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hi yes mr kujo has autism this is a Fact actually this is what the hcs will b about

He has two special interests, the obvious one is the marine biology, but I also think he has an interest in biology of all types! Due to him in part 4 showing he knows a lot both about nature and animals (like in the rat episode),

He stims but not in typical ways, like hand flapping. I think he probably does more discreet ones, maybe due to being made fun of or feeling exposed when he was younger in school and stimming. Maybe repeating phrases in his head or under his breath, like listing different information about something. Or finger spelling. 

He has shutdowns more often than meltdowns. When he used to have them at home, Holly learned to help him through it and giving him the space and sensory input (or lack of) he needed. He can usually speak during them, but when he’s nonverbal she would ask simple yes and no’s so he could nod or shake his head, (”can i touch you? do you wanna be left alone?” etc.). 

Joseph eventually learned to help him or at least keep things quiet and calm for him but damn he’s awkward about it. He tries. He forgot to ask before touching Jotaro once and got his hand SLAPPED away by Splat.

Jotaro would never admit it but he actually doesn’t mind when Joseph starts rambling about stupid shit (ADHD king), it grounds him when he needs sensory input to focus on. Kakyoin also rambles (also an ADHD king) and Jotaro especially likes it because Kakyoin tends to keep his voice level and doesn’t go from normal talking, to shouting, like Joseph does. 

Both Joseph and Holly know he struggles to express his feelings, so they both know to pay more attention to his actions and the way he expresses himself. When Jotaro left to fight Dio without so much as a hint of hesitation Holly cried harder than she ever had. 

He has a flat affect. His voice seems monotonous and his face tends to have the same expression except for rare occasions. When people first get to know him, that + him just being huge is, extremely intimidating. Kakyoin got worried Jotaro didn’t like him at first, and chalked it up to how he kinda sorta tried to kill him. Kakyoin is observent, and suddenly one day realized Jotaro is just Like That to everybody. 

Josuke, is not observant. 

Koichi is smart and realized Jotaro’s pretty monotonous to everybody, and tried to tell Josuke but he didn’t listen. 

“Do you think he doesn’t like me because I messed up their whole family and everything D::::” 

Josuke is also very bad at keeping things to himself and not being open about his emotions and so he eventually (probably after the rat fight bc wooo bonding moment), was like 

“Do uh. Do you like. Do you like me?? Like. Uh, idk nevermind.” 

And Jotaro thinks this over quietly, and Josuke sighs almost in relief because ‘oh good he didn’t hear me’.

“I like you a lot, I just, It’s hard for me to show I care sometimes. But you’re like my little brother I care about you a lot.” And he gives him one of his rare rare Jotaro smiles. :)

Josuke is beaming for a week straight. 

Later after part 5 Jotaro meets Giorno and they both instantly realize they are both autistic and they very quietly vibe. Neither of them knows how to read into the other’s tone and Giorno is almost constantly masking so they come to an impasse.

Jotaro: ...I like blobfish.

Giorno: He goes completely stir crazy after one day. Keeps turning random objects into frogs and if he is not stopped he will create a new pandemic but this time it’s frogs.

Mista: Suffering but he’ll survive. Due to him shooting people with rubber bands everything descends into anarchy.

Bucciaratti: He’s coming out it with either a full head of grey hair or bald due to how much he’s been pulling at it. Being the mom of the group is hard. Probably because of Abbacchio. Definitely Because of Abbacchio.

Abbacchio: The main source of stress. He ran out of alcohol on day 3 and Bucciaratti refuses to let him get more. One third of his time is spent staring into space. Another third is spent glaring at Giorno. The last third is spent screaming gently as he does either of the other aforementioned activites.

Narancia: Tried to cut his hair by himself and failed (even though Bucciarati normally cuts his hair). Also fancies himself the cook of the household. His greatest creation was ice cream and french toast.

So. When I first started sdc, I INSTANTLY noticed a lot of core (and lesser known!) autistic traits when it came to Jotaro. I’d see him do something and I’d be like “oh! I do that!” Or “oh! I understand that!” Because you know. I Am Big Autistic Doofus.

So first thing I wanna start with is sensory. One of the first things we see of Jotaro is him yelling at some female students, correct? I noticed a trend here, and some behaviors I have too. Now, these girls are touching him, and they’re all speaking at once, voices overlapping, and he finally yells at them to shut up, right? Sure, you could play it off as him being edgy or whatnot, but that’s not necessarily accurate. Watching that scene personally, I noticed a few really striking things. he only yells after the onslaught of stimuli begins, and you can see him become more and more agitated as the stimuli continues. He reaches his breaking point when these girls start yelling at each other, and he screams.

And chalking it up to him being an Angsty teen doesn’t make sense, either, because the same thing happens in part four. Autism doesn’t go away with age, so it makes sense.

From experience, this is exactly how I experience sensory overload. Distressing stimuli, stimuli continues, your nervous system becomes agitated, and the stress can make you explode if it persists. this can also be why he gets snippy when people touch him unexpectedly. Unwarranted (ESPECIALLY LIGHT) touch can be really scary and even painful. His sensory issues also would tie into why he always wears his gakuran, even in the hot ass desert. It’s familiar, it’s comfortable and it provides deep pressure input. It’s a comforting weight he needs to keep cool, just like his hat is also a comfort item.

now,,, to break out the big guns,,, communication

Throughout each part we see Jotaro in, it becomes very apparent that he’s not the best with words, and not the best at reading people. He communicates, but it’s mostly actions instead of speech, so his intentions are often misunderstood and he’s seen as rude or brash. Again, another core autistic trait. an example I really love to use is the way he knew holly was sick. Despite his bitchiness about her being annoying (yes, that’s probably because’s he’s a fucking edgelord and can’t handle his emotions mostly) he genuinely loves her despite never saying so with speech. he knew something was wrong becuase she didn’t give him a kiss goodbye before he left for school. For a lot of us autistic people, routine is important, especially routines around people we love and cherish. Him getting a hug and a kiss goodbye is an ingrained part in his routine because he loves his mom. not receiving that affection threw him off, and perhaps caused some anxiety because “I’m leaving, why hasn’t she given me a kiss? She ALWAYS gives me a kiss goodbye, something must be wrong”

Along with that, rather than outwardly saying “I’m worried about my mommy” he travels across an entire continent to save her life. this also ties into how we read and understand people a lot of the time, and also a little thing called cognitive empathy and theory of mind. Cognitive empathy is the ability to understand why a person may be feeling a way, “putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes”. Theory of mind is the ability to understand what a person may be thinking or feeling, and understand that people don’t know what you’re thinking or feeling without you explicitly saying so. In jotaro’s character bio, he is said to not be verbally expressive becuase he truly believes people know his motives and feelings with out him explaining, which is A HUGE AUTISTIC TRAIT.

personally, I do struggle with theory of mind and I also kind of assume people know what I’m talking about because that’s just how my brain works! Jotaro IS empathetic, and emotional, and kind hearted, but he just shows it differently.

Let’s talk emotions and emotional processing. it is common knowledge that Jotaro is an emotionally constipated dumbass. But again, watching him as an autistic person IT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH MOREEEEEE

We usually don’t see Jotaro express much emotion outwardly, which we previously discussed has to do with theory of mind. But it ALSO seems to do with a little something called alexithymia. That is the ability to identify an emotion or feeling, which I personally believe is something he lacks. Not only that, but because of it anger seems to be the only emotion he can process and react to accordingly. anger is easy. It’s intense, it’s heated, and it is easy to express. Jotaro has a lot of trouble processing his emotions and identifying them. Grief, anxiety, sadness, overwhelm, they all come out as anger. Let me explain a little bit more about alexithymia, becuase again that’s something I deal with. So, if you have alexithymia, you may feel a certain way, but are unable to describe it in the moment. If I’m anxious, it’s squiggly or ragged or ziggzagged and blah, or “it feels like a lily is blooming in my stomach”. If I’m sad and don’t really know I’m sad, “I feel blah, and kind of heavy, and my hands feel funny.” If I’m overwhelmed, an example i used yesterday in voice chat on discord is ”I feel wiggly, my body feels like jelly” it can go on. Emotions can be tangible, physical sensations that can make them hard to describe. As a kid, when I’d dissociate I would say “today was a gray day.” Colors and shapes and sensations came easy, words not so much.

one more thing I’d like to touch on with emotions are meltdowns and shutdowns. Meltdowns are essentially outward expressions of extreme distress. This can range from crying and stimming to destructive things like throwing stuff, (TW) self injury like biting or punching or othering things like getting into fights and snapping at people. Meltdowns are triggered by fight or flight, your nerves are completely haywire, you can’t think everything’s too much and it’s all ??? and you just need to be alone to get though it. Shutdowns are exactly what they sound like: you are so overwhelmed that your brain and body completely shut off. You can’t move, speak, or think properly. Jotaro a big guy, and for a lot of autistic people our traits are seen as threatening or like we’re instigating, Espeically for somebody of his build.

so stimming is something everybody does, it can range from bouncing your leg or tapping your fingers on something, or rocking and flapping and humming. Despite stimming being a natural human behavior, neurodivergent people are notorious for it because we need to do it more regularly. It helps us regulate our senses and express our emotions. Something I noticed he does quite a lot is fist clenching. Fist clenching offers deep pressure input, and seems to be his body’s expression of anger or fear along with him biting his lip and clenching his jaw. Another very obvious thing he does is tipping his hat, a comforting motion, and also an expression of embarrassment, anxiousness, and I think it’s also to avoid looking at people’s eyes. last ones I wanna talk about are the notorious phrases...

“yare yare daze”. Feels nice to say, first off, and from what I’ve gathered it almost always seems to be used when he doesn’t know what to say or he uses it as an expression of exasperation or confusion.

ora! Something I belive has a lot of credibility is that stands will have the autistic traits their autistic user does, and, since star is jotaro’s authentic self it would make sense that the only thing he says is a vocal stim.

Last thing! So. Perception. How you view the world and interact with it. Autistic people are super well known for our attention to the small details, and what is one of the first things we learn about star platinum?

stands are a complete manifestation of their user’s authentic self, and, if that user is autistic their stand would be also. Wouldn’t it make sense for their strongest traits to show?

This concludes my essay.

Foo Fighters: AHSHHSHSJSJ

Jotaro: what

Jolyne: it’s a keyboard smash

Jotaro: how do I do it

Jolyne: just... press anything

Shoutout to @shapeshiftersinc for making what is literally the best working binder I’ve ever owned. I bought it for the meme except it’s actually really high quality and will most likely become my main binder now.