The 11th Doctor and Autistic traits of fictional characters

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But you’re forgetting.

Amy Pond: You look human.
The Doctor: No, you look Timelord. We came first.

Humans are time lords! We are just not evolved to the same level yet.

Sorry redwulf25_ci I got off topic.

NTs are all aout being TC. but what is being PC any more? I want to make jokes about being an aspie and did at an appleBees last night. I told the joke

"How many Asperger adults does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one, but he has to do three months of research first."

and the lady behind me started yelling at me about how bad it is to joke about people with autism and I should be beaten for making such a joke! even after I told her I do have aspergers and it is something I would do. she still went on about being PC.

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I see where you're coming from, but here's the thing: my family pretty much told me the same thing.

However, one thing I learned is no matter how much you develop your skills, it's not enough to them; you still come off as "different", and it turns people away.

I actually become very depressed, lost lots of confidence, and had low self esteem because of this.

Then, when I learned I was Autistic, and just focused more on being ME--rather than trying to be something I naturally wasn't--everything just seemed to fall into place, and I found growing into my skin a lot easier.

My mother desperately tried to be NT all her life, and it destroyed her; and by destroyed her, yes--I mean it took her life in the end.

I think part of your speculation is a bit wrong, and let me explain why:

you say "if we Aspies were to start a society I predict it would topple in about 3 days from every one arguing. Social skills are necessary at least to act as a buffer between people."

that may be partly true--at least for the time being, but that's because we're sort of used to a world run by NTs & designed for NTs. However, if we are indeed the next stage in evolution, that doesn't necessarily mean we're the final step in that particular step..it just means we're in the "testing" stages shall we say.

It may not be considered an overall advantage in terms of trying to work with the rest of the world on their level; but, if you're willing to tap into the mental capabilities that are there for you--and I assure you it certainly takes work--you may in fact be able to comprehend ideas that most NTs will "drool at the mouth" trying to understand. I should know...I've attempted explaining, and I can't get them to understand. It always winds up collapsing into some stupid argument on the level of some hacks you'll hear from Fox News or CNN or something like that.

If you want to know how to work with them without actually compromising either your values or your natural abilities, read the 48 Laws of Power, and observe how people act, and the things they'll do; soon enough, you'll know it damn pat, and can work around the annoyances and use all your experiences to your advantage.

It really just takes observation, analyzation, and lots of cognitive thinking--not to mention growing into one's skin--to pick up on the possibilities.

As always, we agree on the subject TheDocter82, nothing to add this time

It is in some ways which is why most people will say "has traits similar to autism". On the other hand Timelord psychology and physiology are similar enough to humans as is there culture in many ways that it wouldn't be illogical for them to have a similar condition.

Maybe the evolution on Gallifrey followed the same steps as human evolution, that also explains The Doctor's strong attractiveness (not emotional/sexual) to Earth and it's human beings.

If you think about it, all humanoids we see seem to be human. Only difference is the time of their evolution. So following that logic. If it acts like an Aspie, Talks like an Aspie and keeps score like an Aspie. Then it is an Aspie! Or a big cacti/fish lady in a shimmer.

Yeah, he's from the RIGHT Planet...or space continuum, wherever it is the Time Lords are from.

AH, now I know what to bring up for dinner conversation tonight. We can brush up on our Time Lord History. My husband can refresh my memory.

Today I couldn't answer a homework question about a hypothetical two-state classification system without first wasting all the time I had allotted for homework reading up on superfluids and fermions and trying to figure out whether or not there was such a system so I could answer questions about it. (Mostly it was because the question turned out to be asking me to just randomly come up with a system. Bad idea.)

But anyway, I beg to differ. Why can't you just accept the light bulb the way it is, rather than trying to make it conform to your narrow standards of "normal" for no better reason than that it's more convenient for you to have light?! Haven't you ever considered whether or not the light bulb wants to change? Maybe it's happy being dark!

I feel bad for the light bulb, it does not have a choice, it's under human control who decides for it to be dark or give light (and many more possibilities for use of the light bulb). Is there a light bulb rights association?

He's from Gallifrey.

yes cause any character or famous person who was different from the what you consider the "norm" automatically has some form of autism. god you people are f*****g stupid

Could it be that perhaps people are looking for a hero with similar qualities shared by themselves? I find it worrisome that you come in with such negativity and offer nothing but vitriol to a productive discussion.

The Doctor is an alien. We just relate to him. Now if we were discussing a character such as Anthony Hopkins' in The Remains of the Day this discussion would be more valid.

So Aspies = Time Lords? Awesome!