#JGY = hyperactive type

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I have just now realized that along with WWX, NHS, and LJY, I headcanon JGY as also having ADHD, more of the hyperactive type than inattentive. I think that’s part of what makes him move at such a breakneck pace without fully just stopping and doing some introspection. I think it’s part of what makes him so good at problem solving--having a highly associative brain that can make split second connections is good at being maneuverable. But we also see him having trouble with big goal changes, bullheadedly sticking to The Plan, even if it’s not necessarily what needs to happen anymore. (Really, JGY? Your Father will love you if you kill this one more person? You’ll finally get that stability you crave? Really, if you just keep filling Guanyin Temple up with hostages, your escape to Japan will still work? Maybe it’s time to cut your losses, bud.)

The Emotional Dysregulation (’Son of a Whore’ button, anyone?) and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria--that paired with trauma and a, uh, flexible view on personal morality makes his reaction to all the ridicule he receives for his birth station, shall we say, intense. (Also translating: ‘How could you do that? I’m upset!’ = ‘I actively want you to die and hate you with every fiber of my being’). Probably learned very early that something was Different™ about him and learned to watch how other people did things and mirror. I could very easily see him as the type of child who sits and watches other people and actively learns The Rules that everyone else seems to know and so, now, can wield them deftly and very purposefully in social situations to his advantage.  (All his skills at handling people more powerful than him could have very easily been learned at the brothel; making yourself seem nonthreatening and even helpless, people are inherently selfish, don’t go headfirst against people stronger than you because you’ll lose, show people what they want to see, make yourself valuable, s m i l e :) ).

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You once said a long time ago (like over a year ago) that you had neurodivergent headcanons for JGY. Did you ever elaborated on that?

HELLO YES, it is here! I headcanon him as having hyperactive type ADHD (as well as c-PTSD)