as an Undiagnosed wasian zellinial i have some shane headcannons to share with u
went to the autism office and they said "your really weird and you check most of the boxes, but actually thats just cause your japanese, u dont have autism haha
went to kumon and HATED IT AHHH
my family is REALLY small. im an only child, and my extended family also doesnt have a lot of kids. cause idk
went to Japanese saturday school and was the only wasian in my class. there was one other girl who was wasian, she was also neurodivergent. Her name was wisty (short for wisteria) and she used to show me her magic tricks in the back of the bus (special interest). miss her.
It was wild in a way and very old fashioned, but when we read from the textbook at saturday school we had to stand up at our desks and my heart would RACE.
going to japan I was treated like a young emperor cause I was "white" to them. It really twisted my 7 year old ego.
growing up kids would ask me shit like if Tofu was made out of fish and point out rice in my hair.
I liked to eat "Tamago-kake-Gohan" for breakfast which is literally a raw egg and soysauce on rice and it HITS BITCH. But i understand that sounds gross.
I had a neurodivergent Ojiichan who would play GO with me when I would visit Japan in the summer. He was an electrical engineer.
my parents made me do a lot of extra-curiculars growing up. Ive been to everytype of sports camp there is. I settled on vball cause my mom didnt want me to get concussions (did anyway lol).
also played lots of instruments. I was pretty good at violin, and flute. Apparently my piano teacher dumped me when i was like 8 cause I "wasn't serious enough" LOL
i had a panic disorder in middle/highschool and it came a lot from the pressure I felt from my parents but also cause I felt so weird and different and had trouble emotionally connecting with alot of ppl.
alot of my wasian friends parents have bad marriages/ are divorced.
I def have the protein bars eating disorder.
been on anti-depressants since I was 16
my mom will never go to therapy cause of her culture, but her anxiety could power the electrical grid of a small nation.
my mom has been lecturing me about vitamins and nutrients since i was small. *eats a tomato* those are very good for you, lots of licopenes! (?) good for your eyes and skin 😌"
i wasn't allowed to drink soda at home so I would BALL THA FUCK OUT at friends bday parties. speaking of
i had a yoga-themed birthday party at like 8 and had a melt down cause everyone wanted me to open their present first (I wanted them to go one ☝️at a time). theres literally a picture of me holding my ears and panicking while my friends decended on me with their presents.
I will add more to this maybe in the future. I have been getting mt LIFE reading all this fanfic about ilya/shane and I wanted to contribute. Idk if anyone will read this, it felt very vulnerable to share. If u did, plz let me know, and thank you!