Characters I headcannon (and characters who are cannon) as neurodivergent

glitterandkittens 3/10/2022 07:06 pm 5166

Feel free to drop your neurodivergent headcannons/cannons (ALSO PLEASE BE NICE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND INTERNET TONE WELL SO PLEASE BE GENTLE IF YOU DISAGREE)

The Joker (Mainly Joaquin Phoenix?'s Joker) CANNON/HEADCANNON?

-Now when people think neurodivergent they usually think autism and adhd. But its actually alot of things including mental illness. And we can ALL agree that the Joker is mentally ill. Is he the best representation of neurodivergence? No. So I have no idea wheter or not to call him a cannon or headcannon. I used to think the Joker is autistic but after looking into it I dont really believe he is autistic

Entrapta (She-Ra) CANNON

-Entrapta is the princess of Dryl in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. She is my favorite character and she is cannon autistic. Some might say she is steroytypical "the smart autistic girl" but I honestly think Entrapta is so relatable for me. One of my favorite quote from her is when she talked about how she doesnt understand people but she understand tech (her special intrests)

Cricket Green (Big City Greens) CANNON KINDA

-So I used to watch this show all the time (Its on Disney plus) but Cricket Green was kinda conformed to have adhd. Just watch the episode "Quiet Please" and you'll see what I mean.

Star Butterfly (Star vs The Forces of Evil) HEADCANNON

-Star is also very relatible to a younger me. Very hyper. Very litarle. rApToR aRms. Yes I know she is like an alien princess thing but I still headcannon her as autistic.

(EDIT) Lucy Quinn (Harley Quinn and J's daughter) DEFINETLY NOT CANNON

(I am putting J instead of his actual name because my school is weird lol)

LMAO okay so I littarley doubt any of you know who this character is. She is littarley brought up ONE time in the DC universe. Lucy Quinn is the young daughter of Harley Quinn and J. Harley gave her up because she thought J didnt have enough time for Lucy. So I head cannon Lucy as neurodivergent. I quess you could call it projection idk. My evidence for this is well, J and Harley have neurodivergent brains. And I also have alot of trauma with the J so I make him as good as he can be lmao. Like I picture him actually being a good dad to Lucy. Idk im weird okay we estabished this.


Thats all I have. I'll edit if I find anymore headcannons/cannons

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Mar 10, 2022 10:26 pm

idk if I got any explanations for these or I am just projecting tbh

Aizawa (MHA)

Just every my little pony character

Craig (South Park)

Chop Top (Texas Chainsaw) (also yeah that's kinda the point of the movies but drawing him with infinity symbols makes me happy)

Spiderman (Marvel) (Just any one rlly lol)

Tanjiro's gang (Demon Slayer)

(I got more but I can't think of em rn laugh)

Mar 10, 2022 11:39 pm

okay so these are all headcannoned except for literally one but yeah - also some of them -as characters or just what qualifies as "good" representation- are terrible i know i just think mannerisms wise aside from their personal actions have some parallels with myself + other neurodiv people i've known plus i thought this was an interesting concept


cassie ainsworth (skins)

castiel (supernatural)

charlie kelly - (it's always sunny in philadelphia)

barry berkman/block - (barry)

fogell (superbad)

george michael (arrested development)

guillermo de la cruz (what we do in the shadows)

jack (the house that jack built)

james (the end of the f***ing world)

kurt kunkle (spree)

matilda (everything's gonna be okay) canon <3

megan (but i'm a cheerleader)

michael bluth (arrested development)

nicholas (everything's gonna be okay)

sam (garden state)

vanya hargreeves (the umbrella academy)

wednesday addams (the addams family)

willow rosenberg (buffy the vampire slayer)

wirt (over the garden wall)


please note: some of these characters are genuinely bad people. not necessarily "good" examples of headcanonned or canon neurodiv characters

Mar 11, 2022 12:08 am

It's not cannon but Starfire from Teen Titans is definitely autistic! Many people say the way she acts is due to her being an alien, but you can tell this isn't true because in the episode with her sister, Blackfire, Blackfire acts completely different and "normal". Starfire is shown taking things literally, having trouble understanding emotions, having hyperempathy (I think but the memory is pretty vague) and tons more! togepi

Mar 11, 2022 4:51 am

@TeddyBear: OMG I love Starfire why did I not think of her. Also her special intrests (Im talking about Teen Titans Go) is cats

Mar 11, 2022 4:52 am

@kandicryptkeeper: im intrested. how do you think Wednesday is nuerodivergent?

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Mar 11, 2022 5:05 am

hmm fire princess (childhood trauma) finn's dad (cus he has legit no empathy for anyone) and grizz from we bare bears(cus he reminds me of myself when i get excited)

Mar 11, 2022 5:13 am

aaaa!! ok, i can think of a few rn but not alot. im not really sure how accurate some of these are tbh.

sprig and marcy!! (amphibia. sprig canonically has adhd i think?? not sure about marcy tho)

luz!! (the owl house. i think this is canon??)

pinkie pie and rainbow dash!! (mlp. not canon but theyre just very relatable for me)

mabel!! (gravity falls. i headcanon that shes autistic and adhd bc shes also relatable for me)

peridot (steven universe. not really sure if its canon?? i cant remember)

raccoon

Mar 11, 2022 5:46 am

i 100% agree with the star butterfly one =D

i also think that mabel from gravity falls might be some kind of neurodivergent??

it always stuck with me the way she was never able to let go of the past and live life in the moment

Mar 11, 2022 5:48 am
@kandifrogs808: yes 100% i think wensday is

i think probably from childhood trauma?

(and also a little reflecting on me just because everyone always says i look like her so now i have an emotial attachemnt to her)

Mar 11, 2022 5:48 am

@genimccleni: Yeah I was gonna add her dad too. Because he acts similar to her and autism can be genetic