#neurodivergent in fandom

[80hd-izaya]

Ya know… I have heard people in my life tell me how depressing it is that they will “never again be able to experience [a specific] game for the first time,” and MY mentally ill ass is over here like:

You mean to tell me that you just… retained?? that WHOLE experience?? Forever?! Y’all don’t forget the beginning halfway through the adventure? And then go on to forget the middle while you’re trying to close the final chapter, if you will?!

Are you telling me there’s people in this world who don’t play these games over and over again… all the while finding “new” things every time because you missed it the time before?!

Wild. Can’t relate…

#neurodivergent in fandom #mentally ill in fandom #actually neurodivergent #actually mentally ill #viddy games

[moonlit-typewriter]

Percy’s face when Sally mentioned Grover playing a role in getting him kicked out of school…

The way his face scrunches up really tight before relaxing? That’s anger.

But not the kind of anger we see in him in the last episode.

This is the kind of anger that makes you cry. The kind that’s underpinned by embarrassment and hurt and feeling like you’ve been treated unfairly.

Percy knows he didn’t push Nancy into the fountain and he thought that, if anyone would have his back, it was going to be Grover. And then he didn’t. And it’s unfair to Percy. It’s Wrong. Because no one believes him, apparently not even his best friend.

And the way he closes his eyes and takes a really deep breath? That’s a tactic that’s literally recommended to stop yourself from crying when you’re angry. It allows your body to “catch up” with your mind.

What do you wanna bet that Percy learned that from a school counselor?

#microexpressions #walker scobell #pjo tv show #pjo fandom #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo disney+ #percy series #pjo #walker scobell is percy jackson #adhd percy jackson #neurodivergent percy jackson #accurate representation #percy jackson gif #pjo series #pjo gifs #percy pjo #rick riordan #riordanverse #percy jackson thoughts #grover underwood #grover pjo #percy and grover #pjo episode 1 #percy jackson disney+ #pjo sally jackson #sally jackson

[angie-words]

Throwing some memes at you before I have another hectic weekend. The last one is my new mantra for life

Next meme dump

#good omens #good omens fandom #aziraphale #good omens 2 #aziraphale and crowley #michael sheen #aziracrow #crowley #david tennant #good omens memes #crowley good omens #good omens incorrect quotes #incorrect good omens quotes #good omens text post #text post meme #ineffable partners #good ineffable omens #ineffable spouses #ineffable idiots #ineffable husbands #crowly x aziraphale #anxiety memes #neurodivergent memes #neurodivergent

[avelera]

Man, there’s all these little beats in OFMD S2 1-3 where people keep EXPECTING Stede to be upset or horrified about Ed’s actions and then he’s just. Not. In a way that reminded me of how a lot of fanon kept softening Stede into someone who doesn’t swear and is horrified at Ed for setting those ships on fire when imo to my eyes he was horrified for Ed because Ed was still so clearly distressed about it.

- Zheng Yi Sao asks Stede how he’s doing now that he knows Ed did horrible things to his crew and there’s this beat and Stede just pivots to, oh yeah, sometimes Ed is troubled. Like it didn’t occur to him to be upset on the crew’s behalf he’s worried about Ed.

- Izzy keeps trying to spare Stede’s feelings and cover up Ed’s spiral, but Stede clocked what was going on with Ed immediately and wasn’t the least bit intimidated or bothered. The knives brought the room together. Of course Ed’s trying to burn the world down or die trying. Duh. And I genuinely don’t think the STUFF in the Revenge mattered even a fraction to Stede as much as the signs of Ed’s breakdown broke his heart. It’s just STUFF, who cares.

- Lucius had to SPECIFICALLY call out Stede for not being surprised or bothered by what happened to him. What Ed did. Stede has to almost consciously remind himself to express polite concern. He just doesn’t actually care, instinctively or automatically, about what happened to Lucius. Part of it is he blames himself more than Ed. Part of it is he just doesn’t care, Ed is the priority.

They’re little blink and you’ll miss it pauses in some cases. Micro-expressions. The absence of a reaction. But honestly, I will scream it to the end of time, Stede is not some nonviolent creampuff scared or upset by Ed’s evil ways. He wants to join Ed in the atrocities. The man ran away to become a pirate. He asked if Lucius was taking notes during a murderous raid.

Stede’s at least a little on some kind of whackadoodle pirate comedy neurodivergence spectrum to the point where he actually really actually struggles to empathize with people, even people he cares about!, if their feelings conflict with his hyperfixation (piracy) and the love of his life (Ed Teach). He’s always, ALWAYS going to pick Ed over Lucius or Izzy or his crew or even his own feelings, if the option is there. He will literally throw himself overboard to get to Ed’s side. No pause. No consideration of anyone else or even his own safety.

Stede sometimes seems to have to consciously remind himself things like, oh yeah, the crew, I need to see to them. Not because he’s heartless or doesn’t care, but because it takes a bit of conscious effort for him to see beyond the laser-focused spotlight of what and who he does care most about, he has to remind himself of social niceties and other people’s feelings (just see him running away in the first place!) when he gets an idea in his head. It’s as if he had to train himself to consciously care about some things other people care about and as a neurodivergent person myself, that felt very familiar in a comedically writ large sort of way. I’d even argue that’s where all his aristocratic social niceties come from. They were his guidebook for how to do things “right” in a world that otherwise made no sense to him outside his hyperfixations. He practiced being a person through the aristocratic training because it was all so foreign to him from the start, including caring, actually caring, about the needs of others. Not because he’s consciously evil or consciously a jerk. The instinct just isn’t there unless he practices at it until it becomes reflex to ask how others are doing, because on his own his brain just doesn’t really notice or care.

I just… hope the fandom notes and has as much FUN as I do noticing all the little moments where even people inside the story of OFMD expect Stede to act in a normal way and instead he remains unhinged, laser-focused on Ed.

Stede’s not just an Ed apologist, he truly doesn’t blame Ed for any of it. He blames only himself. He doesn’t always voice this but he really really only cares about anyone else including the crew as a DISTANT second and he has to consciously REMIND himself to do so. He is able to rally to take action, to care about their physical needs like safety during the rescue, but he still struggles, deeply struggles, to remember to show empathy in a non-performative way for anyone except his special person, Ed.

Stede’s not a creampuff, not a nice guy, not some emotionally or morally perfect angel. He has to consciously practice caring about literally anything else but what he wants to do and his special person. And to me that’s a thousand times more interesting than shoving him in a box labeled “the blond, pacifist do-gooder good guy” in their relationship.

#this rant requires gifs I don’t have but trust me those odd little beats are there #bless Rhys Darby for making Stede so very neurodivergent coded because it SHOWS #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd meta #sometimes fandom flanderization makes characters so DULL compared to canon

[cloudofbutterflies]

Me on a crazed hyperfixation reblogging spree: oh my god... my mutuals... they must hate me for clogging up their dashes... plz dont stop following me i promise i won't be this annoying ever again

Me when my mutuals go on crazed hyperfixation reblogging spree: you go girl!!! reblog those posts!!! those two should kiss!!! they are the bestest girl!!!! go girl go!!!!

#mutuals #tumblr #nerodivergent #adhd #autism #audhd #fandom #hyperfixations #neurodivergence #friendship

[manufacturedrainbows]

My fellow fanfic authors, I'm begging on my hands and knees – and Ima hold your hand as I say this – you gotta respond to the readers that leave comments on your work.

I know social anxiety is the worst (trust, my autistic ass understands) but I promise you, nothing deters a reader from commenting more than seeing a comment section with no replies as you continue to post fanfics. Even if it's as simple as "thanks for reading!" or just some cute emojis, it'll show that you're actually engaging with your audience!

We work so hard on our writing, and those of us that post them online want it to be seen, right? Indulging in our little fandoms is how we build connections with people that feel the same way.

It might be hard or even scary, but I find the more you socialize with others (especially in a more controlled environment like a comment section), the easier it gets! 💕

#so go out there and respond to them comments!! you got this!! 🫶💖✨️ #fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #writing #writing community #fandom #comments #fanfic readers #fanfic authors #social anxiety #autism #neurodivergent #rambles #my writing

[chaotic-autumn]

never let anyone convince you that your excitement isn't beautiful. what an incredible thing it is, to notice and be overcome by any bright spot in this too-dark world.

it doesn't matter what you're excited about, how small it seems to other people, your joy deserves to grow as big as it can. nurture it. help it grow strong so that when you are hurting your joy can lend you its strength.

#against nihilism #for a rainy day #depression #mental health #neurodivergent #adhd #adhd community #nerd shit #nerdfighteria #fandom meta #adhd shit #chaotic textpost #cringe culture #anti cringe culture #fuck cringe culture #nerd culture

[siumel]

this is so me it’s insane

cred

#hyperfixiating #adhd #neurodivergent #autism #hyperfixation #fandom #anime #shipdom #ao3 #fic #fanfic #character #blorbo #blorbos #autistic #undiagnosed autistic #undiagnosed autism

[tranarchyreigns]

I made a diagram that represents myself perfectly.

#heavy metal #ghost #ghost bc #the band ghost #doom metal #ghost fandom #autism #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

[moonsporemoth]

I just love the fan made idea that the farmer isn't human at all, but instead a cryptic of sorts just owning a farm and being weird. Like chugging mayo, gifting eggs, fishing for hours, and looking through trash are all things humans do sure, but I just love the weird extent farmer can take it to.

#lgbtq #aroace #fandoms #fanfiction #genderfluid #autism #neurodivergent #autistic #stardew valley #stardew farmer #stardew fanart #stardew sebastian #stardew shane #sdv #sdv farmer #sdv evelyn #stardew #sdv fanart #sdv art

[explodingstarlight]

no you don't understand i love baby raph so much

#im so serious these memes give me so much serotonin #that mew mew mew meme kicks my ass in the best way possible #amen and god bless rottmnt fandom (/non-religious) #turtle tots #rottmnt #turtle tot raph #explodingstar art #i do be doodling at work #phone doodles my beloved #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #tmnt raph #raph mew mew mew hamato #tcest dni or i will stomp you to death with my hooves #rise of the neurodivergent teenage mutant ninja turtles

[t1oui]

hc that barty is a biter

he bites both as a form of self defense and affection, sometimes it's hard to tell which

evan constantly has bite marks around his neck and shoulders and these are, quite literally, love bites from barty

barty having chew necklaces for when he can't. yk. gnaw on his boyfriend

(biting things makes him less anxious, yk?)

barty sometimes biting people he barely knows so they know he thinks they're cool (this leaves people very confused until someone, usually evan or regulus, explains)

barty biting james to show him he approves of james dating regulus and james thinking he's pissed barty off somehow and getting terrified for a hot second (regulus totally knew why he was scared and thought it was too funny to tell him the truth right away)

pandora getting barty hard candy whenever she goes to honeydukes for him to chew on

(and always making sure to add safety charms ensuring he won't break his teeth off somehow)

barty biting evan's hands when they cuddle

barty eating 24/7 even though he has a small appetite just so he can bite things

idk why but i have more of these so if yall want a part 2 might happen at some point :)

#hp fandom #harry potter fandom #hp #marauders era #evan rosier #barty crouch jr #rosekiller #barty x evan #evan x barty #barty being neurodivergent >>> #can yall tell the rosekiller brainrot ive had lately. it's practically a medical condition atp

[moonlit-typewriter]

Watching 8-year-old Percy think his mom was trying to get rid of him for something he couldn’t control after we’ve already seen 12-year-old Percy try so hard to tell his mom that he tried to be “good” and feel so adamantly that something was wrong with him said so much about compounded experience and neurodivergent kids

#Rick really said I want the REALEST neurodivergent Percy #ouch #/pos #it’s so relatable that it’s comforting #neurodivergent percy jackson #adhd percy jackson #pjo tv show #pjo fandom #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo disney+ #percy series #pjo #walker scobell #annabeth chase #grover underwood #sally jackson #pjo sally jackson #pjo episode 1 #pjo ep 1 #pjo series #percy jackson thoughts #rick riordan #riordanverse #percy jackson disney+

[angie-words]

I can't believe I've made so many of these now (I can absolutely believe it)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

#good omens #aziraphale #aziraphale and crowley #good omens 2 #aziracrow #crowley #good omens fandom #michael sheen #david tennant #good omens memes #good omens shitpost #good omens incorrect quotes #incorrect good omens quotes #incorrect quotes #good omens text post #neil gaiman #neurodivergent #neurodivergent memes #ineffable partners #ineffable spouses #ineffable idiots #ineffable husbands #queer memes

[amnesiamilk]

Shoutout to the freaks . Shoutout to the little girls who flew through books quicker than any adult could because she didn’t know how to have friends . Shout out to the little boys who liked to play with dolls and took one to show and tell and learned that adults aren’t kind . Shoutout to the therians . Shoutout to the furries . Shoutout to the people who draw themselves with fictional characters . Shoutout to the autistics with “creepy” or “concerning” interests . Shout out to the people who were told something about them was unnatural or gross . Shoutout to the littles who don’t regress in sunshine and rainbows . Shoutout to anyone who was called weird in middle school . We are freaks . We are strange . And to be honest , I like making them stare .

#Vent?? #therianthropy #age regression #freaks and geeks #i love us #furry fandom #Actually autistic #neurodivergent

[theelmoarchive]

Guys I swear it's not Jay again I swear it's not-

*this drops out of my pocket*

😨😨😨

#No!! Not my favorite character who is continuously mischaracterized by fandom!! Oh jeepers!! 🤯🤯🤯 #marble hornets #jay merrick #Mh jay #mh jay merrick #Marble hornets jay #Jay mh #Im sad that his neurodivergent and depression traits that aren't just “quirky and awkward” are completely looked over #Let autistic coded characters be less empathetic please #Let characters be less emotional and less vunerable in that sense #Anyway 🙄🙄 #marble hornets fanart #jay merrick fanart #mh fanart #Wrote a whole essay in the tags but sigh. The world isnt ready for it #my art teehee