I like to think of Ansi Molina from Welcome to the Wayne as autistic.Â
Like the rest of Team Timbers, Ansi can perceive paranormal activity without becoming delirious, an ability that sets him apart from most people. This means that he is mentally different from most people, therefore not neurotypical:
Strong sensitivity to touch: In the web series, simply holding Olly's hand is a huge breakthrough for Ansi that requires a great deal of encouragement and incentive.
Often speaks in a highly precise, formal style, using vocabulary that is advanced for his age:Â
Rehearses what he's about to say in his head and "edits" himself out loud, suggesting that socializing doesn’t come naturally to him and requires extra practice and consideration:
Wants everything to be neat, tidy, consistent, “perfect,” which could be because he has more difficulty processing and managing his environment when it is unpredictable, disorganized, or inconsistent:
Frequently washes his hands with hand sanitizer, which could be a way to self-soothe by focusing on rubbing his hands together and knowing he can make them clean and “safe”
Fond of quiet and/or orderly places, such as libraries and post offices:
Easily becomes accustomed (if a bit self-conscious about being “babied”) when his friends help him maintain a routine:
Strong dislike for unstructured play: Ansi collects Gleeco plastic block construction kits and only wants to put them together the way they are pictured on the box and then arrange them neatly on a shelf.
Ansi gets very upset when Olly suggests that they build new things with Ansi's Gleeco blocks and mix together pieces from separate kits.
Through his interest in Gleeco blocks, Ansi displays sophisticated knowledge and skill: He can perfectly construct Gleeco kits just by looking at the box, without reading the instructions.Â
Ansi has won four Gleeco building competitions by building a large, complex kit that was released without instructions:
Ansi doesn’t want to team up with his best friend Olly in a Gleeco building competition simply because he has never done it before:
Requires an abundance of incentive to try something new
Sometimes benefits from explicit warnings that he is about to make a mistake:
Tends to avoid initiating social contact; the thought of doing so sometimes seems to not even occur to him:
But Ansi likes to follow others who engage him first: Ansi’s current best friend Olly introduced himself to Ansi
Even when trying to prove he can do things without Olly and Saraline, Ansi starts following and helping Wendell immediately after meeting him.
Difficulty reading the intentions of others: Ansi seems to think a kid on the playground yelling "You stink, Molina!" was offering hygiene advice:
Does not identify strongly with gender:
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