06 Mar 2007, 7:22 am
I wonder fi anyone here has wondered about what i am posting here. Im a big fan of X-Men, and i have all 3 films on my shelf, and i wonder if anyone else notices similarities between Human views on Mutants, and NT views on Aspies, as i fid that the films, especially X3, were like watching NT's trying to 'cure' us. as i feel NT's don't take to us well and they fear us as we are different, well i don't mean fear, but they just don't take to us well as we are different. And how most Mutants in that film protested that they were not diseased, but unique people who just see tihngs, and experience things different. Much like what most AS people tihnk too. I really felt like the films was very similiar to what we expereicne in real life. What does everyone else think?
NB: Im sorry i have made this seem vague, but it's hard to express mky feelings, so i hope others will post and contribute. 
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10 Mar 2007, 7:40 pm
We are almost like the X-men, aren't we?
I try not to romanticize AS too much, my head is easily inflated.
However, that is an interesting idea.
Makes me feel cool 
10 Mar 2007, 7:43 pm
the x-men have cooler powers.
me being smarter than everyone else is fun, though. 
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NB: Im sorry i have made this seem vague, but it's hard to express mky feelings, so i hope others will post and contribute.
I have never looked at it in that way, but when you mention it. Sometimes people treat me like I was a mutant or something and most of the time I really hate it. But when it comes to situations when feel like I am the smarter one (and it often happens
) I kind of love it. I do not try to romantice it but I feel like AS is big part of myself. Without it I would not be myself. Isn't that a comfort or what?
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23 Mar 2007, 2:14 pm
You pretty much nailed it on the head right there. Bryan Singer said that the scene in the second movie where Ice Man confronts his family was based on when he "came out" in real life ("Have you tried...not being a mutant?")
I haven't seen the third one, but the idea of a "cure" sounds like a good parallel to autism today.
23 Mar 2007, 2:32 pm
I want a Genousa (sp???) or Astriod M for the aspies to have as there own. And Brian Singer is gay... I knew Magento (forget his name) is but didn't know that Brian was.
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23 Mar 2007, 3:03 pm
A Genousha for aspies would be interesting. We could be ourselves and not have to worry about what anybody else thought 
23 Mar 2007, 3:33 pm
Sir Ian McKellen.
23 Mar 2007, 4:48 pm
You pretty much nailed it on the head right there. Bryan Singer said that the scene in the second movie where Ice Man confronts his family was based on when he "came out" in real life ("Have you tried...not being a mutant?")
I haven't seen the third one, but the idea of a "cure" sounds like a good parallel to autism today.
the thing is that maybe a few people would want a cure...but the problem is that for us who have higher functionality autism, we're just screwed. they'll say either you get the cure or you have no excuse for your problems.
23 Mar 2007, 5:32 pm
That would rule!, sadly Sentianals would constantly be attacking us!
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