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THE SIT-IN

Vanya Hargreeves Was Completely Valid In Everything She Did

Ok. So.

Vanya Hargreeves—I’m just gonna say it, is the most relatable character I’ve ever seen. Specifically Ellen Page’s adaptation. Here’s why.

Vanya is what happens when somebody doesn’t respect themself, gives too much, and gets hurt.

In her childhood, Vanya was raised to see herself as nothing. To place everyone above her—her siblings, specifically. She was supposed to be small, of course so that she wouldn’t be dangerous. However, that just made her incredibly depressed.

She didn’t just crave connection and respect though. She wanted to give it to others, because that’s what she was taught—that others deserved it, not her. That’s why she left the lights on for Five. That’s why she reaches out to him again. That’s why she talks to Allison. That’s why she reaches out to Leonard. Why she talks to the first chair violinist in the bathroom. Because she wants to be needed, to be useful, and loved in the only way she knows how. For others.

Which brings me to my second point. Vanya Hargreeves is not a selfish person. A lot of people seem to think that because she is shy and anxious and self defeating that she’s self centered, but that’s not the case. She reaches out multiple times to people, tries to do what they would need, because she cares. She genuinely cares.

So what happens when someone takes advantage of that low self respect, and that need to love and be loved?

Leonard fucking Asshat Jenkins.

Leonard was raised by an abusive father, and boy oh boy did he learn a few tricks from him. He molded himself into everything Vanya could need, and she took the bait, because she was desperate. She’d tried multiple things already—attempting to validate herself and her experiences by writing a book, giving lessons to children, taking medication, reaching out. So why not let this man be a good thing in her life? If he ever treats her wrong, it’s her fault, right?

Then Allison tells her her secret. Vanya didn’t remember being rumored—a very close parallel to how a lot of people deal with trauma. Indeed, being locked in a cage and treated how she was was traumatic. Vanya is angry. She’s been shown that she’s worth something, and now someone who’s repeatedly let her down and only recently been a better sister to her has turned her back on her by telling her this gut wrenching truth from her past. Remembering trauma alone is huge. But hearing it from one of the people who unwittingly hurt you? Can you really blame her for lashing out? Of course, it was an accident how far it went, but her anger, if not right, was still understandable.

And then Leonard. Leonard, the person who she trusted, was just out to hurt her too. Vanya recognizes this—this isn’t the first time she’s been used for her powers. So for the second time, she becomes angry not at herself, as she’d always done in the past, but at someone else. She lashes out. This man who’d filled her with such happiness, happiness that turned to poison. Someone she’d been intimate with. Someone she loved.

Then as a cherry on the fucking cake, her siblings lock her in a cage. Imagine going through an abusive relationship, discovering past trauma, and also discovering you have fucking super powers—then the only people you have left, the people who are supposed to help—lock you up. They’re scared of you. They’re just like everyone else. There’s no hope.

So yeah, Vanya Hargreeves at that point was hurt, confused, lost, and oh, sooo angry. And I think she had some pretty fuckin good reasons. She had no reason to hold back. She’d been holding back all her life.

While trying to kill the world is really shitty, look into Ellen Page’s lifeless glowing eyes and tell me Vanya Hargreeves wasn’t just a puppet being controled by her hurt. Her illnesses. Her trauma, her grief for her past and the loss of trust she’d endured. Tell me she was evil. I’ll tell you she’s me.

4 Days to see Allison fed up

Cool Beans

6 Days before I can see Vanya who is definitely smaller than she is in that image.

Cool Beans

"Lila joins him when he breaks out, but can she be trusted?"

I don't like the sound of that...

We've already been betrayed by Leonard...

We don't need to be betrayed by Lila too...

I spent an embarrassing amount of time on this…Let’s see how well I do

1 week to want to give Vanya a hug again

Cool beans

8 Days to see this spooky image

Cool Beans

Just remembered that J Edgar Hoover (who was the first director of the FBI) was hostile to homosexuals as well as black people and communists

If Vanya came to the FBI’s attention because someone (I’m thinking sissy’s husband) reported her for homosexuality and incidentally coming into knowledge of Vanya’s abilities, it might make a logical pretext for bringing vanya in as an insane and dangerous person because (at that time) they think there’s something wrong with your mind if you’re gay

If the fbi arrests vanya for homosexuality in front of Sissy my fear is that sissy might not be able to put up much of a fight even if she wanted to. In fear of being arrested/sent to an asylum herself and be away from her son who appears (at least from spoilers) to might have special needs

That might explain why there’s an orderly behind vanya in that snippet where she’s being interviewed and subsequently chloroformed

And remember the white light that Allison and Ben were facing, what if it’s vanya after being subjected to torture?

9 Days

Cool Beans

so vanya forms a unique bond with harlan who is sissy's nonverbal son, i wonder if they bond over music??? anyways vanya is autistic you cant convince me otherwise!!!!

Vanya Hargreeves from Netflix's The Umbrella Academy is autistic and finds verbal communication difficult. She's verbal because she's just barely capable of it and it's expected of her, but she communicates best through written words and music. She never learned how to use facial expressions. She does know how to use and understand voice intonation, since it's related to music, but she never has the energy to make her voice do what she wants. It's easier to use her hands.

Vanya Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy is very autistic coded in my opinion. She doesn't express emotions well and bc of this could be seen as cold by some, generally awkward in social situations, is easily overwhelmed, and playing her violin is a stim for her. Her powers are tied to her emotions so when she gets overwhelmed and starts to have a meltdown her powers react along with her. I see a lot of myself in her honestly.

even more autistic!Vanya hcs

I messed up this post the first time, so let’s try again.

Her hatred of squishy foods is not limited to just oatmeal: cooked carrots, cottage cheese, bananas, and mushrooms are off the table.

Very high pain tolerance, to the point where she’s been in actual danger and not realized it.

Slurs her words when she’s forced to go off script.

People have gotten mad at her for seeming disinterested all the time, so she consciously changes her body language so people know she cares what they’re saying.

“When I said I wanted to be special, this is not what I meant.”

She’s slept with the same stuffed animal since before she can remember, and she’s really embarrassed about it.

She’s pretty good with one-on-one conversation, but in group settings, she gets lost easily.

She’s content with having only one or two friends.

She always wears layers because of the weight, and because she’s hyposensitive to heat.

She can recite the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice from memory, but can’t remember what she ate for lunch, or if she even ate lunch.

She’s still working on embracing her autism. It’s hard to see the positive side of something that can mess up your life so much, but she’s trying.

“I like to think that Vanya is autistic and that’s why she has troubles using her powers cause she hypersensitive to sound”

I’ve seen multiple posts saying Vanya is autistic (i agree) but Klaus is peak ADHD I mean he’s happily leaping around his room whilst there’s a fire 😆 also Diego with his speech impediment and robot mom helping is FEELS ! 😭 (I have ASD / ADHD / stutter when I’m stressed) I love the metaphors !

Ok here's the essay (brought to you by Autistic Vanya Anon): I feel like Vanya has trouble with relationships, she avoids eye contact but I might be seeing things, I headcanon her to have cromesthesia which is a type of synesthesia which goes with autism sometimes, just interesting auditory issues in general, child!Vanya not wanting to eat certain foods (oatmeal), her hyperfixation on the violin, her apologizing for everything feels familiar too, and most importantly, I'm autistic and I said so.

Omg that’s so good

I’m jumping onto this bandwagon!

That’s such a good headcanon

Could I maybe do an essay on autistic Luther? I wasn't involved in that discussion before but I would because I have many thoughts. Also I wanted to add that little Vanya barely speaks (I don't remember her ever saying anything?) and might have been non-verbal as a child to add to the autistic Vanya discussion. (I project too much onto all the siblings)

I love her being nonverbal as a child. Especially since I don’t remember her speaking in the younger scenes from before she lost her powers? I could be wrong

And by all means we need a Luther essay

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY SEASON 2

Hello! This covers everything from the trailer, promo pics, interviews, and articles. Pics and links will be included. The info is in vague chronological order (as much as it can be with what we know.)

Needless to say, this post contains SPOILERS and is LONG ^‿^

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