#autistic!astrid

[saturnniidae]

Hiccup avoids eye contact like an animal that knows it's a threat and Astrid prolongs it because it Is a threat and also a game she can and will win

[howtodrawyourdragon]

In a modern AU, Fishlegs has a rock collection, Hiccup a dinosaur collection and Astrid a (medieval) weapon collection.

[saturnniidae]

More dragon rider disability headcanons for disability pride month!

(Ones specifically abt Hiccup are here)

Ruffnut has hypermobile EDS (when the twins were doing some bit that was basically Guinness book of world records she said smth abt 'worlds stretchiest skin' and my mom made a joke and said 'ruff has eds!' And it stuck)

A joke Ruffnut loves to make is saying Tuff is so insufferable she should just run away to join a circus and become a contortionist. She thinks it's the funniest thing ever

Hiccup also has some weird hypermobility stuff going on, when Ruff learns this she calls him a fellow circus freak (affectionate) and offers to let him come with her when she runs away. The response she got was "I'd rather stick my hand in Fenrir's mouth."

Tuff is visually impaired in his right eye from a childhood injury (another joke taken seriously)

All the riders are neurodivergent!

Snotlout has a frequently irregular heartbeat as well as memory issues due to how many times he's been struck by lightning. His whole book he wrote in that one episode isn't the only writing he does, he keeps a notebook to help keep track of minor things he might forget.

Astrid tries to make Hiccup breakfast in bed when he's having bad pain days and is too tired to do it himself. She almost burns the house down every time, so Toothless will go and get the other riders to help out while Astrid is kicked out of the kitchen and sent back to bed

Hiccup can be really fucking mean sometimes! Usually it's intentional bc he's in a bad mood and wants to be left alone. If it's seemingly unprovoked though, the others know it as a sign he's likely in pain and needs to be left alone (he still insists on getting work done but usually Toothless annoys him into resting)

Astrid has aches in her leg from when she got shot with that arrow, it being poisoned with dragon root did something to mess up the healing process so its worse than other old injuries (Dragon root isn't poisonous to humans but still having it in your blood stream isn't a good idea). She's also very mean when she's in pain, especially because it ruins her schedule since she can't train. Eventually her and Hiccup come to an agreement when they're having bad pain days they'll meet up in one of their huts and just. Sit together enjoying the others comforting presence but rarely talking

This is because Hiccup and Astrid both hate being in pain in front of people, they both share that almost extreme fear of vulnerability and the best they can do is take comfort in each other

Hiccup and Fishlegs are hyperfixation buddies! Fishlegs is the only one who doesn't get mad (it's just fond exasperation) when Hiccup wakes him up in the middle of the night to infodump, they just bounce off each other talking about dragons until woah suddenly the sun is rising and that is when Fishlegs gets upset because he values his sleep

All the riders have burn scars of varying severity. They literally work with dragons there's no way they wouldn't. And they all deal with their pain in different ways, but are unwavering supportive of each other when they can be

I've said it before and I'll say it again, a lot of characters should be disabled.

I know, cartoon logic and all, but the things that happen to these guys are things that should affect them for the rest of their lives. And watching characters struggle with permanent change like that, the realization you can never go back to how things were, and eventually healing and learning that's okay! You can still find happiness and be happy and it doesn't make your pain any less valid! It's so important to me and that's obviously reflected in my interpretations of my favorite characters lmao

[saturnniidae]

I think Astrid is a taxidermy nerd...those little bird skulls on her outfit had to come from somewhere

[saturnniidae]

Hiccup listening to Astrid infodump about the different weapons and tools that could be made from shed nadder spines while adoringly watching her stim with the end of her braid in between taking design notes in his sketchbook

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Oh.oh no... it's thinking about Astrid 'I'm autistic and never learned to self regulate bc I grew up believing my only purpose was to live and die for my island fighting dragons so now I'm only comfortable angry bc anger is safe' Hofferson time

[saturnniidae]

Hiccup and Astrid's autisms Overlap.

We literally have Astrid weapons and combat special interest Hofferson, and her autistic ass inventor bf obsessed with making new and odd contraptions, many of which, are weapons.

She comes and 'bothers' Hiccup while he's working in the forge and intently listens while he infodumps to her about the process of weapons making/repair and, after a bit of explanation so she actually understands what he's trying to do, about his inventions.

Of course, she still thinks a lot of them are ridiculous, but is more willing to hear him out and maybe even help test them (in a ways she deems safer than whatever his original plans were) so they're less hazardous. Plus, having a second set of eyes go over you blueprints is never a bad idea :)

[saturnniidae]

I made an alternate version of this meme for the autistic!Astrid truthers <33