#canon autistic character

[asexualenjolras]

I can't stop thinking about the friendship between Quinni and Cash in Heartbreak High. I really hope we get more scenes between them in future seasons.

I can't stop thinking about Cash's face when Quinni is having her meltdown because he knows he can relate on some level. He's listening to her every word, and he is feeling so deeply for her.

His face when she says she doesn't want to be a burden made me sob. He looks so sad.

Quinni's words must have held some resonance with Cash, and I can't stop thinking about it.

Because he doesn't want to be a burden either, and he is trying so hard in his relationship with Darren and it still isn't enough.

Quinni says: "And then I find this thing, this one thing that I can control, that I can share with you all and participate in, one thing that I'm useful for, and I'm told I'm doing that wrong too. It's just not fair."

Cash knows how that feels. He's doing absolutely everything in his relationship with Darren, but he still feels like it's not enough. He's really letting her words sink in.

Quinni needs someone that can understand what she's feeling, and Cash can (in a different way).

I love that we saw Cash pick up on how upset Quinni was at the zoo. She needs someone that notices her, and Cash did.

Anyway, I love the scenes with Quinni and Cash together. And I hope we get more of their friendship in future. Because I think they understand each other on a very personal level. But maybe that's just my autistic, asexual self hoping they can find some solace in each other.

I resonate with Cash just as much as I resonate with Quinni, and I'm not saying that Cash is also possibly autistic but it's possible with his stimming, his mental health history, his deep empathy for living things and his struggles communicating how he feels. I'm running with this headcanon.

#heartbreak high #cash piggott #quinni gallagher jones #asexual #autism #autistic quinni gallagher jones #asexual cash piggott #douglas piggott #chloe hayden #autism representation #asexual representation #canon autistic character #canon asexual character

[my-clerical-gnomance]

WAIT OK . last season we had ayda learning that she was autistic at the very end

that means this season we could have fully realized autistic ayda on the screen . understanding her own needs and not tampering herself for others , having friends and a girlfriend who love and support all of her . imagine her infodumping unashamedly ! imagine her learning that she’s not just there to be useful , and it’s ok for her to need help ! imagine her stimming !!! ( dimension 20 cast if you don’t let that girl stim i swear to corn god )

#fhjy #dimension 20 fantasy high #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #d20 fantasy high #dim20 #dim 20 #dimension 20 #dimension twenty #dropout #dropout tv #ayda aguefort #ayda fantasy high #figayda #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #canon autistic character #d20 fh #textpost #text post #text tag #text #txt tag #txt post #txt #this bird speaks

[0th3rw0rldl1n3ss]

So I have a dormant scooby doo hyperfixation (that comes back now and then) and since the new Velma show is trending rn I feel the urge to tell everyone that in the Mystery Incorporated series Fred is canonically autistic with a special interest in making traps and I never see anyone mention this. It was confirmed in a video that’ll be linked at the bottom of this post.

But yeah, aside from all the other problems with the new Velma show (disclaimer: I haven’t seen the show yet but have seen some previews and have heard things about it that have given me very low hopes for how the show will be) one of the biggest icks for me so far is making Fred into a shallow and arrogant asshole popular rich boy stereotype instead of going the Mystery Inc route and making him a classic himbo and autistic who’s obsessed with building traps.

Autistic Fred Jones is the best version of Fred Jones. I love that he displays autistic characteristics without being a lazy one dimensional stereotype of autism. In the show, from what I remember (I need to give it a rewatch), he has a clear special interest in building traps to the point that it defines his life and affects his relationships, he struggles a lot with interpersonal relationships, indirect communication and social signals (especially when it comes to being oblivious to Daphne’s romantic signals, and the issues this causes in their relationship). But he’s not one dimensional, in fact he has more emotional complexity in this series than in any other rendition of Scooby Doo, in my opinion, and even though he’s autistic he’s still a conventionally attractive man and a central character who is desired by one of the main, attractive female leads in the show, which I almost NEVER see.

This Reddit post goes a bit more into the specifics of his autistic traits, for anyone interested.

Here’s the video I mentioned:

This post is about Fred, but I also wanted to mention that I have a lot of love for the Mystery Inc creators deliberately writing Velma as a lesbian who was struggling with coming to terms with her sexuality throughout the show, and giving her a canonical sapphic love interest, in a time where having a queer character in the main cast of a kids show was unheard of.

Anyway, I recommend watching Mystery Inc if you don’t want to watch the new Velma show but still want to watch something that hits the Scooby Doo nostalgia spot. It still has the fun of classic Scooby Doo that speaks to my inner child but it’s also dark and complex enough to appeal to teen and adult audiences (as well as younger audiences) without over the top edginess.

#Scooby doo #scooby doo mystery incorporated #mystery incorporated #mystery inc #hbo velma #velma 2023 #fred jones #fred scooby doo #autism #autistic characters #canon autistic character #autistic character #autistic Fred jones #autistic headcanon #🐱 #textpost #my post #autistic #actually autistic #Scooby doo fandom #Youtube #cartoons #cartoon fandoms #hyperfixation #hyperfixations #velma hbo max #Velma show

[heretherebedork]

The absolute canon of it all, I'm so happy to be here right now. I love that Pennhung is canonically an autistic character with an actor who put thought into his character and who acknowledges that he's only playing this as a character but that people who live as his character does deserve to be loved and respected as well.

... I love this little traumatized teenagers being put into a school that's also abusing them show.

#home school series #home school the series #home school #chimon wachirawit #thai drama #thai series #gmmtv #autistic character #canon autistic character #i love it somuch #don't care about any other interviews #hugo and jingjai's tragic past does not excuse them

[mxnordberg]

Self-soothing

[Image ID: A digital illustration of Ayda Aguefort - a young black half-phoenix woman - looking over pages in her spell book. She's sitting with a weighted blanket spread across her legs and the open book in her lap; with her right hand she's stimming with the short hairs on the nape of her neck, and her left hand hovers, postured and curled, over the book's pages. She has golden-orange runic tattoos on her arms, her hair is a fiery bright poof of coiled undercut, and she wears an oversized 'Fig and the Cig Figs' tshirt. Her flaming wings are arched and curled around her shoulders, sheltering her off from the rest of the room. The edges of the frame are decorated with thin golden lines and stars.]

#art tag #dimension 20 #d20 fanart #dimension 20 fanart #ayda aguefort #fantasy high #canon autistic character #d20 fhsy #fantasy high sophomore year #digital illustration #image described #artists on tumblr #truly i get an extraordinary satisfaction over taking Notes on things; i love to takes notes on my favorite shows and such #and when i get upset or overwhelmed i like to look back through all of my notes and reread them and stuff it's just like really soothing yk? #i have so so many notes on ayda in particular she's my Favorite in the whole world #so i have this headcanon of ayda doing similar things - with her wizards research but also her own notes on her neurodivergence and stuff #i also am going to continue drawing ayda posture stimming forever and always <3 #also have crazy envy re: wings i think about the sensory potentials of those things Constantly

[itzwaku]

WE WON GUYS THE AUTISTIC CHARACTER IS VOICED BY AN AUTISTIC PERSON

#the ghost and molly mcgee #june chen #canon autistic character #autism #autistic

[muclunga]

my mom: *sees a picture of danny pudi*

my mom (to me): look! it’s the guy from that show you guys like that has dementia!

my brother: what??? who are you talking about? which show?

me: she’s talking about abed

my brother: he’s autistic, mom

my mom: oh…i was close!

#abed nadir #community nbc #community tv #community #dan harmon #abed community #autism #canon autistic character #danny pudi #pierce moment

[justbrainrot]

Selwyn Kane is AuDHD in canon!!

A short & reachy post with evidence lol:

So we’ve seen TD’s character sheets, yeah? (YEAH!)

Well here’s Sel’s:

A keen eye notices that one of his inspo characters is Sherlock Holmes.

Now clearly Holmes wasn’t intended to be autistic or ADHD because he predates these diagnoses by ~60 & ~15 years respectively (depending on how you think about diagnostic criteria etc.) but it’s fairly widely accepted in the fandom that he is, plus if you look at the people Doyle likely used as models for his character— those dudes sound pretty effing AuDHD to me lmao.

Ergo:

Selwyn Emrys Kane is autistic & ADHD 😌

#hope that helps #selwyn kane #legendborn #the legendborn cycle #bloodmarked #tracy deonn #canon autistic character #canon adhd character

[thatadhdmood]

AUTISTIC MONSTER HIGH CHARACTER TWYLA CONFIRMED

#sensory overload #monster high #monster high twyla #autism #autistic character #autistic #thatadhdmood #neurodivergent adult #neurodivergent #canon autistic character

[rangerstark25]

Here’s the full set, as promised :)

I drew these for a school project, for which I won’t explain the parameters because I’m not sure I understood them correctly myself! I chose to draw 5 canonically (with 1 exception) autistic characters, each representing a trait associated with ASD :D

First up is Quinni Gallagher-Jones, from Heartbreak High (the 2023 reboot)! I love her so much, and the actor who plays her (Chloe Hayden!) is autistic herself too! Quinni is the only one of these characters to actively state she is autistic. She’s also shown wearing noise-cancelling headphones to help with audio-related sensory issues, as in my drawing of her :)

Number two is Huey Duck from the Ducktales reboot! This is the character that isn’t exactly canonically autistic, but he is shown stimming several times, which we affectionately refer to as his Happy Flappies! I think Astro-Boyd was discussed as being autistic, but just because he might be doesn’t mean Huey can’t be (it feels canon to me so much that I was about halfway through this before I realised Huey wasn’t canonically autistic actually). Also Dewey and Louie definitely have both different presentations of ADHD (this isn’t canon either but come up, hyperactive Dewey and inattentive Louie are right there)

Next up is Entrapta from the She-Ra reboot (wow that’s 3 for 3 on reboots!) I love Entrapta, although I do wish her character was treated a little better. One of my favourite things about her is the detail that she will only eat food if it’s tiny (and seems to only like fizzy drinks), which is what I depicted here!

For number four we have my current hyperfixation, Donatello from Rise of the TMNT! It took me too long to start watching this show, I was already hyperfixated after just seeing a few clips. I haven’t seen any other TMNT series (sorry) (I did watch bayverse after seeing ROTTMNT) but I already know I like the Rise artstyle most (in addition to my favourite character being canonically autistic). I kinda failed to show what I wanted to with this drawing (Donnie’s special interest in tech, I had SHELLDON with him in the sketch) but I’m still happy with how it turned out overall. Please dismiss the fact that I drew the spider-shell arms while he’s wearing the hover-shell. My favourite thing about this one has got to be how well I feel like I managed to mimic the Rise artstyle!

And finally we have Abed Nadir from Community! He’s the oldest character of the bunch (in the sense that Community is from 2008) and yet he’s one of the best autistic characters in media to date! In the drawing I tried to show the way he communicates through use of movie and TV references.

I spent way too long on all of these, but I do think they turned out well. Unsurprisingly to most, each of these characters are my favourites from their respective shows (some are tied with other characters, but I still think it counts)! I do think it’s funny that two of these characters are played by Dani Pudi. It was also surprisingly difficult to choose what outfits to draw the live action characters in. The temptation to add headcanoned pride-flag stickers or pins next to the neurodiversity symbols on these was high, but I resisted for the sake of canon! The headcanons will live on in my head rent-free anyways.

Anywhizzle, I’ve been rambling on for long enough, so enjoy the post, I’mma head out (feel free to ask any questions you may have in the notes or my ask box or whatever, I’ll probably answer :))

~ Madelyn

#ooo man this is gonna have many tags #autism #Maddie's Doodles <3 #quinni gallagher jones #heartbreak high #Huey duck #Ducktales #Entrapta #She-Ra and the Princesses of Power #donnie rottmnt #Abed Nadir #Community #I think I got them all folks! #Neurodiversity #canon autistic character

[orchid-purple]

He is the guy.

#vast error #occeus coliad #autism #autism things #autism memes #autistic characters #canon autistic character #canon

[narabea06]

SOOOOOOOOOO I REDESIGNED MEDI ENTIRELY AND I LOVE HER SM-

#creepypasta ocs #creepypasta #medi worry #medi x jonah #mediah #canon autistic character #asexual #pansexual

[sockhatingsapphic]

one of my top ao3 tagging pet peeves is when people use the tag "canon autistic character" for characters who ARE NOT CANONICALLY AUTISTIC. like yes they have all the traits but people in canon never call them autistic and usually just say they're weird/annoying/offputting/cold. that is not a canon autistic character!!! i know we barely have any atm but please save the tag for people whose autism is genuinely confirmed in canon (including off-screen, as long as the showrunner/actor/whoever is clear about the diagnosis and not just theorizing/vibing)

#ao3 tags #ao3 tagging #autism in media #canon autistic character #this is about #temperance brennan #spencer reid #and my beloathed #sheldon cooper #i love the first two dearly and they are autistic to me but literally not in canon! #arguments can be made for reid given the amount of times people theorize but to me it's not canon until it's canon #actually autistic

[headpats-for-charlie]

🎬Little!Abed Nadir Headcanons🍜

♤ regresses between ages 5-8, same as Troy :D

♤ easily overstimulated, usually wears his noise-canceling headphones n sticks to safe foods

♤ almost always non-verbal

♤ if he and Troy are both regressed he finds it a lot easier to talk to him, while being fully mute around others

♤ likes to play by himself, but will watch movies n cartoons w sibbies (Annie sometimes gets him to play with her anyways, but she knows he likes his space)

♤ prefers puzzle toys & toys meant for younger kids like blocks & Lincoln Logs

♤ may seem independent but needs to be supervised & comforted when impure, often curling up & shutting down

♤ he'll never admit that he wants a carer tho, since he's so used to dealing w it all

♤ sometimes chews on pens, toys, etc. when he's distracted/zoning out

♤ likes to hum nd make repetitive vocal stims when non-verbal, especially when playing by himself (his favorites are the Inspector Spacetime theme, beeping sounds, n "mm-mm!" like a sort of bird chirp)

likes & reblogs appreciated!! <3

thanks to @drewthpaste for the suggestion :>

#age regression #sfw agere #agere headcanons #sfw cglre #community nbc #abed nadir #annie edison #troy barnes #canon autistic character #neurodivergent headcanon

[mxnordberg]

"You're my best friend."

[Image ID: A digital illustration of Ayda Aguefort, wearing a loose cream button up shirt with several of the top buttons undone. Her arms and hands are postured stiffly at her sides; arms held slightly away from her body. Her right hand is up by her chest - fingers clenched and crossed tightly over one another; the other is lower by her hip - fingers held rigidly apart at every joint. Her hair hangs loose around her face in warm gradient two strand twists, and her wings are open behind her shoulders. She wears two books in holsters around her arms, and keeps spell components in a pouch and loops on her belt. Surrounding her is a deep blue decorative frame, oranges in all four corners, a candle and two feathers on either side. Text at the top and bottom of the frame reads, "I love you too, is that normal?". End ID]

#art tag #dimension 20 #d20 #dimension 20 fanart #ayda aguefort #fantasy high #fantasy high sophomore year #d20 fhsy #canon autistic character #digital illustration #artists on tumblr #image described #aware that the quote in frame and the one in caption are from two disparate scenes; #i just wanted to underline the focus on ayda's friendship with the bad kids as a whole group instead of focus on one or two yk? #anyway she's my absolutely favorite of all time #and posturing is also my favorite autism stim/trait so <3

[itzwaku]

I LOVE JUNE I LOVE HER

#actually autistic #autism #canon autistic character #the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm season 2 #autistic