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I have a LOT of feelings about how Gus has so many of the autistic (and some ADHD) traits that people find annoying and grating and get pissed off about (correcting people, infodumping, dropping special interests into unrelated conversations, rigidity in folllowing rules, etc) and Shawn has so many of the ADHD (and some autistic) traits that people find annoying etc (physical and verbal hyperactivity, jumping between tasks and jobs and so forth, habitual lying, interrupting in conversation, etc), BUT

With each other they sort of… build their relationship around those things, instead of treating them as Problems. Gus corrects incorrect things and Shawn forgets correct things (or habitually lies or etc) so they build an entire recurring bit around the situation where those traits intersect (“I’ve heard it both ways”) that turns it from a source of conflict into a shared in-joke ritual. When Shawn starts up one of his elaborate lies Gus immediately swings into commit to the bit back-up mode. Shawn treats Gus’s infodumping as a social strategy.

They balance each others’ extremes without genuinely resenting each other for needing that. Gus is overly rigid about rule-following, Shawn is overly impulsive about rule-breaking, and they pull each other towards a more sustainable middle ground. Gus is overly fond of routine and risks stagnation, Shawn is overly prone to starting and then abandoning things, between them they’re able to form a life that’s interesting and includes novelty but isn’t unlivably chaotic. (We see what happens with that one when they’re not together to balance each other out! During the time they were apart, Shawn had a jillion jobs and quit all of them, while Gus became a dead-eyed pharmaceutical salesman with zero, like, Upward Mobility.)

And then of course there are the traits they share! They both clearly have echolalia and a drive to stim, for instance, and instead of policing each other they just periodically break into random dances and vocal exercises and “singing” and general sensory-seeking nonsense together, matched to each other.

I just??? The fact that they visibly display all those autistic and ADHD traits that drive other people crazy but instead of being a wedge between them that’s exactly why they’re perfect for each other… and how it’s not that it doesn’t ever cause them annoyance because they’re just like naturally soulmates who never get annoyed by anything about each other, but that they’ve worked out rituals and strategies so that what maybe bothered them in the past now instead is a shared bonding activity, or acts to balance their weaknesses against each other…

Creating the content i want to see in the world: more sleepy derek hale :] a wolf burrito. worrito. wolfarrito.

we'll workshop it.

Also to further my Stiles' erratic taste in music (previous: 1 / 2) headcanon, he's listening to:

https://www.pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Restoring-the-Great-Black-Swamp-in-Northwestern-Ohio.aspx

I NEEDED TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE PART 3

keenry tory’s pov: https://www.tumblr.com/sleepyicon/773121101619429376/keenry-torys-pov

s2

“there’s good in everyone. she just has to be shown the right way”

s3

taking tory up on her offer to go to the zoo. he’s done running away.

grabbing the snake with his bare hands to please tory and the other cobras

s4

robby offering to help tory up when he took her down in a fight

robby having tory stand by his side as he makes his speech to to the cobras. he views tory as an equal.

robby once again offering to help tory up when he takes her down

robby asking tory where her new job is, but respects her not wanting to share

robby once again respecting her boundaries when he found out tory had a shitty day, even making a light hearted joke out of it

robby asking tory if she’s going to prom and amused when she asks him

robby assuring tory that he understands her when she calls her motivations to win the tournament stupid

robby accepting tory when she rests her head against his and telling her that he didn’t care about sam and miguel, which gave her the courage to feel the same

robby jumping into the fight at stingray’s after party to help tory

robby not caring when tory pulled him into the pool and laughing with her

robby complimenting tory’s dancing and karate skills and laughing with her when she mentioned she was going to return her dress

robby initiating kissing her

robby and tory sparring together and robby smiling up at tory when she lands on top of him

robby throwing his gi to tory before his final fight (i saw the way piper looked at tory after ik this means something)

robby telling tory that he’s alright and that she should focus on her fight when she checks on him after his loss, not wanting her to worry about his own baggage before her big fight

robby’s struggling right now, but he STILL SHOWS UP FOR TORY’S FIGHT AND WISHES HER LUCK!!

robby cheering with the other cobras when tory wins, he’s no longer rooting for cobra kai, but he is rooting for tory

s5

robby telling his dad “i could be at home right now with tory” when he finds out johnny lied to him about why they were really in mexico. she was on his minddd

robby shouting her name across the water park

robby looking out for tory by attempting to convince her to take a break from cobra kai, and trying to understand tory’s decision not to (yes his ultimatum at the end of this ep was shitty, but he knew cobra kai was causing damage and i’m glad he ultimately stood up to it in the end)

“there’s some others in cobra kai i care about too” we all know that means tory.

robby showing concern for something potentially happening to tory when she doesn’t show up for her sekai taikai qualifier match

robby looking at and nodding to her after his speech to silver, noticing that her loyalty to silver is fading and that he’s there for her

robby trying to get into contact with tory later that day

robby immediately noticing tory’s hand and asking what happened to it, seemingly not believing her when she tells him it was a training accident

robby smiling at tory when she looks out for the both of them due to their probation

robby (kinda) putting his arm in front of tory when silver walks over to the both of them (what i like about this scene is that silver is the one who set them up, and now they’re both against him)

robby apologizing to tory for abandoning her and respecting that she’s tired (which after everything, i definitely believe that was her true reason to not want a longer conversation) and just wants to kiss

s6

likely, tory was the first person robby went to when he got to school to show that he was reinstated

robby wanting to help tory and sam become friends and going along with miguel’s double date idea, but he sets the record straight with tory when she seems uncomfortable, while still trying to encourage her to give her a chance

also robby calling bs (with his eyes) when tory tells him that she’s not avoiding sam

robby’s sekai taikai pact with tory (do i even need to say more?)

robby looking absolutely CRUSHED when he sees that tory rejoined cobra kai

robby conversing with the cobra kai’s at their hotel in barcelona and his face softening the second he sees tory, and then attempting to run after her

robby smiling at tory when they were taking their captain’s photo and then going after her as soon as it was done

robby having an honest and heartfelt with tory about cobra kai in the aquarium (this scene was so beautiful and absolutely cut short by sam invading their privacy for some reason??)

robby trying to stay away from cobra kai and their challenges, only participating when kwon eggs him on by mentioning his gf is on their team and then agreeing to a bet with kwon (which in my opinion is very unlike him)

robby going to tory’s room in the middle of the night and assuring her that she’s not making things worse for him when she thinks that she is

robby being extremely unfocused during the tournament due to tory putting them on pause and competing for a rival team

robby being jealous of tory and kwon

robby being so heartbroken and off balance due to no longer having tory and screwing up the tournament that he drinks, possibly for the first time and getting extremely drunk

robby attempting to fight kwon when he tells him that he’ll keep tory warm, but being too drunk to do it (once again, all of this is unlike him)

robby did not come to play in his fight against kwon when he discovered that kwon played him by faking a relationship with tory. as johnny said, robby was making it hurt

robby apologizing to tory for letting her and kwon get to his head, saying that he knows himself and her better than that.

“did any of it include me” when tory said that she never should have let herself believe in any of it AJDMFIFNEKSKGNRODN

after kwon rudely interrupted them, he told tory to get home safe and that he would see her there. he was determined to figure things out with her (don’t even get me started with this “oh it’s one sided and toxic” shit TORY’S NOT IN THE RIGHT HEADSPACE RN SHE’S STILL A GRIEVING CHILD, EVIDENT BY THE FACT THAT SHE WAS HOLDING HER AND HER MOM’S MAGIC JEWEL WITH A SAD LOOK ON HER FACE. SHE WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT THAT SHE WAS IN FOR HER MOM! AND SHE HAS PROVEN MULTIPLE TIMES THAT SHES A GOOD PARTNER, BUT SHE CANT BE PERFECT ALL THE TIME MY GOD wait this is supposed to be a robby post anyways)

robby pulling a badass double kick to save tory from zara during the tournament brawl

robby telling zara that it’s not even close when she questions him choosing tory over her (more like there’s no decision at all you stupid abuser)

robby and tory fighting together!!!

robby and tory standing next to each other in the aftermath of the brawl, both of them devistated after kwon’s death

zara losing sponsorships left and right, kwon now DECEASED. that #keenrykarma came THROUGH!

tory vs iron dragons ate so bad, i’ve absolutely loved her so much this season. she’s amaze.

hair on 10. face card on 10. body on 10. outfits on 10. fights on 10. my girl really did her big one.

the way robby FLUNG zara off tory so quick. he said he don’t play about his!!

and the ‘you’re really gonna choose her over me’ ‘its not even close’ IDK what zara stupid ass was thinking. girl you weren’t even in line, you were never gonna get chosen? stupid delusional bitch.

also zara getting jealous of tory was such a highlight for me. like queen cobra really go you that pressed? LOSER.

‘KISS THIS BITCH’ TORYYYYY TENSSS ACROSS THE BOARD