Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-76.5.175.79-20140303042008

Okay, I want the RWBY fandom's opinion on this, since I've been watching and enjoying the show for a while.

Ever since her apppearence in episode 4, Nora Valkyrie has become one of my favorite characters of any animated show of recent. She's a high-speed, energetic ripper of a person, and she's all the greater for it.

Part of the reason why I'm so fascinated by her is the way she acts. She talks at the speed of light, interrupts a personal moment between Ruby and Yang, imitates the mannerisms of a sloth, can't sit still for more than 5 minutes, and relishes the thrill of combat a bit too much. She even (excitedly I might add) suggests breaking Cardin's legs (hence her second famous line behind "boop").

This all leads me to personally suspect that (unless Monty Oum suggests otherwise) that Nora has ADHD, or at least a RWBY-verse equivalent of it.

I'm no expert on the subject, but having done general research of it online, I can see some of those aspects quite stongly in Nora's personality

To elaborate more, here are some of the common symptoms of ADHD found in children and teens (that I know of): Distractiblity, Irritablity,  Poor Concentration, Hyperactivity, and Impulsitivity.

Being 14 episodes into Vol.1, I can safely say that she hits all but one of those traits. She not quite irratable, but she does seem to get distracted from the task at hand (see: Forever Fall part 1), moves and talks at super-sonic speed, and seems to forget the fact that sloths really don't make much noise (and even gets their sounds wrong).

What do you think? (feel free to school me on what I just said. Like I said, I'm no expert). 