[Macie Lightfoot]

The rocking isn't anything new at all. Anyone who watched 14's feeds can attest to how much he rocked in the hammock and all of his other stimming. He admittedly has autism and as obvious as it was eight years ago, he absolutely was not at full acceptance of it and went through a lot of tough **** with this show's awful fandom documenting all of his stimming and other behaviors and basically armchair diagnosing him. Inside the house, he was also very young (I think 21?) and I would *never* want my early 20s documented on television. Let's not forget that as much as we loved Dani in 13, she was only 20 years old in 8 and she was a petulant brat even by her own admission. Ian was only 21 and took a long time to acclimate to the house and become comfortable, and even then he was a punching bag for the rest of the house to make fun of, even if it was often "in jest." I think we also need to remember that it's only been four days and normally we don't even see the feeds until like Day 8 or Day 9, so this is the first time we're really seeing the HGs adjust to being back in the house.

I also wonder how much of the reaction to his win did a number on him. On top of everything mentioned above, his win was against someone who is regarded as one of the best players ever and who many people think was robbed. He was a very socially awkward 21 year old who I'm sure perceives his own win as very underdog and like David slaying Goliath, but then a large part of the random is very vocal about how he shouldn't have won. That's tough for anyone to handle and come to terms with.