What's your singular special interest ?

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Singular special interest? History, I guess. And linguistics. And astronomy. And literature. And philosophy. More like plural special interests.

Um, star trek?

Dogs..I just love dogs and find everything intresting that has to do with dogs.
I own one, and I can watch him for hours.
I can understand dogs much better than humans, because if a dog likes you he shows it clearly, there are no ''between the lines'' signs.

Probably music I have a habit of collecting though, without ever listening to it.

I do the same thing. I primarily do this with fictional characters though – I tend to "edit" them and it feels weird doing that with a real person. It's often not even deliberate – I'll just go back to the book after a while or hear other people talk about the character and I realise I got a completely different impression than the one the writer was going for or most people get.
At the moment it's Sherlock Holmes, who I've decided is bipolar (periods of manic energy, single-minded obsession and arrogance contrasted with periods of total depressed inertia). I know he's supposed to be terribly frosty but I think he's actually got a lot of charm when he wants to use it. But then, I'm an aspie

Overall, though, even that segues into of my preoccupation with a whole fantasy (as in the literary genre) world that I've been building up for years. I incorporate just about everything that comes my way into my cultures, histories and plot ideas. My "edited" versions of my favourite characters are the stars.

Like, Maika, though, I struggle to actually get the stories down on paper. I live in hope.

painting - its all Ive done over the last 6 years. pretty much every second of the day.

Drawing! Or painting, or whatever I can get my hands on to make a picture.

Any secondary obsessions I have always angle back into creating art based on the interest~~ <3

Genealogy, ice hockey and its history and statistics, web design... asperger advocacy.... and much more!

Cool. I'd love to write stories too, I'm just rubbish at developing an entire plot. Worlds and background stories are easy, but a complete, detailed and ironed-out plot has always eluded me. And I went through a Sherlock Holmes stage too. I always like Jeremy Brett's portrayal, probably because he was the most neurotic.

I have my own theories about this one.. it would be a VERY long post, but my theory takes into account why we remember the past but not the future (seems simple enough a question "it hasn't happened yet" is not the answer) and time travel to the past is impossible.. just theories..

What if I don't have a singular interest? Does that mean I'm not aspie?

Not nessesarily, I have many interests, but I'm laser focused on one at a time.. however, that being said, I have many traits that are atypical to aspergers. This doesn't mean I don't have it, just that we are all different and it really takes a proper diagnosis to know for sure.

No, these are the current criteria you must meet, for most doctors anyway:

A. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:
(1) marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate social interaction
(2) failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level
(3) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people (e.g., by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)
(4) lack of social or emotional reciprocity

B. Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
(1) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus
(2) apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals
(3) stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)
(4) persistent preoccupation with parts of objects

C. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years).

E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood.

F. Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia.

Bolding mine.
And if you don't meet these, you could still be diagnosed with another autistic spectrum disorder, if you have some symptoms that are problematic.

In the last year I have been totally obsessed with astronomy. In the last 3 months that interest has almost gone completely away, and now I am obsessed with finding new music and classifying it into genres. Sigh...

Yay! Me too!

NRA, weapons, military history, security, survivalism

To be honest Cannabis otherwise known as Marijuana is my special intrest.....It all started when I was 20, I had smoked before but I decided to try it again when i was 20 and I realised that it helped greatly with my depression, anxiety and social problems...and also it helps with my PTSD. So I have pretty much been self medicating with it ever since......now in Colorado where I live its legal for some medicinal uses and of course there are plenty of people who would like full legalization for recreational use as well. So I have thought It would be cool to maybe try and get a lisence to grow for dispensaries, work at a dispensary or otherwise get a job involving the legal medical uses. Or maybe get involved in any movements to try and push for further legalization.

But there is the part about it still being federally illegal, how my mom and her side of the family would react if they knew about this......and of course what could maybe happen to me. But when I try and ignore that this is something I am actually kind of passsionate about then I really start feeling completly hopeless. I mean I am going to community college because it was the only thing I could think of to do that my family would approve of and not give me hell for.......but I really need to find a way to get over them.