Neurodivergent Headcanons

A place to submit your nd headcanons This is not a spoiler-free blog. Browse at your own risk.

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Adrian Andrews (Ace Attorney): Dependent Personality Disorder

Does it really count as a headcanon if canon did everything but say the exact words “dependent personality disorder” in that order

(also I try to keep my commentary to a minimum but god bless her heart I love Adrian so much she’s my favorite character in the series)

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Batty (Ferngully): Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

He has extreme startle responses and is always on high alert.

He holds a lot of anger, and has an extreme fear of humans and anything that reminds him of past trauma. He lashes out triggered, as he feels he’s about to be re-captured.

He does what he can to avoid triggers.

He’s also been seen having flashbacks and being confused as to his whereabouts when under a lot of stress.

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Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney): Autism

He’s shown severe discomfort in social situations he hasn’t already planned ahead for, and during his investigations, he is shown to use a mental game of chess as a tactic for navigating his way through conversations.

Is shown to have a heightened ability in pattern recognition, and has a talent for mentally keeping track of things and quickly picking up pattern inconsistencies.

Forgets to reply to people sometimes when he gets lost in his own thoughts, has a tendency to come off in ways he isn’t intending to, has trouble picking up on sarcasm or getting subtle hints/social cues.

He has special interests in chess, law, and the Steel Samurai.

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TEC-XX (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door): Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Unfortunately, his personality isn’t very deeply explored in the game, so there isn’t a wide array of support for this. However, it is shown that he is very intent on knowing every single thing there is to know, and becoming the “perfect” computer. He even defies orders his creator set for him in order to obtain the knowledge he feels he needs.

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Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney): Misokinesia

He has an incredible knack for spotting the most subtle movements, many of them so small that others wouldn’t see it even if they tried. Instead of simply pressing his witness while keeping his ability a secret, he illogically points out exactly what his witness was doing, which indicates severe irritation on his part.

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Terra (Teen Titans): Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Her lack of control over her powers are due to intrusive thoughts and impulses. Because her power is so connected with her mind, her environment responds easily to these intrusive thoughts/impulses.

She has a lot going on in her mind all at once, and her thoughts are overlapping and get to the point of being absolutely overwhelming.

She has obsessive doubts on the reliability of others, and because of susceptibility and fear, is easily persuaded that these doubts are truth.

She puts herself in danger in order to fix aspects of herself she deems impure or dangerous, and has hypermorality and takes responsibility for things that aren’t her fault.