Fictional characters with AS

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I watched the movie "Washington Square" again, which I had posted about awhile before. It turns out it was the same movie I had seen before, and not a remake. I would say that this character (Catherine, I think her name was...God, I´m so bad with names, I just saw the movie!)- would be an example of a female Aspie, though some may relate to her more than others. I, personally, related to her a lot; particularly in her trust in people, and not understanding, or picking up the social minutia around her, to be able to see that others were up to no good. Eventually, after being betrayed by the people closest to her, there was disillusionment. I feel like I know this so well, the idealistic person who has to get used to the frailties of the human race! (I am still working on my feelings of cynicism and disillusionment, though I think it´s getting much better). What I liked so much is that she retained her Aspie qualities throughout the movie, she didn´t suddenly become "more social" or anything. There was, however, a certain dignity about her, and she became stronger somehow with age. This movie was based on a novel by Henry James; I wonder if the character in the book is written just as she is portrayed in the movie? I would be curious to find out.

It occurred to me, based on several recent threads, that there do seem to be plenty of Aspie-ish girl characters. However, what I wrote earlier seems to hold true...very few women characters! (Aside from the possibility of witches or other mythic characters). I find this fascinating, and maybe should write a paper on it. It´s as if it really is expected that the woman does become sociable, or that she ends up loving another within the framework of a relationship. I recall now that when I was a child, and reading child fiction, it was relatively easy to find role models, or people who I could relate to. Once I became a woman, that became nearly impossible. I wonder if that was why I stopped reading fiction? I became interested in movies, but again, had trouble watching all those movies in which women were portrayed so stereotypically; again, it would just drill home the message that "they´re like that" and "I´m different". Now that I know about AS, I´m watching many of those movies geared for women, that I tried to avoid before, just to learn about life.

He does seem to have an obsession with disliking Europeans.

The part played by Julianne Moore in "The Hours".

The girl played by Allie Sheedy in "The Breakfast Club"

Brundle in "The Fly" by Cronenberg.

Symbolically, Holly Hunter's role in "The Piano"

James Spader's character in "Bad Influence" , and his brother in that film

Dumb and Dumber

Inspector Clousseau in "The Pink Panther"

Alec Guinness as "The Man in the White Suit"

Julianne Moore's role in "Safe" by Todd Haynes

Jonathan Pryce in "Brazil"

Almost the entire Addams Family, especially in the second film, " Addams Family Values".

Jim Carrey's character in "The Mask"
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I'm going to say L from Deathnote, and Near was definitely on the spectrum, probably HFA.

I'm surprised that, despite the fact that I'm fairly certain it was never intended to be, nobody finds that Dr. Manhattan of Watchmen an allusion to an autistic personality.

Think about it.

What about Lola from CatDog, if you aren't familiar with the character I'm speaking of here's an image:

http://catdog1st.tripod.com/pics/Lola.jpg

She really was into science, and tried to do a documentary on CatDog at one point. I think they even had a joke, where they went back to when Lola was born, and she popped out of the egg and started reading about science and I was like "That's so Aspie!"