Autism Representation in Fire Emblem: Tactically Neurodivergent

Since there was enough demand last time, I've chosen to look at your suggestions for autistic characters in Fire Emblem! Fire Emblem is a franchise near and dear to me, so I had a lotta fun with this. I hope you all enjoy, and tell me your favorite characters down below!

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[noahthetter]

What is your favorite Fire Emblem game, if you have one? Tell me down below!

[jellopie]

There's no way the Three Houses writers didn't explicitly mean to code Linhardt as autistic, he's gotta be the most clear cut example I've seen in gaming. And I love him.

[sirbradfordofhousejones]

Fellow autistic Fire Emblem fan here. Ferdinand’s interactions with Dorothea are a great example of his autistic tendencies. He can’t deduce that she thinks he’s an annoying nuisance when she calls him a bee, and instead takes it quite literally. IRL I’m a lot like him. Social, extroverted, and wanting to do the right thing at all times… but mucking it up constantly! 😝 I love him.

[aureliumsol]

I'm going to recommend Ike: blunt (often called rude by others), lack of facial expression, strong sense of justice, tic (brow furrows when he is upset), possible special interest in training (obsessed in a way no one else in the army is, ) difficulty understanding sarcasm and is considered by a lot of other people in universe to have an odd/different way of thinking

[nickbullinger]

Lute and Miriel are the poster girls for Autism, but my favorite characters are Finn and Evyel from Geneology and Thracia

[pokemongirl]

I have aquired a Fire Emblem hyperfixation sometime in 2015 so when I saw this video in my recommendations, I gained a smile on my face. I never thought of Frederick being seen as autistic coded until today but it could explain why I really like him (besides the fact that I share a birthday with him). I can't think of much other characters that are autistic coded but there is a lot of characters that I really like in the series such as all iterations of Camus (the guy is such a dork, I love him)

[JordiumZ]

I don't think they're intended to be autistic but just anime stuff but a character I find relatable is Lysithea in three houses since I can't speak for other autistic people but I find her consistently trying to proof herself relatable since alot of people belittle what I'm capable of

[MooglesandNoponForever]

Autistic FE gamer here. If there's a part 2, I'd like to recommend Dwyer from fates: lack of facial expression, special interest in coffee, strong sense of empathy towards others, obsessed with cleanliness but can't handle the pressure of people observing him, has to do things a certain way.

My favorite FE character of all time is probably Leif or Sigurd.

[CJ_Fyre]

As someone with Autism, and ADHD, I finally feel not alone

[dylanfleurentin]

I had no idea that Fire Emblem was so popular among the autism community. That's really cool!

[KyleoftheViridianForest]

I never knew that Autism and Fire Emblem had such a strong correlation, I will have to try Awakenning or Three Houses one day tbh

[allergyjelly]

Despite how little Reinhardt is in Thracia, he gave me those VIBES y’know. Then everything Heroes did with him felt like the most validating thing in the world towards my “Reinhardt is totally autistic guys no really” headcanon. Magic really is everything.

[Circmspice]

I've never thought of Frederick as an autist. Frederick tism is wild

[med]

I feel like Linhardt is probably my favourite autistic characters in fiction probably because he seems to also be narcoleptic which I can heavily relate to.

[robertaustgen]

As a person with ADHD I love Fire Emblem as well.

[mjvdg]

Florina from Blazing Blade was written as “timid maiden is allergic to menfolk(tm)” but definitely presents a lot of antisocial AuDHD traits I think🖤 (I love Florina)

[Qwade]

Linhardt had to have been the first time I had ever truly related to a fictional character before, he was honestly what made me start looking more into my own autism and he helped me feel more comfortable just being myself (thus the pfp lol).
You point out Linhardt's funnier blunt dialogue, but I've always enjoyed more of his serious moments in his various supports, which show that he's still a living breathing human being who feels bad about hurting others. One of my favourite things about Linhardt being his struggle with the fact that him researching more about his main fixation, crests, will end up being used in warfare to kill people, despite him hating killing.
Also the one line that confirmed Linhardt is autistic to me, is the one in his support with Hubert where Hubert straight up says: "You're so good at research, but you only research what interests you, and what interests you can change at the drop of a hat." (phrased from memory, probably not the exact quote).

[projectmessiah]

1:52 small correction but Gaiden was on the Nes not the Snes

[luthierisbestboy]

LUTHIERRR! 🥰

Thank you so much for covering him and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia! (Echoes is my favorite FE game, btw.) But did you know he also appeared in Awakening and was called Luthier for the first time there?

I'd love to see a part 2 if possible! There are many other characters some may find as autistic, such as Lysithea and Forsyth. (I honestly don't count Lute from Sacred Stones as autistic because her putting others down and attacking them are deliberate.)

[davey_rulez]

I’m autistic and while I only got into Fire Emblem about 4 years ago I’ve been SUPER invested in it ever since. I have already played 12 out of the 17 main games, and I’ve replayed a few of the games multiple times. I’ve also gotten into GBAFE romhacks lately, though I haven’t finished any of them yet. My favorites are the Tellius games and Engage, I’ve played Path of Radiance 8 times, Radiant dawn a similar number of times and Engage 4 times. I enjoy Fire Emblem more for the gameplay than the characters, but one of my favorite characters is Soren and I could see him being autism coded. He has traits similar to those you described Linhardt with, he speaks in a blunt and honest manner and doesn’t enjoy people’s company aside from his boyfriend Ike (though the latter trait is more likely explained by his traumatic past rather than autism). Some other characters that I think are autism coded are Lute from Sacred Stones, Lysithea from Three Houses and Merrin from Engage. Maybe Zelkov from Engage too.