nick007 wrote:
It's OK there's lots of StarTrek characters. I think the main 1s most Aspies relate to are probably Spock & Data but I think some of the women mite chose T'Pol.
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7of9 was an extremely popular character & lots of guys had crushes on her; I had a crush on Kess but not 7 thou 7 was one of my favorites. I'm not sure if many Aspies can relate to her even if she is a fav cuz she was very erratic. She went true a lot of changes & people didn't really know what she would do next. Most Aspies are kind of consistent.
Spock, the epitome of logical cool - the observer, in his element.
Data, the literal savant, always learning - the searcher, seeking more.
It would be hard not to find an affinity with both of them.
T'Pol. When she first arrived, I could relate to her, the difficulties she had adjusting to the human assault on her senses - too smelly, too noisy, just too much, so she withdraws to cope. She's at the mercy of her senses, prone to get overwrought and confused, subject to meltdown even. But I don't really relate to the fact that she seems to alternate between cold (rather than cool) and too emotional, since she rather lacks both passion and kindness.
My vote goes to 7 of 9.
Not the pneumatic looks - living inside a female body you rarely notice the accoutrements unless they are getting in the way. The outside is frequently irrelevant, and sometimes the borg version fits the self-image anyway.
But the way she is, that is a very close match. And Seven can do kindness, even if she reaches a reason to do so by logic - that I can understand. Seven changed, in a way, because as she experienced things, she was able to consciously upgrade the programming to incorporate new understanding.
And sometimes the Doctor made me wince with similarity.
Blindspot149 wrote:
For the newcomers, I can be Spock, Odo or Data, depending on my mood.
My preference would be for whichever one of these Autistic characters had the best chance of dating 7 of 9
Interesting idea. Spock and Seven, aesthetically and intellectually well-matched, probably not quite what you had in mind though.