#autistic jon

[therealestheadarchivist]

Jonathan Stims

You've caught me at a time when I'm doing that right now, actually.

[cult-of-the-eye]

I'm so ill lads which is why you guys can look forward to a few days of delirious posting!! Kicking it off with Jon is the kinda guy who can never hear anything that's every being said. He's a "HUH?! SPEAK UP YOUNG MAN!" kinda dude. Martin is a hears every single little sound oh my god why does the kettle sound like that kinda man. Together they are Sensory Processing Issues.

[jewishjon]

how you say my name

fic summary:

“Martin. Martin. Mar-tin. Maaar. Martin. Martin.”

The realisation hits Martin when he sees the satisfied expression on Jon’s face, thinks about the way that Jon rolls the word around in his mouth, emphasising each of the syllables and saying the word in a slightly different manner each time. He grins.

“Jon,” he says slowly, enjoying being able to take his time with this new realisation, “Are you using my name as a stim?”

***

Soon after meeting him, Jon picks up the habit of saying Martin's name as a vocal stim. Over the years, this goes from being an inconvenience to an anchor for Jon.

link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44952718

I’m really proud of this one, I hope you guys enjoy!

[me-myself-and-eyes]

having canonical asexual rep, that is all but canonically autistic, that the fandom (for the most part) respects, is something that i absolutely cannot thank jonny sims and the tma fandom enough for enough

obviously we dont get too much talk about it in the series, as thats not the focus or the point, but the fandom actually respecting that and letting characters set healthy boundaries regarding that in their relationships is something i never thought i would have in any form of media

it just makes me so happy and means SO much to me

[diana-westmoon]

„I feel sad. Very sad.“ He‘s autistic as fuck and just like me fr and I love him.

[terriblelizbians]

“you went for ice cream?” “yes, you were there!” “you had rum and raisin and taught us all about emulsifiers” neurodivergent king... went out with his friends/colleagues... infodumped to them...... forgot all about the entire interaction. 🎩🎩🎩

[echosautisticcorner]

I just remembered that when I first started listening to the magnus archives, I told my "listening buddy" that I really related to jon so i think he's autistic and now I'm going through all these autistic jon posts and it makes me incredibly happy to not be the only one to see this

[that-soft-earth]

After my first listen as much as I loved all the Autistic Jon headcanons it didn’t particularly stand out to me in the source material. I believe that writers often write canonically autistic characters completely without meaning to, because they use traits from people they’ve known but didn’t know were autistic. But honestly I thought a lot of it was projection (which I’m a fan of) and the fact that Jon fits the stereotype of being academic, cerebral and overly formal with peers that make people want to headcanon him as autistic. A lot of social & emotional awkwardness can be attributed to childhood trauma & lack of role models. But relistening to S1 & 2 has really been changing my mind on that. S1-2 Jon can definitely be an asshole and I don’t mean to excuse that at all, but I think he has a lot of moments where he says something intended to be neutral, not realising that due to social rules neutral and flat can come across as hostile and rude, and then he gets an annoyed reaction, and escalates it by snapping back. Lack of regard for other people’s feelings can just be arrogance, but I get the impression he often misjudges how something will land and doesn’t fully understand why people react the way they do, but is too prideful/insecure to ever apologise or try to figure out what upset them at this point. Also, ‘difficult’ and ‘precocious’ kid who reads obsessively at eight.... very classic autistic. Being autistic myself, I forgot that neurotypical kids usually seek out other kids for entertainment and company in some way, even if they’re unpopular, and the very specific criteria for books... yeah I see it now.