I've been obsessed with Star Trek since about 2010. When it started out, it was definitely a ten, since then, it's waned to about a seven, but can periodically spike back up to an eight or nine when I start watching the episodes again. I went to a Star Trek convention in 2012 and got my picture taken with Kate Mulgrew (Capt. Kathryn Janeway), Tim Russ (Vulcan chief of security Tuvok), Brent Spiner (android lieutenant commander Data), Levar Burton (blind chief engineer Geordi LaForge), and William Shatner (Capt. James Kirk). I've seen every episode of every series (Orignial Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, and Enterprise) except for Deep Space Nine, of which I'm still trying to get past season three. I didn't like DS9 as much as the others; not enough character development, and too much politics. My favourite is absolutely Voyager, and I'm almost finished watching all seven series (179 episodes) for the second time. Seven of Nine is my avatar, and she's my hero. She's a half-human half-borg (cybernetic robot who used to be connected to a single "hive mind" by the evil Borg queen), and eighteen years being held mentally prisoner by the Borg collective essentially gave her the social, emotional and functioning skills of a high functioning autistic. Her cybernetic implants (some of which couldn't be removed because they control parts of her autonomic nervous system) even give her hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli, so I worship her as the most amazing aspie in the universe (literally).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjsJtPvlgG0
This video is an excellent example of what I'm talking about. Seven is being taught social skills by the Doctor (the bald man at the piano who keeps helping her), and in this scene, she's practising going on a date with another crew member. I find it very amusing, because it reminds me very much of myself.
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"Survival is insufficient" - Seven of Nine
Diagnosed with ASD level 1 on the 10th of April, 2014
Rediagnosed with ASD level 2 on the 4th of May, 2019
Thanks to Olympiadis for my fantastic avatar!