anne shirley is maybe autistic?
tbh I feel like maybe I am just hc-ing everyone all of my faves⦠but like⦠listen okay so⦠I was thinking that maybe Anne Shirley (or Blythe, but⦠anyway⦠you donāt see as much of her as Blythe)⦠is autistic? Like okay soā¦
special interests: sheās constantly talking on and on about stuff⦠she get sreally excited and sometimes canāt tell when sheās overstepped and talking too much, she becomes obsessed with things to the point of imitating them, like her Lady of the Lake reenactment⦠and grew up relying on those special interest things to help her through life⦠romance⦠quotesā¦Ā
with the quoting things that could be like, echolalia (my life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes) I think thatās the phrase⦠she says it over and over as a source of comfort, yes because of its meaning and relating her life to the lives of romantic heroines, but also I think it might be a sort of stim thing?
also she loves taking everything in and feeling emotions wholly and being thrilled by life? like she experiences her happiness and she is just filled with joy, completely, and she canāt contain herselfā¦
and then when she is sad sheās in theĀ ādepths of despairā everything is horrible and unbearable and so extreme.. she just canāt help but to feel it completely.
sheās also often misunderstood, but sheās a gentle person, she can be very sensitive (and thereās a line about how she might have forgotten about the being called out and the carrots incident if only that one thing hadnāt pushed her over the edge, but because of it she felt miserable and ashamed and she just couldnāt take it) I donāt know maybe Iām just overthinking it, but I feel like it makes sense. She loves Paul with his little people, and sheās dissapointed when kids like Davy donāt quite understand her idea of things being pretty⦠and the difference between falsehoods and storiesā¦
she can be quick tempered, and a lot of things result from her misunderstandings, her lack of awareness about some societal ideas⦠and her favouring pretty things over logic in terms of⦠trying to die her hair or get rid of her freckles⦠sheās obsessed with a certain way of being even if her mistakes really cost her? and she prefers more stimmy sort of aesthetic type things b/c she feels happier and more comfortable with them?
also she has particular focus on specific things, like when sheās learning poems or dances or trying to impress kids or keep up with gilbertā¦
but she also has trouble keeping focus all the time? like sheās forgetabout food on the stove, or to do some chore for marilla and itās never cruel or intentional, itās just an honest mistake. (like memory/focus issues
I donāt know, Iām sure there are other things but⦠like⦠I feel like she could easily be autistic like? idk? but also the idea that she is is nice b/c it shows her in a positive light as someone who is adored because of her differences, not so much in spite of them. She has embarrassing and difficult moments, but ultimately sheās adored because of her differences, and her misinterpretation of lack of care for social rules. she brings sweetness and happiness into peopleās lives so idk? itās just kinda nice.. anyway⦠i have been think about this