What is with all these utter morons who keep using "Mr. Spock" as an "example of" Asperger's. As anyone who is not thoroughly ignorant knows, the character ACTIVELY SUPPRESSED emotions. The character ACTIVELY SUPPRESSED "empathy". The character ACTIVELY SOUGHT "aspie" traits. What does using this character say about the losers and morons who promulgate it as an "example" of what we are like?
Eh, it's like when people say, "Beam me up, Scotty". It's the perception of people who don't know enough about Star Trek and Vulcans to know details. Spock seems overly analytical and emotionally defficient, like a lot of us.
Myself, I prefer comparing myself to Data.
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Athie
How can a fictional character be a "wannabe"? If you mean a wannabe Aspie then may I just point out that the people who created Spock never claimed such a thing in the first place!
They most likely weren't aware of Asperger's. That doesn't mean they hadn't met one, and tried to base Spock on him. And failed.
Nevertheless, I do think Data is a more accurate portrayal of an Aspie. His quest for humanity, especially, reminds me of my own thwarted desire for normality.
Goodness, Noetic. You've shrunk! Who is the photo?
Goodness, Noetic. You've shrunk! Who is the photo?
Moi
Goodness, Noetic. You've shrunk! Who is the photo?
Moi
Adorable.
Reminds me of this thing I keep seeing in the Myspace Autism groups:
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I find this interesting because most of these people died long before Autism was even discovered. It's the whole idea that anyone in history that showed even the slightest Autistic trait, therefore had full-blown Autism or Aspergers.
How can a fictional character be a "wannabe"?
Marty McFly.
Case in point.
How can a fictional character be a "wannabe"?
Marty McFly.
Case in point.
I don't think I got what you mean there... Wasn't really aware of films and TV much when I was a kid.
I meant, how can an existing fictional character be a "wannabe" for something that didn't really exist (or wasn't known about widely) when the character was created. To be a "wannabe" you have to be aware of whatever you "wanna be", no? (Aside from the fact that a character can't "want" anything, as such)
Goodness, Noetic. You've shrunk! Who is the photo?
Moi
Adorable.
Thanks, I found these recently in a biccie tin (must've put them there after taking them home from my parents' place last year), it's one of the few where I look a bit more lively and cheeky rather than just staring absent-mindedly or having my eyes closed.
I put them all in a thread in the General (Members only) section.
Vulcans are depicted as having emotions, but have such agressive emotions that they have to suppress them. If a Vulcan were raised outside Vulcan culture they would have emotions, so Mr. Spock doesn't have AS.