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Is house an aspie?
yes 36%  36%  [ 85 ]
no 34%  34%  [ 80 ]
maybe 29%  29%  [ 68 ]
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IvyMike
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16 Mar 2011, 4:24 pm

I've only watched about 3-5 episodes but he reminds me a lot of myself. Don't know if autism plays a factor in this but I've been through a lot and feel like a curmudgeon like that guy. I don't need drugs but the happiest times of my life have been spent on xanax or marijuana similar to House's habitual painkillers or whatever he takes. It's just an escape but if it makes my quality of life better I don't see what is wrong with that. I go to extremes to make a point sometimes too if I know I'm right. Don't know if he has autism but his M-B personality type is INTJ or ENTJ, we have very similar personalities.
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16 Mar 2011, 4:49 pm

zer0netgain wrote:
2. Has AS. The biggest problem is the lack of consistent history. .


I picked this out, thus losing context, but I wanted to focus on just that one thing, "lack of consistent history".

I think this is a byproduct of being a TV character and it dooms to failure any attempt to diagnose characters with anything based on their character arcs and character traits.

The limitations of a character in a novel or a movie are whatever limitations the writer had. If a writer means for a particular character to have a particular condition, the limitation is what the writer knows about that condition. I think things go a little better when a writer has no specific condition in mind but is instead basing the character on somebody he's met in real life, allowing actual traits to come through rather than stereotypes pertaining to the condition.

Then there's the matter of the actor. However the writer writes the character, the actor will interpret it in his own way, adding character traits that he thinks fit even if they aren't specified in the script.

All of these limitations apply also to characters in TV shows with a huge additional limitation of long, long story arc that has the character evolving. A novel or a movie is self contained. The writer gives it a beginning, middle and end and envisions the characters as whole people moving through the story. But on a TV show, all that really gets written is a beginning and a bunch of middles. It's the rare show that actually has an ending written prior to shooting the pilot. So in reality, the characters are always evolving depending on how the show is received. If you watch a show from its first episode to its last, you can often see the characters slowly change as audience response to the show alters how the writers write it.

All this makes a firm and consistent diagnosis impossible. These aren't real people and writers will tweak the character traits to fit the needs of the plot or because the audience has responded to a character in a certain way (a response it is easy for writers to see now that all episode are discussed on boards). Character traits that may fit one diagnosis or another will ebb and flow according to plot (an ever changing plot that is constantly being written) and audience response rather than in accordance to how a real person would act.



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16 May 2011, 5:58 pm

" Loves video games & TV
Sees big picture and recognises patterns
Maverick, breaks conventions, no respect for rules or authority
Impulsive, addictive, depressive
Hyper-focuses on diagnosis
Likes own company but actually empathises very well
Articulate, intelligent with good sense of humour
Drives fast
Cynical "


i can relate to him a bit but i can't be sure since ive only seen about 5 episodes (only just started watching online) but ya i think so :?



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16 May 2011, 6:28 pm

More schizoid than anything.



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16 May 2011, 10:02 pm

I don't think that just because he is rude and has trouble making friends (no doubt, BECAUSE he is rude), that that makes him an Aspie. He is very narcissistic, IMO. I also think he has very good interpretive skills and constantly using and understanding sarcasm. Okay,so those two comments are pretty vague, I admit...they are just a few of many examples. I just don't see him as an aspie.



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23 Oct 2015, 9:52 am

littlelily613 wrote:
I don't think that just because he is rude and has trouble making friends (no doubt, BECAUSE he is rude), that that makes him an Aspie. He is very narcissistic, IMO. I also think he has very good interpretive skills and constantly using and understanding sarcasm. Okay,so those two comments are pretty vague, I admit...they are just a few of many examples. I just don't see him as an aspie.


Take a look at how logical he is. He understands the repercussions for every possible action in a discussion, every reaction to his action. If he wants to avoid having relationships, and gives people a reason to avoid him (by being an ass) he understands that he will have to make the first move to initiate the relationship, which won't happen on anything but his own terms. Even when being an ass, Cameron still 'fell in love' with him, and tried to start a relationship, which he was clearly uncomfortable with.



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23 Oct 2015, 2:51 pm

I don't think so. I think he's just a jerk.

Which is not to say Hugh Laurie isn't hot. Because, I mean...day-um.