your arms when you scooped him up.

“Here you go,” Spirit said as she placed the bowl of newly mashed fruit on the table in front of you. The only thing around was fruit so it was what you had to settle for.

“Thank you, I hate to be a bother but I am grateful that you are willing to mash the food I can’t eat,” You said with a smile not explaining what your friend already knew. Plum looked over as you set him down, he slowly pieced together what you meant as you continued your journey.

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“I already told you, my wife needs her fruit mashed. You can’t chop it, or slice it. It needs to be mashed,” Wukong stressed out while gritting his teeth, he did his best not to yell that his troop but the monkey demon just didn’t understand.

“It’s just fruit, surely she can-,” He was cut off by the king.

“I SAID MASH IT,” Wukong growled before leaving the room in a huff.

He and Macaque had just gotten you back and he would NOT have his troop not serving you properly. He wanted you to be able to eat, to be able to feel comfortable in your new home.

Walking up to the garden area where you had decided to ‘hide’ he sighed when he saw Macaque sitting at a wooden table. His tail was moving in slow, gentle movements to show that he meant you not threat even as you hid behind a tree glaring at him.

“She still won’t come out?” Wukong asks with a frown.

“Give her time. It’s not every day that THE Sun Wukong and Six Eared Macaque take a human home,” Macaque replied calmly.

Wukong was grumpy and wanted to argue, but you had already thrown a rock at his head. It was better to let you calm down before anything else. That’s why he got you food… he left it in the kitchen FUCK!

“I’ll be right back,” He muttered storming back out of the room, not telling Macaque that he forgot the food that he went to go get.

>>>

So to put it simply the duo will do anything in their power to make you feel comfortable in any way that they can. They love you even with any sensory overloads that you may get.

Hope you enjoyed your answer!

[chronicbeans]

okayokay I really wanna know some headcanons on what it would be like if puppeteer reader never got knocked out and wally never tricked them and they now just have to deal with wally being part of their daily household life in the real world 😭

Yippee! Okay, so I think this is how it would go...

Wally Darling Living Life with a Puppeteer Reader in the Real World:

🏡 You better be ready for some chaos. In this world, you probably decided not to even threaten Wally with burning. He probably managed to, somehow, convince you that he will be good from now on. He truly means it, too! The problem is... He doesn't understand what humans can and cannot take.

🏡 You see, as an example, he'll probably be confused about what you are doing with your mouth and that piece of food. Puppets don't eat. Well, Wally does, but he eats with his eyes. He just kinda... Stares the food into nonexistence. So, when he hears that humans, like Henry, Angela, and yourself, need to chew and swallow? He is amazed and wants to try so himself! This causes him to get peanut butter and jelly stuck in his felt for about a week.

🏡 When you begin working, again, you realize that Wally can't come home with you. You put him in the tote, telling him to stay put. However, when you get in your car, he is somehow already in the passenger seat and ready to go back to your place. Your boss keeps asking you where he goes, but you just tell him you don't know.

🏡 Wally's voice actor (who I actually have a draft in the works for information on my version of them), Eddie's puppeteer, and everyone else who was present at the night of the incident will avoid you because Wally is ALWAYS close to you. They're smart people, and Eddie's puppeteer saw with their own eyes that it was him. They all know that Wally is a threat that is not to be trifled with.

🏡 Angela is probably going to be tormented everyday by just the knowledge that Wally is alive. She'll never get over it. The only small thing that makes it better is that she gets to see Henry make a friend. They ended up making up for Wally breaking into her room, so now Henry and Wally are constantly hanging out whenever you aren't around. She also likes the fact that Henry has someone else to look over him if you ever get sick.

🏡 The one downside for Wally is that, because he never really gets any sleep, he is going to be getting more and more tired. He can get a little sleep whenever you are there to watch over him, though. Especially if you hold him like a stuffed animal while you sleep! He will be out like a light switch if you do that.

🏡 Wally will have some sensory issues. His neighborhood is all soft and plush. He has tried to describe it. The most he can really say is that it is like all your senses are muffled. So, when he is in your world, everything can just be too much at times. When he gets like this, you'll most likely find him in your room, rocking back and forth a bit or scribbling aggressively on a piece of paper with any writing utensils he can find, not really drawing anything and just doing so to move his arm in a soothing manner. In those cases, he likes to have you give him a tight hug to ground him. It reminds him of the ones Barnaby gives him when he is in the neighborhood, actually. Just not as fluffy.

[pvffinsdaisies]

Some Sweden Headcanons

But I accidentally made them super autism related

Sweden has a severe case of selective mutism, he physically cannot talk to someone if he’s not friends with them. He just can’t find the words. As a general rule of thumb, he really only can speak freely around the other Nordics or the Baltics. Of course, there are exceptions. But Finland would have to do most of the chatting if they run into like Italy or smth.

Sweden holds a lot of resentment towards himself as to how he acted in the past. He feels it completely goes against his current day morals and how he would like to be perceived. He’s keen to try and build himself a “neutral” reputation like switzerland has done, but at the end of the day he is still a bit too opinionated on certain things.

even though Sweden is a very independent person, in social situations he tends to just stick beside Finland or Norway like glue, following them and looming behind them. The pair of them try to remain as understand as they can, but sometimes it can be frustrating if they want to chat privately with someone but they can’t get away from Sweden for 5 minutes.

due to his height, his muscles, and his sensory issues, sweden has a very limited wardrobe. If he finds something, he’ll get it again in another colour, because it’s just easier and safer than trying to experiment with other stuff. So his style is very classic & timeless, and it often just feels as though he rewears the exact same outfit over and over again. But, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.

Sweden always has to be doing something, he always has to set himself some type of task. If it’s spring-summer he has to be fixing up the garden, and if it’s winter he has to find some new home renovation to get started on. He always overworks himself and tires himself out.

he’s your typical Germanic in the sense that he needs a schedule to live. He always wakes up at a specific time, he eats at specific times, the routine just brings him a sort of comfort at this point. If you want to do anything with Sweden, it is imperative that you let him know in advance so he can figure out how to work it into his schedule.

he isn’t as lost with technology as people think he is! He enjoys gaming, but really only the more “boring” games, he enjoys building on the sims or on Minecraft especially.

music is so important to him. Putting on his music with noise cancelling headphones is one of his go to ways to calm himself down when overstimulated. He often stims by listening to the exact same song on repeat over and over again all day. He needs music in his life.

Sweden’s comfort show is Allsång På Skansen. Compared to some of the other Nordics, Sweden really only prefers light hearted and easy to watch media. He watches a lot of silly romcoms, light hearted musicals like mamma mia or even childrens shows and books. Luckily, he can use ladonia and Sealand as an excuse.

although he doesn’t care much for actively practicing, Sweden still identifies as a Christian.

berries are Sweden’s comfort food. He always loves berries. This extents to jams, smoothies and ciders. He will have either actual berries or jam on every meal he possibly can.

Sweden is a more recent-turned vegan. He’s probably been wanting to convert for ages, but he’s always been nervous considering how picky of an eater he can be. He worked to slowly introduce more and more vegan options into his diet for ages before he felt safe to fully convert.

deep down, I don’t think Sweden is fully sure of who he actually is? He has his obvious morals and his hobbies that are undeniable. But he can spend so much time worrying about how to come across as more approachable, how to mold himself so that he can make friends more easily, How should he be correctly moving his face or placing his body to clearly show his feelings. How to make himself be likeable. How to be the perfect person to represent his people, how to be the perfect friend to everyone, how to be the perfect, perfect person. And he hates to admit it, but the only person he doesn’t feel any of this pressure around is Denmark. And maybe Sweden doesn’t even realise that’s the case.

[wilt3d-r0zes]

Stranger Things Disability HCs

Specifically centered around Steve, Eddie, and Robin Emetophobia Warning

(Mind you, I am disabled but not strictly to the degree of these HCs. I have issues with walking, but because of my braces rarely need to use my cane. All of Robin's food issues are mostly accurate to my own.)

Part One, Part Two

- Steve was like 100% fine growing up, but started getting migraines after the events of season one. He brushed most of them off - Come season two, he gets clobbered in the head one too many times, and frequently is bedridden from migraines so bad he refuses to look at the world - His leg also got screwed up in the tunnels that season, and occasionally gets knee pain so bad he walks around limping - Robin has had issues eating and keeping food down her entire life. She'd probably be diagnosed with GERD and have a really long list of food she can't eat - As it stands, she spends most of her time hungry and irritated because she's hungry, because nobody wants to put in the effort to work around her food issues - Steve makes her food she can eat any and every time she comes over when he realizes how little she eats, and she loves him for it (platonically, of course) - Eddie cannot cook for shit, but he'll hold her hair back when she's throwing up from eating something she wasn't supposed to - Eddie helps her make a list of foods she can't eat as she discovers them through trial and error, and both him and Steve will point out that she can't have something if she doesn't seem to notice - Steve gets migraines so bad he throws up with them, and every single time he's crying through it because he hates throwing up. Robin sits there patting his back and reassuring him that it'll be over soon. - Robin gets silent migraines after the truth serum, Steve doesn't - She rarely even notices she's having them at first, and Steve and Eddie have to point it out to her and make her take it a bit easier. They notice most often when she's having trouble talking, but also when she becomes especially clumsy - She gets weird sensory attacks from her silent migraines that she just. Cannot function through. Her brain is not processing any sensory input as it should, and it's super overwhelming and confusing - Eddie was the Normal One until season four, and then after that had to re-adjust to being disabled - He has trouble keeping food down due to the damage done by the bats, but it's not really any particular sensitivities and just an all-encompassing occasional inability to eat - They also screwed up his legs, and he has to get a cane to be able to walk most of the time. Steve shells out to get him a wheelchair because he just can't get up some days - Eddie fucking loathes the wheelchair until he remembers he has free will. He then adds so much personalization to it, and it is his wheelchair. - Someone tries to push him and he promptly drags Steve and Robin along to help him make covers for the handles with spikes on them. Strangers rarely notice the spikes, and only Steve and Robin and a couple others in the party know how to take the covers off when he gets sick of pushing himself around

[lefluoritesys]

TW: ableism, discrimination, eating disorders, strong opinions

"Oh, DID/OSDD is so difficult to understand, though!"

The more I live with it, the more I realize that no, it isn't. The problem here isn't that DID/OSDD is a "difficult" disorder, the real problem here is people refuse to understand that things apart from what they're used to are also, in fact, normal. They come up with excuses for why they can't understand it and attempt to push it down due to ignorance and plain lack of desire to actually make an effort to understand (which is, by the way, manipulative).

It's as easy as coming up to someone and saying you have a common physical medical condition. You don't have to understand it fully to realize that same person with asthma has limited physical abilities and needs an inhaler from time to time. Or that someone with allergies can't eat certain foods. Or that a person in a wheelchair most likely cannot walk at all. For singlets, there is no "digging deep into it to understand," this "understanding" of disorders is something we came up with as an excuse to brush off other people's experiences.

"I just don't understand why the littlest of things can send you into a breakdown," said to people with BPD, autism, ADHD, etc.

"Why is this noise bothering you so much? It doesn't bother me. I just can't relate," said to people with misophonia and sensory issues.

"Why can't I talk about this? How can it even be a trigger?" said to a person with PTSD/C-PTSD, and continued talking and mentioning said thing.

"Why can't you get out of bed? I just don't understand you. You have so much stuff to get done, so many things to look forward to! I think you're just being lazy." said to a person with depression.

"Why are you so worried about your weight? You look amazing! I wish I had as much self-control as you do and look like you! You should feel lucky for knowing when to stop eating!" said to a person with an eating disorder(s).

It's as easy as avoiding a subject because the other person doesn't want to talk about it. It's as easy as explaining your actions a little more and clarifying your words in a conversation because the other person is more sensitive to rejection/certain topics. It's as easy as coming up to someone and going "Hey, I do not like this thing. Can you stop doing it/do it differently?" "Yeah, sure, thank you for telling me!"

And it's as easy to understand DID/OSDD as saying "Hey, I have multiple (semi-)distinct personalities called alters, AKA alternative states of identity, all of them are different people with different roles to keep the body alive. They formed during my childhood due to prolonged/repeated trauma, and they keep that trauma away from me. Together, we are called a system." "Okay, cool! I accept you for who you are. Although, I haven't had experience with systems before, so I would need to learn. I will be patient with you, and I hope you can be patient with me. Walk me through it?"

I used to think that my DID/OSDD was difficult for people to understand, and I drowned in the thoughts of how much of a burden I was to singlets. Or, really, everybody in that case, because that wasn't just about my DID but any medical condition we have. We used to mask as a singlet even around people who we came out to, and they seemed more comfortable with us going by our deadname and pretending to be one rather than who we are, claiming they just feel "weird" and "awkward" because they don't have other friends like that. Until I began realizing that the only reason people don't "understand" is because they simply don't want to.

Yes, you may not get something right off the bat. And that's okay. But it isn't difficult to understand. You are not difficult to understand. It's other people who are ignorant enough to make you feel like crap to avoid being a little open-minded and kind. It just lies a little out of their comfort zone where they have stayed comfortably their entire lives.

It is that easy. It is that simple. Only thing you have to do is hear the other person out when they're talking about their DID/OSDD. Negotiate and/or find compromises when necessary. Learn, research, interact, ask questions, and most importantly, take it as it is. No questions asked unless they are clarification and curiosity. If you have questions you count as disrespectful or out of line, either keep them to yourself or warn the system about them and give clarification on what you meant. Give trigger warnings.

You are not difficult for having a disorder or a medical condition. It's other people who are difficult due to their ignorance.

[little-buggy-beetle]

:3

Cg jayson having to leave his littles with bruse and Alfred for the first time and leaving them with a list of instructions, sensory issues, safe snacks and comfort shows

Omg omg! You’re a genius Mothy!

Everyone was entirely surprised when they met you!

Not only because you’re the most adorable thing they’ve ever seen, and they simply cannot comprehend it

But because they never expected to see Jason with someone so… wholesome

There was no question about it, you’re instantly part of the family. They wouldn’t have it any other way

Jason takes his role as a caregiver very VERY seriously. If there’s two things Jaybird doesn’t mess around with, it’s protecting his loved ones, and more specifically little ones,

Jason has seen and been through a lot. He would do ANYTHING in his power to make sure his baby bird NEVER has to know any of the horrors and atrocities he’s bared witness too. It would break his heart and he’d never forgive himself.

So naturally, he’s a little nervous the first time he has to leave you when you’re little. Jason doesn’t want to leave, but they way he sees it, keeping Gotham safe, is keeping you safe. It’s a very necessary part of his job. His mind would be on you the whole time he’s away, but he’s careful not to let it distract him, as he doesn’t know what he’d do if he got hurt or worse on a mission and you had to see him like that.

So he refuses to leave you alone. That was never even an option in his head. If Jay has to leave you, he’s going to leave you in the care of the ones he trusts.

Jason knows Alfred is fully capable. But he’s a little nervous when it comes to his father. He still holds a little resentment about the whole Joker, crowbar thing-

But he’s trying to fix that relationship, and entrusting his most precious baby bird to his father isn’t something he takes lightly. Hence why a list of detail instructions was drawn up, printed and laminated.

He’d make sure they knew all your favourite snacks, and had all of your comfort items on hand and ready. Even potential cues for when and what you would need. Jason knows Bruce is really good at reading people, so it won’t leave room for guess work in case you’re non verbal at the time.

If you like routine, he details it to Alfred so the older man can properly prepare to watch you. Pee Paw Alfie would make all your favourite foods and drinks. Make sure things are clean and quiet in case of overstimulation. Making sure you take care of yourself physically and go to bed on time.

Bruce is better at strutted activities like reading to/with you. Sitting and watching a show, of watching you draw and colour while he works down in the batcave (Jason lectured him about at least child proofing a section for you to be in) if you want to stim, Bruce has little bat chewys or fidgets he made just for you.

If you’re in a talkative mood, he’ll just sit and listen while he works. He loves hearing you ramble.

Alfred is better at the emotional comfort. Always checking in on how you’re doing. Holding you close if you need a moment and a hug.

Helping you to get dressed or bath if you’re too little to do it on your own. Also helping you eat, and he has so many sippies for you to choose from.

The butler keeps a pacifier in his apron at all times too.

Jason looses his mind if he comes home to find you asleep on Alfred’s chest. Or Bruce and your sleeping on a chair down in the bat cave.

It reminds him of why he stayed. But Jason can and will wake you. He missed his baby bird and he wants those cuddles. I wouldn’t say he’s a possessive caregiver, it’s more just there’s nothing more he wants that to see his little after a hard mission.

They help him to relax and feel normal for once. He’ll bring you to bed and wish you sweet dreams. And be patiently waiting for you to wake in the morning and tell him all about your busy day with you’re grandpas.

Him love his baby bird so much! 🥺

So he refuses to leave you alone. That was never even an option.

[veggietales-and-trauma]

Growing up as a missionary kid with ARFID

I recently found out I may have ARFID. no official diagnosis yet, but learning about this disorder has resonated so strongly with me. It also has made me so angry and sad about the shit I had to go through because of my parents' decision to become missionaries.

If you don't know what ARFID is, it's basically an eating disorder that messes with the way your brain perceives food and causes you to avoid certain foods because of sensory issues like texture, or anxiety about possible reactions to food. in my case, I am very sensitive to textures, tastes, and smells, and cannot eat certain foods without gagging, nausea, and/or being unable to physically swallow. It is uncomfortable at best, painful at worst. As a kid, I had a much smaller list of safe, edible foods than I have now, but I have always had this experience with new or unsafe foods and still do at 28 years old.

Now, if you don't know what being a missionary kid is like, well, I don't blame you. I wish I didn't either. But here we are.

When I was a toddler, my parents decided God was calling them to go to a foreign country to win souls for the kingdom or whatever. This required us to travel around the states for years going to different churches and families to ask for money to support this lifestyle. Once we had enough money, we then moved to overseas to tell people about Jesus. Woohoo.

My ARFID pals can probably imagine what a horror this sounds like. Almost every week, I had to travel to a new church and go to a new restaurant or eat at a stranger's house. Sometimes we had lunch with the pastor, sometimes we stayed at a stranger's house for several nights and ate with them.

I had plenty of issues at home surrounding food. I was constantly getting in trouble for not finishing my potatoes, being sentenced to sit at the dinner table for hours until I ate 4 more bites of broccoli, or being threatened with no dessert or other punishments. None of this ever worked, and I would just sit there filled with shame but unable to eat.

Eating with strangers was another story. Most of my memories of this time are of my mother harshly whispering threats into my ear if I didn't eat, apologizing for me being a "picky eater" and complaining about me right in front of my face, or whisking me off to the bathroom to spank me. None of it helped me. I would cry, I would sulk, I would beg. But no matter the punishment, I could not make myself eat a bite of lasagna or try a bit of sauerkraut. On a couple of occassions, I even threw up at the table.

Unsurprisingly, things did not get better when we moved overseas. We moved to a country with a cuisine almost entirely comprised of food that I still can't stomach to this day. Seafood, lumpy potatoes, complicated stews, dry sandwiches, meats with large ribbons of fat running through them.

I don't mean to be culturally insensitive; there is nothing at all strange or bad about what they ate. My brain just couldn't handle it. Every time I had to go to a church lunch, I would basically starve and get sick from not eating. Church camp was the worst, with multiple days of suffering through meals that I could barely eat tiny bites of, getting constant headaches and feeling weak and unable to enjoy being with the other kids. I loved sleeping out in a tent, singing songs, playing games with them. But I hated the food experience so much, I would contemplate jumping out of my window so I could break my legs and not have to go.

I did get to eat at home more. But did you know that manufacturing processes are different in other countries? Did you know vegetables can have different shapes, sizes, and textures? I did. Nobody else could tell, but every single food was new and different and strange and unsafe to me, except for the peanut butter we brought over with us. Slowly, I would find foods I could handle and get accustomed to my new safe foods and eating routines. Then, we would have to go back the states to visit family and supporting churches.

Suddenly, everything was new again. I hated M&Ms because they were too small. Cheese and milk tasted weird. Hot dogs had too thick of a skin. Cucumber slices were too big and watery. Now the process had to start over again, forcing myself to find new safe foods, until it was time to return overseas and switch back to the old ones.

So it went, like a yoyo, being yanked around the world, trying desperately to find safety and consistency. I was tiny, couldn't gain any weight until years after adulthood. I was full of constant guilt, and I always felt othered. Singled out for being too stupid and stubborn to just eat a fish sandwich with the rest of the kids. It compounded with my awkwardness and social anxiety and I ended up with no friends, just the weird kid who didn't talk and never ate lunch.

I know my parents were totally unprepared for this and they did what they thought was best. ARFID wasn't added to the DSM-V until after I had graduated high school. None of the strategies to deal with picky eaters worked on me. How could they know what to do?

I do wish they wouldn't have made me feel like such a useless sack of shit every time, though.

But I get it. I made them look bad in front of their donors.

Missionary kids are told they must be adventerous, brave, charismatic, intelligent, flexible, generous. We were supposed to evangelize too, after all. More importantly, we were supposed to be model kids that people would want to give money to.

Instead, my parents got a small, weird, unsocial, anxious kid who couldn't eat food, couldn't talk to people, couldn't take a car ride without throwing up, much less a plane ride.

It wasn't my fault. It was just too much for me.

Doesn't stop me from feeling like a failure.

[anarchotolkienist]

So what's your opinion on people who cannot switch to a vegan diet due to a disability (whether that be nutritionally or because they experience sensory issues)

Did not see this, apologies - as I do not view the ultimate solution to problems with our food systems and our relationship to animals around us as everyone individually becoming vegan, I don't really care either way - though I obviously should say that I have quite severe sensory issues with regards to some foods, and I do not think that the number of people that have sensory issues with all sources of non-animal protein is particularly high. But other people's diets is their issue to work through, not mine. The comment that I assume this ask is a sort of Gotcha for (that left-wing meat eaters are annoying) relates to the sort of positioning of various sets of politically correct excuses to justify not changing anything yourself. My favorite ones of those that I have seen on this website are - "The Amazon is being logged for soy farming" (the overwhelming majority of which goes to cattle), "Immigrant farmworkers are being ill treated by organic farms" (as opposed to other farms?), "100 companies!", as if those companies produced exclusively to throw out their products and not for humans on some level, and etc. I also really dislike the instrumentalisation of the fact that, yes, a vegan diet is not in any way plausible for all people. Especially and most often indigenous peoples of the Arctic circle, people with certain disabilities as you correctly point out here, and etc. Most vegans will themselves agree with that statement - some won't, and that's a problem within animal rights. However, that fact does not ipso facto also justify the fact that, say, the British public now eats significantly more meat than ever before, and more on average every single year. It just does not reflect the reality of the vast majority of meat consumption, including on the left. In order to square these things it produces a set of thought-terminating clichés that I find both annoying and generally representative of some broader problems on the Left.

[emeritus-fuckers]

Hello! Hope the match-up event is still going on? I'd like to participate! :D A Papa match would be preferable 👉👈

Sooooo I'm a 20-year old freelance artist, I mostly do traditional and digital paintings, drawings and some animation. Some of my main interests are writing, sewing and fashion history, art history (history overall really) and language learning (I'm multilingual). I love sightseeing/travelling, going to the opera or ballet and talking loooong walks. Aside from that, I'm an amateur cook/pastry chef and have been doing well at that for some years now! :) Despite having some issues with eating myself, one of my favourite pastimes is baking/cooking for my friends and our game nights, it always brings a smile to my face when they enjoy what I've made. My favourite are French, Korean and Italian cuisines so I guess the latter would suit any of the Papas. :P

Oh, I also have two dogs that I love dearly, they're both silly noodle husky/borzoi mixes and they're like five? They like to chill with me when I'm reading. <3

As for my personality, I'm fairly quiet unless spoken to, I can honestly get very talkative discussing most topics. Messes stress me out, I cannot function around them. I'm an extremely anxious person to the point of it causing some serious mental and medical issues, so that's something that sadly has an impact on my everyday life. Sensory overload are a given more often than not (mainly from noise – I can deal with a concert every now and again!), I'm also shit at getting more than 5 hours of sleep a day. I'm a huge perfectionist, that's a flaw that leads me to destroy/discard a large chunk of my works, both verbal and visual. Nothing is ever good enough when it comes to me, my looks or the things I make.

On a more positive note, I used to be very shy around most people but have trained myself out of that and would consider myself fairly charismatic? Hope I'm not tooting my horn too much in this description, damn, YiKeS.

Anywayyyy thank you for all the works you've written for the fandom so far! We love you, byeeee :*

Your match is…Secondo

His hobby is painting, so if you have art to do he’ll paint with you and keep you company.

His favourite piece is a painting he did of you, when you were painting. He hung it up in his office to cheer himself up when he’s got loads of work to do.

He will buy the best seats for the ballet and go with you. He’ll lean across to you, and with a straight face, say his dancing is better. You struggle not to laugh out loud just as the music reaches a quiet part. You see him smile to himself, and he gives your hand a squeeze.

He loves your cooking, especially the Italian dishes you do. He can also cook and date night is sometimes spent in the kitchen cooking together.

He takes it seriously wanting to make the food perfect. But as soon as he gets a moment he’ll walk up behind you and kiss your neck. He’ll pull you close to him and whisper his plans for after the meal in your ear.

That once backfired when you both got far too distracted.

He completely falls in love with your dogs. His favourite thing now is curling up with you all and reading. Sometimes he won’t even read he’ll just sit there and enjoy your company.

He is very tidy so mess isn’t an issue. Even so he has assigned a Ghoul to be on hand to tidy up incase any mess developed. Between him and the Ghouls the place is kept immaculate.

He’ll pay for all your travels and come with you when he can.

He’ll often take you away for a week, any excuse he can find. You will travel all over and sight see as much as possible.

He plans out what sights you will see, and research’s them so he can tell you about them.

Or he’ll hire your own private guide for the day.

~

This post is a part of Match-up Event. The Event ends on July 15th.

Written by Nyx

[that-darn-clown]

so. thought about the Fnaf kiddos and Neurodivergence. and i looked it up. there's. technically three types of ADHD. which i didn't know, so that's interesting. so you now get My Rambles.

before we even start: everyone's somewhere on the spectrum. not elaborating.

Charlie:

hyperverbal (in that he has a large vocabulary for someone his age, can talk about special interests at length (even if no one's interested anymore), and struggles with social cues to some extent).

got her father's interest in animatronics and mechanics. among things like dogs, ghosts, and Fucked Up Shit From The Victorian Era, apparently.

yes, he and Susie bonded by talking about dogs.

Charlie also has, as it is described, "combined presentation" ADHD (aka has a pretty equal mix of Inattentive ADHD and Hyperactive-Impulsive ADHD).

this means that Charlie was just. in hell at school. still made good grades somehow. by some miracle.

Charlie can handle loud noises...Up To A Point.

she struggles with having wet clothes on (sensory hell), touching wet food on dishes (due to this, Charlie cannot do the dishes as a chore), and Can't do itchy sweaters. can, however, have stickers stuck all over his face.

moral OCD, but we've already been over this.

Henry, who took his kids to Fallfest: Uh...you alright, hun?

Charlie, who stood next to a loud game for Slightly too long and is visibly Vibrating™: hhhhhhh

Sammy:

nonverbal, for the most part (Can talk, but not for long. because it gets more difficult for him the longer he does it)

also can't deal with wet clothes, but Can surprisingly deal with touching wet food on plates.

doesn't know how Charlie deals with stickers on her skin.

he's got Charlie's sound sensitivity problems, but turn that up to a twelve. Henry, generally, keeps some spare earplugs (used for when he needs ear protection while working) for the twins to use. Charlie, usually, doesn't use them (even though they'd probably help), but Sammy uses them whenever he's somewhere that's gonna be loud.

Severe Anxiety. no one's sure what caused it. they don't know if he was born with it or not. after Charlie died, it worsened into paranoia.

around 1985-86, anger issues got added to The List.

Michael:

just not good with social cues and situations. like, there's a reason he only hangs out with a small group of friends, Charlie & Sammy, and his own family.

foxes as a special interest. and art. also The Immortal and the Restless-

Dissociative Amnesia (< like. one of the main plot points of the rewrite)

struggled with sleep after Cassidy died.

can mask...relatively well. the autism, not Anything Else.

Liz:

hyperverbal

hyperactive-impulsive ADHD

got rabbits and jesters as a special interest. probably also Sanrio, Care Bears, and Strawberry Shortcake. dunno, she just gives those vibes.

if you think MIKE is bad with social cues and situations, for Liz, it's her personal hell. but also her favorite thing. she's very outgoing.

she's got her Daddy's eyes and smile 😊 (< both of them have this wide-eyed hare-like look to them, but while Liz is able to make it look cute, in an OwO/OuO way...it just makes Will look like he's staring into your soul)

she used to Hate getting her hair wet when she was younger. made trying to give her a bath a Nightmare.

most of her sensory issues come from food and clothes. only soft clothes, and only foods that don't have Dramatic Texture Changes in the middle of eating them.

Cassidy:

semiverbal, but in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish with selective mutism (but trust me, there Is a difference).

struggles a lot with noise and texture. doesn't get tone or sarcasm too well. or non-literal phrases.

AFRID. not gonna elaborate.

Hyper-Empathy.

personifies/anthropomorphisizes plushies. i think this could be viewed as canon, but We're Not Making A Post On That Right Now.

very shy; doesn't usually like talking to people.

struggled with sleep after the MCI (specifically witnessing David's death); was the original Haver Of The Nightmares.

Fredbear Plushie was a comfort item, and i take no criticism with this

beloved <3

Susie:

hyper-empathy

personifies animals and video game characters that don't really Have any personality (like the Fruity Maze character) (this is actually somewhat implied by Samantha in "Do You Believe In Ghosts?" fun fact!!)

has dogs as a special interest. obviously.

struggles with non-literal phrases, or things with nuance where the nuance wasn't brought up (ex. Susie understands Stranger Danger, but not that Someone In A Costume Who Claims To Be A Fictional Character You Know would count as a Stranger. guess why this is important).

is usually described as "having her head in the clouds."

Fritz Jr.:

has Inattentive ADHD. yeah they. kinda struggled in school.

has scavenger animals (ex. Vultures and Coyotes), foxes, and pirates as special interests.

Foxy's his comfort character.

they don't spend a lot of time at home because his stepdad's Loud (drunkenly yelling either at Fritz or David. or in general)

cannot get sarcasm for the life of them.

Gabi:

Hyperactive-Impulsive ADHD

can taste the difference between sodas from different places. Yes, Some Places Have Worse Soda Than Others.

does Not have a great attention span, and is impulsive.

not a great sense of volume control.

doesn't wear shoes often 'cause she doesn't like how they feel (kinda like Cassidy).

kinda hyperverbal? but like with emphasis on HYPER. (< will talk at length about random topics regardless of if you are interested or not)

has a special interest in horror movies. well, as much as a five year old would be able to, anyway.

really, really does not get why people would find her "annoying" or "too much." just thinks people are being rude.

Gabi: So they use corn syrup for the blood you see in horror movies, which I'm not sure why they don't use real blood because then it'd be realistic, but Jeremy's not told me why that is yet, so-

Some random kid at Freddy's that just sat next to her and nodded when she asked if they wanted to hear "something cool": ಠ_ಠ

Mimi:

very very quiet. that's just how their voice is.

very bad at small talk, or initiating it. it's why they like talking to Gabi. she does most of the talking for them, and initiates the conversations for them.

has space as a special interest; their dad's a teacher, and would bring them to his class (which had a projector) and show them lil movies and stuff about space (including the moon landing). they just think it's neat :]

is...hyperverbal, but not in the way you'd think (has a large vocabulary for their age, and is at a higher reading level than kids at their age would normally be (hyperlexia)).

due to all of this, and the fact that Mimi's bad at regulating their tone, Mimi sometimes comes off as pretentious or kinda like a smartass.

also had mild anger issues before dying, but no one's sure why. um...after death, though, their anger's more understandable (< literally got fucking murdered alongside their best friend on said best friend's birthday).

generally just really shy and cautious, and struggles with loud sounds due to sensory issues.

David:

ALSO has Inattentive ADHD. must run in the family or something

struggles with regulating their tone; can sound like they're pissed when they're really not.

struggles with stuff like empathy; doesn't feel empathy for a lot of people, and it makes them come across as uncaring sometimes

special interests include: Fucked Up Short Stories From Like The Mid-1900s (The Most Dangerous Game, The Lottery, Lamb to the Slaughter, etc.), Christianity in a sense (literally just everything from the book of Matthew onwards), cryptids, and the paranormal.

doesn't like the taste or texture of school food; usually asks Mike, Charlie, or Sammy to bring some for them.

my beloveds <3

(somewhat related: Harvey by Alex G is a Michael and Cassidy song to me)

Charlie and gabi are so mecore (low noise tolerance, low impulse control, inability to tell when people are annoyed)

This is a big win for fritz and david enjoyers <- guy who says that every time you bring up fritz or david

[apollo-zero-one]

My parents threw out our couch and brought in a pair of recliners to replace it.

We technically still have a couch but it's always piled high with things and is positioned too close to the TV for my sensory issues, so only my little sister ever sits there.

The kitchen table is in our living room but it is piled high with mail and sewing projects and medication and Things That Must Not Be Moved. The chairs are covered in clothes and fabric and Things That Cannot Be Thrown Out.

My parents each sit in a recliner. My little sister died at her little personal child table. The TV is always on. If I want to join them... I can sit on the floor beside the piles of mess that I am not allowed to touch, or sit on one of the little child-sized chairs I am three times too big for, to watch the shows that I hate, while my stepdad is too zoned into his computer to care and my mom is watching her copaganda shows she loves.

They get mad at me for sitting on the stairs, but it's the closest I can comfortably sit to them. So when I am shooed off the stairs, I go to my room.

This house is not my house. It has been feeling less and less like my house for some time now, but the recliners were really the last straw.

They aren't even comfortable. My parents threw out the couch. There is literally, physically no space for me in the family room. We have no kitchen table. We have no kitchen chairs. I am told not to sit on the stairs. At least they have stopped asking why I take my food up to my room with me.

I resent the recliners and what they represent in my mind. There isn't space for me in this house anymore. Why do you not want me to leave and yet crowd me into a corner? Why are you surprised to never see me anymore when you have taken away the space I used to occupy? I am not allowed to uncover the kitchen table. I am not allowed to carve out my own spot. What am I supposed to do?

I already am living in my bedroom. I have my own little pantry in here because of the ordeal that is the kitchen- I don't know where anything is. When I try to organize it, I'm told it's bad, don't do that, we knew where things were. I didn't. The food is for everyone, except for that, and that, and that. Why do you keep asking permission to eat the food that belongs to everyone? Someone ate the last can of soup and Mom is furious. Eat the leftovers or they'll go bad. No! That was someone's packed lunch! No! We were looking forward to eating that all day and you've gone and eaten it, and you didn't even enjoy it! Why do you bother writing the expiration date on the milk? No one remembers when it was opened and if we did we wouldn't tell you because you need to worry less about things like the milk spoiling.

Anything that belongs to you that we find while cleaning the living room is going into the trash so you had better pull all your things out. You aren't allowed to disturb any of the Very Important Piles and we will be very upset if anything has been moved when we get home. But none of your stuff had better be in them.

Oh yeah we threw out your mail. What was in it? We don't know, didn't look important. Oh you were expecting something? Maybe you should have gotten the mail yourself then. You just woke up and didn't have the chance yet? Why don't you wake up earlier?

Why don't you ever do anything around the house? Don't touch that. Don't mess with that. It would be nice if someone cleaned this living room. No, you may not throw anything away. It would be nice if someone cleaned this kitchen. No, not like that!

I'm taking up less and less and less space and trying more and more and more to earn my place. I'm pulling in and in and in. Why do I contribute so much to groceries that I am too afraid to use most of? When I am mostly eating from the 'snack hoard' that took over my sock drawer? I'm too scared to touch anything in the kitchen and I buy my own cans of peaches that I eat with the same plastic fork I have been rewashing in the bathroom sink for two weeks. No, nothing's wrong.

My ears are tired. I never leave my room when someone else is home because they turn the TV on and talk to me and my ears are tired. I'm tired. I can't deal with everyone. I can't deal with anyone. I am trying to be smaller and quieter and slip through the small spaces that are left. I am trying to get out the door before anyone can ask where I'm going. I'm trying to get from the door back to my room before I'm seen. I'm trying to get back to where I'm safe. Where the space is mine and not a minefield.

Other people's houses have invisible rules. Mine does too. You don't know what your rules are to tell people because they are just normal for you. When did the rules stop making sense? When did the invisible rules become barriers instead of guidelines?

Why did they throw out the couch and then ask me why I don't sit downstairs anymore?

[queenoftheyetis]

Stupid ass Splatoon idol headcanons that I think are funny.

Squid Sisters

•They live in separate houses, but Callie will walk all the way over to Marie's place, just to turn her lights off and leave all her doors open. Marie, in return, hacked into all of Callie's streaming services and music platforms to leech off of her and fuck with her playlists.

• Marie is surprisingly good at cooking, so long as she's following a recipe. She thinks of it like chemistry and can follow directions to a T. Callie on the other hand has blown up multiple microwaves. She forgot to put water in her instant ramen, on four completely separate occasions.

• If the two are bickering, they quickly turn into the most immature children ever. I'm talking "yo mama" jokes, the most school ground insults you can imagine, the "I'm not touching you!" Bit, the whole 9 yards. They also fight like kittens. Just eyes closed and flailing arms hoping to hit eachother.

Off the Hook

• Pearl can't flirt. Pearl cannot flirt to save her life. But neither can Marina. Pearl can say the weirdest shit, (ie "Your face is the gold dynamo roller of dips") and Marina is like "omg babe you're so sweet 🥰🥰" Pearl knows she can't flirt though, so she usually compensates by buying gifts instead.

• When Marina is stressed, she will dismantle every single piece of electrical equipment in a ten foot radius, and then put it back together. Her blender has been taken apart and upgraded at least twelve times. Pearl will come home and all of her gaming systems are gutted on the floor while Marina somehow makes the graphic chip better.

• The two's wildly different sensory issues, specifically surrounding food, lead to some... Interesting and expensive grocery trips. The two practically have their own pantries for their separate foods. Despite their bickering during the Splatfest announcements, they respect eachothers tastes and preferences. Marina often makes pancakes for Pearl.

Deep Cut

• The three use a series of whistles and clicks to communicate with each other while looting. It's practically a language at this point, and it gets so stupidly complicated that there's no way anyone else could understand them. At their day job, they use these clicks to make fun and of people and gossip without others knowing.

• There is not an ounce of common sense amongst these three morons. Shiver claims to be the brains of the operation, and then they'll turn around and walk straight into a wall. These three will make the dumbest decisions, not pay attention to their scripts, and forget to do their taxes 85% of the time.

• They are a nightmare blunt rotation. Like the worst you can think of. Big Man gets super paranoid and clingy to everyone near him, Frye will eat everything in the house (including sauces and things that should not be eaten on their own), and Shiver just spouts the most elaborate bullshit ideas. The reason Master Mega has a jetpack is because Shiver thought it was a killer fuckin idea while high.

[whentommymetalfie]

greetings!! you have once again been selected to be subjected to some headcannons xD (basically i remembered a sensory issues fic i wrote for tommy and decided SOMEONE had to hear more)

the hair cut hast to be just right or tommy does not cope (this results in tommy cropping his own hair awfully short) (alfie thinks he looks like john)

tommy has 'crisp-shirt-days' and 'soft-shirt-days'. there is no inbetween. nothing gets done on soft-shirt-days because said soft shirts belong to alfie.

it took a long time for tommy to actually tell alfie (who already suspected) that there were no go zones on his skin. the palms of his hands, soles of his feet, the hollow at the base of his throat. any pressure there was sickening.

anywho-

(i hope your doing well! don't stress about an update, you're wellness comes first :) )

Ohh this is so near and dear to my heart! ❤️I know for a fact that I’ve even written HCs on this subject WAY back (but am I gonna go back and look through my disastrously sorted archive? No) And all of these are absolutely wonderful.

And if I may, some quick thoughts (slight warning for what could pass as disordered eating): 

-Ahh crisp-shirt-days/soft-shirt-days words cannot describe how much I love this HC. Tommy wearing Alfie’s shirts is incredibly important to me. And I love the idea that his comfort clothes = Alfie’s clothes. 

-Tommy is -though he’d never admit it to anyone- a picky eater (I know I know but I’ll die on this hill). When growing up, food was scarce which meant that yeah, you had to eat what was offered (didn’t mean he had to like it) but now when he’s an adult and can choose what to eat he’s got a whole list of foods that he’d rather avoid. 

-Which still doesn’t mean that he won’t eat them if required (because he’d rather die than admit to such a weakness) but he won’t enjoy it.

-And when he’s feeling anxious, stressed or overwhelmed this is the first thing that becomes difficult -eating. Because the sensation of chewing and swallowing is too much. 

-Alfie spends a lot of time trying to figure out ways to get Tommy to eat. 

-Noise. Noise is difficult too. 

-It’s not all that easy having a family full of incredibly loud people. Not to mention having a boyfriend who virtually never shuts up. 

-Most of the time Tommy loves it when Alfie goes around muttering to himself, it becomes a sort of distant hum in the background which he usually finds calming. But on the really bad days, even that becomes too much.  

-And on the bad days he can get hung up on the tinest of noises. A lightbulb buzzing or whirring -absolute disaster. Has to be found and removed immediately. Or Tommy will remove himself from the room. 

-Alfie once spent an hour trying to find the source of a buzzing noise in their living room which he himself could barely hear but Tommy swore was there. 

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Thank you so much for sending me these ❤️ it was an absolute treat to find in my inbox

[anonym-potato]

The Entire Main Cast of Stranger Things are Autistic have some headcanons

El:

• Echolalia Echolalia Echolalia. Also a lot of verbal stimming in general.

• On the other hand, she tends to go nonverbal when she’s really stressed.

• Eggos taste the same all the time and that taste is pure deliciousness, most foods are either gross or change how they taste every time, therefore Eggos are the best food ever.

• Never makes the ‘right’ amount of eye contact - she either stares into your soul or can’t look at your face.

• Fluorescent lights are bad, both because of Hawkins Lab trauma (they used nothing but fluorescents) but also because they’re so damn loud.

• Shopping with Max was nice because a lot of clothes give her sensory problems and Max Got It so they found stuff that was pretty and comfy pretty easy.

• Plays white noise in the background a lot even if she’s not going into the void because it gives her ears something to do without being too loud so she can focus.

Mike:

• No, I don’t think it’s weird I dip my chicken nuggets in ice cream, why would it be? It tastes good.

• Routine good. Random interruptions bad. This has been a Mike Wheeler PSA.

• Constantly reads and re-reads his D&D books to fuel the special interest train.

• Always wore the same eight striped shirts and nothing else for like three years. Yes Mom I know I have more shirts these are just the GOOD ONES-

• What is sarcasm and how do you notice it. Hell if he knows.

• He also goes nonverbal when things are A Lot, he and El bonded over it.

• handflaphandflaphandflap

Will:

• I don’t care if my haircut is dumb looking Mike I’ve always had it it’s my haircut why would I change it-

• Special Interest in art, infodumps over family dinner, every desk he’s ever sat at has been covered in pencil doodles.

• Related to that, paint has a Good Texture, nice and squishy, finger painted all the time when he was a kid.

• Lonnie was predictably asshole-ish about it, Will doesn’t have a lot of obvious stims because he got used to hiding them, and it took him ages to feel comfortable stimming around the party even when the rest of them were.

• Has So Many Feelings about Everything and doesn’t know how to process them.

• Used to really like cold temperatures because sweat makes his skin sticky and gross. Not so much anymore, for obvious reasons.

• Doesn’t eat school lunches even when they don’t have food in the house for him to bring to school because it’s like playing roulette with his mouth.

Dustin:

• He can tell you what radio station played three Cindy Lauper songs in a row last week, the technical name for every part of an elephant’s body, and how to fix a completely smashed walkie talkie with duct tape and a prayer. He cannot tell you what he had for breakfast today.

• Lets Mews/Tews lay on his chest and purr, the fur and rumbles are a nice sensation.

• Waves his arms around whenever he talks because the point will be clearer if he gesticulates.

• Is the best of the original 4 party members at masking, which is why they declared him the Bard. He keeps trying to push it for way too long and getting exhausted, they’re working on it.

• Guess who hyperfixates on a different special interest every three months and has no control over it YOU DO YOU DO.

• Hyperfocus as well, sometimes doesn’t sleep because he just…forgets. He was busy re-reading The Hobbit for the seventeen billionth time, okay?

• The purring is a stim, do not question it.

Lucas:

• Subtlety is overrated, being as direct as possible is way more efficient.

• Doesn’t have as many issues as some of the others with lights and sound but he’s super sensitive to smells, he has to stand upwind from Steve at all times because his cologne is gross.

• Great gross motor skills, horrible fine motor skills. He‘s got amazing aim with the Wrist Rocket, but his handwriting looks like Norse runes and Jackson Polluck paintings had a baby.

• He doesn’t always realize when he’s done a Social Whoops and his attempts to fix it have a 50% chance of making things worse (see: him and Max with the canteen in 3x01).

• Please don’t touch my stuff Erica I have a dedicated mental map of where it all is and if you move it I will not find it for a week WHAT ARE YOU DOING-

• Also forgets to sleep, he and Dustin pass the time having long conversations over walkie talkie about really boring stuff in the hopes it’ll get one of them to pass out.

• Has three facial expressions: Excited/Happy, Upset, and Scared. If he wants to make any more he’s gotta try.

Max:

• Skateboards back and forth on the sidewalk outside for hours at a time because pacing helps her think.

• Real sensitive to sudden/unexpected touch, she likes it alright but you have to give her a two minute notice first.

• Possibly comorbid with ADHD, but I don’t know enough about ADHD to elaborate.

• California was not exactly a paradise, but people at school were less mean about her stimming, Indiana takes some getting used to.

• Meltdowns more than shutdowns, which drives her parents up the wall (why can’t you be a good polite quiet girl Maxine) but the party’s understanding and gives her space when she needs to discharge.

• The color green bothers her and she could not tell you why, it just does.

• Constant pen clicking. Constant.

To be continued because this is getting long

Update: Part 2 Here and Part 3 Here