im actually autistic btw and also dont like, dont read <3
lack of talking - in most episodes he goes a while without talking, just reacting with his face. (could be cause he’s not a main but shh) he tends to use a lot more non-verbal communication (gestures, faces etc) than he does verbal
fidgets/distracted easily - the gurney, 6x14 he fidgets a lot, and most episodes he’s just mindlessly fidgeting. from the jaw movement, the arm touches, tapping on the bags, he’s rarely still. he also tends to get distracted easily
eye contact - he doesn’t make a lot of eye contact and when he does it looks forced, plus it’s quick and it’s fleeting. doesn’t last long. especially if the topic is deep, he won’t make it at all
struggles with morals - the pier. autistic individuals feel their morals a lot more intense and it can be hard to distance from that. hence why the pier got to him so badly, because it fucked with his morals for life and firefighting and he didn’t know how to separate them
rough social skills - you can tell he feels that struggle to fit in, he would (still does at times) gets excited when one of the 118 actually talks to him, says the wrong things at the wrong times, alone a lot, potentially no friends outside of work (treasure hunt)
saying the wrong things at the wrong times/that come across as rude - “i did say that was a bad idea” - “that’s kind of basic” - the comment about the mirror in 5x5 - inappropriate comments about his buildings (ewew) - “i don’t expect much” - “i don’t really know these people”
“that’s kind of basic” followed by buck/eddies reaction “what he really means” - it insinuates they’ve had to do this before, jump in and clarify what ravi means because too him the comment made perfect sense, even when rude (you can also see he doesn’t understand why it’s wrong)
anxiety - he’s a very anxious character, esp in s5 but even then in s6, his confidence is a mask to hide that anxiety he’s feeling, you can see it in his eyes. he does a lot of second guessing and overthinking - anxiety is commonly seen with asd
alone/self isolation - he does a lot of things alone. the treasure hunt, on shift he’s alone a lot, just seems to really be fine just to be with himself. he also isolates himself when times get hard (buck in 5x5, the pier incident)
intelligence - he thinks outside the box, coming up with different smarter ways. getting coffee with a mobile order, finding the treasure first, realising they need co2 etc. he’s always thinking and figuring out things first - knowing random facts (phantosmia comment)
watching faces - he’s constantly looking at how the others are reacting so he knows what the appropriate response would be - when they’re inside the restaurant he’s the last to react to the guy screaming up; he’s watching buck’s face and seeing how he reacts first
following instructions - if there’s more than two steps it’s harder for him to do it and especially right, this is very clear in 5x5 like with the gurney, with the retirement fire. he preformed better when it was just one step at a time (ravi your with hen, ravi go get him etc)
stating the obvious - the whole drain pipes are only three inches so a person can’t be in it, it’s common sense yet he stated it because to him it feels like the right information to add - he does it a few other times as well, stating things people already know
I've seen a handful of people saying the everyone forgetting Hen's birthday storyline doesn't make sense should have been a Buck storyline and I absolutely disagree; it should have gone to Ravi. Forgetting Hen or Buck's birthday? Kinda unbelievable that everyone would forget. Ravi? The guy who's only sometimes there, and kept being called Eddie the for the entire first episode Eddie was gone? That's literally the perfect set up for a feeling invisible storyline, and in this essay I will-
Raggedy Ravi!
I feel like he'd enjoy saying many of the quotes of raggedy andy from the 1977 movie but especially "I'll tell you something, I'm getting pretty sick and tired of all the dumb things that go on around here."
i don’t usually post here but i figured i shall, yall should go read my new ravi panikkar centric fic. aka ravi the dubbed double shift king has pulled one to many and is now going to collapse. lots of fluff, whump, and good old henravi and chimravi relationship!
i shared them on twitter ages ago figured yall can see it too anyway i hyper-analysed the ravi nde from 5x14 and made a list of what actually should’ve happened/shown that hey maybe he shouldn’t have been standing let alone carrying hen’s backboard
have fun! if you want to use them to write/draw/make something, feel free too and tag me in the post!!
Apparently there's been another racism issue over on twitter and a lot of the tiktok people (mainly the white people) are saying that the white people need to do Better.
So I really need them to start addressing the racism towards Ravi and Anirudh Pisharody.
You constantly say how Ravi should be a main and he's the Best but when he gets more screen time or gets in the way of your blorbo you hate him. I'm sick and tired of seeing posts and videos of how Ravi thinks that Buddie is/was married and they're raising Chris it's the same for bucktommy, yes get them to talk in 8x11 but he isn't and shouldn't be your self-insert fan service plot device.
Ravi is such an interesting character he's a landlord with childhood medical trauma who's quite reluctant but still turns up to the 118 family. He's such a good grounding point because everyone else is either an actual or instant found family, He's snarky and witty but is often insecure about his abilities to do his job. I really need next season for us to watch him grow into being confident most of the time
The hate Anirudh got after doing his job and his character just so happened to not be the one who died and he isn't Eddie was ridiculous and so many people are now back on the Ravi thinks buddie is canon train.
I need you all to stop hating Ravi when he does something that wasn't part of you self-insert fantasy