#in a way.. the knights code is just his really big hyperfixation..

[theknights-code]

Clay Moorington is implied to be autistic, and I'm actually analysing it?!

Okay, first I want to mention the fact he's canonically attached to the knights code. I mean the whole episode of him being that attached to it, that it completely hurt him when the book blew up during the nexo power scan to get it into Merlok's systems. It's also canon he keeps the book close to him majority of the time, almost as if he has the obligation to make sure it's there.

Clay's VERY schedule driven, he got slightly annoyed at Macy for being 2 minutes late to the practice coordination drills. (If I remember correctly), and also sticks to schedules even when he's NOT practicing or training. (When he stuck to "relaxing" in knight out, and still ended up NOT doing that..) I mean he's more than just schedule driven.

I'm just saying, he's VERY fixated on the knights code. (And also incredibly fixated on his position as a knight, dedication is something he takes seriously.. to the point that if he fails he'll just break down in a way, and completely feel as if he's done something wrong.)

(also there's the scene from ep 27 when he starts infodumping about art, but that was probably to piss Lance off to some degree.)

There's no reason they would just imply clay as autistic like this, realistically it was intentionally implied that seemed to be something that the show and the fandom can see.