#autistic tails headcanon

[number-one-shadisper-shipper]

For today's Wholesome Sonic and Tails Wednesday, may I present:

Tails having friends doesn't mean he's not autistic, or, How Having Zero Social Skills Will Accidentally Get You Adopted

(It's a little long but we'll get there, I promise)

Okay so I read a comment by someone basically saying that Tails can't be autistic because he has social skills and I? just? can't?

First off, yes, autistic people can have social skills. While it is a common symptom to not understand "normal" social cues, autism is a spectrum, and some autistic people have skills which others don't. Along with that, many autistics have learned to mask and imitate neurotypical behavior because of being bullied/punished when they act differently, or because they're trying so hard to fit in. So that in of itself is not proof someone isn't autistic.

Second, where are you getting that Tails has social skills?

Tails doesn't have social skills. Tails has FRIENDS. There's a difference.

You might ask, "How can someone make friends without having social skills?" Well for starters, I think there are a lot of decent people who are willing to be accepting of people who have a little trouble with social skills.

But the main reason Tails has made so many friends without social skills is that NO OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS WHOLE FRANCHISE HAS ANY. Most of the characters are neurodivergent coded, and even those who aren't still have zero social skills. You're telling me that in a world with Sonic the ADHD king, Knuckles the "a punch in the face is a warning" Echidna, and freaking Shadow, Tails is the one going to have trouble making friends? The entire Sonic the Hedgehog crew has exactly one social skill between them, and generally Amy has it. The characters just understand that people have trouble socializing. Maybe that's why they found each other. In my experience, we "odd" people tend to flock to each other. And once we've formed our weird little groups, who needs social skills?

But to show that Tails has very little social skills (and to prove you don't need them) let's analyze his first interaction with Sonic.

To start with, before meeting Sonic, Tails is just wandering around alone and bullied. Little guy, all alone, can't make a friend to save his life.

And then comes Sonic.

Depending on the version of backstory we're looking at, we have:

Tails spots Sonic, decides he's cool, and starts following him around until he finds his plane, which he then fixes and repaints without asking. Sonic shows up and is like, cool, you can come with.

Stalking will get you adopted, folks

Actual dialogue: "You looked cool, so I followed you, and when I found your plane, I figured I'd fix it up and we could be friends!"

Or Tails being bullied, Sonic runs by and stops it, and then again Tails just starts following him around until Sonic decides he can come with.

And the there's the movie version, where Tails, who's been remotely spying on Sonic for a years, shows up and HITS KNUCKLES WITH A STOLEN POLICE CAR, tells Sonic to jump in, and Sonic does because he's afraid for his life, upon which Tails proceeds to excitedly rant about how excited he is because he's literally meeting his special interest.

Also the version where Tails just falls on Sonic's head:

Does any of this scream "social skills" to you?

And in all these situations Sonic, who has zero social skills himself, just adopts him on the spot because that's just... who he is? This dude just wants to help everyone. Half his friend group have introduced themselves by trying to kill him, but he's willing to make friends anyway. And then those friends become Tails's friends, because he and Sonic give off classic "extrovert adopting an introvert" vibes (I'm not sure that Sonic is actually an "extrovert", but he's def. more open and better at making friends).

TL;DR: Having social skills doesn't make you not autistic, but even if it does, Tails doesn't have social skills, he just has a great big bro and a group of people with even less social skills than him

#in every universe these bros will find each other #does anyone in this franchise even know what a social skill is #wholesome sonic and tails wednesday #wstw #sonic the hedgehog #autistic tails headcanon #miles tails prower #sonic and tails #tails #sonic #they're brothers your honor #adoption #the bros #actually autistic #autistic spectrum #sonic x #sonic adventure #movie sonic #the adventures of sonic the hedgehog #sonic origins

[sonicplushiee]

Hi I’ll post these here too ^_^ my silly sonic hc redesign doodle thingys yas !!!!!!

Edit: btwww if anyone is wondering these aren’t designs for an au or anything ^3^ just redesigns for my fav characters!! I haven’t made new lore they’re all apart of their own canon if that makes sense (just cause I’m realising posting mainline idw and Archie characters all together kinda looks like it’s apart of a bigger au but no they’re not just wanted to clarifyyy!!! But also idc if u see my designs as an au lol)

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic the hedghog fanart #sonic fandom #sonic fanart #sonic #knuckles the echidna #shadow the hedgehog #blaze the cat #rouge the bat #miles tails prower #tails #silver the hedgehog #amy rose #surge the tenrec #kit the fennec #nicole the holo lynx #sally acorn #sonic idw #archie sonic #sonic headcanons #sonic design #can u tell I just make all my favs either autistic non binary or lesbian lol #sonic non binary lesbian realness!!!! #sonic ilyyyyy #tbh I got lazy by the time I was making Sally and Nicole one but I can’t be bothered redoing it ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! #fun fact started these in beginning of march then forgot until like 3 days ago and then made the rest wow so cool #fanart #digital art

[autisticboybattleroyale]

SEMIFINALS

Tails X Laios

#polls #autism #polls tournament #autistic headcanon #autistic boy battle royale #round 5 #tails sonic #tails miles prower #tails miles #sth #sonic #laios #laios touden #laios thorden #laios dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon

[starflungwaddledee]

kirbytober 2023 06: royalty [ prev || next ]

i just think objectively that he should be absolutely covered in waddle dees at all times.

bonus flat-colours version:

#kirbytober #kirbtober #my art #king dedede #bandana waddle dee #waddle dees #i also think that he can have a little tail and webbed feet as a treat!!! #sorry but as a bird autist this is not the last birdlike headcanon you'll be seeing from me. i have so many... please ask #apologies in advance for day 07: headcanons. sorry. sorry! sorry #ALSO i am posting this a little early coz i wanna post prompts semi-regularly but there are some i'm skipping? lmk if this is bad form

[catocappuccino]

Snork design by me real?!?!

Bro doesn't know what a hairbrush is...

#it's his natural hair colour please believe him it just is like that for some reason please believe him ple #he broke his glasses at least five times for various reasons #the bits of flowers in his tail and mane are 97% Snorkmaiden's fault </3 #I think Snork's fur would change colours more slightly than Snorkmay's does as I personally headcanon that Snork has a harder time #recognizing his emotions at all even if it's something very simple and more common for him #I imagine both of the snorkblings are autistic but on like drastically different parts of the spectrum in most cases 😭 I think it's funny🔥 #snork #moomin #moomin books

[generic-sonic-fan]

Eggman dares to say something about his autism to excuse his behavior and Tails, Shadow, Amy, Knuckles, Omega, and Sonic (honorary ADHD participant) go "no, you're just a jerk" and then punch him in the face.

#sth #eggman #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #shadow the hedgehog #amy rose #knuckles the echidna #props to sth for having so many autistic-coded characters #'but omega's just a robot' you can pry this headcanon out of my cold dead hands

[0vergrowngraveyard]

welcome back to me projecting onto my blorbo (aka tails neurodivergency headcannons)

tails has alexithymia (has trouble identifying, understanding, and describing his emotions). ask him to put into words how he’s feeling and he’ll cry. He can still be the more expressive one of the duo like this with him being more open to physical contact. instead of explaining, he just leans his head on sonic to show that he’s upset

on days he isn’t seeing anyone or is just really tired, tails won’t bother outwardly expressing his emotions to conserve energy and he has chronic resting bitch face (it goes away when hes talking about his inventions because one cannot contain the joys of discussing your hyperfixations). if he had a dollar for every time someone asked if he was ok, he’d be a millionaire

#miles tails prower #autistic person projecting on autistic character #the only thing that isn’t projecting is the physical contact bit #sth headcanons #let tails have more autistic traits that aren’t just hyperfixations and sensitivity to stimulation

[millie-kalypso]

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic #autistic tails #sth #cringe #autistic pride #autistic headcanon #sonic shitpost #sonic meme #sonic memes

[freed-justine-my-wife]

Okay realistically i think freed would have decent handwriting, but i also think it would be really funny if it was just HORRIBLE

Like this man spends most his day perfectly writing exact runes where one slip up can change the entire spell, but the second you ask him to write the shopping list his writings illegible

I think the guild would find out bc the master asked him to write a letter or whatnot and the raijin tribe is slowly shaking their heads behind freed while he tries to come up w a decent excuse

Anyway nobody ever lets him live it down

#fairy tail #fairy tail freed #freed justine #hcs #fairy tail headcanons #freed justine headcanons #idk man i just think it would be really funny #im autistic i need to talk about him or i will literally die #its bad and he knows it okay #also feeds into my french!freed hcs #he can write really well in french but not in english #<- this happened to me w german its a thing #i cant spell the masters name

[autistic-hc-bracket]

going through the autistic headcanon tag and picking characters for the next bracket depending on how much evidence/vibes they have and we autistics really like our cartoons don’t we /silly

#autism #autistic #bracket tournament #poll game #autistic headcanon #headcanon #shino asada #rei ayanami #mafuyu sato #matilda wormwood #edogawa ranpo #stolas goetia #claudia the dragon prince #legolas #red son monkie kid #twilight sparkle #miles prower #tails the fox

[number-one-shadisper-shipper]

IT'S WHOLESOME SONIC AND TAILS WEDNESDAY! 🥰

Today I'd just like to recognize the absolutely awesome ADHD/Autism solidarity between Sonic and Tails. They are my favorite ADHD/Autism duo EVER and they are just so sweet and supportive of each other and such perfect brothers.

I specifically wanted to point out how they are aware of each other's Special Interests and find ways to support each other

Example 1: Sonic realizing Tails is about to go into full-blown Special Interest Chaos Mode over finding an entire robot society (Scrapnik Island comic miniseries)

Just look at that endeared big bro grin ☺️

Example 2: Tails using his special interest (science and technology) to support Sonic's special interest (Gotta Go Fast). (Sonic Boom episode "Alone Again, Unnaturally")

Giant slingshot? Sounds safe

Rocket rollerskates (always wanted a pair of those!)

Moving sidewalk

The Ultrasonic Speed Amplifier!

Also may I point out the hyperfocusing here. I'm willing to bet none of them have taken a break except the time it takes to get Sonic bandaged up after each failed attempt 🤣

I'm sure there's tons of other examples but these are the first ones that came to my head. Anyway I love these bros and they are such great representation and have the best dynamic 🥰🥰🥰🥰

#Wholesome Sonic and Tails Wednesday #wstw #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #idw sonic #sonic and tails #tails #miles tails prower #ADHD #adhd sonic headcanon #autistic tails headcanon #autism/adhd #autism/adhd duo #these bros are the best

[neurotypical-sonic]

thinking about a fic I wanna write, focusing on autism+adhd and internalised (and regular) ableism, and I can't decide if sonic would either be really good at masking/mask All The Time around anyone who isn't tails, or would not mask at all, or at least very rarely.

I'm using the "sonic grew up completely isolated on christmas island" theory and then of course he was running around by himself and then with tails since then, so he wouldn't really interact w society enough to begin actually masking? he wouldn't be that aware that he's expected to act a certain way, and would misinterpret any ableism thrown his way as people just being assholes instead of specifically ableism. He doesn't consistently interact w people enough to pick up behaviours from and start mimicking. apart from tails but not only is tails is also autistic, I cannot see him masking in front of him listen I have many thoughts that I won't go into but basically they don't mask around each other. it's about the love and trust

That being said it could easily go the other way, where he quickly learns to mask even if he's unaware of it and why he's doing it. does he even know he's autistic and adhd, does he even know those exist?? idk. but he quickly learns to act a certain way around anyone who isnt a close friends bc of general self protection things you know how it is w being autistic

this whole post is a mess, I'm just thinking outloud, I just can't figure out which way would be most realistic/in character. the fic isn't even centred around sonic he's just the only bitch I can't get a proper read on

#might delete this later #im leaning towards him never or rarely masking but i dont knowwww #idk why hes such a complex character hes just some guy but my god #i headcanon sonic as both adhd n autistic but the fic will be focusing on mainly autism since its not centered around him at all #he plays a significant part but the spotlight is on shadow n tails #egg.txt

[autisticboybattleroyale]

FINAL ROUND!!

Kageyama Shigeo X Tails

#polls #autism #polls tournament #autistic headcanon #autistic boy battle royale #final round #kageyama Shigeo #mob psycho 100 #mp 100 #mp100 #tails sonic #tails miles prower #tails miles #sonic #sonic the hedgehog

[al3xxpony]

headcanon!

tailz stimz by wagging hiz tailz, slightly hovering and flapping handz. also fidgetz by pulling at their glovez and playing w/ tail furrrr

#tails the fox #miles tails prower #autistic tails #sonic #sonic headcanons #headcanons

[entropy-sea-system]

BPD Amy Rose and NPD ADHD Sonic the Hedgehog and Autistic Miles 'Tails' Prower and

#sonic #nd headcanons #I'm all of these neurodivergences but questioing npd #pro self dx #Anti self dxers dni #ableists also dni #autistic #autistic tails #amy rose #bpd #actually bpd #adhd #headcanons #sonic nd headcanons #-Rift

[whitecatindisguise]

Would Movie Tails be Autistic?

You know what? That's absolutely plausible.

I mean, his knowledge and intellect high above his age? The way he hyperfixates mostly on one specific subject? And also the fact that his focus are on science, which is logical and reasonable, something people within the spectrum seem to prefer.

So yeah, autistic Tails headcanon accepted.

#autistic tails #tails headcanons #miles tails prower #sonic movie 2 #kitty mom answers