pidge and keith autistic hc
pidge and keith are autistic heres my license (im autistic) lets motor boys
tracing the cutouts in his gloves 24/7
he never rly grew out of his echolalia but realized it was Embarrassing when he was a teenager so now he keeps his mouth Shut
Bad w faces. (prosopagnosia)
looks in the mirror âwhoâs that bitchâ
lance, after making a bad joke: haha thanks, iâll be here all night folks
keith: why would you stay up all night.
grew up around Cowboy Slang. its comforting to use but
lance heard him call a shopping cart a Buggy and SCREAMED
hi im keith âexecutive dysfunctionâ kogane
can and will pace in circles if hes given vague instructions. coran is the worst about this.
coran: alright so just go down to the med bay and clean the healing pods
keith, standing in the med bay: clean them with what. a rag? cleaning fluid? how do i even open them. should i clean the ones in the other room too or just these.
keith meltdowns are real quiet. he clenches his fists and huffs and groans and cries a few angry tears. his face gets really red. will hold his breath until he gets dizzy bc hes so Mad but he cant Move. hypersensitive to touch .
change is EXTREMELY BAD for him but heâs kind of had to learn how to deal bc his life has been shaken up so Many times he litrly cant afford to have a breakdown every time it happens
by the time he leaves voltron hes able to be like âok this is gonna suck, but its not the end of the worldâ
omg ok shes a CHEW MACHINE she LOVES chewing as a stim, she had a lot of gummy necklaces and bracelets at home which she misses Dearly
when she was a baby matt would complain bc everytime he put his hand near her sheâd just CHOMP
grinds her teeth when theres nothing to chew it hurts her jaw but thats better than being understimulated
luckily hunk figured out how to make the food goo RLY CHEWY and its completely impractical to Eat bc it takes forever but she Lov it
she programmed her keyboards on the ship to do the BUZZ thing every time she hits a key and its GOOD
do not give her clothes w tags still in them or she will yell
shes trying to figure out if the paladin armor can be altered to be Heavier so it can act as a weighted vest
change is also EXTREMELY BAD for her but lets remember shes significantly younger than keith so her solution cant rly be âget used itâ when her family goes missing
shes stubborn at every turn when it comes to finding her dad n brother bc without them/that mission shes what? a fifteen year old lost in a space w a bunch of strangers that are older than her ?? fuckin sucks man.
even tho the other paladins rly are family to her it was still SUCH a relief when she found matt bc he grew up w her n he knows what kind of things overwhelm her, calm her down, etc. she feels way more normal w him around
shes actually pretty physical although sheâd deny it, she used to wrestle w matt and run with him while he was doing pt for the garrison
pidge meltdowns are messy. she throws things and Will hit you if you come too close . she needs it Dark and Quiet (lanceâs eyemask is perfect n hes happy to lend it to her whenever) and shes usually nonverbal for a while after.
she also has shutdowns on occasion but only when she gets Rly understimulated ! listening to other ppl talk or the ambient noise of the ship can help