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Reasons why APH Germany is autistic!! [Thread]
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(Just a note- I’m recalling most events from memory, as I don’t have time to compile all of my resources, but I’m sure you’ll be able to remember these events from the anime and manga)
Just in case anyone is unaware, although I’m sure y’all are rdgfhhh- autism is a developmental disorder and affects communication, social interaction, and restrictive and repetitive behavior. It is also a spectrum disorder with many possible presentations.
Throughout the series, it’s seen the Germany has a very hard time making friends and interacting with other people. One of these instances is when he doesn’t know how to deal with Italy, and goes to call a friend to talk about it, then stops and states he has no other friends.
It’s another common thing for him to turn to books when he has issues interacting with others or figuring out what their intentions in things are, as in the Buon San Valentino comics and this one
As in this post, he is also shown to think in video games- which is something that a number of autistics do to help figure out how to interact with others and respond to things.
When he is faced with situations where people don’t do what he expects them to, or doesn’t perform as he thinks they need to, he responds with anger. Autists experience very strong emotions, much stronger than neurotypicals, and can sometimes have issues controlling them.
He is also shown to do things similar to an autistic shutdown when he’s placed under too much stress, again, as in the Buon San Valentino episode when he realized he’d misunderstood the whole situation (another common occurence for autists)
and it’s literally depicted that his brain can’t handle the situation, and he sits there, zones out, and completely shuts down.
He is also shown saying that he can never understand what other characters are thinking, at the very least just Italy and Japan, who he is shown depicted with the most.
Germany is also shown to have a need for order throughout the series. As mentioned above and as seen in the very first episode, if things do not go how he plans for them to, he reacts with extreme anger.
When autists break away from routine, they usually have a need to make sure they know how everything will go, if they can stand a break in routine at all. This matches up quite well with him.
He is also shown to have a fondness for cleanliness- in particular, having things arranged how he wants and repetitive hand motions for cleaning (such as when he started cleaning the table while Italy was still cooking on it and how Austria showed he always
kept his things perfectly neat and in exactly the same way). Object arrangements and repetitive hand motion are both very common in autistics.
That’s all I can think of rn!! I hope it all goes through this time ddeffyfhbjn Fwel frew to add more!!
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