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@calidris   @rose-colored-fancy

Thanks so much for your answers! I do like to categorize things, but I was a bit concerned about not wanting a label to wind up defining a character. Which isn’t really an actual issue for me because my characters are themselves and categorizing them other ways doesn’t change that. So unnecessary worry?
Anyway.

One of my characters, Ríadnu Seorsavrel, has made me kind of wonder if he’s autistic. At first I thought it was just the extremely unusual circumstances around his life/development, but since I’ve been getting to know him better I haven’t been sure. I’ll certainly look into the possibility now. Getting that figured out will probably help his interactions with other characters. Not that it’s a problem, but he’s really quiet (unless you give him a harp!), and I need to get his actions around and discussions with another character right. Btw what Calidris said about these ND characters being/not being pretty… Ríadnu could have the word “princeling” applied to him 🙃

Side note: what does that emoji even mean? It seemed to fit, but I really have no idea.

Kit works at a perfume boutique?! Cool, I bet he loves it! I’d probably hate it XD. Most perfumes drive me nuts.

YESSS welcome to the neurosparkly club! XD That’s epic!

Neurosparkly 😂 that’s an awesome word smash.

practicing what to say beforehand (That’s called scripting)

Huh. So that has a name. *remembers the times I’ve panicked and practiced in my brain before phone calls even to simple, mundane restaurants *

Also, YES accents are such a fun stim, though it’s not often recognized as one! I used to do it a lot, that and copying voices!

Yeah, my first day at work (photography studio, yay!) my boss thought I sounded Bulgarian. And I’m not at all Bulgarian. 😆

Look, that’s a good thing, a great thing, but it doesn’t contradict her being autistic? Being autistic doesn’t make a character a victim, even though it’s often framed that way.

Yes! THIS.