What characters do you relate to?

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Ha... I know what you are thinking, "not another discussion about characters that are autistic"... this is actually different from those topics. I've always thought that since NTs seem to have characters they can relate to whether in movies, books or TV shows... it made me wonder if its the same for us... especially when we feel some characters show traits of autism.

So that's why I was going to ask you, what characters in books, movies and TV shows do you feel you relate to the most and why?

For me, I have to say Haruhi Suzumiya. She is my first choice because she is very hyperactive and always trying to be herself which is very much the same as me. She also gets bored easy and likes to have adventure... as long as SHE is planning it. I also have the same interests she does... which is paranormal. :3

I can't think of any other characters right now but I'm sure I will later and I will post them.

Estragon (or "Gogo") from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He's life-weary, has poor conversational skills, craves sleep, and is easily confused. But on the rare occasion that something excites him, he becomes giddy and child-like. I definitely relate to him.

Dr. Daniel Jackson from the TV series "Stargate: SG1".

He's brainy, earnest, skeptical, and surrounded by people who believe that violence is the best form of diplomacy.

Spock, because he is always trying to take a logical perspective on things, although it can be extremely challenging at times.

The Dr. Strangelove character from the movie "Dr. Strangelove" because he's into science
sometimes seemingly at the expense of typical cultural values, and he has a German accent
and also that alien hand thing.

The Mandrake character from the movie "Dr. Strangelove" because he can recognize insanity
when he sees it, but pretends to play along smoothly without himself becoming insane, and he
tries to save the day when he gets the opportunity to do so.

Vic from "A boy and his dog" because he just wants to get laid, he favors his animal companion
over other people, and he wants no involvement with the religious underground society, but he
doesn't want to harm them, either.

Ren from "Ren and Stimpy" because he's intelligent, mischievous and at times a little too
angry, but not usually without reason. Ren is sometimes also an insomniac and his character
is used to explore different emotional issues.

Gintoki for how if you are friends with him he will do pretty much anything for you.

Bimbo the anthropomorphized dog from the Betty Boop series.
He was the quirky spontaneous one who woed Betty Boop back in the good old days.
But in 1934, some vapid, uninspiring, muscular pretty-boy named "Fearless Fred" took Bimbo's place next to Betty.
Bimbo became a full dog, and was called "Pudgy", and lost his hands and feet for paws,
and lost his singing voice for an insipid "woof".

It shows my relation to women my age. I'm a frikkin' pet to the women I've adored:
A subservient lackey, far too goofy and eccentric to ever actually be loved.
Being emasculated for sport and then thrown out like a piece of garbage
like Bimbo was is the best thing I can ever hope to get.

Muriel heslop from "Muriels' wedding" because she was a misfit I know what thats like.
Not sure why she hung around those girls they were awful to her I would rather keep away then put up with the way they treated her.
the Grinch another Misfit who was treated badly by the whos.
Sharon from kath & kim how she put up with Kim so glad she left Kim on the bucking Bronco in the 3rd series she got her revenge then.

Ayanami Rei from the anime 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'. She is always quiet, keeps to herself, sits in the corner of the classroom, (especially in the beginning) tends to focus mainly on piloting her giant mecha because 'she has nothing else', and she lives alone in an untidy, desolate-looking room. It also strikes me how, simply by being quiet, aloof and just being herself really, Rei manages to creep other people out without meaning any harm. I've definitely been able to relate to THAT lately.

Alice Kingsleigh from the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland - I relate to her a lot because she doesn't sleep well at night and daydreams a lot during the day. She also laughs at her own thoughts and has the same sullen facial expression most of the time, only smiling when something truly makes her happy (a lot of people criticize her actress for this, but it actually helped me relate to Alice even more because I am the exact same way).

Alice and I are even similar in some physical ways: Alice was 19 in the film and I was 19 when it came to theaters, we both have dark blonde hair, and we even have similar-sounding names (mine is Alex).

I relate to Alice so much that, in the ongoing story in my imaginary world, she is my long-lost twin sister. She is also my imaginary friend, and I have grown to love her so much that I truly feel incomplete without her.

Edward from Edward Scissorhands - I relate to Edward a lot because he doesn't understand the way the world works due to always being in his own world, and he loves doing artwork. Edward's life also parallels my own in some ways - we both started out by ourselves doing artwork at our homes, and then were thrust into the social world. We did well at first, but things gradually turned out so badly that we wound up going back to living the way we were before - alone, doing artwork in our own homes.

I also empathized with him during the very few times when he lost his temper (such as the tearing up the bathroom scene) because I express my anger in similar ways.