So Silver, for s5, was intended to be the Grandmaster according to one of the CCs (cannot remember who lmfao sorry) and honestly I think that would've just been so insane?? Like this KID who showed up after the most well known Mage in Atlantide was mysteriously killed as the new Guild Master, and his second-in-command is a fucking teddy bear; after the current Grandmaster turns out to be downright evil, and also that kids Uncle, that kid proceeds to become the new Grandmaster. Silver, who could Not be older than 25, is now in the position to boss around a bunch of mostly 30+ year olds, literally everyone is older than him bar POTENTIALLY Allumos and Bryttanos. Somehow.
Also, the Grandmaster has a specific attire in my rewrite — if you've seen my art of Jonathan you've kinda got the jist of it — and I'm now imagining Silver wearing it and. Having Conflicted Emotions.
While the short scene in I think episode three of Allumos' POV where Patrick comments on the pink house in Allumos' mindscape is funny, honestly I think it could be a good moment to point out how Allumos is still relatively "behind" in terms of understanding current social norms. The pink house doesn't mean anything to Allumos because being associated with pink doesn't mean anything to Allumos. While currently pink is associated with 'little girls', back in Allumos' time it just wasn't. Fun dialogue opportunities such as:
Pádraig "A pink house, huh?"
Allumos "Yes, my dear, it's described that way in the novel I'm reading. What about it?"
Pádraig "No it's nothing just... Well — didn't expect you of all people to dream up a pink house haha."
Allumos "...?"
Allumos "Is this some sort of New Age Thing I've yet to encounter, my boy?"
Hello for Disability Pride Month I've decided to write down some disability headcanons PLUS the canon stuff I know of.... :3 yay. This'll be a two parter, with 26 (as of writing this) characters featured in total. I intended for this to be only one post but uh... Tumblr began to lag and I didn't want it to crash so... Two posts it is! Also if you couldn't tell this is going to be very long.
(Trigger warning for brief mentions of suicidal ideation & self harm, purely in an informative context.)
Allumos
Canon: C-PTSD (NEVER EXPLICITLY STATED BUT LIKE COME ON). If it didn't develop due to their village being destroyed or the War or Everything Else, it definitely happened because of the Lacrima.
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition that can develop if you experience chronic trauma. [...] According to the ICD-11, complex PTSD includes most of the core symptoms of PTSD, such as:
Flashbacks (re-experiencing the traumatic event).
Avoidance and detachment from people, events and environmental triggers of the trauma.
Excessive attention to the possibility of danger (hypervigilance).
Frequent negative thoughts and emotions.
In addition to the following symptoms:
Excessive reactivity to negative emotional stimuli with anger and aggressive behavior (affective dysregulation).
A negative sense of self involving persistent feelings of shame, guilt, failure and worthlessness.
Severe difficulty in forming and maintaining meaningful relationships.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: OCA Albinism, a set of disorders that affect the melanin production within the body. People with albinism also have vision problems due to the absence of melanin [link]. People with albinism are more prone to skin cancer from getting sun burnt. Some of the eye problems one can experience due to albinism include:
Rapid, back-and-forth movement of the eyes that can't be controlled, called nystagmus.
An uncommon head position or head posture, such as tilting the head to try to reduce eye movements and see better.
[...] Farsightedness or nearsightedness.
Extreme sensitivity to light, called photophobia.
A difference in the curve of the front surface of the eye or the lens inside the eye, called astigmatism, which causes blurred vision.
Differences in the development of the thin layer of tissue on the inside back wall of the eye, called the retina. This difference results in reduced vision.
Poor depth perception, which means not being able to see things in three dimensions and judge how far away an object is.
via Mayo Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Prosopagnosia, which is a cognitive disorder that causes difficulty in recognising people's faces. Don't know why exactly I HC this but I've always liked it so 🤷♂️
It affects people differently. Some people may not be able to tell the difference between strangers or people they do not know well. Others may not recognise the faces of friends and family, or even their own face.
via NHS [link]
Headcanon: hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS)* is an inherited condition that affects the connective tissues within the body.
For these and most other types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, symptoms may include:
Overly flexible joints. Because the connective tissue that holds joints together is looser, your joints can move far past the usual range of motion. Joint pain and dislocations are common.
Stretchy skin. Weakened connective tissue allows your skin to stretch much more than usual. You may be able to pull up a pinch of skin away from your flesh, but it will snap right back into place when you let go. Your skin also might feel very soft and velvety.
Fragile skin. Fragile skin is thin and often doesn't heal well. For example, the stitches used to close a wound often tear out, leaving a gaping scar. These scars may look thin and crinkly.
Musculoskeletal pain is common in people who have overly flexible joints as a symptom of EDS. Musculoskeletal pain is pain that affects the muscles, bones, joints, ligaments or tendons. [...] This type of pain can feel like aching, stiffness or soreness.
via Mayo Clinic [link]
* this headcanon is moreso the equivalent of, as it only occurs when Allumos gets the doll body. Definitely not projecting...
Headcanon: Chronic pain*, largely around his back and shoulder area due to both repeated injuries and the physical strain that growing wings have on its body.
* this headcanon is only really present within Allumos' original body and his doll body. While Pádraig's body did struggle to handle the growth of the wings, the usage was limited enough to avoid permanent damage.
Blake
Canon: Colourblind, never confirmed which type of colourblindness Blake has however, so I had to make an educated guess. That being Tritanopia, blue–yellow colourblindness.
[...] Tritanopia does not make it difficult to tell the difference between blue and yellow but colors that contain blue or yellow. Difficulties lie between green–blue, yellow–pink and purple–red.
[...] In tritanopia, the cones of the eyes that are sensitive to short wavelengths (S-cones) are missing. Without S-cones it is difficult to distinguish between colors that have either blue or yellow in them.
via All About Vision [link]
Headcanon: PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If it didn't develop due to the Drought/Famine, it definitely developed from their stay at Devil's Tongue.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's caused by an extremely stressful or terrifying event — either being part of it or witnessing it.
via Mayo Clinic [link]
(I'm not putting down all the symptoms again or we'll be here all day just look at Allumos' C-PTSD symptoms thumbs up 👍)
Headcanon: Peripheral neuropathy — severe nerve (and muscle) damage on her right leg. Blake requires a cane to walk by the end of the s5 timeline.
Peripheral neuropathy happens when the peripheral nerves, which are located outside of the brain and spinal cord, are damaged. [...]
Peripheral neuropathy can result from traumatic injuries, infections, metabolic conditions, autoimmune diseases, inherited causes and exposure to toxins. [...]
via Mayo Clinic [link]
Motor symptoms include:
Muscle weakness and paralysis. Nerve deterioration from peripheral neuropathy weakens the connected muscles. That can cause paralysis, which may cause difficulty moving the toes, foot drop and hand weakness. Weakness can also affect muscles in the thighs, arms and elsewhere.
Muscle atrophy. Loss of nerve connection can cause muscles to shrink in size, as well as weaken. This especially happens in the feet, lower legs and hands with peripheral neuropathy. Sometimes there are deformities of the feet and hands because of muscle loss.
Uncontrolled muscle movements. Sometimes, nerves that lose their connection to the brain because of peripheral neuropathy become hyperactive on their own, causing cramps.
Sensory symptoms include:
Numbness. This happens when nerves can’t send or relay sensory signals, causing the loss of specific types of sensations. An example of this would be picking up a cold [fizzy drink], but not feeling the smoothness or coldness of the can, or not being able to feel the texture of carpet or the temperature of the floor through your feet.
Imbalance and clumsiness. Nerves also carry sensations that your brain uses to keep track of the location of your hands and feet. You’re not consciously aware of these sensations, but they’re critical for balance and coordination. Without these sensations, you can experience a loss of balance, especially in the dark, and clumsiness with your hands.
Pain. Nerve damage from peripheral neuropathy can cause malfunctions in how and when nerves send pain signals, making pain signals more intense (hyperalgesia) or happen too easily (allodynia). It can even cause nerves to generate pain signals spontaneously. This is known as “neuropathic” pain, and it’s the most noticeable and disruptive symptom of peripheral neuropathy.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a Cluster B personality disorder. It is categorised by a struggle to regulate one's emotions (extreme mood swings) as well as having unstable relationships. I've actually had this idea in my head for a while but have been on the edge about it; however I was given a very convincing argument to go ahead with BPD Blake (so Charlie I blame you /silly/pos).
[Cluster B disorders] are chronic conditions that cause unstable moods and emotions, impulsive behaviors and social dysfunction.
Signs and symptoms of BPD can range from manageable to very severe. They include any combination of the following:
Fear of abandonment: You might feel very strong emotions when you’re alone. This might lead you to track down loved ones or push people away to avoid rejection.
Unstable relationships: Healthy relationships may be difficult to manage because you may quickly change your view of someone from love to hate unpredictably.
Identity disturbances: You may have a negative view of yourself in your mind. You might suddenly change the way others see you by choosing a new friend group, hobby or opinion.
Impulsive behaviors: You may act without thinking about the consequences, like driving well over the speed limit, overspending or overconsuming addictive substances.
Suicidal ideation: You may openly talk about or threaten suicidal behavior to others or perform self-harm behaviors.
Mood changes: You might feel intense emotions like uncontrollable anger, fear, anxiety, hatred, sadness and love. These moods change often and quickly. They usually only last a few hours and rarely more than a few days.
Feeling empty: You may consistently feel sad, bored or unfulfilled. Feelings of worthlessness and self-loathing are common, too.
Intense anger: You may have a lot of trouble controlling your temper. This could lead to physical fights or frequent outbursts. You may feel shame or guilt after.
Stress-related dissociation: Extreme stress may cause disconnected thoughts, an out-of-body feeling and hallucinations.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Ritchie
Headcanon: Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD), a Cluster B personality disorder categorised by a need to be noticed, unstable emotions and distorted self image. Tbh I think this just fits Ritchie really well, it explains a lot of his behaviours as well as adding depth to them.
For people with histrionic personality disorder, their self-esteem depends on the approval of others and doesn’t come from a true feeling of self-worth. They have an overwhelming desire to be noticed and often behave dramatically or inappropriately to get attention.
People with histrionic personality disorder often don’t realize their behavior and way of thinking may be problematic.
A person with histrionic personality disorder may:
Feel underappreciated or depressed when they’re not the center of attention.
Have rapidly shifting and shallow emotions.
Be dramatic and extremely emotionally expressive, even to the point of embarrassing friends and family in public.
Have a “larger than life” presence.
Be persistently charming and flirtatious.
Be overly concerned with their physical appearance.
Use their physical appearance to draw attention to themselves by wearing bright-colored clothing or revealing clothing.
Act inappropriately sexual with most of the people they meet, even when they’re not sexually attracted to them.
Speak dramatically and express strong opinions but with few facts or details to support their opinions.
Be gullible and easily influenced by others, especially by the people they admire.
Think that their relationships with others are closer than they usually are.
Have difficulty maintaining relationships, often seeming fake or shallow in their interactions with others.
Need instant gratification and become bored or frustrated very easily.
Constantly seek reassurance or approval.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Peripheral Neuropathy. Already extensively explained what it is so I won't bother doing that. This is specifically after the events of the S Class Trials. It is present on nearly the entirety of the left side of his body.
Headcanon: Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a type of tachycardia, which is when you have a heart beat of over 100 beats a minute. Tachycardia is a type of cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat). This originally developed after Ritchie's year of binge drinking. However it later morphs into specifically ventricular fibrillation after the events of the S Class Trials.
During atrial fibrillation, the heart's upper chambers, called the atria, beat chaotically and irregularly. They beat out of sync with the lower heart chambers, called the ventricles. AFib may cause a fast, pounding heartbeat, shortness of breath or light-headedness.
Episodes of atrial fibrillation may come and go, or they may be constant. AFib itself usually isn't life-threatening. But it's a serious condition that needs proper treatment to prevent stroke.
Symptoms of AFib may include:
A fast, fluttering or pounding heartbeat, called palpitations.
Chest pain.
Dizziness.
Fatigue.
Lightheadedness.
Reduced ability to exercise.
Shortness of breath.
Weakness.
via Mayo Clinic [link]
During ventricular fibrillation, the lower heart chambers contract in a very rapid and uncoordinated manner. As a result, the heart doesn't pump blood to the rest of the body.
Ventricular fibrillation is an emergency that requires immediate medical attention. It's the most frequent cause of sudden cardiac death.
Collapse and loss of consciousness are the most common symptoms of ventricular fibrillation.
Before a ventricular fibrillation episode, you may have symptoms of an irregularly fast or erratic heartbeat. You may have:
Chest pain
Very fast heartbeat
Dizziness
Nausea
Shortness of breath
via Mayo Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Intracerebral hemorrhagic strokes are when a blood vessel inside the brain ruptures, it puts pressure on the brain tissue from the inside. This is another result of the S Class Trials; Ritchie is left permanently disabled from this especially, and has little to no feeling or control over the left side of his body.
As your brain can’t store oxygen, it relies on a series of blood vessels to supply its oxygen and nutrients. When a brain bleed occurs, a blood vessel leaks blood or bursts. Blood collects or pools within your skull and brain. This causes pressure against your brain, which prevents oxygen and nutrients from reaching your brain tissues and cells.
Brain bleeds are common after falls or traumatic injuries. They’re also common in people with unmanaged high blood pressure.
A brain bleed is a life-threatening medical emergency. It only takes three to four minutes for your brain cells to die if they don’t receive enough oxygen. Treating a brain bleed quickly leads to the best outcome.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
(...yikes... That's. A Lot.)
Brandon
Headcanon: Selective Mutism is an anxiety disorder categorised by an inability to speak in certain situations that cause anxiety, stress or fear. It is most common in childhood, but it can affect people into adulthood.
If you have SM, you have no trouble talking in comfortable situations. However, you consistently find talking difficult or impossible in uncomfortable situations.
Total or near-total inability to communicate
Feeling unable to speak. It can happen because you feel overwhelmed or paralyzed by fear or anxiety. It can appear that you’re refusing to talk, but is an “autopilot” response rather than a deliberate choice.
Tense or stiff posture, freezing or feeling unable to move.
A “deer in the headlights” or blank expression.
Avoiding eye contact.
Avoiding social interactions or not participating in them.
Not asking for things wanted or needed (such as a child in school not asking a teacher if they can go to the bathroom, leading to daytime wetting).
Behaving disruptively (such as throwing temper tantrums) to avoid talking.
Nonverbal communication
Preferring to use widely understood sounds (such as “uh-uh” for “no” and “uh-huh” for yes) or other noises instead of words.
Using nonverbal communication to avoid talking (such as writing responses or pointing to things in a book).
Using gestures or other movements (such as facial expressions, pointing, miming, or nodding or shaking your head) rather than words.
Minimal or reduced communication
Slowed responses.
Using single-word responses or very short sentences.
Mumbling, stuttering or whispering.
Changing one’s voice (speaking in a robot-like voice or changing one’s natural pitch and tone).
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Chronic migraines. Migraines are intense and very painful headaches that cause a throbbing, pulsing pain on one side of the head.
There are four phases or stages of a migraine:
Prodrome: The first phase begins up to 24 hours before you experience a headache.
Aura: An aura is a group of sensory, motor and/or speech symptoms that act as a warning sign of a migraine headache. The aura phase can last as long as 60 minutes or as little as five. You might experience both the aura and the headache at the same time.
Headache: A migraine headache lasts between four hours to 72 hours.
Postdrome: The postdrome stage usually lasts for a few hours up to 48 hours. Symptoms feel similar to an alcohol-induced hangover, which is why the postdrome phase is known as a migraine hangover.
Aura symptoms:
Muscle weakness.
Vision changes.
Ringing in your ears (tinnitus).
Sensitivity to touch (feeling like someone is touching you).
Numbness and tingling.
Difficulty speaking or concentrating.
Headache attack symptoms:
Head pain gradually gets more intense. It can affect one side of your head or both. It can occur with other symptoms like:
Nausea and vomiting.
Light, sound and odor sensitivity.
Postdrome symptoms:
Fatigue.
Stiff neck.
Sensitivity to light and sound.
Difficulty concentrating.
Nausea.
Dizziness.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Complete vision loss in her left eye. While Brandon cannot see in the traditional sense in her left eye, she can see magical 'auras' that surround objects, people or places.
Kit
Canon: C-PTSD, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Never explicitly stated but definitely heavily implied. This arose from her year with Ritchie. I won't explain the symptoms again, check Allumos' section for details.
Headcanon: Chronic insomnia is when someone experiences insomnia, a sleep disorder which makes it hard to fall or stay asleep, for more than three months. This mostly developed from the year with Ritchie, but she did have the occasional insomnia beforehand.
Insomnia symptoms may include:
Having a hard time falling asleep at night.
Waking up during the night.
Waking up too early.
Feeling tired or sleepy during the day.
Feeling cranky, depressed or anxious.
Having a hard time paying attention, focusing on tasks or remembering.
Making more errors or having more accidents.
Having ongoing worries about sleep.
via Mayo Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Post-traumatic secondary osteoarthritis in her hands (via side-splash + direct lightning strike). Osteoarthritis is when the cartilage that lines your joints is worn down or damaged. This also causes your bones to rub together when you use that joint.
The most common symptoms of osteoarthritis include:
Pain in a joint (especially when you’re moving it).
Stiffness.
Swelling near a joint.
A decreased range of motion (how far you can move a joint).
Feeling like a joint isn’t as strong or stable as it usually is.
A joint looking noticeably different than it used to (joint deformity).
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Mixed hearing loss (via side-splash + direct lightning strike), which means both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.
There are three types of hearing loss:
Conductive hearing loss: In this hearing loss, something keeps sound from passing through your outer ear (ear canal) or your middle ear.
Sensorineural hearing loss: This hearing loss happens when something damages your inner ear over time. Rarely, sensorineural hearing loss happens very quickly. [...]
Mixed: This happens when you have issues in your middle or outer ear (conductive hearing loss) and your inner ear (sensorineural hearing loss).
Conductive hearing loss causes include:
Earwax that’s built up in your ear.
Fluid in your middle ear from colds or allergies.
Middle ear infection (otitis media).
Swimmers’ ear (otitis externa).
Eustachian tube issues that traps fluid in your middle ear.
Ruptured eardrum.
Ear tumors.
Something stuck in your ear. For example, your child, faced with a side dish of peas, may decide to put one in their ear.
Congenital conditions (conditions present at birth) that affect how babies’ middle or outer ears are formed.
Sensorineural hearing loss causes include:
Aging.
Illnesses like coronary artery disease (heart disease), high blood pressure (hypertension), strokes or diabetes.
Ototoxicity.
Certain genetic (inherited) conditions.
Being hit in the head.
Noise-induced hearing loss. Long-term exposure to loud noise, like working in a very noisy environment like factories and construction sites.
Congenital infections like cytomegalovirus (CMV).
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Lightning/Electrical burns (via side-splash + direct lightning strike). While these are mostly cosmetic and don't have a huge effect on her mobility, I did want to mention it.
Headcanon: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome (via side-splash + direct lightning strike) is a consistent exhaustion that last for at least six months.
Symptoms of ME/CFS can vary from person to person, and the severity of symptoms can fluctuate from day to day. In addition to fatigue, symptoms may include:
Extreme exhaustion after physical exercise or mental activity.
Difficulty with memory or thinking skills.
Dizziness that gets worse when moving from lying down or sitting to standing.
Muscle or joint pain.
Unrefreshing sleep.
Some people with this condition have headaches, sore throats, and tender lymph nodes in the neck or armpits. People with the condition also may become extra sensitive to light, sound, smells, food and medicines.
via Mayo Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Cortical cataracts (via side-splash + direct lightning strike).
The cortex is the area just outside the nucleus. They can make it hard to see in bright situations, like outside on a sunny day, in a well-lit room or when you’re under a spotlight. Cortical cataracts can also cause halos and glare around headlights when you’re driving in the dark.
Cataract symptoms can include:
Blurry, cloudy or foggy vision, like you’re looking through a dirty window
Colors looking faded or less vivid than usual
New light sensitivity or seeing a glare or halos around lights
Difficulty seeing at night, like needing a brighter light to read
Changes in your vision prescription, especially nearsightedness that gets worse
Double vision
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Inmo
Headcanon: Sensorineural hearing loss. Already explained what this is in Kit's section so I won't explain it again. This developed due to the constant explosions he makes.
Headcanon: PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Already explained this several times LMAO . Primarily from what happened at their village.
Headcanon: Level 2 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological developmental disorder that affects how a person communicates and interacts with others. Level 2 requires, according to the DSM-5, "substantial support".
Social communication
Deficits in social communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal.
Even with social support in place, social impairments are visible.
Reduced or abnormal response to social overtures from others, as well as limited initiation of social interactions.
Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors
RRBs, preoccupations, and fixations appear frequently enough to be noticeable to the untrained eye and interfere with functioning in a variety of situations.
When RRBs are interrupted, there is obvious distress or frustration, and it is difficult to refocus.
May require substantial support
Find it difficult to hold a conversation even with help.
More likely to respond inappropriately and speak in short sentences or phrases.
Have very narrow interests and engage in repetitive behaviors, making it difficult for them to function in certain situations.
Level II autism characteristics
Nonverbal communication, i.e., turning away from the person with whom they are conversing.
Inflexible behaviors that limit their ability to function.
Coping with changes in the environment, which can cause them a great deal of distress.
via MedicineNet [link]
Headcanon: Dissociative amnesia is when you can’t remember important information about yourself. The memories missing are often distressing.
Dissociative amnesia is when your mind blocks out important information about yourself, causing “gaps” in your memory. One of the most common reasons your mind blocks out things is to protect you from unpleasant, distressing or traumatic experiences. It’s not the same as simply forgetting something. In most cases, you still have the memories but can’t access them.
Dissociation is a defense mechanism that your mind can use [...]. That can affect how you experience and understand things that happen and what you can remember.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Mael (Michael)
Headcanon: Hashimoto's Disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid gland. It can cause lower than normal levels of thyroid hormone in your body (hypothyroidism).
Your thyroid’s main job is to control the speed of your metabolism. This is the process of how your body transforms the food you consume into energy. It’s common to mainly think of metabolism in terms of weight gain or weight loss. But this process affects every organ in your body, including your heart and brain.
In most cases of Hashimoto’s disease, your thyroid can’t produce enough thyroid hormone for your body. This slows down your metabolism and causes a range of symptoms.
If Hashimoto’s disease leads to hypothyroidism, it can cause the following symptoms over time:
Tiredness (fatigue), lethargy and excessive sleeping.
Mild weight gain.
Constipation.
Dry skin.
Feeling cold.
Slower-than-normal heart rate (bradycardia).
Joint stiffness and muscle pain.
Dry, brittle hair; slow hair growth; or hair loss.
Low or depressed mood.
Puffy eyes and face.
Memory problems or difficulty concentrating.
Heavy or irregular periods.
Decreased libido (sex drive).
Female infertility or male infertility.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Viper
Canon: Complete blindness, while in canon afaik Viper still has his eyes, just can't see, in Derecho it lost his eyes entirely. They had to be taken out to avoid infection as the burnt flesh was a risk. Jasper, the magical snake connected to Viper, can provide him with temporary eyesight, but it often requires adjusting as Viper is literally seeing through the eyes of Jasper and not their own.
Headcanon: Missing ring finger on right hand, this was pre-s4 timeline but post-getting Magic. Essentially while Viper was genuinely actually insane.
Headcanon: PTSD. You know what this is. You know why it's here. I don't need to tell you.
Mania
Headcanon: ADHD, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It affects your impulsiveness, energy levels and your attentive abilities.
ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) is a condition that affects how your brain works. Despite its name, ADHD doesn’t mean that you lack attention. It means that it’s harder for you to control your attention or direct it to certain tasks. ADHD causes symptoms like difficulty focusing, trouble sitting still and impulsive behaviors. But it also allows you to “get in the zone” and hyperfocus on things you really enjoy.
There are four types of ADHD that healthcare providers diagnose in children and adults:
Inattentive ADHD. This involves difficulty focusing, finishing tasks and staying organized. With this type, you have few or no hyperactivity symptoms.
Hyperactive-impulsive ADHD. This involves difficulty sitting still or having “quiet time.” You have excess energy and are extremely talkative. You may also interrupt others and act without thinking it through first. You may show less obvious trouble with paying attention.
Combined presentation. This is the most common type of ADHD, and it’s what most people associate with the condition. You have many inattentive symptoms and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms.
Unspecified presentation. This is when you have severe symptoms that interfere with daily life, but your symptoms don’t meet the official criteria for the types listed above. In this case, providers assign “unspecified ADHD” as the diagnosis.
Inattention symptoms:
Avoids tasks that require focusing for a long time
Doesn’t pay attention to details or makes seemingly careless mistakes
Forgets to do things they’re supposed to
Gets easily distracted by things going on around them, or sometimes their own thoughts
Has difficulty with organizing things [...].
Has trouble staying focused on things they’re doing [...].
Loses things they need [...].
Seems distracted or like they’re daydreaming when someone is directly talking to them
Starts a task easily enough but then gets sidetracked and doesn’t finish it
Hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms:
Fidgets or makes small movements with their hands or feet [...]
Gets up when they’re supposed to stay seated
Has a hard time playing or doing other tasks quietly
Has difficulty waiting for their turn to do something
Interrupts what others are doing [...]
Jumps, climbs, runs or feels restless when they’re supposed to stay in one place
Seems like they’re always “on the go” or “driven by a motor”
Speaks out of turn or finishes others’ sentences
Talks more than you’d expect
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: C-PTSD, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. From growing up in the Dragon War in the other world. Check Allumos' section for details.
Headcanon: Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a Cluster B personality disorder that causes the afflicted individual to commit harmful acts with little to no remorse.
[ASPD] can affect the way you think and interact with others and lead you to:
Manipulate or deceive people.
Exploit or take advantage of someone else for your own benefit.
Disregard the law or the rights of other people.
Feel no remorse for your actions.
It’s common for people diagnosed with ASPD to show a lack of respect toward others, break the law, ignore the consequences of their actions or refuse to take responsibility.
Symptoms of antisocial personality disorder may include:
Physical aggression, hostility or violence toward others.
Reckless or impulsive behavior.
Breaking the law or disregarding rules and social norms.
Feeling angry, more powerful or better than others.
Using wit, flattery and charm to manipulate, lie or deceive others for personal gain or enjoyment.
Not taking responsibility for actions or behaviors.
Not showing remorse, regret or concern for behaviors.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Headcanon: Chronic pain primarily at their joints. It wears braces to make it more manageable but it's unfortunately very painful still. Largely due to the constant injuries it sustained fighting Dragons.
Kay
Headcanon: ADHD, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Kay has combined presentation ADHD.
Headcanon: Developmental mixed dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental learning disability that disrupts the ability to process written languages.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects your ability to read, write and spell accurately. It happens when your brain has trouble understanding written words.
If you have dyslexia, you might:
Confuse directions, like left and right
Feel more challenged by word-based math problems
Find learning another language difficult
Have trouble remembering order (like what letter comes after K in the alphabet)
Mix up letters (like reading bat as tab)
Read slowly
Spell words the way they sound (like “sed” instead of “said”)
Understand spoken words easily but struggle with written ones
Healthcare providers classify dyslexia based on its cause. There are two main types:
Developmental dyslexia: You’re born with it. It’s inherited (passed down through biological families).
Acquired dyslexia: It develops later in life after an illness or injury that affects your brain.
Providers may also group this condition by how it affects reading skills, like:
Phonological dyslexia: Trouble sounding out or breaking down new words
Surface dyslexia: Trouble recognizing whole words, especially ones that aren’t spelled the way they sound
Mixed (double deficit) dyslexia: A combination of both types of reading difficulties
Via Cleveland Clinic [link]
Bryttanos (Bryan)
Headcanon: Level 1 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological developmental disorder that affects how a person communicates and interacts with others. Level 1 requires, according to the DSM-5, "mild support".
Social communication
Deficits in social communication cause noticeable impairments even with support in place.
Difficulty initiating social interactions and exhibits clear examples of atypical or unsuccessful responses to others' social overtures.
May appear less interested in social interactions.
Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors
Rituals and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) significantly impair functioning in one or more contexts.
Resists attempts by others to disrupt RRBs or divert attention away from fixations.
May require minimum support
May require support when faced with social difficulties.
Usually able to communicate and speak in full sentences, but has difficulty engaging in back-and-forth conversations with others.
May try to make friends.
Level I autism characteristics
Trouble initiating conversation.
Losing interest quickly.
Transitioning to a new topic.
Inflexible behaviors.
Difficulty making friends.
Trouble organizing or planning.
Difficulty getting acclimated to a new environment.
Headcanon: Hyperopia, also known as far-sightedness, is an eye condition that causes vision to blur close up.
The shape of your eye determines whether you have some degree of hyperopia. Factors include the length of your eye from front to back (axial length) and the curvature of your cornea (the front “window” of your eye). Your eye shape affects how your eye receives and processes light to allow you to see.
You can’t control the shape of your eye, and hyperopia isn’t an eye disease. Healthcare providers consider it an eye focusing disorder because it affects how your eye focuses light.
You may not notice any problems with your vision. But if your eye muscles have to work harder to help you see, you may develop symptoms of hyperopia like:
Blurry vision, especially when looking at things that are close to your face.
Blurred vision/fatigue at night.
Difficulty reading.
Double vision when reading.
Dull pain in your eye.
Eye strain.
Squinting when reading.
via Cleveland Clinic [link]
All of them for now! Part two just be out soon enough:) it'll HOPEFULLY be a lot shorter lol.
Prev ask kinda spurred me on to write down all the names I'm changing. This post has been a long time coming I think lol
Allumos -> Sol "Allumos" Karah
Biblico/Luca -> Elijah "Ioannis" Adonis
Blake -> Heloisa Biei "Blake" Igarashi
Bryan -> Bryttanos Dimakis
Colin -> Cyril Anastasakis
Davis -> Damokles Boura
David -> Dà wěi Liú
Devin -> Demitri / Delphi (Satsuma)
Jakey -> Ephemeris "Phemi" Centura
Jon/Jazz -> Lykaios "Ivo" Delis
Lucas -> Pelias "Boat" Rigas
Mario -> Malik Naba
Marshie -> Menodora (none)
Michael -> Mael Satsuma/Nocte
Patrick -> Pádraig Ó Conghalaigh
Polly -> Pyrrhos Prenderghast
Rosey -> Lo'Rosa Dhiel
(S5) Seek -> Selena Yang
Some of these are recent changes I've decided (remember this is an ongoing rewrite, things will always be changing).
I have a few reasons plus (long) name stuff below that I figured I could share:
So, if it wasn't obvious a lot of the names listed here are names that relate to the creator of the character. That's been something on my mind lately; I don't really care for the creators for my rewrite — I'm just doing my own thing and having fun 'n all — but recently I suppose I've gotten somewhat iffy about the characters who share a name with creators. Solely a personal thing. Like, "Patrick" is, for all intents and purposes, Naya's deadname, even if it's also a character she played. It just feels a little uncomfortable for me. I'd honestly just prefer if my FTO rewrite was as disconnected from the creators as possible, for my own comfort over anything else (#anxiety /LH). So yeah, changed those names.
Another big reason why I changed names is for ✨ culture ✨ or whatever. I'm not shying away from the fact the regions in my rewrite are heavily inspired off real world places (continents, really, with states/counties/provinces/whatever being essentially countries), in fact I plan to embrace it as much as possible. So I changed several names to reflect the cultural background I've essentially 'assigned' a character. Many of the names are Greek — many of the characters are from Leo which is the general Mediterranean (though Greek orientated) region — but not all, I'll explain more about the names themselves now.
Sol Karah -> "sol" is pretty obvious I feel, it means "sun", it's Latin. Karah, from the admittedly minimal research I've done, however, is a little more complicated. It seemingly independently evolved as both a first name and a surname in several cultures across the globe; it can mean "dear" or "beloved" from Hebrew origins (Kara), "to read" or "to recite" from Arabic origins (Qara), or "friend" from Irish origins (Cara). There's several others I didn't mention for my own sake, but yeah, cool name that I think is very fitting.
Elijah "Ioannis" Adonis -> I wanted all of his names to be riddled with religious undertones lol. Elijah means "My God is Yahweh", it's Hebrew; Ioannis (pronounced Yah-nis) means "God is Gracious" or "The Grace of God", is both Hebrew and Greek afaik; Adonis means "Lord", it's Greek.
Heloisa Biei Igarashi -> I thought it'd be fun to give her two first names. Unintentionally*, Heloisa is derived from Greek (oops), though later variations are French and Germanic. It means "healthy" modernly, but it being from "Helios" technically means it's also "sun", also "famous warrior" in relation to its Germanic roots. Biei (美永) has Japanese origins, kanji one means "beautiful, beauty", kanji two means "eternal, long, perpetual". Igarashi (五十嵐), a Japanese surname, means "fifty storms".
Bryttanos Dimakis -> I wanted it to be Leo — Greek — but unfortunately there are very few B Greek names apparently! Or at least ones that would suit them. 'Bryttanos' is actually. Entirely made up as a name, from what I can tell it just does not exist at all. How special he gets Leaf Creativity™ to name him. Either way I think it's sufficient as a name. Dimakis is a patronymic name, aka it's derived from the father's name, "Son of Dimitrios", however it is apparently also associated with the word "dimakos" which means "to govern" or "to lead", which I think is pretty in character for him.
Cyril Anastasakis -> Cyril was derived from the Greek "Kyrillos", meaning "lord/lordly" or "masterful". I think this is funny because they are anything but. Anastasakis is also a patronymic name, "son of Anastasios", Anastasios meaning "resurrection", also Greek. I'm just playing jokes with them at this point I'm not gonna lie.
Damokles Boura -> as a general rule, I've been trying to make sure the rewrite names are at least recognisable to the original names if that makes sense. Damokles was kinda the only name I felt actually fitting both the name "Davis" and his character itself, it means "Fated by the Gods", it's Greek. Boura means "North Wind", it has mixed origins but it is Greek.
Dà wěi Liú -> I've made him Chinese,, uhh, fight me I guess. Something completely unintentional, Dà wěi literally means "David", I saw the name, thought it sounded similar to David, looked it up and it literally just means David. So uh, lucky me I guess? Liú is derived from Liû which means "willow tree" afaik, it's Chinese.
Demitri / Delphi (Satsuma) -> they're genderfluid in my rewrite, the first half (s4) he goes by their given name Demitri, the second half (s5) she goes by Delphi (partially to distance himself from how she was in the past). Demitri, common in Russia now but derived from Greek, means "follower of Demeter", I mainly chose this name because she's the goddess of agriculture, and yanno the Garden of Genesis. I don't know. Delphi could be derived from the Greek city of the same name, the Delphic Oracle, "delphys" which means womb or delphínion which means dolphin. Satsuma as a surname can have a few different meanings, but it originated from a former province in parts of present-day Kagoshima in Japan.**
Ephemeris "Phemi" Centura -> I really lucked out on this tbh, real magical sounding while also being able to be shortened down to a similar enough sounding name to Jakey. Though... Uh.. I don't think it's an actual name? I could've sworn it was when I picked it but now I'm getting conflicting opinions on it lol. Either way "ephemeris" is "a table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination" (According to Wiktionary), which I think is still fitting. I didn't change his surname.
Lykaios "Ivo" Delis -> I originally was gonna keep his alias as Jazz but I ended up fully changing it. Lykaios is Greek, meaning "of the wolves" or "wolf-like", thought it was fitting cause he's,,,,,, debatably human. Ivo has multiple origins, the Germanic (and primary) origin, though, means "yew tree" (I think, it's one of those names). Delis is another patronymic surname, derived from délēs which has a Turkish origin, it means "brave" and/or "reckless".
Pelias "Boat" Rigas -> there was no name that began with L that I was particularly happy with, so I just opted for a name that was similar. Pelias is a Greek name, it's meaning is debated a little, but it can relate to a rock pigeon/dove (pelieás) or the word pelios which means "dusky" and/or "livid grey". Pelias is also a mythical king of Iolcus (and son of Poseidon) who sent Jason on a quest for the Golden Fleece. I kept Boat as a nickname the same, though that may change in the future. Rigas is Greek, and it means "king" or "ruler".
Malik Naba -> Malik was the name given to him by Aerthus, not necessarily their human given name. Malik is of Arabic origins and means "king" or "owner". Fun fact: it is one of Allah's 99 names! Naba has multiple origins, but I'm specifically using the Arabic meaning of "communication" and/or "news", potentially derived from the word naba which means "to announce". This last name wasn't given to it by Aerthus***.
Menodora (none) -> I kept the first letter the same ok. Menodora is a Greek name, meaning "gift of the moon" or, literally, "moon gift". Despite Menodora not really being related to the moon, I think it's a fitting name for them. She doesn't have a last name, at least they can't remember if they do.
Mael (Satsuma) Nocte -> Mael is of Breton origin, meaning "chief" or "prince", I thought this was fitting for the whole, Mael taking over Grimshade as leader thing. Already explained what Satsuma is from. After marrying Lilac he took her name because, technically, he didn't have one (that he knew of); Nocte has both Indian and Latin origins; in Latin it means "night". The Nocte surname is also a tribal name of the indigienous ethnic group of the same name in India!
Pádraig Ó Conghalaigh -> yayyyyy he's Irish yayyyyy. It felt fitting since I was giving his daughters trad Irish names for him to have one too. It also means I can keep it close to yet still distant enough from the OG name. Pádraig means "noble" and "patrician". Ó Conghalaigh is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Conghalach", Conghalach meaning "strong-willed".
Pyrrhos Prenderghast -> gosh I hated how the parrot was named Polly that is such a stereotypical name even if it low-key suits Ms. P to call them that lmao. Anywho, Pyrrhos is a Greek name meaning "flame-coloured" or "red", being related to the Greek pyr which means "fire". I didn't change the last name.
Lo'Rosa Dhiel -> I liked Toffie's name for Rosey so I'm using it for my rewrite :3. Do I need to explain the etymology of rosa. Do I? It means "rose" or "flower", it has Latin origins. Tbh I don't remember where I got Dhiel, I thought I made it up but apparently it's a real surname so I dunno. It has several origins, from what I can tell primarily Germanic, but currently it's most commonly found in Brazil,,,, fun fact for you there I suppose. I cannot tell you what it means unfortunately lol.
Selena Yang -> honestly thank goodness I made Seek (s4) and Seek (s5) different people with different names that'd be so confusing. The tagging hell I will be in though. Also Selena and Saleen both exist urgrgrgrg I'll try not to confuse them lol. Selena is a Greek name derived from the name Selene, which is the personification of the Moon. Also potentially (apparently) derived from the word selas which means "light" or "bright", I just found that out now as I was writing this so that's really convenient. I wrote out a whole thing on Selena's surname only to remember she's KOREAN NOT FUCKING GREEK SO I NEEDED TO CHANGE IT LAST MINUTE FUCK AHEGRGEJJRRHHEJEKRLEJEHFHREBNWDKJRHRHEJWKEUFHRBRNEKDIFEUWGDHNDKWOEUDHR . Anyways her surname is Yang it has multiple origins, notably Chinese, Indian and — of course — Korean, it means "sun".
Ok that's it I'm so tired ohmylord
Footnotes:
* Blake is the equivalent of Japanese-Ethiopian (Cancer-Capricorn), so I wanted to give them an Ethiopian name, unfortunately I misread and assumed Heloisa was Ethiopian, it is not, but I'm attached to the name now so I'm not changing it.
** Delphi and Mael are the equivalent of Greek-Japanese (Leo-Cancer). Satsuma is in brackets because he didn't know their surname (neither did Mael) until she discovered their past n all.
*** Malik basically had a name tag that only had his last name on it (Naba), but Aerthus then gave her own name to him, thus making them Malik Naba
Selena I imagine would have the most “average” teeth set, considering Light Dragons seem like they’d be a relatively omnivorous species of Dragon. Though, I imagine Light Dragons would still be better suited to eating meat than plants so I gave her two sets canines.
For Blake (this’ll be the same for Davis too) I took inspiration from bird “teeth” (birds dont have “teeth” in the usual sense, rather, some birds have ridges on their beak to help filter food from water n stuff), so most of the teeth are very sharp, I actually considered giving Blake more, smaller teeth but I chose not to (for now). This was mainly cause I imagine Sky Type Dragons to be more bird like, and thus adapted similar traits to real airborne species.
Vipers teeth set will more than likely change because I wasn’t looking too much at snake teeth, but I feel like they should be more like that after draw it so woopsies. Anywho, since snakes don’t really chew their meals, and are carnivorous, I decided to not give Vipers any molars, only one set of premolars since, well, he’s still a human after all. He’s got one set large fangs (though, again, this might change) on his upper jaw with a set of canine-incisors (not a real type of tooth as far as I’m aware!) for better piercing.
For Mario I decided to only give one set of canines, like a normal person lol, with a whopping 4 sets of molars!! This is largely due to how I imagine Earth Dragons to be physically, mostly herbivorous alongside literal rocks lol — you don’t really need teeth for piercing when the majority of your diet requires crushing and grinding lol. I still chose to give him a set of canines, cause ultimately Mario is still a human yanno.
I have ideas for the rest of the DS too, I’ll draw those when I get the chance, I just wanted to share these now.
Yapping about Allumos cause I got an ask about it —it's just fun facts though nothing super important.. [Ehehe repost because I deleted the og 🤍oopsies]
The spiky thing that makes him look like a hedgehog is called The Spade. Allumos didn't name it nor do they own it actually (I was gonna be mysterious nd not say who it belongs to but nah, it's Lysander's; he used it as a giant boomerang/shuriken thing).
Actually has quite a few artifacts from Old Grimshade. Many of them are damaged or broken due to either neglect or just,,, it being 1000 years.
Has gotten all of both Grimshade's and the Dragon Slayers' favourite ice cream flavours over a generally long period of time.
^Just brought the DS to The ice cream shop in Atlantide and paid for the whole 'meal', went under the guise of DS bonding but he's just really weird about ice cream.
Notices Everything, there is nothing you can do without Allumos seeing; this isn't Allumos being super cool or anything it is constantly on Absolute High Alert.
Sometimes dreams about its life 1000 years ago, mainly about their friends and found family. Even people he hated seem like good people looking back.
Horrifically bad with social cues; he isn't autistic probably they just Are Not Used To the current era and how you're Supposed To Act™.
^ Modern forms of discrimination Genuinely confuse them, homophobia, [modern] sexism, transphobia (etc..) all that stuff just makes them go "???why? We used to fight wars." A boomer in the best way essentially.
Blake reminds him of Demonia. Just A Little Bit.
Nixilis and The Courier both call Allumos 'Little Aloe', Courier can get away with it Sometimes, Nixilis cannot.
Is hyper protective of its Celestial Keys,, he lost once and Scorpio almost killed them for it.
Seems a little bit too much of himself in Jericho to be comfortable with. But also Allumos holds a little bit of genuine resentment against him because, well, Jericho hasn't seen the Bad Side of the Celestial Spirits — but Allumos has.
Allumos, like the majority of people with albinism, has horrific eyesight, like it's just fucking terrible. After he got its new body their eyesight went back to being horrible (Pádraig has good eyes), but managed to stave off getting glasses for about four years until it just Had to get them.
Loves visual novels So Much like you have no idea. They unintentionally project their current problems onto whatever it's reading Like A Normal Person.
Kinda automatically refers to the Dragon Slayers' with they/it pronouns; he forgets it's moderately abnormal to Know someone's pronouns before you even know their name.
^ On that, Allumos has a brilliant gaydar, despite not yet knowing what 'gay' even means (#ancuentgreekmoment am I right /j).
A lot of what Allumos says is heavily calculated and thought through, its mind goes 293749292km a second and he can rarely be caught off guard, even with the constant culture shocks.
Allumos hates his magic. Hates Dragon Slayer Magic. Hates Celestial Magic. Hates all Magic. But it knows how far his Magic has gotten them, it won the Dragon War, so even if he loathes it, they will continue to speak as if it's the thing they're proudest of, even when it's not.
Does genuinely want to see the current Atlantidian Mages to be better. He has a bit of a warped view of Magic, due to their Magic being Archaic — alongside War Time mutations — people 1000 years ago were just stronger. It doesn't really understand why people today cannot match that.
The idea of outlawing any kind of Magic is crazy to them; hearing Time Magic is outright banned in most Regions was the shock of their life. To them, all Magic is useful Magic and has its purpose.
Doesn't know how to actually help people, even if they really want to help. He's just so incredibly disconnected from Humanity that it just Can't,, sympathise anymore.
Everyone reminds him of people they knew. Everyone.
The quickest way to send Allumos into a fit of dissociation is by putting their hair into a braid. Nixilis took advantage of this during the Future Ritchie attack.
Doesn't sleep much due to the Nightmares.
Very much so intended to kill Viper in their first confrontation in s4, it has Pádraig taking back partial control of his body (alongside Michael|Melanthios appearing) that saved Viper.
Also really only spoke Old Leo's Tongue (Ancient Greek essentially) during their s4 possession — thank goodness Melanthios could speak it because Pádraig sure as hell couldn't.
Really, really hates Lo'Pho. It says it's because he's a cat but in reality it's because he knew Xylo, the Acolyte of Ankhseram — they fought alongside each other. And those bright purple eyes just remind him too much of Xylo.
