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Autistic Piper Halliwell
Dec. 16th, 2018 07:12 pmAutistic Piper Halliwell
While I prefer a Charmed revival or spin-off, if a reboot were to be greenlit, I would like for Piper to be confirmed Autistic. While unintentional, a lot of her personality traits could be looked at as autistic traits.
Piper always has to fidget and never keeps her hands still, whether holding something or rubbing her hands. She has severe anxiety and worries how others perceive her. Her main wish throughout the series is to be “normal,” which many of us autistics can relate to, at some point. When stressed, Piper retreats to the kitchen and cooks or simply mixes ingredients, which along with the fidgeting could be seen as a type of stimming. She is also obsessed with cleaning, also, when stressed, she cleans more. A lot of Autistics, such as myself, suffer from OCD, and a clean, perfect environment is one of the few things in her life that she could control.
She is also concerned with any type of change. For example, When Paige reorganized the kitchen, brought in her furniture, and indexed the book of shadows, Piper couldn’t adjust to the change and had to “fix” it for no other reason than it wasn’t right, as she viewed them.
While hyper-empathetic and connecting with people’s emotions, she also is the most logical and faces facts easier, even if it goes against what her emotions or sisters tell her, such as the Christy situation or when Phoebe betrayed them for Cole. On the other hand Piper has trouble processing her own emotional state and needs confirmation from others, such as when she couldn’t process her heartbreak over Prue dying until Paige validated her feelings and gave her permission to grieve.
While at P3, Piper is often shown as distracted or staring off when the others are enjoying themselves, especially during the musical performances, when could be seen as her trying to compensate for the overstimulation.
All that being said, Piper Halliwell would make a great Autistic character, much like Billy Cranston from Power Rangers (2017) or Theo Carver from Days of our Lives (1965).
While I prefer a Charmed revival or spin-off, if a reboot were to be greenlit, I would like for Piper to be confirmed Autistic. While unintentional, a lot of her personality traits could be looked at as autistic traits.
Piper always has to fidget and never keeps her hands still, whether holding something or rubbing her hands. She has severe anxiety and worries how others perceive her. Her main wish throughout the series is to be “normal,” which many of us autistics can relate to, at some point. When stressed, Piper retreats to the kitchen and cooks or simply mixes ingredients, which along with the fidgeting could be seen as a type of stimming. She is also obsessed with cleaning, also, when stressed, she cleans more. A lot of Autistics, such as myself, suffer from OCD, and a clean, perfect environment is one of the few things in her life that she could control.
She is also concerned with any type of change. For example, When Paige reorganized the kitchen, brought in her furniture, and indexed the book of shadows, Piper couldn’t adjust to the change and had to “fix” it for no other reason than it wasn’t right, as she viewed them.
While hyper-empathetic and connecting with people’s emotions, she also is the most logical and faces facts easier, even if it goes against what her emotions or sisters tell her, such as the Christy situation or when Phoebe betrayed them for Cole. On the other hand Piper has trouble processing her own emotional state and needs confirmation from others, such as when she couldn’t process her heartbreak over Prue dying until Paige validated her feelings and gave her permission to grieve.
While at P3, Piper is often shown as distracted or staring off when the others are enjoying themselves, especially during the musical performances, when could be seen as her trying to compensate for the overstimulation.
All that being said, Piper Halliwell would make a great Autistic character, much like Billy Cranston from Power Rangers (2017) or Theo Carver from Days of our Lives (1965).
