#neurodivergent headcanon

[who-datgirl]

Y’all ever since someone said “Whittaker!Master” on here I have NOT been able to get it out of my head. I honestly kind of need it. Jodie would serve c*nt on a damn silver platter as the next Master. It canonically is not even too far fetched that The Master would regenerate Jodie’s face after the events of the forced regeneration with 13.

“Are you really so shocked I would wind up looking like this darling? Don’t flatter yourself about it, I didn’t plan to wear this face. After the forced regeneration was canceled an imprint of this body was left within me, but I have no complaints. After all, LOOK at me. You didn’t wear this with an ounce of the elegance that I do. If anything, I am doing you a favor”.

Let her slay with her outfit and makeup and give us the post-Missy incarnation we all deserve. Jodie would EAT.

[spro-o]

okokokok i saw your lance post and i do not know that fandom at all but it was gorgeous and it prompted me to ask you

thoughts on adhd!chase? chase in your artstyle is my favorite chase. chase is also the most adhd person on the show apart from kutner (according to me, the most adhd person i know except for my sister and my cousin and my uncle and my other cousin and my great-uncle and my grandpa...). that man does not sit still and he is constantly biting on something. usually a pen. but i bet he bit cameron at least once when they were married and has probably bitten other people too. (random headcanon)

could you please make adhdchase art? no pressure obviously! i just havne't seen art of that in the medical malpractice fandom and i think you'd make something incredible based on your previous incredible ability to create adhd lance art (whoever he is).

very much agree with this one!! my boy definitely got that divergent

have a little adhd Chase, the beloved 🤲 :3

[snakeautistic]

I love finding characters I can relate (/project onto) within media. There’s something so comforting about seeing yourself on screen. I end up headcanoning most of them to be in-line with my identities (lesbian, wasian, autistic) because they are literally me in my head!!

Anyway here’s a long ass list of my favorite characters and why I head canon them as autistic for fun!! If you have any others you’d like to add I’d love to hear them. (And please note this is just my interpretation, and highly based on my experience with autism. I’m not saying they’re definitely autistic or that all the traits I listed are the dsm-5 criteria or something.)

Princess Bubblgeum from adventure time:

This girl is peak evil scientist autistic. Her intense need for control, the way she carefully observes the citizens she created, an outsider to them, not quite like them… god it’s so perfect. I read her as being somewhat low empathy as well, it’s hard for her to change her perspective to that of others. Plus the fact her brother neddy is a pretty obvious metaphor for higher supports needs autism. I think they of represent how autism runs in the family and appears in all sorts of different ways in different people. They’re sort of two different representations of the spectrum.

Marcy wu from amphibia

I mean this one is just obvious. The biggest nerd of all time. So obsessed with her RPG special interest that she literally sucks her and her friends into a fantasy world. She’s clumsy (just like me fr), very smart but super socially awkward, a little oblivious and naive. She’s terrified of change, especially if it means abandoning the few social bonds she’s been able to make. I honestly find it hard to believe this wasn’t intentional.

Entrapta from she-ra

Another pretty overt example. I do have some issues with how she was portrayed in the show- (keeping her on a leash was weird.) but overall I really love her. She understands her tech, not people, and it can cause her to come into conflict with other characters. Their treatment of her makes me sad at times, but it’s realistic. I also love some of her other quirks, her love of tiny food, her exitable demeanor, ect.

Pearl from Steven Universe

Peridot is the more obvious example of an autistic character in SU, and while I agree she’s coded that way, I personally resonate more with Pearl. She is not very socially aware, and bothered by disruptions to her routine/ broader life changes. She doesn’t like to break rules (despite being a literal rebel lol.) I find it interesting how she seems to have the poorest understanding of life on earth out of the gems, despite having lived here for thousands of years. She is graceful, but has an almost sort of awkward gangly-ness to her that I relate to. Her neuroticism is also very similar to how my anxiety disorder presents.

Pearl has a tendency to infodump, without realizing those around her are uninterested. Even her relationship with Rose struck a chord with me. The hopeless devotion to her, the way she followed along at her side. It’s how many of my friendships have been. Obvious it’s not exactly the same considering Pearl having originally been her servant, but while not being an explicitly autistic trait, that sort of clingy, starstruck relationship is something autistic people are prone to developing. She does little hand stims at times too that I love to see.

Poison Ivy (specifically the version in the Harley Quinn animated show)

I’m surprised I haven’t seen more people mention poison Ivy. Fiercely intelligent and deeply introverted, she isolates herself from all people, and only connects with and understands her plants. (Which her deep affinity for can definitely be read as a special interest.) She very overtly has trouble forming relationships with others.

She’s blunt, socially awkward and a loner, has something of a flat effect and a monotone voice. Those around her initially read her as cold and impersonable.Her struggle with social anxiety as well as intense fear of failure/ low self esteem is also very relatable to me. She also often struggles to express/understand her feelings and emotions. Her radical political ideas and the fact that she’s literally an ecoterrorist paints her as having a very strong sense of justice and a somewhat black and white worldview. (Me)

Finally, her relationship with Harley just SCREAMS neurodivergent solidarity. Harley Quinn is (I think canonically) adhd, and they’re both outsiders in the world that found each other and just… get each other. She’s Ivy’s closest and only friend and amazing girlfriend and god it’s all so perfect.

They remind me a lot of the relationship I have with my best friend with adhd except theirs is gayer.

[prankprincess123]

It is vital to my perception of their characters that Link is *selectively mute* *un-breaking stare because eye contact is 'important'* *doesn't even realize there was a social cue for him to miss* autistic, while Ravio is *nervous babbling about special interest* *bunny hat over eyes so he doesn't have to make eye contact* *pretends he didn't miss all the social cues and definitely broke that social norm on purpose* autistic, and Zelda is *rambling incessantly about hyperfixation of the week* "I wonder what's this red button do!?" *stares at painting & dissociates into daydream for hours unmoving* ADHD, while Hilda is *no articulatable thoughts just always internally screaming* "...maybe I shouldn't have pressed the red button..." *vibrating out of her skin with anxiety at being expected to stay still for even a second* ADHD.

[trans-hua-cheng-agenda]

Hua Cheng stimming by playing with the bead in his hair. It’s both a stim and a comfort item

Xie Lian is the same way with the ring

[the-river-rix]

Bones ND/disability hcs!!!

(These are the characters that I have the clearest idea on I will prob update it)

Temperance Brennan: Autism, C-PTSD

Seeley Booth: ADHD, C-PTSD, Addiction Disorder, Chronic Pain

Angela Montenegro: Anxiety, Unspecified manic/depressive disorder

Jack Hodgins: AuDHD, PTSD, paraplegic

Camille Saroyan: Anxiety, depression

Zack Addy: Autism, anxiety, depression, C-PTSD, Chronic pain (in his hands), he struggles with depersonalization and derealization but it’s a product of his cptsd

Lance Sweets: Autism, C-PTSD, Anxiety, depression

Clark Edison: high-masking autistic

Arastoo Vaziri: PTSD, DPDR

Wendell Bray: Autism?? (I’m kind of not sure something is up)

Colin Fisher: Autism, depression

Vincent Nigel-Murray: AuDHD, anxiety, depression

Daisy Wick: Audhd, anxiety, dyspraxia, BPD

Finn Abernathy- PTSD

[eddies-spaghetti]

Todoroki siblings recolors

[howlsofbloodhounds]

I like to think that Killer has a special interest in cats and felines in general. So whenever he’s yapping in all the fics and the POV character tunes him out, I imagine he’s actually telling this person every fun fact about cats, lions, tigers, panthers, any feline creature he can think of, telling them things such as lion pride dynamics, the speed of a cheetah, the jaw strength of a jaguar. Snow leopard adaptions and fishing cats. All about the purring mechanism. A feline’s anatomy.

[foggythefandomgremlin]

I told my therapist that I got neurodivergent vibes from Sabre and she said she did aswell

NEURODIVERGENT SABRE IS THERAPIST APPROVED

[unawakened-dragon]

Headcanon: All of the Weekenders are at least neurodivergent

I know I was inspired from a redditor (who shall remain anonymous) that commented on a post from a subreddit, but let me explain why I believe in this theory as long as you respect it.

Let's start off with Tino. Not only is he afraid of microbes (and clowns) and is weirdly obsessed with strange concepts, but his parents, especially Ms. Tonitni with her....questionable food.

Lor has ADHD, and we can see many indicators as to why. Not only she sucks at school, but she has a pretty short attention span, as well as being quite impulsive. Heck, there was one episode where she mentioned that she wasn't good at some Civil War test at school due to her lack of focus and being bad at organizing. It's not blatantly stated, but it's the best what I can theorize for now, okay?

Tish is probably autistic since she shows quite a bit of developmental maturity for her age, as well as extensive knowledge in different subjects, especially on artistic culture such as classic literature. A common trait with many autistic individuals is that they can get a huge streak of trying to be perfect that it overwhelms them. And as someone who falls under the autism spectrum myself, I relate to this scene, hard.

As for Carver, his worst Kwanzaa that he mentioned in "The Worst Holiday Ever" was when he wore two different socks, at a family only event. Take one guess on what I am referring to for this theory.

What are your thoughts on my little headcanon? I would love to hear your thoughts on them.

[kavalyera]

fuck you he stims with his mouth im always correct about him and this is canon bill skarsgård and chad stahelski told me so

[spro-o]

Lev. listen. LSITEN. ADHD Lancelot. FLAPPY HANDS. that boy is so nerodivergent do you see the vision. LEV HE'S SO SILLY

yes,,, yes he is very much the stimmy kinda guy,,, he just like me fr 🥹

my comms are open!!

[snakeautistic]

When you consume a new piece of media and you just KNOW this one character is autistic but you can’t find anyone else talking about it online and you start to feel insane

[mistertism]

ohhh my god im so late but

happy late npd awareness day (june 1st)

[gocelot]

Real

[frosty-tian]

Quickly sharing HCs before I go for a while.:

Graham: Autistic

Dani: ADHD (Hyperactive)

Kade: AUDHD (Inattentive)

Cody: ??? (Neurodivergent but not diagnosed/really know themselves)

Charlie: Only diagnosed for depression but some suspect he might be autistic

Woodrow: ADHD (Hyperactive)

Blades: ADHD (not specified)

Boulder: Autistic

Chase: AUDHD (Inattentive)

Heatwave: Autistic, OCD

(Edit: Specifying just in case, I’m simply recording down thoughts quickly, I know it’s not good to only slap on a label and go. I do hope to be able to explore more of those ideas in the future, I’m aware/acknowledge it’s not canon, nor will force anyone to agree with me. A lot is still subject to change, we’ll see.)