I've been working on a novel series for a long time (actually, six years T_T And getting NOWHERE.), and the narrator-protagonist is an NT. But another important character (and the narrator of the prequel) is an Aspie. I'm not planning on actually stating in the story that she's an Aspie, because I don't want to turn my dear Kiegrif into a syndrome and I don't want to turn my precious story into propaganda. But I still consider her to be an Aspie.
I'm also writing another story about a girl who is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and her mom is a curebie, but I'm not very far on that.
But, anyway, does anyone else have any Aspie characters? And do you think it's best to "diagnose" them, or not?
So... yeah...
Wish I could read it... (don't read rated M stuff)
Actually in the Novel I'm writing I have the main character protray many Autistic traits. Problems with Social interaction, Stimming, meltdowns, mind blindness, and sensory issues. Though I never actually say it out right.
In a novel I'm writing the protagonist is a young woman with Asperger's, but it isn't the main focal point. Im purposely "diagnosing" her midway through so that she isn't thought of as a syndrome.
Heh... I'll try to read it.
Diagnosing her midway through, eh? That's an interesting way to do it. How does that work out?
And nathanww, I totally know what you mean. My NT protagonist Juanita is not only NT, but she's the ultra-conforming type, the type of person that I've resented ever since I was eight years old. It's very hard to write her without exaggerating her bad qualities, and sometimes when I go back and read what I've written I'm tempted to shoot her because she's so annoying. And it's hard to emphasize with her, too.
No, I don't have any AS characters, and I don't plan on it. I don't want my symptoms dictating the outcome of my characters
A few, probably. Only one's diagnosed as such, though, and it's never mentioned by name, only implied. It's a very AU fanfiction about the life of a minor character in a somewhat obscure (at least in America) anime, and though the focus is not specifically on his Asperger's/autism, his perceptions of people and the world around him, as well as people's reactions to him, play a significant part in the story. Semi-based on my personal experiences, and semi-based on other Aspies I've known/heard about.
Other characters I've made have typically autistic/Aspie traits in some ways, but seeing as a lot of them live in a place in the story where it's almost EXPECTED that people are weird, not much is made of it except as part of their much earlier life.
Most of my characters show at least some tendencies toward Asperger's/autism, some more than others. It's not the focal point of my stories, but it's a perspective I can relate to. I don't even think I set out to write about autistic characters, they just sort of evolve that way.
My favorite is Emma. Though in some respects she's the hardest of my characters to write well about, because she barely speaks, she's definitely the most rewarding. Her lack of typical communication and socialization provides her with an unexpected gift - it leaves her receptive to an entirely different kind of connection with a creature that others mistakenly condemn as demonic, stupid, and savage. Come to find out, this being is more advanced than humans could ever hope to be.
Oh jeez where do I begin..
OK I one character that is DX the rest have various quirks and mannerisms
Ekko is my actual DXed Autie, more or less an alien with the human symtoms (he looks more like anthromorphic dog though LOL) of Autism, it isn't too sever and consitering the setting of the story the boy has cyberneurons implanted as a toddler to counteract the systoms so they won't "Get worse" the boy turns out is increidble code break her and neuro-hacker. He play huge role in the story as a network spy.
The other characters are not diagnosised because of setting.
Sekar is my RP character and fan character for Avatar the Last Airbender. He's 33 and a Fire Nation healer and firebender, (he's also in my avatar) he has many aspie behaviors that I accidently tacked on (well not really tacked on) like stimming, sensory senstivty and his odd collections of jarred and preserved organs, His major obbession is medicine which makes him almost a genius at acuputure and medical treatments. His firebending is also a passion as well =D he's fun character to play accually
Chiko has gone several evolutions, but his current one is that he's mildly Aspie, with PTS-like issues including flashbacks and phobias. He's also fun to write with his stutter and his missing limb.
Toccata and Fugue are my drakkhani characters. Twin males that have alot of simluarites including some autistic behaviors.
In my fantasy novel,
Nolix%Uul, one of the main characters, Daku, is an Aspie, or would be if autism was named and largely discovered on his world. Readers will notice quickly that Daku kills without hesitation, but this isn't at all intended to mean that all Aspies do so. His reasons for being a killer will be revealed later on in the story.
I have two characters with Aspergers Syndrome, but the stories I'm writing about them take place in the 1960's, so they arn't diagnosed as Aspies. There name's are Orlando Morningstar and Jack Blackwright. Orlando is a hippie drifter, lesbian and cult science fiction writer, and Jack Blackwright is an Irish sorcerer and secret agent for an ancient secret society. Jack is probubly more of an Aspie actually. Orlando probubly has her own syndrome.
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I'm currently starting a new book where one of the characters is autistic. A girl and a friend go on a road trip, only to realize her autistic brother has tagged along.
The book isn't so much about his autism as it is the coming of age of all the characters. It is about autism in the way that he and his sister become closer, and she comes to accept his autism better.