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    Cathy replied to the topic Character Castle 2.0 in the forum Fantasy Writers 3 years, 8 months ago

    BRILLIANT FABULOUS FANTASTIC I copied the entire thing into a writing file for future reference for Ophelia XD Thank you so much for that! It’s also fun to me how the neurosparkles have quite a bit of overlap.

    LOL THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TO INFODUMP 😉

    Yet another neurosparkly overlap XD

    The stores. always. hate. me. 😅😟

    Like SAME! I am usually pretty reserved and composed but the second I get the rush of adrenaline from being scared out of my mind I get giggly and honestly twice as funny as I usually am. Or at least. I think that in the moment. For some reason people never laugh when I crack a joke right after a near-death experience. Bizarre of them.

    HA IKR!?!?! People seem to think I’m a bit deranged when I do that…

    An autism trait I’ve always missed completely was ‘inability to play imaginatively’. Even when I was little I’d make up incredibly intricate and extensive stories while playing, and apparently autistic people can’t do that? Again, it’s a spectrum.

    I always kidnapped…and tortured…my toys…

    I too was disturbed but having them escape was therapeutic I guess…

     

    @mamaauthoress HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    Honestly…has anyone ever told him? I think Kit would either get smug and annoying about it or tear up XD Actually it’s pretty much canon that little elderly women tell him he’s handsome and charming because he’s very polite towards them…so they get to see the nice version of him and then Val gets stuck with the smug aftermath XD

    *snicker* Yup, Kit is so annoying I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    You know what, that’s honestly a really great point (and I’m so sorry your mom is going through that!)  I guess for me, I’d rather feel productive at least some of the time than never, but that’s a really valid concern (that, plus all of the side effects.)

    Yeahhh… ❤️

    Oik yeah, and anyway I’m still quite functional, it’s society’s problem if they want me to be productive more conventionally 😉

    That was me too!  I remember being told that I had to not answer as much…which didn’t make sense to me because what if I knew the answer and no-one else did?  I also had really good grades, except I remember once in 7th grade I got a D in an English course because I worked really hard on a huge assignment and then forgot to turn it in :’)

    LOL I got that one all the time too!!! Although I do get why they do that otherwise everyone just kinda waits for the “star students” to answer even if they know the answer because they feel insecure about talking so I get that.

    I’m verrrry lucky to only have a end-of-semester deadline – everything else CAN be postponed and my professor’s really forgiving about late assignments…

    I HAVE THAT EXACT SAME STIM

    IT JUST FEELS SO GOOD RIGHT!?!?!!?!?!

    Honestly you’re pretty much just describing my whole school experience.  I never realized this was an ADHD thing but it makes sense!

    Oh yeah! And I’ll never know how I’ve stayed on top of it because I know I’ve not been “paying attention” like everybody else at all.

    So…Kit XD

    Y E S

    Yeah…I’ve learned to stop doing that so much as time goes on but I used to have a real issue with that 🙁 Which…IDK this might be oversharing too XD

    *looks around, shrugs like “I-guess-I’ll-die-meme* Idk.

    Not to brag or anything but I wouldn’t know if I was oversharing if I told a complete stranger my entire life story 😅✌️

    That’s really interesting!  When I get really overstimulated, I just shut down completely because of the stress.  It’s even worse when I feel like I have to mask, and I can’t stim to release the stress (like in a lot of social situations.)

    I mean if I get overstimmed AND upset I completely shut down. But only overstimmed and I am HIGHHH.

    *Possibly why I had the mental composure to actually say ‘This is why you don’t do drugs kids.’ while drugged after having my wisdoms pulled. I was/am stupidly proud of that quip.*

    This makes perfect sense for Kit!  I’ve known for a while that Val is most certainly a huge hyperfixation for him, but I wasn’t really sure how to portray that without making him seem creepy and obsessive or making the situation unfair to either of them.  This is a fantastic explanation, and I’ll definitely keep this in mind while writing that dynamic!

    Well in the castle it’s been cute, I think as long as he TRIES to respect her boundaries it’s good. Never underestimate the power of puppy eyes.

    Yeah, this has happened to me too.  I’m not sure how much of it is ADHD and how much of it is the whole “autistic missing social cues” thing, though.  For me, this usually tended to look like being the “backup friend.”  As I’ve grown and matured (and as God provided me with good, solid Christian friends,) I’ve started making conscious efforts to recognize this behavior and not give in to the emotional pressure to stay.  Personally, consciously recognizing what’s happening makes it a lot easier for me to make the rational decision!

    Sameee

    I never realized this was an ADHD thing until this year!  It really makes sense, but it’s kind of embarrassing ngl.  It’s really good to know that there’s other people who have the same issue, because it makes it feel way less isolating

    Yes, exactly! If you’re the only one who has this issue it’s so isolating and awful it feels like no one can help you or connect or know you and it feels like you have to settle for more shallow friendships.

    It’s really really great to know other people have the same struggles.

    Idk if this is an ADHD thing, but I tend to use hyperboles and I keep forgetting that not everyone thinks that way, and they might actually believe the literal words (which wasn’t what I intended because I thought they would understand what I meant.) Also speaking of masking, I noticed that I often sound way more “ADHD” when I reply to your posts on SE, and I’m assuming it’s related XD

    Ugh yessssssss!!!

    I really often “shift” depending on who I’m talking to but it’s also genuine I think but it’s also so different and I’m so used to masking I don’t know what’s the mask and what’s me…

    Oh my my goodness YES!!!  I have such a horrible issue with time – I tend to be late because I always assume I have way more time than I actually do, and I always underestimate the time it takes to get ready to go ;’) Thank you so much for taking the time to type this all up!  It’s really helpful, plus it’s interesting seeing how many of the symptoms I have, and how they interact with the autistic traits I have XD And don’t worry about the post!  I mean, thanks for blacking it out, but also I totally understand forgetting and accidentally overlooking it XD

    Yessssssssssss lol time stinks!!!

    Absolutely I got to rant about my hyperfixation!

    Lol but thanks for flagging it anyway!

     

    Oh uh, my character’s Ehud, he’s ADHD and a kleptomaniac and he’s also super super sweet and loves pink!

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