#(ie when you just have a contellation of sx's that only make sense w/ the help of a trusted clinician)

[an-organized-confusion]

Thinking about neurotypes again and about Gymrat!Remus.

Unlike Roman, he never had problems with dyscalculia (or any specific skill associated with that challenge.) In fact he excelled in those arenas - so picking up STEM knowledge was pretty easy for him.

But a few of his challenges that were more of a problem than his brother were...

Alexithymia - he’s shit at properly identifying his (and other people’s) emotional states (especially in the moment) and even though he has more vocab and supportive company to help him out here. It’s kinda like having Kid!Me learn how to finally read analog clocks without getting completely stumped/frustrated (it takes time and probably a bit more processing power than someone who doesn’t have any issues in the numbers arena.)

Which is wrapped up in stuff like his incredibly bad impulse control and interpersonal skills. He’s not a total monster in this AU, but it usually takes the consequences to hit either him or other people to realize he probably fucked up. (See: the whole AXE Body Spray incident in HS - realizing he aggravated the health of kids like Janus with that stunt.)

This also even more exacerbated by the fact that his gifts made him excel enough in coursework to be chronically under-stimulated and bored. He had a longer leash than Roman did just because of the gifted parts being more “conventionally respectable“, but absolutely inadequate help for the rest of his problems.

(And Esteban probably just  thought a lot of this shit was a phase Remus might outgrow, thinking Remus had no excuse whatsoever. Aaand probably some notions that makes it generally harder for AFAB people to get accurately screened for developmental concerns, anyways. He slipped through the cracks.)