#athena adhd

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Yk what? I like you! -shares you my Athena stim headcanons- (a lot are based off me oops)

Non harmful stims:

- Flapping her hands. This one is rare to see from her, because she always gets embarrassed about it. This happens when she's super happy or excited about something. Usually followed by very happy chirps before she immediately puts her hands at her sides and apologizes.

- Tapping her feet. Another thing tied to extreme happiness, and also because I saw a video of an owl tapping their little feet and found it so cute.

- OWL SOUNDS. Happy screeches, trilling, hooting, any form of owl sounds. Especially when she's super focused while weaving. Penelope was confused when Athena started making hooting sounds when they were weaving together one time, and Athena immediately started apologizing for it. Telemachus and Odysseus like to hoot back as a joke, and sometimes this loops into a hooting match between the three of them.

- Rocking back and forth. This happens moreso if she's bored or stressed out. It's very subtle most of the time, but looking closely you can notice her swaying slightly.

- Cocking her head to the side. I know this one (along with owl noises) are basic as hell, but seriously. Picturing a confused Athena tilting her head like an owl is so silly. Although sometimes she does it to a near painful degree (for mortals at least) and it can low-key concern some people.

Harmful stims under the cut (TW):

- Biting her hands and fingers. This one is a little more rare, as she feels it's disgusting and doesn't want germs from holding her weapons and all that. But still, it only happens when she's particularly stressed out.

- Hitting the sides of her head. This is the most common one, when she feels her mind is too loud.

- Scratching. This is the second most common next to hitting her head. She does this often believing she "deserves to feel the pain"

- Picking her skin, but specifically around her nails. This can either happen when she's stressed (seen in chapter 9 of Karma actually), or sometimes even when she's bored. Most of the time she doesn't even realize she's doing it until it's pointed out.