Comments on: Fictional Characters Who Could Potentially Be Aspies (*coughs*Batman*cough*) http://lastcrazyhorn2.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/fictional-characters-who-could-potentially-be-aspies-coughsbatmancough/ Excess thoughts working their way out to sea Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John Ordover http://lastcrazyhorn2.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/fictional-characters-who-could-potentially-be-aspies-coughsbatmancough/#comment-21 John Ordover Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:31:11 +0000 http://lastcrazyhorn2.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/fictional-characters-who-could-potentially-be-aspies-coughsbatmancough/#comment-21 You make a powerful argument, but you are overlooking that Batman is also Bruce Wayne, socially skilled seducer of women, Billionaire playboy. Yes, it is arguable that Bruce Wayne is the affectation and Batman the "real" persona, but we aspies (and for my bona fides, please note that I am engaging you in this discussion) can't turn social skills on and off like a light-switch. Plus, if you go back into Bruce's early life, pre the murder of his parents, his behavior then was not aspie or proto aspie. I agree with you on the Riddler, but you left out his compulsion to share his Riddles with the only other person who "gets" them - Batman. You make a powerful argument, but you are overlooking that Batman is also Bruce Wayne, socially skilled seducer of women, Billionaire playboy. Yes, it is arguable that Bruce Wayne is the affectation and Batman the “real” persona, but we aspies (and for my bona fides, please note that I am engaging you in this discussion) can’t turn social skills on and off like a light-switch. Plus, if you go back into Bruce’s early life, pre the murder of his parents, his behavior then was not aspie or proto aspie.

I agree with you on the Riddler, but you left out his compulsion to share his Riddles with the only other person who “gets” them – Batman.

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