Reasons I think the dragon riders are autistic:
(This was written out of order over the course of several days)
⢠His interest in dragons. Multiple people literally say âhis life is dragonsâ. I donât think I need to expand on this point any more
⢠His deal with emotions - the way it seems to me is that unless heâs very happy or genuinely angry, he doesnât really emote much? His voice isnât necessarily monotone but heâs very same-y (in more than just tone - also body language and stuff) almost always aside from when incredibly gleeful (e.g. riding toothless) or very angry (literally any moment where he ends up yelling at the others)
⢠Also his massive interest in inventing, another pretty damn important thing in his life that heâs very good at, to say the least.
⢠Another thing with emotions - heâs pretty easy to manipulate. Which sounds so horrible to put but I mean it in like, his emotions specifically are kinda easy to manipulate and especially his empathy. Theyâre often used against him
⢠He notices details and you know how he constantly tells the twins theyâre geniuses after something they say reminds him of a completely unrelated point? Yeah idk how to explain it but thatâs autism, baby
⢠Stubborn - it takes a lot to change her views of opinions
⢠Fully believes there are right and wrong ways of doing things (and usually believes those ways are the more traditional ways that sheâs used to)
⢠Idk if thereâs even proof of this but I am dead certain she sticks to her rules almost all times. She doesnât care about other peoples rules but despite that often has very strict views on how to do things which I think is why I believe this. She also hates going off-plan and that doesnât rlly mean anything here but that probably adds to why Iâm so sure she likes rules
⢠Again no proof of this but she seems like the type to be very particular about her daily routine. If she decides to switch it up once she now gonna keep that for months. You can ignore this point but this is something I wholeheartedly believe.
⢠Heâs honestly the only character who might have actually been written as autistic (but also may not have been and instead be written as a nerd, but obviously that trope alone just makes him autistic by default)
⢠Same as hiccup, huge huge interest in dragons. No need to elaborate here
⢠Very empathetic, many autistic people experience either notably low empathy or high empathy. Fishlegs very clearly is on the high side
⢠Also can I just say I love how on berk he was a guide and he taught kids all about berks history and dragons and shit like that like hell yeah making your special interest your job, good for him honestly
⢠Hand gestures. Like all the time. And a lot of the same ones. And Iâve got no clue if that actually is prevalent in autism or whatever but personal experience (I.e. me and my friends) suggest so + I relate so Iâm counting it
⢠Gonna sound dumb, but âshut up, [name]â and just common phrases he repeats.
⢠On that note: he yells his own name frequently (typically while doing something cool or when annoyed or etc. emotional reasons) and I interpret that as kinda a stim, helping with emotions type deal yknow?
⢠Again related to that, âSnotlout Snotlout oi oi oiâ (copied from spitelouts own version) is absolutely a vocal stim, and while Iâm like 80% sure copying vocal patterns and phrases from the people around you is a thing everyone does, Iâm still counting it anyway
⢠Very big emotions/kinda dramatic. Idk how to phrase this but at any given point it is very clear what Snotlouts emotions are - and I know a lot of autistic folk (myself included) are generally quite monotone or struggle with expressing emotion outwardly, but this feels right so again counting it. + exaggerating emotions is a thing I do all the time to make things more obvious
⢠Hate to say this one but just the general way he treats people - he often doesnât notice the way people react and he just continues with his (often pretty shit) treatment of them, can be seen in the unwanted advancements towards Astrid Heather etc and how certainly initially he didnât rlly seem to get the message
⢠To put the last point more clearly: this boy has the absolute worst social skills and has no idea about that
⢠He doesnât always get when people are making fun of him or being sarcastic
⢠I mention this with Tuffnut as well, but Snotlouts also pretty sarcastic even tho he doesnât always get other peoples sarcasm
⢠Heâs pretty blunt. Or he confuses himself with his own words. Thatâs pretty much the two sides of Snotloutâs speech patterns
⢠Her whole deal with violence, particularly in rob/dob - I donât know how to describe it but something about that
⢠Her and Tuffnut both get like random interests and they know loads about it or otherwise devote a lot of time to it - e.g. science when they were sick with eel pox, theatre in Total Nightmare, other examples Iâm sure but I canât remember rn. It just reminds me of myself and hyperfixations I get
⢠She doesnât really care to change how she acts around different people; regardless of whether sheâs been captured by enemies, is being scolded by Hiccup or is setting up a prank with tuffnut, sheâs always the same.
⢠On that note, sheâs often pretty blunt. Like unless sheâs talkin fancy deliberately or trying to trick someone shes usually pretty clear and doesnât usually change how she acts or speaks to make others feel better.
⢠Yknow how her and Tuffnut were all like âwoah maybe we did something⌠right? [âŚ] whatâs this feeling is this accomplishment? Iâve never felt this beforeâ and stuff that one time? I know itâs played off as a joke, but Iâm diagnosing that with same <3
⢠Mirroring speech (see briefly in tuffnuts section)
⢠Similar thing with violence
⢠Same as the hyperfixations thing I mentioned with Ruffnut, and just know there are plenty of things they say that I attribute to past hyperfixations
⢠Several occasions where he doesnât get sarcasm
⢠He is pretty sarcastic tho despite that, same with Snotlout and that is something I feel is quite common - not really getting other peoples jokes or sarcasm but doing so yourself a lot
⢠His speech is very reminiscent of my own, he talks kinda overly fancy and deliberate most of the time (but there are also occasions where heâs almost overly casual? Which again is very relatable to me. I am now realising I may or may not have accidentally stolen tuffnuts speech patterns as a kid)
⢠(To the last point ignoring the part at the end) Ruffnut is also similar in this respect (as in the deliberate kinda overly wordy talk) but usually to a lesser extent - in fact, she normally only speaks like that when tuffnut is also there and speaking in such way, which to me absolutely seems like mirroring
⢠Similarly to the sarcasm thing, he doesnât get rhetorical questions. Or at the very least doesnât get them in that one episode in rtte and thatâs enough for me to count it here
To be clear, at the end of the day, I see them all as autistic mostly cause I relate to and connect with the characters. And I do not know how to put that into words clearly so hereâs this mess of a compilation.
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