Talk:Pearl/@comment-11455047-20150223214641/@comment-25469541-20150313225629

Oh my goodness!! My ADD headcanon for Pearl has really gotten around, hasn't it? I'm so glad that you enjoy it!! <3

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In response to Jedgekoo, I'm the one who made the tumblr post Spoofdty linked to. I know  very well  that just being distracted is not a sign of ADD/ADHD, that everyone gets distracted every now and then and that ADHD is a million things beyond that, because I have severe combined type ADHD, and I know what I'm talking about. Everything in that post came from all the extensive research I've done on my disorder and   my own personal experiences, as well as other ADHDer's. Did... did you even read the whole thing? You say that ADHD isn't about just being distracted and yet talk about how "You can't blame Pearl for not having enough concentration when her life was on the line"  when the point I made of that scene from Space Race was that she very much seemed to be  'hyperfocusing. ( If you're talking about what I wrote about Pearl in Steven the Swordfighter, the point I was making is that being easily distracted is a reoccuring character flaw of hers, and I find that to be very  intriguing and very significant when it comes to my hc.)   I know that this is just a headcanon and that you don't have to agree with it, but trying to "explain" her behavior as you observed it in order to try and counter someone's reasons for headcanoning a character as neurodivergent is really, really' hurtful and offensive. Everything you listed and everything I said in that post can be true at the same time. My headcanon doesn't affect the show's plot or Pearl's characterization because it was a list of things that occured in the show, so unless you have a problem with Pearl relatable to people with ADHD, why did you feel the need to respond to it the way you did? That's a really unecessary and hurtful thing for you to do. Headcanons like this are for anyone to enjoy, but are NOT  for neurotypical people/people who don't have that neurodivergence to give their own input on. You can accept the headcanon or you can go, "meh, I'm not really sold on it" and that is all, but you can't have a voice or valid opinion in it because you don't have either to begin with. There are no hard feelings here, you just really need to keep that in mind in the future!!

Oh, and regarding what ReasonandPearls said about neurodivergency being most likely impossible for Gems due to what they are, that's something I've thought over a lot as well! Here's the way I see it: Gems are all individuals with their own personalities, thoughts, and each their own way of processing said thoughts. That shouldn't be possible without a brain, but is for them because they're magical sentient rocks! Pearl doesn't/can't have ADD because she does not have a brain, but functions the same way persons with ADD do for no reason other than that simply being the way she is! So if you accept the headcanon, you can see Pearl as a Gem who functions like someone with ADD but, physically, in her non-existant brain, does not have it. An atuallyADHD!Pearl can be covered in a human AU!