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Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up?
Yes, mostly musical heroes 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Yes, mostly TV and movie heroes 12%  12%  [ 7 ]
Yes, mostly literary heroes 12%  12%  [ 7 ]
Yes, mostly family members 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
Yes, mostly teachers 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
Yes, mostly others 14%  14%  [ 8 ]
No 40%  40%  [ 23 ]
Total votes : 58

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12 Jul 2021, 1:45 pm

Spunge42 wrote:
So to name a few of my literary heroes: Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Harlan Ellison, Conan Doyle, Oda Eiichiro, Henry James (yes, I love Henry James and I don't care who makes fun of me for it 8O ), Ranpo Edogawa, Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Franz Kafka...
Speaking of Jane Austen, there is a book called "So Odd a Mixture
Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'":
https://www.ubcpress.ca/so-odd-a-mixture

I haven't read it, but I suppose it may be an interesting read for autistic fans of Jane Austen's works.


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13 Jul 2021, 9:36 am

No heroes per se.

In retrospect, the people who helped me the most were:

1) My parents, who taught me the skills I needed in order to do well in school (academically, at least), once I finally learned to talk at age 4.

2) Whoever it was that gave my parents a hand-me-down piano (they could not have afforded a piano on their own), -- which I figured out how to play by ear, at around the same time I finally learned to talk.


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13 Jul 2021, 9:43 am

My dad. He's actually considered a national hero, but he was my hero first.


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15 Jul 2021, 1:18 pm

Mona Pereth wrote:
Whoever it was that gave my parents a hand-me-down piano (they could not have afforded a piano on their own), -- which I figured out how to play by ear, at around the same time I finally learned to talk.
Do you still play the piano?


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