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enz
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07 Mar 2019, 5:26 pm

They could be the new spock or data.



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07 Mar 2019, 5:41 pm

Or just deadpan, mediocre acting.



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07 Mar 2019, 9:29 pm

Sheldon would be awesome in star trek :lol:



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07 Mar 2019, 9:44 pm

There is a character that is kind of autistic-like in Star Trek Discovery, her name is Sylvia Tilly.



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07 Mar 2019, 10:12 pm

I think of her as NT with low social skills



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07 Mar 2019, 10:22 pm

Data and Seven of Nine are certainly the most aspie-like characters ST has had as regulars.


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08 Mar 2019, 8:48 am

They already had one in Reginald Barclay and he was awesome.


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08 Mar 2019, 9:16 am

enz wrote:
Sheldon would be awesome in star trek :lol:
Yeah, just put him in a red shirt and send him on an away mission...