Larry Da' Cat!

Hello friend, welcome back to my inbox. 

You’ve visited it a lot in the past few months. I was hoping that eventually, you might take a hint and go back and re-read the comic and seek your own answers, because many of the questions you ask are answered in the story itself… but alas… you have not given up.

So, I wanted to be fair and make things as clear as possible, because I have a feeling you have trouble reading between the lines:

- Steven’s foster parents are not the main characters of this story. The reason I don’t show them or their faces, or give their names, is because they are not important. 

- If you have trouble understanding what his life with them was like, if they were nice or not, etc… I recommend going back and re-reading the first comic of this series. There are a lot of answers there for you.

- If you continue to send me these messages, I’m afraid I’ll have to block you. Spamming this is not a good way to communicate with people. I think it would be better if you tried to talk with friends about your interests and theories, and tried to come up with your own answers to your pressing questions. 

I hope this will be the start of a better understanding between us. 

IM SORRY FOR THE CAPS IM JUST REALLY EXCITED

I SAW THIS POST EARLIER TODAY AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPAND ON IT AS A QUEER ZOOLOGIST WHO LOVES SUPERHEROS AND THEIR MUTATIONS BECAUSE I’M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT

THAT TODOROKI HAS BILATERAL CHIMERISM MAKES A TON OF SENSE SINCE HIS TWO HALVES LITERALLY HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ABILITIES

THIS MUTATION DOESNT OCCUR IN MAMMALS BUT TONS OF CHARACTERS HAVE ANIMAL QUIRKS IN THIS SHOW SO IT’S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY IN THIS UNIVERSE

MORE EXAMPLES:

THE THING IS THO

BILATERAL CHIMERISM HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN THIS BUT IT IS VISIBLE IN THIS THESE SPECIES BECAUSE THE MALES AND FEMALES HAVE MAJOR SEXUAL DIMORPHISM AND THESE ANIMALS ARE LITERALLY HALF FEMALE HALF MALE

THIS ALSO MAKES SENSE FOR TODOROKI BECAUSE HIS ABILITIES DIDN’T MIX, HE LITERALLY HALF HAS THE POWER OF HIS MOTHER AND HALF THE POWER OF HIS FATHER, SAME WITH THEIR HAIR COLOURS

CONCLUSION:

IF TODOROKI DOES IN FACT HAVE BILATERAL CHIMERISM

HE IS INTERSEX

Deku:

Has a massive obsession (special interest!) with heroes - especially All Might. His entire room is All Might themed, and he collects everything to do with them.

Has an encyclopedic knowledge of almost every pro hero, as he’s been writing detailed information about them in his Hero Analysis notebooks since he was around four years old. 

Watched that one All Might video over and over again on a regular basis from the time he was four years old until the present, and was seen rocking back and forth (stimming!) as he waited for his mother to put the video on as a little boy, and often shows other stimming behaviours. 

Iida:

Insists on always sticking to the same rules and routines, even when it’s inconvenient/unnecessary, and becomes very upset if somebody is perceived to be breaking those rules.

Has very black-and-white thinking, and his older brother said himself in his flashback that he always takes things so literally.

Todoroki:

Has a hard time making friends/knowing how to get along with people, coming across as cold and distant even though that’s not his intention at all.

Is awkward talking to people (are you All Might’s secret love child?). Also has a bit of a monotonous voice. 

thanks anon! I’m glad u liked my rambling lmfaoo I’m totes down to expand on my thoughts but I do just wanna say before I start that I’m not autistic so if any autistic peeps have an issues or corrections with things I say please do not hesitate to jump in. my understanding of autism comes from research and talking with my wife and friends who are on the spectrum about their experiences and views, so I am certain there will be places where it is lacking and i welcome corrections

but okay so my autistic izu and todo headcanons!

so I touched on izukus hero hyperfixations and the singular focused way izuku interacts with his interests and his high intensity but in expanding on that, izuku is highly emotional, his feelings come on strong and he allows himself to fully experience and be taken over by them when they happen. he’s emotionally impulsive and hyperaroused, which I love because its what makes him so earnest (and the reason why bakugou who is so emotionally stunted and guarded and has no idea what genuine motives are and assumes everyone has an ulterior motive, has such a hard time dealing with and understanding him) and those are big adhd and autistic traits.

i also headcanon that Izuku loves to stim in really physical and active ways cause adhd gives him enough energy to rival the sun and its gotta go somewhere (in canon we see this as izuku figeting snd always exercising) because Inko is best mom she always accepted Izuku and encouraged his stimming. he’s got tons of fidgets and stim toys that he keeps everywhere. in his pencil case, desk, backpack, even in some of the pockets of his hero costume for when there’s really slow patrols. Izuku strikes me as a chewer so id say most of his stim toys are chewables. just something to occupy his mouth when he gets really in the zone so he doesn’t keep muttering or start bouncing his leg during class or when they’re in group study sessions

as for todoroki I think he has a much more stunted presentation because of his abuse, also the lack of adhd. todorokis autism is less excitable and fixated, and much more muted and internalized. todoroki is so shut off and disconnected from himself and his emotions because of his abuse and thus really doesn’t know how to identify these feelings. he just knows he struggles to fit in and connect and understand the social nuances of his friends. a lot of autistic people when faced with abuse check out. they cut themselves off from their feelings and their emotions and learn how to suppress everything in order to not become overwhelmed by negative feelings.

he takes everything at face value and doesn’t understand how to conceptualize ulterior motives like that. he doesn’t think beyond the surface emotions of other people because he has zero frame of reference. where izuku is hyperempathic becsuse he feels his emotions so strongly and is therefore very self aware of them, todoroki is just lost. hes never experienced those emotions so he can’t even conceptualize that they exist in himself or others so he doesn’t recognize them. or when he does, he has no idea how to handle them. we see him recognize when iida or bakugou are in dark places and his want to be there for them or get close to them to help, but he has no idea where to even begin.

which I think is a big reason he’s so drawn to izuku. he and todoroki are on opposite ends of the spectrum and I think todoroki desperately wants the ease of understanding and emotional honestly that izuku has and is trying really hard to let himself open up more.

This is my analysis of Todoroki’s autistic behavior and why I strongly headcanon him to be autistic. I will be using pictures from the manga to back my arguments up. This got a bit out of hand, length-wise, so i’m going to put in under a read-more!

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