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The first evidence I have of spencer being autistic doesn't come with specific sited canon sources but obviously is based in canon. Spencer commonly does what I have heard referred to as "imprintin" where there are select people he attaches himself to and seeks out social queues from

While he imprints on every team member to a degree the strongest has to be Morgan, JJ, Gideon, and Hotch. JJ has taken on a needed role of a mothering figure in his life. A soft and bright woman who could give him the nurturing care and concern his ill mother couldn't.

Notably the rest of his imprints are on strong male figures in his life, filling a void that's needed every since the abandonment by his father. The strongest of these being Morgan as Morgan made an effort to take spencer out of his comfort zone. Morgan's ability to do so with little to no resistance speaks to his importance to Reid and Reid's want to impress him with his growth.

These imprints are most obvious in Reid's eyes darting to these people when lost in a social situation or simply asking that person, and his dissapointment when they express annoyance at his info dumping and pride when they understand he made a joke and laugh at it.

OOOH MAN ok well it mainly centres around definitions and people saying 'tomatoes aren't a vegetable, they're a fruit!' and my argument is IT'S BOTH AND ALSO WHY ARE YOU FOCUSSING ON TOMATOES, A WHOLE LOT OF VEGETABLES ARE FRUITS. Idk I just get passionate whenever any of this gets brought up. And, as the people who've had to spend a lot of time around me know, it comes up SHOCKINGLY FREQUENTLY. (Sorry, those people.)

'Fruit' has a specific botanical meaning, and refers to a specific part that gets produced by a plant, related to the ovaries of the flower and contains seeds and such. A lot of vegetables come under this definition, including tomato, pumpkin, squash, zucchini, etc. etc. etc. I could probably go on forever. I used to be really passionate about excluding strawberries from this definition but I'm kind of getting over that. Technically they're not berries but I guess you could call them a fruit, since they're still the fleshy seed-bearing part, though the seeds are on the outside. But the more I go through life, the more I learn about botany, and turns out I've said a lot of incorrect things in the past.

'Fruit' also has a culinary meaning which is less specific and mostly just about usage; which, naturally, varies, but mostly seems to be just plant parts that are used in a sweet context, either in baking etc. or just because they're sweet when eaten raw. Things that are DEFINITELY not fruit botanically can still get counted as fruit by usage, like rhubarb. Tomato, pumpkin, squash, zucchini etc generally don't count as a fruit by this definition.

'Vegetable' has no botanical meaning, it's basically usage only. WHICH IS WHY you can't say 'tomato isn't a vegetable'. There is no definition of vegetable which actually excludes tomatoes. Definitions vary with context - sometimes vegetable is used to refer to ALL PLANTS, as in 'vegetable matter' or 'animal, vegetable or mineral'; sometimes it just means any edible plant or plant part, which would include fruit (this is my personal favourite definition of vegetable, although it also includes grains etc.); or sometimes it's just edible plant parts used in a mainly savoury context. Sometimes people don't think through what they're trying to say and argue that vegetables are the root parts, like potatoes and yams and carrots, but mate you are cutting out a HECK of a lot of generally-accepted vegetables, as mentioned above. Also I've never actally encountered a definition that says this, this is just something people try to rebut me with, and they generally put it down a few seconds later anyway. I'M JUST MENTIONING IT FOR COMPLETION.

Furthermore, mushrooms are often used as vegetables in food, and they're not even plants. This is something that literally only just occurred to me so I haven't put a lot of thought into how I think they should fit into everything. THE TOPIC IS NOT EXHAUSTED YET.

You didn't ask about herbs but it's related and oh boy have I gone on about this extensively too:

'Herb' has a botanical meaning that's separate from its culinary meaning, but this is different in American English vs. British English. In American English, a herb is, botanically, a plant that doesn't have woody parts. This includes things like bananas and excludes things like rosemary. I don't think British English has this botanical meaning for herb; it just has the culinary meaning, which is basically plants where the (mainly) leaves are used for mainly seasoning/flavour purposes, rather than the actual body of any meal. This includes rosemary and excludes bananas.

TL;DR: definitions vary in context, tomatoes are vegetables, and i spend waaaay too much time arguing these things with people. (my entire family will vouch for this. they're pretty sick of it and could not care less.)