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Oh yeah, i saw that movie! It was so @^%@# funny!

But i didn't watch the credits so i don't know that character...

I wonder if there are any AS rockers?

As in rock bands?

Try mine

Roland Deschain, main character of Stephen King's Dark Tower books.

The same thing occurred to me too! Roland is a textbook emotional recluse, and crazy about the Tower. I love those books.

I've only seen the film based on the musical (I have no idea what version your refering too), but from that and the little I do know about the original story (I say this because the following is based only on that and may be inaccurate), he seems too good at manipulating people (Christine in particular) to have AS/HFA and wouldn't having limited human contact explain the lack of other social skills and difficulty around people? The obsessiveness maybe, but the other traits don't seem too AS/HFA considering the situation.

I'm pretty sure that in the book he hasn't spent most of his life living down a hole like in the musical (I think he was an architect, but I may be wrong), but still I bet if even an NT spent six-months or so with out seeing or hardly seeing other humans they might still be uncomfortable around them. Even forgetting the isolation, considering his disfigurement he would probably have self-confidence and stigma issues.



Did the author of that have Asperger's by any chance?

Sounds like my idea of a dream (Referring to the part, I've highlighted in bold).

EDIT: Interestingly, when I first saw the Film (as in the one based of the Andrew Lloyd Webber version), I thought Raoul was the bad one for stealing Christine but then I often get the wrong end of the stick with films. . I still think that the phantom in that version isn't so bad ...apart from hanging a few people ...but then he has really bad "issues".

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That actually sounds like quite an interesting book. I will try to purchase it when I have money.

Does anyone know what it's about anyway?

I do not know. But it sounds interesting.

Oryx and Crake:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 51-6140010

Thanks Cindy, that looks like an intresting book.

Malcolm from Malcolm in the Middle (and possibly Dewey too) I was watching the first episode today and it was weird how Lois thought they wanted to send Malcolm to a sped class and was talking about him being strange and all that.

And Tsukasa from .hack//sign for anyone whos seen that but that seems to somewhat be caused by the trama he experiences.

Sarah, I've read the first few chapters of the book Phantom is based on. But regardless of his isolation, he's still very gifted. Living under an opera could've caused that(giftedness), but it's still an intersting notion. I myself happen to be vey good at manipulating people, so it'd be safe to say that Aspies can do that. Once you understand how a mind works, it can be rather fun toying with it.

Same here, Raoul was a self-absorbed prick IMHO. Hated him, even after Phantom went insane. Needless to say, my Musical Theatre was disturbed by the fact that I sided with Phantom the whole movie.

Malcom defanitely isn't. He's a socially needy genius with stereotypical Middle School nerdy angst. Dewey could be savant though.

- from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon

Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, socially inept codebreaker genious who helps end WW2 and assists Alan Turring with the first computer.

Bobby Shaftoe, socially inept Marine/Spec Ops bad ass who gets the missions from Waterhouse's codebreaking efforts.

Honorable mention for Stephenson's interpretation of General Macarthur

One of my top 5 books of all time.

Also Ender Wiggen, Bean and most of the other kids from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Also in my Top 5.

Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm definatley not. He has way too much luck with relationships. Dewey, however could possibly be autistic. But he may not be that autistic.