singleminded and incredibly dedicated to whatever it is sheâs focused on at the time (gets into and then goes to law school to get back warner, even though it breaks with everything sheâs done in her life up until that point)
incredibly knowledgeable about her chosen point of interest (âitâs impossible to use half-loop top stitching on low-viscosity rayonâ)
has a dog whoâs permitted to live with her on campus and go to court with her, and who completes daily-living tasks like fetching mail (iâm calling it: bruiserâs a service dog)
relies on routine and an established set of coping mechanisms (manicures; tries to schedule social events to maintain some sort of consistency)Â
struggles with social cues (for instance, the way she delivers her introduction when she first arrives at school, the way she interacts with warner)
is incredibly smart (got a 179 on the LSATs) but struggles in school â has difficulty keeping track of her assignments (first day in stromwellâs class), has difficulty answering questions on the spot in class (âdo they always do that? put you on the spot like that?â)
struggles with codeswitching in different environments (with her friends in LA, in the classroom, with the other harvard students, in court, etc)
when she does try to institute a change like this, she does it overly dramatically; she over-plays it â see: the outfit she wears for her first day of classesÂ
that line also â âi totally look the part!â â that idea that what she wears, says, and does are largely performative (maybe also sheâs trying to pass?)
uses overly formal or informal language; language inappropriate to the context (âand i am fully amenable to that discussionâ when warner is breaking up with her; the âvalley girlâ language she uses at harvard)
has difficulty identifying sarcasm and mocking (the costume party)
is set up in the narrative as out of place in her social environmentÂ
the narrative about elle ultimately winning the case because she uses her existing skills, knowledge base, and passion rather than What She Learned In Law School ⢠is also, like, a really strong neurodiversity narrative  Â
i love her and i only care about autistic characters, so she must be autistic
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