The (Almost) Crackpot Theory House

by MormonStereotype

This is for theories that SEEM like crackpots at first glance, but upon closer inspection, actually make a lot of sense. From small loans of a million dollars to staged sitcoms, we're gonna cover them all. Send yours through PM or review! Please read and review! (Also, apparently removing a joke chapter counts as updating the story on FFN.)

2. IT'S ON A SPECTRUM!

Hello, everyone! Today we'll be talking about AUTISM!

Theory 2: Julia sometimes does things differently...

So, we're going from a small loan to an epidemic (gotta love trump jokes). Now, being autistic myself, I have seen this theory floating around and just wanted to give my two cents on it. So, the theory goes that Lisa and Leni are on opposite ends of the autism spectrum. Now, let's first address some claims AGAINST this theory.

"Autism makes it harder to socialize! Lisa is probably autistic, I'll give you that, but Leni socializes like a pro! There's NO WAY she has autism!"

Alright, we have a hard time with empathy sometimes, yes, but those of us on the asperger's side of the spectrum are actually fairly decent at socializing if I do say so myself.

"Autistic people are GENIUSES, not MORONS!"

Again, autism is on a spectrum. I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed some days myself. Not all of us are savants. (In fact, only 1 in 10 of us are.)

"She was written to be a ditsy blonde, nothing more!"

Okay...? This is almost a non-argument because there are two holes in it: 1) maybe it's meant to be revealed later, and 2) writers can change that sort of thing. When J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book, I doubt Dumbledore was gay but, 12 years later, out he came. Now, I'm not comparing autism to homosexuality, I'm saying that writers can make small changes to characters or announce new things about them. But let's talk about the arguments FOR this.

Leni could easily fall on the asperger's end of the autism spectrum. She's proficient in some fields (fashion design and carpentry mostly), while also good at socializing but not always seeing how her actions affect others. Also, this is one argument that I think I might be the first to make: Leni on car rides.

Now, I'm not aware if anyone's pointed this out, but Leni seems to not do well on car rides. And neither do I sometimes. And this is actually a HUGE nail in the coffin, because it could be caused by one of the most well-known attributes of autism: Sensory issues. Think about it: 12 noisy family members, everything whizzing by in a blur, the smells made by aforementioned family and food, can all add up. In people with autism especially, this much sensory input can cause what people in the autism community call "Sensory Overload." It is usually characterized by headaches or migraines in later years, or meltdowns in earlier ones, the former of which we can assume is what's happening with Leni based on how she looks in the episode "The Sweet Spot." It's SO OVERLOOKED! The second I saw this I was like "yup, that's me- hang on..."

So Lisa and Leni could both very easily be autistic, with Leni more on the asperger's side of the spectrum and Lisa more on the other.

But hey, that's (almost) a crackpot theory. Send me some more theories through PM or review!