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santana lopez has adhd (part 2)
^the adhd lesbian flag^
(*disclaimer: i have adhd myself and work in education/educational psychology, which is the basis of this post in which i get wayyyyy too analytical about a fictional character; however, i'm not a psychiatrist or doctor and am not qualified to diagnose real people with adhd or anything else ... seriously, our only representation is cis white boys whose adhd is an explanation for them being the class clown and treated as a joke so please don't get salty at me for claiming a fictional character that isn't a cis white boy as part of the adhd gang)
(credit to @dojasrivera on twitter for making the og adhd!santana thread; i unfortunately wasn’t able to see it as i only found out about it after their original twitter account got suspended but there may be some overlap between their thread and this post)
sup homies, as you know, tumblr cut me off so i had to make a part 2. (here's part 1)
ambitious but lacking in direction - noted terrible educator will schuester describes santana as being "unfocused" in 3x16. she's indecisive about college in the latter half of season 3, initially says she wants to go then flip-flops, and then goes to louisville (fun fact: donovan mitchell also went there) for a short period of time then drops out. after that she has a bunch of projects and career goals that never really go anywhere. (partially thanks to the lazy writing on the show)
fear of failure - santana wanted to go to new york after graduation but initially wanted to stay behind when she found out brittany wasn't graduating (like immediately), then chose to take the scholarship to louisville despite brittany and quinn both pointing out that she had the cash from her parents to pursue her dreams in new york (brittany was a lot more supportive and less judgy though). she did end up going after unpacking her anxiety around it with britt though.
low self-esteem, anxiety and/or depression - season 2 is what i like to refer to as "santana lopez's sad gay era", however i'd also argue that season 4 until mid season 5 (when she reunites with brittany) is kind of a low period for her as well. the break-up is painful for both of them. they're one another's safe people so when they don't have each other in close proximity, both of them experience depression. i would also consider her demeanour at the beginning of 5x09 as an example of her exhibiting signs of depression. santana also experiences a lot of anxiety around her interpersonal relationships (pretty much all of season 2, 4x16, 5x09-5x13); in 5x18 it's very apparent that she's scarred by the experience with auditioning for rachel's understudy part and doesn't want to intrude on mercedes (thankfully, mercedes is awesome, we love mercedes jones here, themostrandomfandom does a great job of analysing this storyline here). it's also worth noting that despite how clumsily she goes about things, santana lopez is the most loyal, ride-or-die person on this damn show (she's definitely a gryffindor or hufflepuff who thinks she's a slytherin despite my less than positive thoughts on the transphobic lady's book series, or - in the context of the superior book series - a mary anne who thinks she’s a claudia) but the only acknowledgement she gets is shame, so she internalises it to give people an "out" ("I'm numb to people's feelings", "I have no heart").
can be easily distracted (while also hyperfocused on other things) - has a tendency to zone out of conversations (credit to @santanaslawyer on twitter) and couldn't remember her locker combo around brittany (although some of that could have also been santana being in her sad gay era and pining over britt)
narrow window of tolerance - santana was completely done with everyone's shit like all the time
strong sense of justice - homegirl uses her bitch powers to protect the people she cares about (see 2x17, 3x11, 5x18). other people aren't allowed to make fun of her mates, that's her job, dammit! she's also proactive in reporting mr schuester's lack of efficiency as a spanish teacher not because she dislikes him (which she doesn't; she might roll her eyes at him all the time but she does actually like him as a person) but because his teaching promotes offensive stereotypes, harms her and negatively affects everyone's education (and to her credit she is way more patient and charitable to him than he deserves when he literally chastises her in front of everyone for doing it). she will also challenge authority in situations where she is being held to a different standard to others. in 3x07, when figgins is considering suspending santana, she pushes back against it (rightfully so) because she doesn't understand how there isn't a zero-tolerance policy for violence when finn and puck get into it in the middle of school, or when the glee club get slushied, or when kurt is repeatedly physically assaulted by karofsky, but she slaps finn (after he outed her) and this policy suddenly exists. same applies in 3x13 when finn and rachel are allowed to have very graphic PDAs at school with no complaint from the authorities, but santana and brittany have one chaste peck and it's the end of the world, and she rightfully tells figgins that there's a double standard.
(really random) hyperfixations - it's a popular glee headcanon that santana spends a lot of time researching random shit on wikipedia (which she probably did the night before her wedding so she could explain to britt about the superstition around the bride/groom not seeing each other before the wedding) based on the absolute batshit cultural references she comes out with. she makes the most random cultural references (e.g. comparing rory to the great gazoo, which is a really random side-character from the flintstones), and has somewhat of a fascination with lizards (2x04, 2x12). she also just randomly made an entire voodoo doll of rachel berry just for shits and giggles, like … wtf
lack of spatial awareness - so this one's mostly just naya rivera's physical comedy, but ... in the nicest possible way ... santana's a tad bit unco, isn't she? (see: her very charming wacky inflatable arm-waving tube person dancing in 3x08, the scene where she literally walks headfirst into a balloon in 3x22 and the scene in 5x17 where she gets attacked by pigeons).
hyperactive - santana's abuela put her in ballet classes because she was "such a tomboy and it really pissed [her] dad off"; obviously we know she had a mullet and dressed up as uncle jesse from full house for halloween (and she knows how to tie a tie, thanks again sarah) - those are obviously aesthetic things but "tomboy" can also be code for "hyperactive" in afab people (particularly if santana's grandmother was of the "children should be seen and not heard" generation).
"Sophomore year, I used to sit in this back row and secretly watch you. I counted the number of times you'd smile at me, and I'd die on days that you didn't."
Artwork by @stargirlren
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@taylorswift are you... you know 🏳️🌈❓
my new directions sexuality (and gender) headcanons (plus a few reasons why) - part three; the second generation (in seasons 4-5)
part 1 & 2 here!
18. marley rose - asexual lesbian
- had more chemistry with unique than jake or ryder (or any guy for that matter) # to ME
- she and unique are girlfriends (alex confirmed it)
- didn't want to have sex when dating jake (i get some people aren't ready, but idk she just gives off ace vibes idk how to explain)
19. unique adams - trans mtf (canon) & sapphic
- dating marley (like i said, alex confirmed it)
- we never really got to see her love life that much so...
- BUT i know she likes girls
20. jake puckerman - bisexual
- i ship jake and ryder more than i ship them w/ marley lmao
- idk it just makes sense that he's bi
- (also he's jake lopez - santana's brother # to me)
21. ryder lynn - gay
- i have no explanation for this whatsoever 😭
22. kitty wilde - sapphic
- tbf, i didn't know if i should make her bi or les (because if anything, she's definitely not straight)
- i found her cute with artie so because of wildeabrams, my headcanon for her changes a lot, so i ended up sticking with sapphic 😭
- have you SEEN the heart eyes she gave quinn??? like she had such a huge crush on that girl omfg
part 4 (final part) tmr! 🫶
Curious if you saw the comment about Santana feeling straight in season 1 or something💀
Oof 💀
I think I even replied "it's called comphet" or something? Before deciding that thread was not for me lol. Like, I get it, she wasn't written queer in season 1 but RIB happen to be the luckiest bastards so her story works perfectly even in season 1. Girl literally invites Finn out on a date just to ignore him and offer to make out with Brittany instead. Then she asks him out again and cannot stop insulting him. She very explicitly states that she's not interested in him as much as the idea being seen with him, the status symbol of it all. She's turned off the moment Puck falls down the social hierarchy and is only interested again when another girl enters the picture and makes him relevant again. She never once shows any interest in them as people or as boys, just the symbolic value of their social points and how others perceive them.
Even without the hindsight of season 2 and the rest of the show, I can't believe anyone could watch season 1 and try to argue that she reads as 100% straight. She overcompensates if anything, something that is very clear in early season 2 and e.g. her Carl comments. (lmao remember when someone tried to argue she was bi because of those comments and that saying she was lesbian is propaganda or something idk it was wild) I mean, what bitch would ask a guy out by saying "it is exhausting to look at you"? Not one that is even remotely into him, I'll tell you that.
Santana was never straight even when she was written as such. She's just that gay. An icon, truly.
this is so sad..im glad they put everyone & the eras tour team’s safety first but my heart is broken thinking about all those who were waiting to see her this week some who never saw her live would’ve seen her, some flying from different countries, others spending so much money
the prettiest girl in the world
can you come back here and talk to us ☹️☹️
When I was writing the Fortnight music video, I wanted to show you the worlds I saw in my head that served as the backdrop for making this music. Pretty much everything in it is a metaphor or a reference to one corner of the album or another. For me, this video turned out to be the perfect visual representation of this record and the stories I tell in it. Post Malone blew me away on set as our tortured tragic hero and I’m so grateful to him for everything he put into this collaboration. I’m still laughing from getting to work with the coolest guys on earth, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles (tortured poets, meet your colleagues from down the hall, the dead poets). I still can’t believe I get to work with the unfathomably brilliant Rodrigo Prieto on cinematography and my team of dream collaborators: Ethan Tobman (production design), Chancler Haynes (editor), Anthony Dimino (1st AD), Jil Hardin (producer) and Dom Thomas (executive producer). Parliament aced the VFX as always. Joseph Cassell, Lorrie Turk and Jemma Muradian made these tortured looks come to life. The entire crew made this a dream to shoot. Thank you to everyone involved and everyone who has watched it!! https://taylor.lnk.to/FortnightMV
