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Is Newt Scamander supposed to be a high functioning autistic person? [Fantastic Beasts/HP]

My gf and I just sat down and watched both fantastic beast films back to back (shut up, i know.)

She’s a psychiatrist and started talking about Newt’s clear social difficulties, high intellect, and his fixation or curiosities towards things most people would be repulsed or not interested in.

One thing I noticed too is that in fantastic beasts 2 leta has an EXCELLENT flashback scene. It’s only four mins and it’s easily my favorite in the film.

You get to see very intimately how Newt acts- he doesn’t wear shoes, he’s hunched over, and he can’t even look Leta in the eye. It’s such a touching scene because you can tell that Newt hasn’t been accepted due to his social behaviors, and it’s really the strongest case I have for Newt having HFA.



Submitted April 30, 2019 at 07:20AM by dontlookatmeimahyuga http://bit.ly/2GDwVFO
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