saw your thing ab self indulgence hcs, so i thought id share mine :)
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two bit 100% has adhd. like rly bad adhd.
he's actually pretty fking smart but he jus can't pay attention in class so he's failing.
his rooms always so messy bc he literally looks at it and can't pick it up bc it overwhelms him and then the being overwhelmed by his inability to do basic shit pisses him off and he just leaves the room. the only way he can get shit done is if he has someone sitting with him telling him specifically what to do, but he hates being told what to do, and his inability to do it on his own, and the state of his room, kinda embarrasses him.
he is genuinely always losing shit he should not be losing (jackets, textbooks, etc), except for one or two things (probably his switchblade and his wallet) he obsessively makes sure he doesn't lose bc he knows if he isn't obsessive over it he'll lose it and it makes him anxious.
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also, not ab two bit, but dallas' bottling everything up is 100% what makes him so irritable, and he wouldn't be so irritable if he let some shit out imo
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-andi <3 (i finally have an anon signoff! i couldn't come up w a name that didn't make me feel weird idk name dysphoria hits wild. im the anon who sent the ask ab 'finding where you wanna be, btw. jus wanted you to know who i was ig, which is kinda oxymoronic be i'm an anon idk)
(anyway hope you're doing well! go drink some water if you haven't done that yet td! ly!!)
hi hi andi! that’s a cute name! i’m glad you found one you like!
and ooh, these are neat—i’ve seen a few people talk about two with ADHD in the past and it’s not something i’ve personally put much thought into, but i certainly love looking at takes like this. him being “bad” at school while still being pretty smart, but he brushes it off like it’s him being dumber than he is on purpose because he’s scared of getting things wrong and wants to save himself the embarrassment has more depth to it than “oh he’s just lazy”. maybe it’s a combo of both, who knows? the book did say two likes school, so maybe he finds it fun in a way.
him having a practical hellhole for a room is just canon. there’s probably beer cans and wrappers everywhere. he tells himself he’ll get to it later and just kinda forgets about it. whenever johnny stays over, he sets up the couch. he knows it’s rude and that he should probably be the one on the couch while johnny gets a bed, but he can’t stand the thought of johnny being in his room. johnny’s not a judgy person, but he can’t bear it. he has a feeling johnny’ll make some seemingly harmless joke and he doesn’t want to even think about it.
dally’s attitude could be a combo of him bottling everything up and him having gone through the system way too many times to the point it’s just broken him. it’s a parallel between him and soda that i find interesting—you see soda’s snapping at the end of the book cause he bottles everything up, and you see dally’s breakdown because of his own feelings. maybe they got along because they have that in common. maybe they were able to let go a bit around each other.
you gave me a lot to think about andi, ty 💜









