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A comprehensive guide as to why Aburame Shino is peak Autistic Representation

Very long post under the cut!

( This is poorly organized and doesn't actually include everything, but you know :] )

It starts with the flashback to when Torune was taken and flashbacks to early academy days, during which Shino is about 7.

He showed no interest in playing with other children, or in making friends. He didn't see a point in talking to people who didn't want to discuss his special interest, which he dedicated all his free time to, and he didn't emote when Torune was taken away, even though it impacted him very deeply. Even as a small child he talked "like an adult", monotonous, strange phrasing, over-explaining, and too quietly. When he wasn't being ignored by his classmates, they were trying to use him.

Later on when you see him socialize more, in Pre-Teen and Teenage years, more things become apparent.

In general he seems semi-verbal, most of the time silent, and becomes agitated when forced to repeat himself. Konoha Hiden expands on this, saying that he wishes people just knew what he meant and felt without him having to talk, and that he is bonded to Akamaru because he feels that Akamaru is the only one who he can communicate with in that way. When he's upset he isolates and at one point is even seen hitting his head when he was trying to cool down and was interrupted by unwanted social interaction.

He doesn't understand why people need to see his face, and usually doesn't look in the direction of the person he is addressing. He also doesn't understand jokes, rarely laughs, and angrily dissects puns…but then later puns become his entire sense of humor. He's never dressed for the season, either. Aburames tend to be very covered up by default but besides his Part 1 outfit he is always in multiple layers regardless of the season. (Year round trench coats are a huge autistic stereotype.) He gets along better with people outside of his age group, respected by adults and looked up to by younger kids who think he is cool and knowledgeable. Konoha Hiden also states that during this period he was suffering with comorbid Anxiety and Depression.

There's a lot of black and white thinking on display, for example he is anti-alcohol-- obviously he would have been taught not to drink as an Aburame, but he also doesn't like when others drink. He sees it as universally bad. He's a stickler for the rules and often scolds his peers for not following rules and guidelines. He also seems like a bit of a prude even though it is suggested that he himself has a dirty mind (noticing girls' cup sizes and the implications of Road to Ninja treating his Personal Business as a personality trait) which is a funny hypocrisy I have noticed in a lot of autistic people. He holds a hell of a grudge and ruminates endlessly, which is documented at higher rates in autistic people due to rigid thinking.

He is trying to make friends like Torune wanted, and is now aware that not having friends is a bad thing. He starts feeling the pain of being ostracized not only in general but also by his friend group and isn't even sure if he has friends. He is 17 years old before he understands what allistics consider friend status.

We start to see some of his sensory issues pop up too. He is seen wearing sunglasses even at night and while sleeping. He hates any food that smells strongly and his favorites are pretty bland. He pulls a piece of meat out of his mouth, in public, uncharacteristically violating taboo. He was able to identify the number of people in a distant group only by sound at a time when this would have been above his skill level. (Which makes sense. Team 8 is thus Eyes, Ears, Nose. More on this later.) By Boruto, he has added ear protection and stronger eye protection that he wears when he is expecting to be near fluorescent lights or crowds. Suddenly his overall mood is greatly improved and he can smile openly.

He shows signs of hyperempathy in being overly distressed when losing insects, as he has many millions of them, and having an exaggerated physical response to anticipating Sakura and Naruto's despair.

He has chronic bitchy resting face and is extremely blunt to a a degree of being insulting, which makes people assume he is a mean person. He also comes across as pedantic to his peers, when from his perspective he's just didactic, and even though he over-explains everything his peers still have difficulty understanding what he's saying.

He will also randomly connect the topic of discussion to his special interest and begin infodumping about bugs, and isn't aware that people around him are not interested or worse, repulsed by his special interest until told, at which point he feels personally hurt. Generally his interests are very stereotypical of an autistic person: bugs, comics, ecology, strategy, etc.

He seems level-headed and robotically analytical until he reaches a certain threshold when he suddenly over-emotes in dramatic and awkward ways.

You might notice that when his hands aren't in his pockets, he doesn't seem to know what to do with them; they're always balled into fists, which smells of someone who was taught not to stim. Even so, when he gets really excited in Konoha Hiden and is being himself, he starts spinning around. His speech quirk preceding frequent over-explanations (Why? Because... / The reason is because...) is also considered a type of echolalia.

Mentioning Hiden, in the Blank Period we start to see changes associated with the autistic experience of starting to understand that you are awkward, not knowing how to fix it, and all the anxiety that comes with that. He is stuck riding the lag train and is fully ready to become a hermit in the woods.

He isn't understood in the way that he wants to be understood. He can't let himself get comfortable in other people's homes. He uses his trench coat as a barrier between himself and other people, treating it like a security blanket. He still doesn't understand how his choice of attire affects people's perception of him and becomes agitated when he's told it makes him look suspicious. He doesn't appear to be pursuing any intimate relationships, and displays a lack of boundaries when picking Choji up with his insects when he gets excited.

The lag train becomes even more apparent in Boruto. He hasn't found a partner, his friends are growing even further away from him, and possibly worst of all he's seen as more childish-- too grown-up as a kid, too immature as an adult.

He is masking extremely heavily for the sake of his career, mirroring Iruka, removing almost all of his personal identity from his appearance including the parts that made him feel safe-- everything has to be professional. This actually hurts his ability to work with kids because he already knew how to talk to them, but he is now trying to emulate the image of a teacher for the sake of professionalism.

In the classroom he struggles with things I have seen real-life autistic teachers talk about: He works well with the younger kids, they love him and his fun facts, but the older ones can tell that there is something different about him and they will ignore or outright bully him. It's very difficult to control them or hold their interest. (He later develops stomach problems due to stress from working with said older kids)

The big problem is that he is not good at masking. In traditional settings with very clearly defined roles and rules of how to act and what to say he gets by just fine, but in organic interactions it's nothing but spaghetti and this causes him severe stress. He is proud of himself for being able to speak to many people in a day now but at what cost? Pattern recognition and rigid thinking of course leads to rumination spirals, and under extreme pressure he starts reverting to childish things. He has only had Kura-maa a short time before he becomes attached and starts personifying it. This may seem childish, but autistic people are more likely to do this and will continue to do so later into life than their allistic peers. (See Object Personification in Autism: This paper will be very sad if you don’t read it)

He has become a real people-pleaser, allowing himself to be imposed upon constantly, and apologizes excessively even for situations that were not his fault, which are both behaviors many autistic people pick up. And, for all his masking, he can't hide that he is still terrible at understanding and constructing metaphors, ie "bad insects" and the yakisoba bun analogy.

He is trying his damnedest to adapt and accommodate himself in a rapidly changing world that wasn't very friendly to him to begin with. He was able to slide under the radar as respectable and somewhat normal when the world was as rigid as he is. Now every day he's facing new challenges that he isn't used to and he's acting a little fucked up and neurotic, overcompensating and making it worse.

So yeah, maybe he's not 'cool' by most standards. Not everyone gets a happy ending where they become the most ideal version of themselves. Not in real life, and not in animes that have hundreds of characters. What's important is that he is exactly on the trajectory set by previous installments to the series and very accurately and thoroughly depicting autistic struggles in every aspect of life. And that's pretty cool to me. :)

#i might be tagging this as a #naruto headcanon #but when a character is going above and beyond meeting DSM-5 criteria onscreen it's not really a 'headcanon' anymore is it? #shinoposting #shino #aburame shino #shino aburame #naruto #autism #autistic #autistic representation #character analysis #neurodivergent #nart #headcanon zone

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Day 4: A fully package suitcase

First I need to thank @shinoposting for letting me use your Shima Aburame for this short scenes, althought as I mentioned you I really want to use her in the fic, however, I saw that she could fit vert well in this tiny scenery. Reina leaving the hospital after her long and tiresome staying. Hope you like it and everyone else who want to have a look at it.

Words: 829 (Yes, I know that everythign that I ahve written so far is very small and tiny. Let me experiment with scenes, characters and interactions okey? Okey!)

-Did you package everything, little bug? - Shima’s voice startled Reina, she smiled at her. She entered the room with a smile - Last day here, are you happy about it? - Reina’s cheeks were completely red - Finally - The lady laughed and got closer - Remember that you still need to come to rehab every two days, your hive still needs more recovery that your body. - she patted her shoulder - I know Shima, but I can finally go out! Shino has told me about this… what was the name..Ah Muta’s father bakery shop! He says that you just can sit there with some pastries and spend the afternoon reading there. Also, Cho mentions about these boutiques apparently she is loving those and she, look! - Reina opened her tiny package and showed her doctor a lovely blouse. It was covered in flowers and the cloth was quite thin, more of a summer clothing or even for sunny spring days like that one. She put it over her own blouse - I love it! - she smiled showing all her teeth without shame - I do want to see the clothes that she tells me about. Oh! Also, Shino says that he will take me to the flower shop. I did not know that Inoichi owns a shop here. I really want to see it, surely it would be lovely - her excitement could not be held back and she just kept rumbling about everything that she wanted to do. The doctor kept her smile. 

-Shino has come quite often here lately. I have seen those flowers that he has brought to you - Reina froze for a moment and could not hide her faint smile from her face - Yes, he has been kind… he has tried to make my stay a little bit more bearable.. No, don’t think that you haven’t been nice or the other doctors, you have you are really nice really I like it a lot you have been really nice - Shima laughed and held her shoulder - Calm down, breathe! - Reina stopped her tracks and a gentle knock was on the door. Takeo tried his hardest to forget what he just heard. The doctor had talked about Shino with him, trying to ease the man’s troubles towards the future head of the clan. Takeo still felt uneasy about leaving her there in Konoha, so he had started his own particular way to stay there. He started to work for the Torture and Intelligence department, quite a fitting job once he was out of Reina’s sight, he would not deny that he also liked the fact that he could explore his instinct been the shinobi doing what he always felt that was born to do. 

Takeo entered the room with a bouquet of flowers and some hand-made cookies - For you Shima, thank you for taking such good care of Reina - he bowed and offered the bouquet and the cookies - Grandpa’s ! - Reina smiled recognizing the lettering - Grandpa did them, didn’t he?  - Reina was over excited, Takeo gave her a gentle look - Oh! - She went immediately closer to her dad and imitated him bowing towards Shima. She took the bouquet and the box of cookies with a smile - You did not have to do it. Thank you - Takeo looked at her - You and your team had taken good care of my dear daughter. I would never be able to compensate for what you and your team have done for me and my family - Reina kept her head in a bow. Takeo stood up and Reina imitated him. Shima just smiled gently and nodded, accepting the present with gratitude. 

They started to walk away from the hospital, Reina thanked everyone on her way out. Shima accompanied them outside. When the hospital door opened Reina raised her hand timidly and grated someone on the steps of the hospital. Shima smiled and patted Takeo’s shoulder - The more you deny it the worse it would be - Takeo took all the air that could in. - I know…-said in a low voice. He was afraid of letting her go, of losing her. Shino gave a gentle bow to the three of them, and held in his hand a bouquet and a small package with a present for her. Torune and Fuu were right behind him and also smiled and greeted them from the stairs - Is part of having them letting them grow up - Said Shima in a low voice - We will see each other tomorrow Reina, remember at three in the afternoon you have your turn. - Shima left them and Reina gave one final bow. Takeo gulped saliva and went ahead to meet the other three. He really needed to set his mind into it, she had grown up but he was not ready to accept it.

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I got so scared for a sec cause I didn't see the part of your bio with the alt account name and saw a post with the shino from memory pic in an ask for @/shinoposting

And then saw the pic on the alt account right after. Safe to say I hate the app sometimes lol.

I got confused with the ask because english os not my first lenguage so i just trow it at Google, lol

And omg what confusion.

Obs: sorry to not know who to respond your ask sweetheart, i just tried to respond it on the best way i can, and i still can't talk with others like a normal person

#asks #yay the first ask

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"Hey Shino lookit what I made."

"Wha--how?"

"Gotta."

#((Partly Tags being Tags and flustering his mans)) #((Partly me Shinoposting :wheeze:)) #((Had this in the queue))

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I love the idea of Shino discovering his sense of humor and just becoming an absolute menace because he didn't get jokes and the like for so long and his delivery is so dry that it's impossible to tell when he's being serious.

Hinata: We should get some hot spring eggs while we're here. Shino: Hm. I didn't know hot springs laid eggs. Kiba: No, Shino, they're eggs that-- Shino: 8) Kiba: . . . You're fucking with us again. >:( It exists to amuse him only. If anyone else laughs it's an accident.

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I got the template from Discord, what do you think?

i laughed so hard at this i almost blacked out so thank you for this

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Don't mind me, just being way too excited about finally having a hi-res version of this.

#what is the implication here? that he's breakdancing? is the abacus a standin for a boombox? #whatever #btw i headcanon that shino learned to dance before joining the academy because he was very uncoordinated as a child #but he's actually very embarrassed about dancing in front of anyone so he generally doesn't #except on new year's of course 8) #kiba convinces him to leave his insects with shibi...that's what the big beetle jars are for #silly shino just add alcohol #shino #aburame shino #shino aburame #shinoposting #naruto mobile #headcanon zone

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Kiba: I finally got him to try soda!! Shino: I can feel the carbonation in my stomach. I think I'm going to be sick… Kiba: . . . ?!?! You are full of bugs. >:/

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The Insect Jars are gourds, btw.

I HC the Aburame as growing lots of various gourds, including the mushibukuro themselves. There's always been the question of what kikaichu ate before chakra and the answer, to me, seems obvious. The same thing the God Tree ate: Nature Energy. Nature energy can be found everywhere in the environment, but since weevils are vegetarians, maybe these gourds were massive repositories of nature energy that they parasitized before people. When chakra was introduced, it was just a small evolutionary jump for these insects to take advantage of a brand new niche. Similarly, the nature of the gourds would make it easy to saturate them with chakra to continue feeding the kikaichu while separate from the host's body.

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Another one of my HCs is that in order to get Aburame kids excited about their insects and give them a taste of pride in their clan, they're encouraged to raise kabutomushi and have beetle battles with the village kids.

Everyone knows if your beetle has to fight one raised by an older Aburame kid, you should just give up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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So, Konoha Hiden states that Shino has been struggling with depression since graduating from the Academy.

...But the more I think about his behavior the more I wonder if he isn't actually bipolar.

It seems completely random when he decides he has to go above and beyond with crazy flashy stuff to get everyone's attention, and it always gets him in trouble. His self control is usually immaculate but sometimes he's seriously irritable, and snaps at people and says or does really scathing things. That feels very similar to my experience with Bipolar II.

#any other manic-depressives feel free to chime in #shinoposting #naruto headcanons #headcanon zone #aburame shino #shino aburame #shino

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"All alone on Valentine's Day?"

"...Me too."

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In Parent and Child Day we see that Shino has to eat regularly, otherwise his insects will deplete his chakra reserves and he'll pass out. Worst case scenario, he dies. Due to an increasingly hectic life and the stress of masking, he's starting to forget to take care of himself, which is of course very important for an Aburame. You must take care of the vessel. So what is a Bug-sensei to do...?

Keep emergency candy, of course. Just in case. Why waste ration pills? This of course also comes in handy when dealing with very small, would-be ninja.

Some of these, just to stay on-brand, but this stuffy nerd probably keeps all sorts of grandpa candy around.

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"Are you a sub?" Shino-sensei: No, I teach full-time. ". . ." Shino-sensei: . . . . . . . . Shino-sensei: I have to leave.

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