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I think Pikachu is adorable 
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13 Aug 2007, 7:52 am
It's me again. It's been a while since I originally posted this thread, but I wanted to tell you something. The other day while watching Diamond and Pearl w/my Aspie 6 yr old, the character Ash was in a competition with other trainers where the winner of each round would go to the next opponent....well, Ash didn't win and one by one the trainers on Ash's team got eliminated.
When Dawn got eliminated (that was "the last straw" for my son), my son got so emotionally upset that he made this very deep forboeding growl, then took his fist into the air and slammed it into the couch, looked at me (his face was literally red) and began to sob and cry. I just held him and said not to worry that Ash would have another opportunity to win soon. I tried to comfort him as much as possible and he got over it pretty quick.
Do any other parents experience this type of emotionality from their children. Also, any Aspies out there that could relate to this ???
On a funny note, my son came up with a Pokemon name for his 3 yr old brother.... "Poop 
style" ! !! ! This morning he told me his brother had evolved into "Poopmac" ! !!
13 Aug 2007, 10:19 pm
15 Aug 2007, 2:30 pm
My son has kind of moved on from Pokemon into some other things - one of them being this Animal Crossing video game for the game cube. The game is set up so that your character can have their own house, fish, sell things, make friends...that sort of thing. Well, one of my son's "friends" moved away to a different "town" on the game. (keeping in mind that the friends your character makes are computer generated friends...you can't really hold a real conversation with them or anything - it's all scripted) My son cried. He STILL talks about this friend moving away, and this happened about six months ago! I can honestly say he doesn't get that upset about friends moving away in real life - heck, for that matter he doesn't even really talk about his friends in real life. He identifies far more with the game than he does with what's going on his real life, and I suppose that's because the "rules" on the game are just far more easier to understand. There aren't as many puzzling details going on all the time. I would imagine that this reason is probably why so many of our Aspies identify with these shows and games so well. Even with Star Wars, the rules about being a Jedi are simple to understand. (besides, I can't speak for other children or Aspie adults - but I know with my son, he doesn't even talk about the interpersonal issues - it's all about relaying the facts of the show, game or movie.)
I can't really blame my son. Real life is INCREDIBLY difficult and complex to get through even when you're NT. People and rules don't always make sense. Take the IEP process for example! 
SirCannonFodder
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15 Aug 2007, 5:34 pm
Wrong Planet - Asperger and Autism Communityon also show strong bonds in which a Pokemon will protect their trainer or the other way around quite often.
Sometimes, characters are introduced who have little or no respect for Pokemon, and the main characters always resent it. In addition, the natural habitats of Pokemon are preserved, and human towns and cities are scattered and sparse. For young environmentalists, this is quite nice. Pokemon can be quite harmless, as long as parents keep a limit on it, I suppose
On another point about the violence, it is seen as really bad form to allow the battle to go too far (ie, to the point of actual injury). Gabe's entry about Pokemon over at Penny Arcade is a good read for any parent concerned about pokemon.
Anyway, I got Pokemon Red and a Gameboy Color for Christmas when I was 10. It quickly became my first gaming addiction (I remember regularly lying in bed, playing it until deep into the night, often still awake after 1AM. This lasted for a few weeks (it was summer vacation), and towards the end I was hearing the music even when the game was turned off), and resulted in an obsession that lasted until I was 13 or 14. Fortunately for my mum's wallet, I never got interested in the cards or the rest of the merchandising beyond the pokedex books.
22 Aug 2007, 8:56 pm
