The Entire Main Cast of Stranger Things are Autistic have some headcanons - Part 3!
Boy, this took too long. S4 really stuck up on us, huh? I imaging I’ll have thoughts about the new folks once the season airs. Parts 1 and 2!
Just sort of Knew her boys were Like Her and never questioned it.
She’s the biggest advocate for self-advocacy, if that makes sense. Like, if someone tells her they need a break she will give them a quiet space and hot chocolate if they’d like and HEAVEN HELP anyone who tries to interrupt. Lucas is Resting. Don’t You Dare :)
She did not intend to develop a special interest in magnetism and electromagnetic power but Here We Are Karen did you know that-
Made herself a small weighted blanket by sewing a bunch of smooth river pebbles into an old quilt. The Nice Clacky Sound is a Bonus.
Paces to stim. At this point she’s worn down paths in the floorboards.
Masked her way through high school and then just…dropped it as an adult because she had more important things to spend spoons on. The Hawkins General Public was…opinionated.
Food is better when it’s Cold. It just is. She and El bonded over unmicrowaved Eggos.
Guess who has no idea how emotional regulation works YOU DO YOU DO
What do you mean everybody doesn’t secretly hate talking to other people and just never talk about it. What do you mean people actually think small talk is fun.
He needs the Rules and he needs them to be followed. It’s why he joined the police and why he can be so strict with El.
Facial expressions are overrated.
Music is stimmy as heck and he blasts it super loud when he’s alone in the cabin
Also rubs his hands all over his beard because the scruff is nice.
Either hyperverbal or completely nonverbal, no in-between.
Okay first of all this man lives in a quiet, dark, solitary bunker where he can just do his job and never has to interact with anyone he doesn’t want to. Dude’s living the dream.
The brain-to-mouth filter is selective at best.
He can only read the others as well as he can because they’re also on the spectrum so they’re all on the same length. This makes him feel very impressive and professional.
What does that facial expression mean. Hell if he knows. You get it, right Jim? Jim?
He kind of hated these kids up until the point he realized they Get It, and now he’s dubbed himself the Teacher of Not Giving A Fuck. Joyce and Hopper have…mild concerns, mostly because he’s usually half-drunk when trying to teach these lessons.
Food textures…Bad. Except when they are Good. But usually Bad.