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#no ships here thanky. just mental disorders
dirt-grub · 3 years
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If I write some iz stuff yall promise not to be weird about it
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delimeful · 4 years
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Heya!!! I love your WIBAR AU so, so much!!! It's definitely one of my favorite ones in the fandom and it's so awesome, well written, fabulous and aaaaaa! Btw, I was wondering if WIBAR!Virgil had any stimming and how the crew™ react when they found out? I don't know if someone has asked this, so thankys! ^w^)/
Anonymous said: Saw all the crew sees human do x post and got curious. How would the crew react to humans stimming? Like some humans will do the same thing over and over again for no real discernable reason? Like when we tap out fingers on a flat surface or shake our legs or our weird need to play the same song on repeat for hours if not days till we're sick of it. What about stuff like rocking or chewing or wiggling? I can't help but think about it now that it's in my head. -♠️
Anonymous said: how would the alien crew react to human disorders? they probably have a few alike ones, but i'm personally curious about stuff like adhd and autism. i can't imagine the initial reaction to stuff like stimming would be good, since it can be kinda unpredictable behavior but they'd prob warm up to it eventually.
like i said, our lads are familiar with the concept of neurodivergence so theyd probably be confused and maybe slightly alarmed at certain human stims, but for the most part its just another semi-surprising new part of a new culture. not sure what else to say on the matter; there’s no dramatic reactions or anything to be had here.
here are some stims for the crew, instead:
Logan - he stims physically and mentally through the constant, contained movement of his arms! most ulgorii don’t constantly mindweave like he does, and when they do reach out with their arms, its to make contact with others for telepathy purposes. (with his constant movement but refusal to engage others, Lo would be considered both somewhat hyperactive and fairly reclusive back home.) sometimes when he’s stuck on a problem or equation, he’ll just weave the same hand-pattern over and over again until he get it. when he’s really excited he’ll accidentally break whatever info hes weaving to just flap his hands around for a moment. he has totally accidentally smacked everyone on the mindscape once or twice, but he’s got little twig limbs so nobody got hurt :P
Patton - vocal stims! part of the reason he has so much fun showing virgil new words or tunes in Ampen language; the Human doesnt mind just repeating the chirps back to him for as long as he wants, even if he fixates a little! he would really vibe with the human experience of saying some nonsense Good Mouthfeel phrase over and over while wandering the house. he likes to fill the air whenever its quiet, and often trills in whatever repetitive pattern he’s feeling that day on and off throughout the hours! it actually helps the rest of the crew know where he is, just by a little three note tune occasionally playing somewhere in the background as he moves through the ship. for both virgil and roman especially, its really reassuring background noise.
Roman - ro’s stims are for the most part very physical, from whole body stuff like rocking/folding over into a ball or moving his tail back and forth rhythmically, to small stuff like scrunching and unscrunching his nose or opening and closing his claws/hands. he also really likes the sound of when his scales click and shift against each other (patton agrees) so sometimes he will just do that to listen to the noises. he counts breaths compulsively when hes afraid, though the new sensory grounding trick logan picked up has been helping him recently. he doesnt like to do these things in front of others and will repress them in public, but over time he’s gotten to trust pat and lo enough to casually stim on the Mindscape.
Virgil - perhaps unsurprisingly, lots of the self-soothing stuff virgil has developed over the past few years is actually pretty maladaptive when taken too far, like pulling on his hair/chewing on himself/scratching incessantly at the inside of his elbow/ect. to focus when hes freaking out. he tried to avoid any kind of stimming once around patton and the others, since he kind of figured that theyd be freaked out and/or upset with him, but patton is a very perceptive friend and everyone on the mindscape knows very well that Brains Can Be A Fuck. patton has started a veritable hoard of chewable stuff, since virgil tends to actually break a lot of them on accident, and logan has looked into researching braiding because virgil is less likely to mess with his hair if it’s pulled back/in a hairstyle. despite what virge thinks, neither of them are responsible for the box of hairties that mysteriously appeared in his room.
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