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g33k:
Bear with me here...  There's the whole "high function" end of the autism spectrum (Aspergers/etc).  From the outside, this often looks nothing like what mainstream folks think of as "autism."

These people can be very, very bright, and not just in a limited "idiot-savant" manner.  Genius-level and even "super" genius level bright.  Articulate, clever, deeply insightful.  They can make&execute deep strategic plans.  They can display an awesome grasp of a broad range of topics, synthesizing ideas from multiple domains.

But still with some mental/emotional limits.  In particular, they tend to be poor at reading social cues, understanding social situations.  They can be precise where the situation calls for more fluidity & fuzziness; literal where there's need to be more figurative or metaphorical.

And lo:  we have the Unseelie Accords, where "there is no spirit of the law, only the letter."

Mab is absolutely masterful at manipulating people by walking the knife-edge of literality, while those all around her fall into the figurative chasms immediately adjacent.

So... is Mab (high-functioning (very high functioning!)) autistic?

Mira:

--- Quote ---So... is Mab (high-functioning (very high functioning!)) autistic?
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 She could be, then again maybe one has to act like one to be a Fae Queen.  I think it could go
either way, but we need more information about her before she took up the life that ultimately led to her taking up the mantle of the Winter Queen.

g33k:

--- Quote from: Mira on November 11, 2023, 07:20:53 PM --- :-\
 She could be, then again maybe on has to act like one to be a Fae Queen...
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Another thought I had:  maybe one of the side-effects of the WQ-Mantle might push the bearer towards autism-like behaviors.

Harry and Molly are (so far) mostly resisting the worst of their Mantles' impulses... but Mab has been subject to hers for about a thousand years, we think...

Mira:

--- Quote from: g33k on November 11, 2023, 08:18:04 PM ---Another thought I had:  maybe one of the side-effects of the WQ-Mantle might push the bearer towards autism-like behaviors.

Harry and Molly are (so far) mostly resisting the worst of their Mantles' impulses... but Mab has been subject to hers for about a thousand years, we think...

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 It might be interesting to study Lea's behavior, she doesn't have a mantle, but she is Fae. My impression of her, and now I will have to go back and look for it to be sure, but I think she has a lot of the same impulses that Mab has.  The Fae are not human as the Mothers pointed out to Harry back in Cold Days.  So while the tendencies of Mab may look autistic to us, that is a human diagnosis for human behavior which might be totally normal in a Fae Queen.

The only real information we have on how it feels to be a vessel of a mantel is what Harry says he is going through as Winter Knight.  The affect on him has been hyper-aggressiveness which can be a problem until he figured out that heavy exercise can burn off the excessive testosterone/epinephrine
jolts to his system to a more manageable level.  I have to reread what Molly says about it, if anything, but it appears that the Lady and Queen mantels run on a different system.

The_Sibelis:

--- Quote ---might push the bearer towards autism-like behaviors.

Harry and Molly are (so far) mostly resisting the worstof their Mantles' impulses
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it seems your directly and intentionally taking the viewpoint that there is inherently something wrong with autistic people?
Cease. This. Rudeness. At once.
It's hardly a bad thing that I can tell you with absolute certainty (click to show/hide)Harry not only gets the black staff but puts it in the hat Eb got from LTW to wear 'the black hat' mantle, 😂 I don't lambaste others for not seeing the things I can. However, when I'm obviously being insulted reminding people just how smart and insightful I truly am is FUN.

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