Support Autistic Haru
This site is far from being the only autistic reading of Haru. In fact, this site started with a response to someone else’s post regarding autistic Haru! I support autistic headcanons, and I’d love to see more fanwork and other dedications to them. They’re a rare find with regard to any specific fandom, but every time I come across some, especially fanfics, I’m overjoyed. This page is thus dedicated to other people’s depictions of autistic Haru!
If you’ve written fic, created art, or have written meta about autistic Haru and would like to share, message me about it! (Autistic mermaid Haru counts too!) I’d prefer it if those creations are by autistic people, but as long as they’re well-researched (rather than just, say, an aggregation of stereotypes), I don’t mind if they aren’t.
Fanfiction
- Making Sense by ionlywritefree — on Haru, being “different” and the start of finding an identity.
/“You're just special, Haru.”/
/“You're completely normal, Haru.”/
Which one was it?
- sun splashed waters by Princex_N — on Haru, water and stimming. He spends most of his time in the bath because it feels the best. Stimming comes easier when he’s in the water, because the water is good for stimming.
- Unreachable Dreams by Princex_N — on Haru, sensory overload and the journey through the unfamiliar (spoilers for last few episodes of S2).
You didn’t think it was that important, it was something that was going to happen, but it wasn’t going to happen any time soon, but now it is. It’s all in your face and it’s all too much and there are people in your space and they’re loud and yelling and they all want to know and you. Don’t. know.
What school, what career, what dream, none of that mattered to you. All you wanted to do was swim. Now it feels like you can't even do that.