Hi gang, I'm new here. I'm recently diagnosed and trying to find people like myself I can talk to.
Are there any fictional characters you find yourself identifying with? I ask because when recently reading "Dune", I found myself fascinated by the character Piter DeVries. Mentats almost seem like man made autistics, at least to me.
I also love:
Daniel, from The Vampire Chronicles
And a whole host of others, but those are the two I feel most represent this aspect of myself.
What about y'all?
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."
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Lysitheia
Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, in an Aspie sense...
Anne "of Green Gables" Shirley. I also identified with Laura Ingalls Wilder - does she count?
Anne "of Green Gables" Shirley. I also identified with Laura Ingalls Wilder - does she count?
WOW. You've just named two of my early icons. Do you really think they are Aspies??? Laura Ingalls Wilder was THE dominant figure in my childhood, I cannot begin to analyze all of the ways she influenced me. My head is exploding with the idea she might have been an Aspie!
Anne "of Green Gables" Shirley. I also identified with Laura Ingalls Wilder - does she count?
WOW. You've just named two of my early icons. Do you really think they are Aspies??? Laura Ingalls Wilder was THE dominant figure in my childhood, I cannot begin to analyze all of the ways she influenced me. My head is exploding with the idea she might have been an Aspie!
I don't think Anne is Aspie, athough she would make a fine sympathetic NT friend. As I recall, she doesn't seem to have had problems making or keeping friends among her peers at school and college. There are some minor characters in the books who might be Aspies in that they are a bit aloof and standoffish at first acquaintance (e.g. Diana's Aunt Cornelia, Mr Harrison, Katherine Brooke in Windy Poplars, Leslie Moore in House of Dreams) - and Anne has this wonderful ability to win them over and make them feel valued and appreciated. So when I say I identified with Anne I mean not that she was just like me, only that I wanted to be like her - intelligent, attractive, thoughtful, serious-minded and well liked. Unfortunately real life isn't like that, at least not in the present era. Could you imagine today's teenage girls playing at acting out The Lady of Shallott? Anyone who suggested it would most likely be teased for being teacher's pet.
Other literary characters I felt similiarly about:
Nanda Gray in Frost in May by Antonia White
Sara Crewe in A Little Princess - a surprisingly neglected Francis Hodgson Burnett classic
As for Laura Ingalls Wilder - I can't say for sure whether she was Aspie. She was quite shy, but maybe that's to be expected given her isolated upbringing (not mixing with any chldren outside her family until starting school aged 8).
I identify very strongly with Ender from "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. once I know more to be able to express my identifications in words, I write more
http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2431537/1/ Russell. LOL.
I guess a funny thing is I like the strong male characters of Jane Austen stories but the one I think is most Aspie and (though not most powerful, likable, or whatever) but most like me is Edward Ferrars.
Voldemort! The man is just plain awesome.
Spooky!
Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, in an Aspie sense...
Yeah, I'm with you on that 100%.
Also, Ford Prefect from "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"....they might think I'm weird on this planet, but someday I just might surprise everyone!
Others are Morgaine from "The Mists of Avalon", Elizabeth Bennet from "Pride & Prejudice", Susan from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels....quite a few, really - I read a lot!