#neurodivergent headcanon

[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

#tgcf #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian #autistic xie lian #autistic hua cheng #neurodivergent headcanon

[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.

#autistic headcanon #autism headcanon #headcanon #headcanons #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodivergent headcanon #adventure time #princess bubblegum #amphibia #marcy wu #she ra #entrapta #steven universe #pearl su #poison ivy #harley quinn animated series

[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.

#legend of zelda #a link between worlds #link #ravio #zelda #hilda #autistic headcanon #adhd headcanon #i might be projecting a little hard with both girls but I'm right #not all the nd things for them just the ones that majorly differentiate between the counterparts #like both princesses are gonna press the red button #but Zelda thinks about it and announces it first (giving Link time to save her) #while Hilda just presses the red button without thinking and stares at the explosion absolutely regretting her choice (and Ravio facepalms) #loz #loz albw #albw #neurodivergent headcanon #this is also why im 100% convinced that hilda has courage and ravio has wisdom rather than the other way around like in hyrule

[morgangalaxy43]

Every member of the batfamily in neurodivergent because so am I and I can’t see them being anything else

Tim and Duke are dyslexic

Jason has ADHD

Both Bruce and Damian are autistic

Everyone else is either autistic or has ADHD

#bruce wayne #damian wayne #autistic bruce wayne #autistic damian wayne #tim drake #duke thomas #jason todd #batfamily #dc comics #autistic headcanon #adhd headcanon #dyslexia #neurodivergent headcanon

[eddies-spaghetti]

my beloved bnha npd headcanons!!

#i only talk about bnha #eddies spaghetti original posts #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #boku no hero #neurodivergent headcanon #neurodivergent headcanons #headcanon #headcanons #neito monoma #monoma neito #mina ashido #mirio togata #mirko #present mic #dabi #touya todoroki #toga himiko #himiko toga #mr. compress #hawks

[gocelot]

Real

#harlivy #Harley Quinn #dc poison ivy #posion ivy #harlivy fanart #harleen quinzel #pamela isley #neurodivergent headcanon #adhd headcanon #autism headcanon #autistic hc #adhd hc #autism hc #harley x ivy #ivy x harley #harley quinn and poison ivy #harley quinn fanart #posion ivy dc

[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.)

#rescue bots #transformers rescue bots #transformers #rb chase #rb boulder #rb blades #rb heatwave #woodrow burns #charlie burns #kade burns #dani burns #cody burns #graham burns #neurodivergent headcanon #my headcanons #frosty babbles

[greatwyrmgold]

Demetrius Desmond spotted!

This is not a drill, I repeat, not a drill! We have finally seen an actual scene with Demetrius in it! He talks with Damian and his friends! Damian asks him about their dad! Anya reads his mind!

Huh. Anya doesn't pick up any background thoughts from Demetrius. She can pick up specific thoughts he thinks, though.

Maybe Anya can't decipher neurodivergent people's thoughts so easily? Or maybe that's just what an autistic person's thoughts sound like to telepaths in Spy×Family? Not enough data for a meaningful conclusion.

Well, not about Anya. Demetrius definitely ain't neurotypical.

Official confirmation that Donovan doesn't care about either of his sons! At least, not as much as Damian assumes.

#spy × family #spy x family #demetrius desmond #characterization #autism headcanon #neurodivergent headcanon #manga panels

[evren-sadwrn]

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

#marquis de gramont #marquis vincent de gramont #vincent de gramont #john wick 4 #john wick #wickblr #wickblr headcanons #chad stahelski #bill skarsgård #bill skarsgard #the harbinger #this IS a neurodivergent headcanon #neurodivergent headcanon

[latinokokonoi]

luffy is the type of autistic person who sleeps with an heavy object on his chest, and that heavy object is shanks’ straw hat, chopper or a stuffed animal

#he is just like me #one piece #one piece headcanons #straw hat luffy #monkey d luffy #monkey d. luffy #luffy #luffy headcanons #neurodivergent headcanon #neurodivergent headcanons #autistic headcanon #autistic headcanons

[dastardly-lemondrops]

avpd Snape being do attached to Lily primarily because he considers himself incapable of making another friend ever in his life so he'd better hold onto her and then intentionally sabotaging that friendship out of a sense of inferiority and deep self hatred though

#pro snape #severus snape #neurodivergent headcanon

[archduchesskittycat]

Sea Hawk clearly has ADHD

Which isn't something I've seen people talk about much. So here's a list a list of his ADHD traits I've noticed.

Very impulsive.

Adora: We go on three. Ready? One... Sea Hawk: Forward! Adora: I said on three. Sea Hawk: I got excited.

His tendency to set ships on fire - poor impulse control. Also his love of fire could be connected to visual stimming?

ADHD seems to be common in pyromaniacs. (Sources include Pyromania: fascination with fire - The Diamond Rehab Thailand, Pyromaniac: Meaning, symptoms, and treatment, Pyromania - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics, and others. I went down a rabbit hole trying to get statistics on what percentage of pyromaniacs are diagnosed with ADHD, but found nothing.)

His thing with singing. Vocal stimming.

RSD! His fandom wiki article says he has “a strong desire to be liked due to him being quite far from home”, but rejection sensitive dysphoria also checks out.

Tends to be very loud - trouble controlling volume?

When is he like, actually still?

Randomly starts doing squats. Not just to show off or anything either; just… to move? And what normal neurotypical train of thought would lead to one just randomly doing squats there like that?

There's some other traits I totally imagine him having too, but those are fully in headcanon territory, not things we see in the show, so I'll stop here for now.

#sea hawk #she ra #adhd #neurodivergent headcanon #adhd headcanon #sea hawk spop #she-ra #spop #she ra headcanons

[queerplatonicpolysho]

tsukasa has NPD and his friends know this and support him completely btw

#project sekai #wonderlands x showtime #tenma tsukasa #neurodivergent headcanon #npd headcanon

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

Cedric would be the type of person to stim too much* without realising he was stimming in the firstolace and then get yelled at. Dude regularly convinces people there's an earthquake because of the Leg Bounce™

*You can't actually stim too much, but neurotypicals would say otherwise

#cedric the sorcerer #cedric the great #sofia the first #neurodivergent headcanon #headcanon

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

For all the Yor fans out there, please check out this video by WingBerry on YouTube that I just came across...!! 😆

@tare-chan / @tare-anime I'm tagging you specifically to see this video because I know that you love Yor just as much as me!! 😄

#spy x family #sxf #spyxfamily #yor forger #youtube #yor briar #nero #neurodivergent #neurodivergent headcanon

[thediamondarcher]

will I headcanon every character i relate as either aro/ace, neurodivergent or both if they aren't already?, yes absolutely

#tori needs no hcs #osemanverse #tori spring #charlie spring #rue bennett #charlie kelmeckis #isaac henderson #aroace #aromantic #asexual #aro #ace #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergent headcanon #aroace headcanons