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this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2023
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I'd deep seed a few of them IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
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I appreciate the clarification. Thank you.
Uh...where's Reg? Big miss there.
Maybe it’s a main cast/non guest star only meme?
I see him as just having extreme social anxiety. Maybe I’m projecting.
Ah, a list of basically all of my favorite characters. I'm sure that doesn't mean anything
I don't see Seven as ASD coded. She has levels of trauma that can sometimes be mistaken as ASD and has lived outside of regular human society for much of her life.
Does Odo actually qualify for this? He can feel and comprehend and interpret emotions just fine, he is just deadly shy and insecure behind his stoic enforcer facade.
The doctor doesn’t fit either, just because he is modeled after an egomaniac asshole does not mean he is autistic.
He can feel and comprehend and interpret emotions just fine, he is just deadly shy and insecure behind his stoic enforcer facade.
This is basically describing autism too. We can feel emotions just fine. But expressing them is hard because we do so in a way that can sometimes be upsetting to others. So we become shy and put up a facade that hides how we feel about things.
Also, "ASD-coded" is different than ASD. These characters don't literally have ASD, but the fantastical sci-fi backgrounds the writers set up allow them to write the characters to behave and experience struggles in a way that is similar to someone with ASD. Especially problems fitting in with a group, socialising, and forming meaningful connections with others.
Autistic people can feel and comprehend emotions like everyone else, no difference. Not sure why those two were on your list. As far as interpreting emotion, we can, we just have to learn how instead of doing it innately, which it seems Odo did for all human behavior.
Neither does Data. He has no emotions. I feel like the maker of this meme projects a bit.
This is not a new idea
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Many times at conventions, kids will come up to my table when I’m signing photographs and tell me they have Asperger syndrome, and that when they were growing up, Data was the only character on TV they could relate to. That’s an incredibly moving experience. Had I known, I might have encouraged the writers to write more towards that, but it might have blown the whole thing and lost the connection.
thank you for the link
ASD coded, not literally ASD. The thematic struggle with social convention counts IMO. But Data has no self loathing or whatever. He just wants to understand. We stan Data.
I really don't think the EMH counts.
It was programmed from the personalities of hundreds of are Star fleet doctors with terrible bedside manners .... starting with Dr Leonard McCoy
Agreed, but terrible bedside manner isn't indicative of autism. And the Doctor seems to be garden-variety crotchety, which makes sense given that he's modeled on Lewis Zimmerman. I'd need other criteria to convince me he's supposed to be autistic.
The more I hear and talk about with others about autism, the more I think that it all just has to do with just being human and a person with a unique set of personality traits and conditions.
Some of it might be healthy, some of it unhealthy, some brought about by upbringing, some brought about from trauma, some brought about my neglect but some also brought about because of having everything, or nothing, or too much, or too little.
It's like gender identity ... some people identify one way or another .. some strongly identify, some don't, some are just in the middle and some are off the spectrum ... and many change over time and over a lifetime.
It's the same with autism .. some have a little bit of it, some don't, some are aware, some are not, some are more affected, some are just a little affected but everyone has no clue and no one is capable of measuring it.
It's just part of the human condition that we are all different ... and its the differences that made us who we are as a civilization and a global society. We were successful not because of one person or one group of people ... we were successful as a species because of all these individuals doing what they did and being who they were. It's our chaotic mess of personalities, whether good or bad or perceived as good or bad that make up all the amazing things we have created, generate, construct, produce and imagine.
I think it's a great thing ... it's worked for us for thousands of years ... and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Ehh, I do agree that dealing with different personalities is part of being human, and everyone has their own strengths, weaknesses and quirks. I would have to disagree that somewhat on the “no one is capable of measuring it” part. It seems to lean towards the “everyone is a little Autistic” saying, which is not scientifically accurate. Autism is something we can test for and while it’s something we still don’t understand completely, recently scientists have been able to identify which genes are responsible. So I think putting it on a level with a personality trait or gender identity is a bad comparison.
Agreed. He doesn't have any trouble interpreting or expressing feelings, it's just that he's kind of a prick with an identity crisis.
Yeah ditto, I don't think he (it?) seemed autistic at all
Did anyone else wonder who the black guy was before you noticed his legs?
Clearly the female changeling. She could do real solids.
Aaah it’s not just me, phew!
They're specifically outsiders for the purpose of providing commentary on human behavior.
“How can I invent something to be angry and righteous about today?”
Huh?
And then you came here to complain about it
That's a real who's who of my favorite characters. Probably not a coincidence.