Random HC Dump, Part 1/???
One of the first thoughts I had when I saw Futaba was that she just screamed autistic, so that headcanon will be prevalent in my interpretation.
That being said, since Japan doesn’t have a good track record of diagnosing autism, Futaba will be undiagnosed and will never explicitly mention the term when discussing herself.
So with that in mind, here are some small headcanons in regards to this topic!
1.) As a child, she has never been good at socializing. While Wakaba was able to actually diagnose her daughter by herself, she never recorded it officially in records as a way to prevent the knowledge from hindering her future when prospective employers and the like seek to hire her.
Wakaba took it upon herself to try to “correct” the autism in Futaba while raising her. Eye contact was forced, eating specific foods regardless of comfort was forced, physical contact was forced, the whole works. Even the “temper tantrums” that Futaba had ( which she briefly mentions during her Persona Awakening ) were in fact meltdowns from over stimulation.
Despite this, Futaba still loves her mother greatly, and views the long gone treatment as stern, motherly love.
As Wakaba’s research into the cognitive world consumed more and more of her time, the less “socializing” Futaba was pressed into doing, thus she was able to spend more time pursuing activities that she personally enjoyed.
2.) Since Wakaba’s death, Futaba was regressed back into several traits that her mother had thought she destroyed. Eye contact is something Futaba no longer initiates; she eats organic foods because she’s overly sensitive to the added product to non-organic foods.
Her sitting posture gives her amble room to rock back and forth, and humming during this time is an excellent way to increase the effectiveness of the stilling.
I’ll probably add some more later, but this is a start for now!
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