Relatable characters?

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Upon searching the forums, there were few regarding this topic, and were either very aged, or worded poorly so as to dissuade the simple answers the OP was seeking.

Simply put: what characters in media do you find you relate to the most? They don't necessarily have to be Aspie characters.

I find myself having very much in common with the likes of Sherlock (of BBC's "Sherlock"), Abed Nadir (of "Community"), Dexter Morgan (of "Dexter"), Sheldon Cooper (of "The Big Bang Theory"), and Legion (of the "Mass Effect" game series).

I like to think that I relate well to Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Rikku Al Bhed (Final Fantasy X/X-2) and Hani-senpai (Ouran High School Host Club).

Austin Powers, Sid from Flushed Away and Peahawk the Sweet Pea.

Haruka Nanase from Free!
Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Historia Reiss (my avatar) and Annie Leonhardt from Shingeki no Kyojin

Wow, me too for all of these! I have been told I'm exactly like these characters so many times. I think it's because they're known as those 'autistic' characters...?
Also:
Dwight Schrute
Ned the Pie Maker
Becky from Supernatural (special interests!! !)
Mr. Bean

I can relate to the guy in my avatar; he's socially awkward around others like me.

I look back at various parts of my life and these characters come to mind. They may or may not relate to how I am or how I perceive myself today:

Rachel Berry - Glee
Joey Potter - Dawson's Creek
Vivian Kensington - Legally Blonde (This is commonly brought up when someone goes, "You remind me of this person?" I don't know if this is a good thing or not. Probably not)
Nina - Black Swan
Pretty much everyone from that movie Juno.

Everyone tells me I'm similar to the television character Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory.

As a kid I was very my like my avatar - Egghead Junior.

Now, while I'm somewhat Sheldonny I do try for Spock. While I greatly respect the Nimoy Spock - I think the Quinto Spock is more realistic.

A girl at school a couple years ago said I reminded her of Dexter from the show by the same name. She said the way I spoke sounded like him, which I just started watching some of it the other day and now I can see what she meant. Also, my little brother told me I was a lot like Sherlock from the BBC show, in the way that I think and analyze especially, as well as empathy (or lack thereof).

I also felt like I relate pretty well to characters L and Near (my avatar) from Deathnote.

Hmmm... Sherlock, Nadir, Morgan, and Cooper there seem like poor stereotypes to me, their characters don't convey for me what it feels like to be hyper-acute, the trouble with eye contact and so on and so forth. But Mr. Bean and Adrian Monk, those are two characters I can relate with more. Only really to some extent though, lots of times it feels like I can't really relate to anyone, including other people actually on the spectrum, even those with a similar diagnosis, because of comorbids.

Tatsuhiro Satō, from Welcome to the NHK.
Sherlock, from the new BBC series and the original books.
Raskolnikov, from the classic Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky...

star trek vulcans
data from ST:TNG
hymie the robot from get smart

(hmm... do we maybe see a pattern forming? )

I have also been told I'm similar to Mark Zuckerberg; as portrayed in the film The Social Network.

Many people said that I'm very similar to Jason Bourne.

I've been compared to Mick Avory by a few people.