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school makes me want to pull a solitaire
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“Well, if you care so much, what are you?” he asks.
“What?”
“What’s your sexuality?”
“Er, straight?”
“And what does that mean for you, Tori Spring? Have you fancied many boys in your time?”
I actually haven’t. Ever. Presumably this is because I have a very low opinion of most people.
I look down. “I guess I’ll just go with ‘straight’ until proven otherwise.”
-𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 & 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 (𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟓𝟓)
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IT'S SOLITAIRE DAY!
Criteria of the day:
Make sure your school isn't burning down, if it is you should probably call someone
If it's cold, wear lots of layers
If you watched any films last night, pretend you didn't
If you have printed out a blog's posts and stuck them in your room obsessively, take them down if you haven't done it last night
Leave your house at 5:24am exactly (unless you absolutely can't; if you can't, pretend you did)
Have a can of unopened diet lemonade with you all day at all times
Call that friend you haven't spoken to in a while
Hang up on said friend when they tell you to go home if you have left the house
DO NOT BREAK INTO YOUR SCHOOL, though if unavoidable, you do you.
If your school is burning down, GET THE FUCK OUT and don't stay in there
And most importantly, please DO NOT try and commit suicide. Talk to someone, and please get help. It may not make you feel immediately better or 'fix you' but know you are appreciated and loved and you belong in this world. (If you need to talk to anyone, feel free to message me)
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@charliethinks i microwaved him
#alice oseman#osemanverse#micheal holden#michaelwave#im sorry i had to#michael holden solitaire#solitaire#solitaire alice oseman
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Reading Michael begging Tori not to jump because he needs her, while im in class trying to keep it together. Why do you these things to me, Alice Oseman?
#solitaire#tori spring solitaire#michael holden solitaire#tori and michael#michael holden#tori spring#solitaire alice oseman
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Fun fact. My lil brother has been calling Michael "Michael Holden-these-nuts" ever since he found out he was pan.
#do what you will with that info#michael holden#heartstopper#osemanverse#sprolden#solitaire alice oseman#tori spring#michael holden solitaire#michael holden heartstopper#brother stuff
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"Happiness is the price of profound thought," is a quote I think about daily. It's like the realest quote ever!!
#aliceosemansolos#alice oseman#tori spring#micheal holden#tori and michael#michael and tori#michael holden#victoria spring#victoria annabel spring#michael holden solitaire#solitaire alice oseman#solitaire book#solitare#solitaire
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Redrew the Steven and Garnet meme with my comfort characters, Blue and Michael Holden.
#michael holden#michael holden solitaire#michael solitaire#solitaire fanart#heartstopper fanart#heartstopper#solitaire#blue the sea beast#the sea beast#comfort characters#small artist#artblr#artist#art#lgbt artist#lgbt
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Now could you elaborate on Michael's autism
Alright it’s Michael’s turn!
I want to preface this part the same as before: I’m not a psychiatrist, this isn’t how autism is experienced by everyone and let me know if anything is incorrect :) oh also I’m a little bit more educated on how Autism is shown in girls so this one is a bit of a mess.
Ok so for Michael I kinda had to think for a bit about some like concrete evidence because I didn’t have anything annotated for him like Tori but I think I’ve come up with a pretty compelling argument (also I thought I’d let you know that as I was doing this I started to realise Michael may have ADHD but I don’t really go into that too much).
Firstly:
Alice Oseman herself supports this headcanon so…. Anhahahahajaja omg I can’t explain how happy this makes me! Anyway, let’s get into what I found in Solitaire!
1. Masking
- “Do you get angry a lot?” I say.
“I’m always angry,” he says.” Solitaire, Page 213
Ok we know Michael generally is a very upbeat, positive person on the outside but as we get to know him we learn he’s only barely happier than Tori. When I think about this covering up of his anger with overly positive emotions it is clear to that he is masking (Suppressing Autistic traits). Pessimism is a common m trait of Autism and the way I see it, Michael is overcompensating for this by acting super happy all the time to cover it up.
2. Deficit in social understanding
- “Do you remember when he tried to get everyone to do a flash mob for the Year 11 prank?” says Nick. “And in the end he just did it by himself on the lunch tables?” Nick Nelson, Solitaire, Page 39.
This quote when Nick and Charlie are talking about Michael shows and extreme lack of care about social consequences.
- “Michael Holden has swooped into the restaurant.” Solitaire, page 46
Ok so this quote and the entire scene on pages 46/47 where Michael shows up unannounced because he wants to ask Tori something displays extreme impulsivity and impulsivity is a common Autistic trait. He also didn’t care about the lack of social etiquette displayed by crashing a hangout he wasn’t invited to.
- “Michael is helping himself to our leftover starters” Solitaire, Page 48
Again, lack of social awareness because you aren’t really supposed to crash someone else’s dinner and just start eating their food.
- “He races inside and, without bothering to let me leave or shut the door, he lifts the toilet seat and starts to pee.” Solitaire, (I forgot the page)
LACK OF SOCIAL ETTIQUITE. DUDE.
- “He’s the strangest person I’ve ever met.” Solitaire, Page 62
- “I know Nick and I said he’s weird - and he is weird -“ Charlie Spring, Solitaire, Page 177
- “He looks sort of out of place everywhere.” Solitaire, (I lost the page)
People with Autism are often described as being “strange,” “weird,” or “peculiar,” because they are different from their peers which can make them stand out and struggle to fit in.
- “I, er, didn’t get on too well with the people there. Not the teachers, not the students…” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 148
Because of the fact that people with Autism struggle with social understanding it can be very difficult to make friends and get along with other people.
- “I’ve never been good enough,” he says. “I get so stressed out, I don’t make friends - God, I can’t make friends.” His eyes glaze over. “Sometimes I just wish I were a normal human being. But I can’t. I’m not. No matter how hard I try.” Michael Holden, Solitiare, Page 376
Yeah, this quote hurts my heart. So many people with Autism feel as though they don’t fit in and that they aren’t normal. When you don’t have a diagnosis it can be especially difficult because you don’t know why. You know there’s something different about you, you know other people are doing and feeling things you aren’t and you know you’re doing and feeling things other people aren’t, but you don’t know why. It can be super isolating.
3. Challenging Authority Figures
- “…having that argument with Mr Yates during his mock exams!” Either Nick or Charlie, Solitaire, Page 40
- “I swore at Kent.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 269
It’s very common for people with Autism to challenge authority figures. Generally this is because they often naturally assume equanimity and don’t understand why some people should get more respect then others if they aren’t seemingly deserving of it. This stems from having a heightened sense of justice and empathy.
4. Autism and Sexualtiy
- “I guess you could say I’m not too fussy about gender.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, (I forgot the page)
We know Michael’s canonically Pan and as we’ve previously discussed (read Tori’s part for more info) Autism and the LGBTQ+ community are heavily intertwined. I tried to look into Autism’s correlation to Pansexuality but couldn’t find anything specific.
I also wanted to add in a little fact about how Neurodivergent people tend to gravitate towards eachother and queer people tend to do the same so Michael and Tori makes a lot of sense.
5. Special Interests/HyperFixations
Ok so, Michael gets pretty into Solitiare. Right from the start he’s obsessed. Taking photos of the posts, insisting they go to the meet up. I’d probably say it’s a hyperfixation.
And DISNEY. Holy heck Michael loves Disney… and if you haven’t caught on already, yeah imma say it’s a special interest.
- “He gasps and grabs a third DVD, leaps across the room to the flat-screen and switches it on. “We’re watching beauty and the beast,” he says.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 115
I mean look at how excited he gets over ‘Beauty and the Beast’.
6. School
- “Seriously. I haven’t gotten above a C grade in any subject since Year 8.”
“It seems almost impossible for someone like Michael to be unintelligent. People like Michael - people who get stuff done - they’re always smart. Always.” Solitaire, Page 188
- “When it comes to exams… I generally don’t write what they want me to write. I’m not very good at, well, sorting out all the stuff in my head.“
“I just don’t know what the examiners want to hear. I don’t know whether I just forget things, or maybe I don’t know how I’m supposed to explain it. I just don’t know.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 118
- “Because I hate school!” This is quite loud. He starts to shake his head.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, (I forgot the page)
A lot of people with Autism struggle with school and like Tori points out, it’s not because they’re not smart, Michael is smart. It’s just that the education system isn’t fitted to benefit Neurodivergent children. So many things affect Autism in schools. The dreadful sensory environment, lack of control over what they can and can’t do and the difficult social pressures.
7. Emotional dysregulation
- “He clenches his fist and he snarls. He actually snarls at me.
“Maybe you are a manically depressed psychopath.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, Page 163
Emotional Dysregulation is the inability to control the intensity and expression of emotions. This is common in people with Autism and can result in overly intense emotions and lashing out. I think this is something that heavily impacts both Tori and Michael and results in a lot of their arguments. The aforementioned quote is just one example of how quickly and dramatically their arguments blow up due to this.
- “His face contorts into a kind of scrunched-up snarl, his fists curl, his skin drains of colour, and he storms past the man and tramps over to the benches. He reaches a row of lockers and looks into them, blankly, chest visibly expanding and contracting. With an almost terrifying malice, he throws a crazed punch at the lockers, wailing a subdued howl of rage. Turning, he hurls a kick at a pile of racing helmets, scattering them about the floor. He clutches his hair, as if trying to pull it out.” Solitaire, Page 211
Oh there is just so much to cover here. So this is a prime example of an Autistic meltdown. Autistic meltdowns can be caused by overwhelming emotions (In this situation that is Michael loosing his race) and result in an outburst which can include crying, screaming (“howl of rage”), aggression (punching the lockers and kicking the helmets) and self injurious behaviours (Pulling his hair). It’s probably worth mentioning that a few of the outbursts he has towards teachers that I mentioned earlier are probably also meltdowns.
8. Stimming
- “Michael starts whistling.” Solitaire, page 198
Whistling is a form of stimming, this particular quote is from when they are in Truham looking for Charlie, considering Michael’s disdain for Truham I can imagine it was a slightly stressful environment to be back in which would validly result in a need for stimming. I actually couldn’t find any other examples of stimming except possibly the hair pulling that was mentioned in the last quote.
9. Pattern Recognition
So pattern recognition is the autistic brains increased ability to recognise patterns and in Solitaire Michael is the first person to put together the fact that all of Solitaire’s pranks were related to Tori. I really can’t be bothered to find the quote where they talk about those
10. Safe foods
I think that Tea is probably a safe food for Michael because he is often mentioned to have a mug of Tea in his hands. (But I’m not British so maybe this is like normal? How much tea do British people actually drink?)
1. Miscellaneous Quotes
- Since when did you acquire a body temperature” Solitaire, page 112
I know it’s probably supposed to be related to figure skating but struggling with temperature regulation is very common amongst people with Autism.
- “Most of the time at school I can’t even decide what pen to use.” Michael Holden, Solitaire, page 149
Indecisiveness is very common amoungst people with Autism
Alright that’s a wrap on Michael Holden. I’m thinking of doing a conjoined part for Charlie and Oliver if anyone would be interested in reading that :)
Some of the resources I used:
https://livingautism.com/decision-making-problems-adults-asd/
Thermal Perceptual Thresholds are typical in Autism Spectrum Disorder but ...
https://sparkforautism.org/discover_article/managing-emotions/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430467/
https://neuroclastic.com/autism-and-responding-to-authority/?amp
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LIVE ACTION MICHAEL IS HEREE!!!!
Literally can't wait to see my baby on screen 😍
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#Jane entwistle version tho#michael holden#Victoria spring#tori spring#sprolden#solitaire#Alice oseman solitaire#victoria spring solitaire#Michael holden solitaire#osemanverse
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people are so focused of finding love but instead they just need to find michael holden!
like look how well he treats children
that is a green flag to me
michael is a walking green flag
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“You like to act as if you care about nothing and if you carry on like that then you’re going to drown in the abyss you have imagined for yourself.”
-𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧, 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 (𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟓𝟏)
#❤︎︎#solitaire#solitaire alice oseman#michael holden#tori spring#alice oseman quotes#solitaire quotes#osemanverse#michael holden solitaire#tori spring solitaire#quotes#tori and michael#michael holden quotes
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I JUST GOT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION OF SOLITAIRE AND LOOK AT MICHAEL ON THE BACK
#i love this book so much#michael holden solitaire#michael holden#tori spring#solitaire#solitaire alice oseman#alice oseman#gh0st.txt
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michael carrot
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