Avatars and autism

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25 Jun 2011, 10:05 pm

I was noticing a pattern among avatars in neurotypical and autistic circles, online. It seemed that a large percentage of neurotypicals had animal avatars, while many aspies have pictures of objects, drawings or fictional characters. So, could this be used as a piece of evidence for the NT case in my Asperger's trial that'll conclude sometime by the end of next year?

Also, on the topic of semiotics, would the language pattern that I use be more typical of aspies or neurotypicals? Like, for example, I begun this sentence using the word "Like" and I begun one of the sentences above with the word "So". So, is that a neurotypical language pattern? Or is that more of an aspie language pattern because that could be considered "Stereotypical language usage"?

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25 Jun 2011, 10:07 pm

I like to pick things that have to do with my obsessions/special intrests for my avatar. I also try to pick something that says something about how I feel about most things. "OMGWTF" is pretty much how I feel about anything to do with other people. Since Tails the fox/kitsune is my newest special intrest, this one just fit.

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25 Jun 2011, 10:15 pm

I wouldn't make it Exhibit A in the trial, no.

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25 Jun 2011, 10:26 pm

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That's interesting. A lot of the autistic people I know have cats as avatars. There was a time when I used pictures of one of my cats as an avatar as well. I do prefer fictional characters as avatars, but that preference could change.

As for semiotics, it's like I use like a lot when I talk. you know? So, I don't really think it's like indicative of anything. That is something I picked up from other people, like most of my attempts at casual speech.

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25 Jun 2011, 10:27 pm

I want the world to see how I look without using an actual picture of myself. I also want the world to know what I like.

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25 Jun 2011, 10:27 pm

I hang out in anime, comic and fiction writing circles so everyone there has fictional characters as avatars...

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25 Jun 2011, 10:30 pm

draelynn wrote:

I hang out in anime, comic and fiction writing circles so everyone there has fictional characters as avatars...

. There are exceptions...

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25 Jun 2011, 10:30 pm

I usually use something I think is amusing or reflects my interests.

Right now it's an old comic book character Dr. Solar: Man of the Atom. I always found him interesting for some reason. Also he represents Science Fiction and Outer Space to me which I also find interesting. Also that he's sort of like Doctor Manhattan and views the world differently.

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25 Jun 2011, 10:34 pm

Now my avatar is both a fictional character and an animal. Where is your god now? :wink:

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25 Jun 2011, 10:37 pm

Changing avatars?! AHHHHHHHH... how will I recognize you now???! !!

And who's the kitty?

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25 Jun 2011, 10:42 pm

draelynn wrote:

Changing avatars?! AHHHHHHHH... how will I recognize you now???! !!

And who's the kitty?

Miss Kitty Fantastico, from Buffy. She was Willow and Tara's kitten in the fourth season and mysteriously disappeared after either the fourth or fifth seasons. I think they wrote it off as "an accident with a loaded crossbow" which makes me very sad.

I need to find a better Anya icon, I was getting tired of the image I was using.

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25 Jun 2011, 11:11 pm

Verdandi wrote:

draelynn wrote:

Changing avatars?! AHHHHHHHH... how will I recognize you now???! !!

And who's the kitty?

I have a male kitty that looks just like that. And, thanks to that show and my husbands fascination with it - it lent my daughter her name.

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25 Jun 2011, 11:21 pm

draelynn wrote:

Verdandi wrote:

draelynn wrote:

Changing avatars?! AHHHHHHHH... how will I recognize you now???! !!

And who's the kitty?

I have a male kitty that looks just like that. And, thanks to that show and my husbands fascination with it - it lent my daughter her name.

Your daughter is named Buffy?

Buffy actually warped the way I talk. It all started when I read every script for the first five seasons, and after that watching the entire series over and over again.

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25 Jun 2011, 11:23 pm

I like Verdandi's avatar. Don't change it ever!

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25 Jun 2011, 11:27 pm

Verdandi wrote:

Your daughter is named Buffy?

Buffy actually warped the way I talk. It all started when I read every script for the first five seasons, and after that watching the entire series over and over again.

My daughters name is Willow! If she was a boy he'd be named Zander... :roll:

I wouldn't have caved to Dad's shallow reasonings but I did have personal justifications - a bit deeper than a tv show - for choosing that name for her. In accordance with our vast and varied cultural backgrounds, her name is Willow Rhiannon. English/Welsh were the only backgrounds we contributed in common.

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25 Jun 2011, 11:33 pm

I don't the choice of avatar is indicative of the approximate location on the AS/NT boundary line.

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