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Harold's analysis

Melvin's analysis

George has or will develop gifted child syndrome. He's literally described as a "precocious" child in the flashback to when he was six in book 9 and had the chance to skip THREE GRADES before he came to Jerome Horowitz

And yeah of course that's awesome, he's super smart and ADHD kids and kids of color are and should be portrayed as smart! However, being a gifted child has some big affects on kids. Likely, he's growing up breezing through the easy early years of school without ever being taught how to study, because he's "never needed to"

ADHD gifted children are a special breed of gifted kids. Because of RSD, the second we're not good at an activity or a subject, that fear that our friends and family hate us for it can hit HARD. I wouldn't be shocked if George does develop that kind of anxiety and refusal to do new things he's not immediately good at

Another way ADHD affects gifted kids? We are super smart... in very specific ways and subjects. We can easily get all A's on tests and quizzes, then fail to turn in 20 homework assignments because we don't have the motivation, memory, or organizational skills to get homework done, so we end up with a high C or low B in a class we know all the lessons for. We can easily pass, say, English or arts class because they're creative and we're interested in them, and then nearly fail science or math because it just doesn't hit

Spends most of his time alone, in the dark

Covers his eyes (sensitive to light? So he doesn't have to make eye contact?)

Doesn't really know how to make friends on his own

Poor understanding of body language and tone (looked and sounded aggressive towards George and Harold and didn't even realize it)

Stims with/special interest in clay?

Low sensitivity to pain and proprioception

Literally doesn't understand other kids very well despite wanting to make friends

Repeats things when he doesn't get the "right" response

a bunch of requests I did from discord!! taking requests are fun I should do them more

This time it’s George and Harold’s families!

Moses and Barbara Beard

One time, when George was 4, his parents took him to the local library. While browsing on his own, he noticed a copy of Moby Dick. And since he constantly heard his dad’s friends call him ‘Moby’, he held up the book and said, “Dad, you didn’t tell me someone wrote a book about you!” Barbara actually got in trouble with the Librarian because of how loud she laughed at that.

Some of Moses’ coworkers’ kids compare him to Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. And honestly, he takes that as a compliment.

Barbara loves telling her students about George (and of course Harold), and even brings in copies of some of the Captain Underpants comics for them to look at. George and Harold were floored when they found out that they actually have college students for fans.

Moses and Barbara have talked about having another child quite a few times now, but they barely have time to themselves to actually act on it.

If there’s one name Barbara has always liked for a boy, it’s Will. It’s where George got the inspiration for Super Diaper Baby’s name, Billy.

Grace Hutchins

She’s bisexual. (FIGHT ME!)

She knew Harold was gay long before he came out to her. And she was absolutely thrilled when he first introduced her to Billy.

Is one of the best real estate agents in Ohio.

Doesn’t like talking about her ex-husband if Harold and Heidi are in the room. She doesn’t want to stir up bad memories.

She was mad when she found out that the music and art programs were shut down at JHES, but when Krupp put the boys in separate classes… She. Was. Furious. You see, Harold had developed separation anxiety after his father left. She knew what being separated from George might do to him emotionally, and had every intention of calling the school and giving Krupp a piece of her mind, but Harold ultimately convinced her not to (mainly because he didn’t want to risk Krupp giving him a worse punishment over this).

Musicals are her guilty pleasure. Harold and Heidi sometimes hear her singing showtunes in the shower.

One year for Harold’s birthday, she took him, George and Heidi to a Weird Al concert. Harold still considers it the best birthday present he ever got.

Heidi

As soon as she could walk, she followed Harold almost everywhere. Their mom thought it was adorable.

When she was 4, she had a small crush on George. He found it a little awkward, since he saw her more as the little sister he never had. Thankfully, her crush didn’t last too long.

Is in kindergarten at JHES.

Was there when Poopypants attacked the school, and was amazed when she saw that Captain Underpants, her brother and his friend’s comic book hero, was real.

Is pretty much surrounded by stuffed animals when she goes to bed.

Harold got her into anime at a young age. Her favorite is Sailor Moon.

The first time she officially met CU, she got him to have a tea party with her. To make sure she promised to never tell their mom, or George’s parents, or anyone else about this, Harold had to bribe her by giving her full access to the Treehouse.