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[crowbasils]

What do you think about autistic Basil headcanon?

I made a post about this, I relate to him a lot and I see a lot of his behavioral patterns in me.

YES. i see it!! and i’ve been meaning to talk about the possibility of basil being autistic for quite a while, so, i’ll talk about it here. it’s harder to see it in comparison to sunny’s since he’s most likely masking (which sunny doesn’t really do), but it’s still there!!

(this tweet will kinda be a mess, since it’s not like an analysis analysis. if i’m wrong, please do correct me!)

according to the nhs (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/signs/children/) signs of autism in older children include:

- not seeming to understand what others are thinking or feeling

- unusual speech, such as repeating phrases and talking ‘at’ others

- liking a strict daily routine and getting very upset if it changes

- having a very keen interest in certain subjects or activities

- getting very upset if you ask them to do something

- finding it hard to make friends or preferring to be on their own

- taking things very literally – for example, they may not understand phrases like "break a leg"

- finding it hard to say how they feel

from what we know about him & from what the duet cutscene says, he was alone for most of his life before meeting the friend group. he also has a line (though said by headspace basil) about this! while that may not necessarily be a sign of autism, it’s what he says next that stands out to me.

“you’ve all taught me so much… how to care for others and how to care for myself too!”

that specific line stands out to me because of how it tells us that basil wasn’t always as caring and cheery as he was as a 12 year old. he learned from his friends—through experience with them, and through observation.

he’s also implied to have a hard time making friends. other than aubrey (who he likely met later in his life rather than in early childhood like sunny and kel), he had no friends before that. how awkward he is in the cutscene where aubrey introduces him to her new-found friend group also implies that he hasn’t had experience with friends. (he also looks like he’s somewhat ‘copying’ aubrey’s smile, just in a more awkward way)

basil most likely has difficulty when it comes to identifying feelings—specifically ones he hasn’t experienced himself. such as the fear of spiders. he doesn’t seem to get that others can fear spiders due to how he doesn’t fear spiders and sees them as a positive instead.

(icon can’t be seen due to my bad internet, but it’s headspace basil. a lot of the headspace basil lines in blackspace and omori route help when it comes to understanding his character better. stranger’s lines help as well :3)

(it should be noted, though, that otherwise, he’s good at reading sunny specifically. may not be a sign of it on itself, but taking into consideration that sunny is also likely autistic, it might be. both of them understand each other despite their childhood different experiences due to it.)

he’s also… pretty bad at articulating and identifying feelings.

“…but the words don’t come out.”

“i don’t know if i should apologize”

“but why does part of of me still cling on?”

the feeling of not knowing if you should apologize or not, the inability to form words and articulating yourself, the feeling of not knowing why you do something… that counts, right?

basil has a very keen interest in plants and flowers. he memorized the symbolism of the flowers that the he assigned to the friend group, and we see plants all over and even outside basil’s house.

he also insists on only taking photos of people when they’re not posing for him and genuinely expressing emotion (which does give the headcanon of him observing expressions and feelings through the photo album a little more merit :3)

from OMORI canon, we know how attached he is to the past and how he dislikes sudden changes. it’s why the photo album exists, it’s why he says “everything will be okay”, it’s why he did what he did. this is something that both sunny and basil have in common!

to me, basil is an autistic person who learned how to mask because he’s afraid to be seen as weird by his friends & others. his relationship with sunny is the only one where he’s able to drop that mask and be “free” in a sense. post-incident basil tries to mask too, but fails at it since he has… a lot more going on his mind.

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Context (starting with the present and working backwards)

7:30 I make this meme.

6:40 I sit on the floor of the bus depot, put my headphones on, and start sobbing

6:32 I call my mom. I start crying. My mom has to go give a presentation at work so she will call me back to help.

6:31 I realize the next bus is at 11:00. I am stranded in Chicago.

6:29 I go to the information desk. She tells me the bus I needed to be on was the bus I tried to get on but it already left. She also tells me she announced it twice. She did not. I ask if I can book another ticket and she tells me I have to go online.

6:20 I try to get on the bus but the gate agent tells me it's the wrong gate. I wander around reading all the bus numbers. I can't find my bus.

6:15 I arrive at the bus station and go through the check-in booth.

5:33 I realize I left my monster in the mini fridge in my hotel room.

5:30 I get in a cab to go from my hotel to the bus station .

5:25 I throw on my shorts and put my stuff in my backpack.

5:15 I get up to my third alarm.

1:00 I turn off the lights and go to sleep.

00:14 My door dash dinner and snacks for the bus ride arrive (shout out to Juan)

23:00 I wash my underwear in the bathroom sink using shampoo and dry it with the hair dryer. I order door dash.

22:30 We somehow didn't die during the drive. The shuttle from the airport gets to the hotel and we all disembark and go inside. My phone is dead so I plug it in and write my confirmation number on my hand so I can check in. The people at the front desk give me a room key and I go to my room.

22:15 I call the hotel to ask if the shuttle is running. They say to go to door four. I walk there and my shuttle pulls up. The driver asks to see my voucher and I show it to him. My phone promptly dies. The shuttle driver drives us to the hotel like he is being chased by the cops or something.

22:00 I get off the plane and walk towards baggage claim. I find the United baggage help desk and stand in line. I ask if I can get my bag so I can have clean clothes before my flight at eight pm tomorrow. The guy tells me I would have to wait four hours. I leave.

21:08 We finally take off. Four hours late. My phone is at 12%

18:17 The gate agent puts me on a different connecting flight to get home. The flight boards at 20:50. At this point my flight to Chicago is set to leave at 20:00. Because of time zones I should make it in plenty of time.

18:00 I get in line to talk to the gate agent.

17:45 The captain announces that there is too much fuel on the plane because it was supposed to go to Denver yesterday and that did not happen so we have to either defuel the plane or fly over Canada and Nebraska before going to Chicago. People angrily storm off, fixing the overbooking issue.

17:13 I realize my flight is definitely not taking off on time because we haven't started boarding.

16:30 People start lining up to board even though no one has volunteered.

16:00 The gate agent announces we need a volunteer to give up their seat on the flight and we can't board until that happens.

15:30 I get to my gate and sit down

15:00 I get to the airport for my 17:13 flight that boards at 16:38

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