#autism fanon

[gingermaple]

Zombie mumbo? That one would be interesting! :)

unlike cleo, who embraces her zombie nature, mumbo has done everything he can to slow the inevitable decay

#art #mcyt #hermitcraft #mumbo jumbo #hc fanon swap #ask game #answer #i already draw him with constant autism hands this is the natural progression rlly #these are so fun tbh

[berryblu-soda]

#*throws this at the arin tag* #sorry i just think its funny a decent amount of his tag is just people peer reviewing him w autism #dont rlly have an opinion; but its a good hc as long as we dont cling too hard to it i think :) <- lest we fall victim to taking fanon #as canon then getting mad abt any contradictions dfhsfnm #ninjago #dragons rising #arin ninjago

[rocktis]

fanon my beloved vs. fanon my beloathed

beloved - zack's nicknames for cloud (spikey, sunshine, cloudy, etc) - kunsel has hacked into shinra's database and could cause massive damage to the company on a whim by tapping a few keys beloathed - "zack's so stupid lol he's such a himbo" - "cloud's just a cocky asshole who doesn't care about anything but money and himself"

#kunsel #zack fair #cloud strife #crisis core #final fantasy vii #final fantasy vii remake #these are just a couple examples #there are some things i really love about fanon but #some of the stuff i see in fics makes me wonder if we played the same game #free my man (zack) he has adhd #free my man (cloud) he has autism #they've both got a ton of trauma too #also cloud's got a gap in his development from being stuffed into a pod of magical goo at 16 and being stuck there for years #he didnt have any friends growing up either #i rarely see people talk about these developmental gaps and that can really change how someone interacts with people #but like cloud deeply loves all of his friends even though he's awkward at showing it #he only knew jessie biggs and wedge for a few days and he cared about them all so much already! #cloud isnt even actually cocky either #but he's got a lot going on with his identity and memory that i could write a novel about so i'll stop here #dont even get me started on people thinking zack is an idiot #there's already been a lot written on the subject of zack's adhd so i will refrain from going off about it #okay done rambling for now

[cowboymater]

still thinking about fanon tim drake actually. i just wish you people knew how to be normal about autism coded characters

#like ​hes either ‘cold calculating savant who does All The Tasks on 2hrs sleep’ or ‘emotional trainwreck unable to handle anything ever’ #in conclusion fuck you #tim drake #batfam #dc #dc comics #red robin #autistic tim drake #autism #fanon tim drake

[new-employeeamillion]

My silly little addition to the Canon vs Fanon trend. I went into way more detail in a 2,000 word thesis linked under my TTA video, but this is the truncated diagnosis.

#canon vs fanon #tiny toon adventures #shirley the loon #autism

[claire-fromthebatestkitchen]

Cursed with the drawing gay transgenders gene

#stardustcrusaders #jojosbizarreadventure #sdc #jotaro #kakyoin #noriakikakyoin #noriaki #theyre gay and in love ur honor #autism win! #sorry i can't cave to fanon kakyoin i can't #he is NOT a gay little twink he fed shit to a baby #jotaro however is sooo baby girl she/they coded

[sodomy-and-the-boyscouts]

#the monkees #mike nesmith #davy jones #peter tork #micky dolenz #autism #see here i’m looking for a fanon response #just to see #we could do a separate thing for adhd or just neurodivergence looking at individual monkee level #i’m bored #sodomy speaks

[1eos]

I'm sorry, but I went into the notes of that "slavery will return" post and the first reply is someone going "ick eww" over and over and all I can think about is that post that pointed how white people will deadass respond to racism with "oh gross icky" all the time and I had to laugh...

i hate how true that is. like you talk abt a reality of racism and they get to talking like the backyardigans its wild 😭😭😭😭 wdym 'ick' man these white ppl are talking abt making folks slaves BE NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#asks #since we're talking abt the online sphere it might be related to the way they can only relate to struggles #by tying it into fiction that THEY like #theres definitely a self centeredness in it #tangentially related but the way they ignored the aaron bushnells last words to try and find out #if he had adhd or autism or was trans bc the only way they can give a fuck abt issues is thru those lens #and ofc that leads into fanon and how thats the only way they can engage w the world its crazy

[thecharliechickenshow]

Happy Autism Acceptance Month! 

Friendly reminder that Stephen and Josephine approve of the Loopy and Larry are autistic headcanon. 

#this means so much because both mod loopy and mod daemona are also autistic #even if it wasn't intended the creators approve of it and it's now pretty much fanon. heck it's canon now #and it isn't surprising that lwl and pi have a lot of autistic/neurodivergent and lgbtq+ fans #these shows tell you that it's ok to be you and you don't need to change yourself to please others #and i love that so much #life with loopy #autism acceptence month

[z0mbclit]

Canon tori is cool and all but…

i like her a bit more,

I love women

Sorry for vanishing! I was doing important cat business. Yed!

#eddsworld #ellsworld #tori eddsworld #tori trans #SHES TRANS #shes silly #transfem #autism #women #women <3 #fanon tori #i love my gf #help. #digital art #ew art

[scrambledslut]

steven grant is autistic and that’s final idc argue with the wall

#i fell in love🤭 #just a silly little guy yk #idk if this is take already is a fanon thingy but yeah #steven grant #moon knight #allie shut up #autism

[autieasfuck]

Questionnaire for my autistic folks <3

Hello~! I'm a Fan Studies graduate student. I'm currently researching how anime and manga (plus fandom) help shape the identity of neurodivergent young adults, with a focus on autistic people - I am one myself.

Therefore, I'd like to forward a few open-answer questions to my lovely neurodivergent folks. Whoever might be interested, please, feel free to provide the answers through the ask section!

Thank you so~ much ❤

~~~

How much time do you spend on anime, manga and related activities (i.e. engaging in forums, cosplaying…) ?

How important has anime and manga consumption been for your mental well-being?

What kind of characters do you identify the most with? For what reasons?

What kind of characters are your favourite and why?

What characters do you identify as autistic? For what reasons?

What is fandom for you? How would you describe its concept?

How important is being part of a fandom for you?

Being part of a fandom has helped with your sociability and sense of belonging?

Do you engage in any fannish production? (fan art, fiction, amv…), if so, of what kind?

Since representation matters: do you think fan production can actually help minority discourses to emerge through fanon and headcanon reformulations? How so?

Would you live in Japan based on what you’ve learned so far? Please explain your reasons

Are you officially diagnosed or self-diagnosed?

By what name or nickname would you like to be referred?

Age, nationality

NOTES:

Questions work as a guideline. I highly suggest following your own trail of thoughts and share whatever piece of information you may feel like. Your input is precious to me and essential to the research!

Thank you once again~

#autism #fandom #autistic fandom #autistic fan #nd culture #neurodivergence #neurodivergency #anime #manga #animanga #autistic headcanons #fanon #headcanons #canon

[0rb0t]

shy not as in UWU but shy as in DON'T PERCEIVE ME OR MAKE ME THE CENTER OF ATTENTION OR I WILL EVAPORATE AND HAUNT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK OUT OF YOU

#Shadow autism moments #me #introvert #shy #NOT FANON SHY BUT ACTUALLY SHY

[shyjusticewarrior]

Ed's queer and homophobic this, Ed's queer and homophobic that. Forget that, Ed is straight up neurodivergent and ableist.

#neurodivergent #autistic coded character #ocd #autism #hc #queer headcanons #cw homophobia #cw ableism #gotham #tv #ed nygma #the riddler #dc #lgbtq+ #be gay do crimes #character analysis #character criticism #fanon #canon #fandom #gotham season 4 #the narrows #canon disabled character #oswald cobblepot #the penguin #nygmobblepot #riddlebird

[lakesbian]

ok but no for real why did "lake is canonically trans” become an entrenched belief in the fandom. it’s based on literally nothing but “uhh, she Looks Nonbinary/Experiences Oppression And Erasure” (quick, why do you think presentation equals gender? quick, did you forget that gnc people exist?), misremembering and misquotations of old/deleted tweets, and self-reinforcing momentum from fanon. 

like, deep train lore tedtalk from someone who has Been Here Forever:  shortly after the season was released, owen answered a question on twitter about whether or not she was intended to be read as trans, and his response was along the lines of "no trans narrative was intended but i'm glad when people can connect with a narrative/i support death of the author so you can interpret it how you want." unfortunately for train lore enjoyers, the tweet was eventually deleted alongside most others post he made that mentioned anything LGBT, likely due to how much the topic blew in the crew's face once the fandom started getting really insistent on/angry about the subject. it was never archived, which i'm guessing is because it was posted earlier in the fandom's history and also because "this character was written as cis" isn't exactly something people would consider exciting news worth saving.

so how do you know i’m not bullshitting you about that tweet having existed? you can still find references to the tweet online if you look at posts from around that time! for example, here’s a reddit comment from 2021:

and here’s a post i made in 2020 referencing it right around the time the “lake is canon trans” misconception started:

 (good god. avert your eyes from me when i was little! the things i post online for the sake of inftr meta. really wish i could time travel to tell myself in 2020 to just screenshot the AMA response, because holy Fuck it would make explaining this easier.)

anyway, all that's to say: lake is canonically written as cis, and her narrative was intended as a more general metaphor for oppression. all different types of marginalized people can relate to her because of what a well-written metaphor it is, but the metaphor is about the concept of oppression and not intended to represent any one specific oppressed group. another thing that's important to remember is that this means that lake is canonically a gender non-conforming girl, which is a chronically erased and underrepresented demographic. so she is still a specific marginalized identity, and that's something that's worth appreciating!

as for the topic of various LGBT headcanons for lake? i’m gonna quote @snazzyscarf​ here: “being a versatile metaphor for systemic oppression is not a bad thing. representing broad demographics is not a bad thing! getting angry when people identify that broadness to their experiences and not yours is, though”

so have fun with the death-of-the-author season interpretations that the crew supports. headcanon what you want about lake’s identity. but don’t give the writers unearned credit for supposedly writing a trans character when they didn’t, and don’t be a dick to people who enjoy lake’s canon identity (masc girl) or don’t interpret her the same way you do.

(final footnote: this is a tangentially related subject so i am once again boosting snazzyscarf’s post about other fandom bullshittery wrt lake and gender if you wanna read more meta https://www.tumblr.com/snazzyscarf/657618091033886720/stop-saying-that-everyone-has-to-use-theythem)

#infinity train #b2 #lore #transferring this little essay into tumblr form because iam. so sick and tired of wretched lake takes #next up i gotta figure out how to upload videos into my jesse autism analysis post #and then get on with my wasteland hot take... #i might also have fun doing like. a Common Bad Fanon Debunked series #a post abt why the 'jesse/lakes relationship is supposed to be interpreted as romantic' misconception is wrong could be fun #or a 'no grace did not abuse simon holy shit' post

[waywardsalt]

shut the fuck up i’m thinking about link and linebeck being foils to each other

#rubbing my autistic hands together thinking of ways to make them compliment and contrast each other beyond what is presented in canon #loz #legend of zelda #phantom hourglass #link #linebeck #ok but. linebeck is like the best foil to link that i think exists in canon even more than ravio. unless i got them autism blinders on #if so lmk i'll still be thinking about link and linebeck being rlly good foils #okokok listen. a lot of their traits (most of links are implied but hear me out) contrast and can make up for the others #like yeah yeah linebeck's traits are typically portrayed as negative but they could have their uses if link's are taken to an extreme #like ive been thinkin abt linebeck w/ low empathy and link w/ high empathy and how that can work #link being much more willing to help others but linebeck being more capable of being more level-headed about it all #also their designs are like. kind of opposite to each other its great why not take it further huh its fun to think abt #im no character designer but like. link drawn with more circles and round shapes and soft angles vs #using more triangles and harsher angles and harder shapes for linebeck. do you see my vision here #like genuinely if you expand more on their traits and skillsets you've got a good duo that could compliment each other rlly well #this is absolutely delving into fanon but like. linebeck exists in ph a lot of the time to be used to show how cool n shit link is #the reverse doesnt really happen which sucks but it absolutely could #salty talks #im not good with the more technical parts of writing i'll admit so i may be a little off abt how character foils work #but i am thinking abt it here. as someone who writes and thinks about these two in tandem a lot