@Hippogaia
While Tech is basically canon and I can absolutely see it with Echo (I have not seen most of Clone Wars yet, but the first thing Echo does in that series is getting excited over having time to read a manual. He's so not neurotypical.), I'd argue the entire squad has it to some degree.
Hunter has his heightened senses and hyperawareness of his surroundings, which is not uncommon for autistic people. The hyperawareness also seems to extent to him being able to read people rather well, despite him not being all that social on his own (at least to people who aren't his closest family). This could actually mirror how some autistic memorise and strongly focus on suble social cues to mask better in public (not that it always helps. What even are people?).
Side note, I would've loved to see get sensory overload at some point, but that didn't happen. Might be partially because the writers sometimes seem to 'forget' about his mutation whenever it's plot-convienient.
Wrecker also is a fun case. First off, I like that they make the big guy who likes destroying stuff actually intelligent. Sure, he's very straightforeward, unsuble and direct, but he is very clever when it comes to his area of expertise. I mean, it takes brains to rewire a tank cannon in the heat of battle to turn it into a handheld weapon. Weapons and explosives definitely seem to be a hyperfiyation of his. Damn, he's even occasionally seen crying tears of joy when he gets told to indulge in doing what he loves.
Crosshair... is Crosshair. Okay, he might not be autistic, but he clearly has something going on.
Omega seems the lightest on the neurodivergency front here, but is definitely still a maybe. She looks up to Hunter to the point that she mimics him, but she's also usually the first to rebel when he gives an order that doesn't make sense to her, and never really accepts an 'do this because I told you so/because it's done that way'. Now, that might be linked to her not having any formal military training, but then again she clearly does accept him as the leader. Questioning 'senseless' directions is very common in autistic people. Granted, it's not like the rest don't do that too occasionally, but she's the most prominent at that.
Anyway, that's all I can think of for now, I'd probably catch more if I actively look for it. I love all these guys. Favourite Star Wars characters right here.
While Tech is basically canon and I can absolutely see it with Echo (I have not seen most of Clone Wars yet, but the first thing Echo does in that series is getting excited over having time to read a manual. He's so not neurotypical.), I'd argue the entire squad has it to some degree.
Hunter has his heightened senses and hyperawareness of his surroundings, which is not uncommon for autistic people. The hyperawareness also seems to extent to him being able to read people rather well, despite him not being all that social on his own (at least to people who aren't his closest family). This could actually mirror how some autistic memorise and strongly focus on suble social cues to mask better in public (not that it always helps. What even are people?).
Side note, I would've loved to see get sensory overload at some point, but that didn't happen. Might be partially because the writers sometimes seem to 'forget' about his mutation whenever it's plot-convienient.
Wrecker also is a fun case. First off, I like that they make the big guy who likes destroying stuff actually intelligent. Sure, he's very straightforeward, unsuble and direct, but he is very clever when it comes to his area of expertise. I mean, it takes brains to rewire a tank cannon in the heat of battle to turn it into a handheld weapon. Weapons and explosives definitely seem to be a hyperfiyation of his. Damn, he's even occasionally seen crying tears of joy when he gets told to indulge in doing what he loves.
Crosshair... is Crosshair. Okay, he might not be autistic, but he clearly has something going on.
Omega seems the lightest on the neurodivergency front here, but is definitely still a maybe. She looks up to Hunter to the point that she mimics him, but she's also usually the first to rebel when he gives an order that doesn't make sense to her, and never really accepts an 'do this because I told you so/because it's done that way'. Now, that might be linked to her not having any formal military training, but then again she clearly does accept him as the leader. Questioning 'senseless' directions is very common in autistic people. Granted, it's not like the rest don't do that too occasionally, but she's the most prominent at that.
Anyway, that's all I can think of for now, I'd probably catch more if I actively look for it. I love all these guys. Favourite Star Wars characters right here.
