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Dr. Spencer Reid (awkwardgenius) wrote in vas_captio_ooc,
@ 2009-10-09 16:28:00

n00b alert!
Hey all~! I'm brand new to the game and super stoked to be bringing in the adorably awkward Spencer Reid from TV's crime/action/drama Criminal Minds. This is the first actual game I've ever taken him in, so it should be interesting... There's info on him in his journal if you have never watched the series.

I'm super friendly and love to plot, so if you want a line with Spence feel free to grab me on AIM @ AwkwardGenius or e-mail at cherrywhip[at]hotmail[dot]com. :3

~ Jayden

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tear_it_up
2009-10-10 10:21 pm UTC (link)

Hello Jayden. I'm Lexi, and I haven't seen Criminal Minds, though reading Dr. Reid's profile certainly has me interested. I've been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and am usually very interested in the way AS protagonists are portrayed in pop culture.

I play L Lawliet from Death Note, Rorschach from Watchmen, Edward Scissorhands, and Willard Stiles from Willard. I look forward to playing with you and your character. :)

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awkwardgenius
2009-10-11 12:37 am UTC (link)

You should definitely watch Criminal Minds then. It isn't canon that Reid has AS, or at least not as far as I know, though reading about him and watching the way he acts, and then studying different articles on AS, and it is pretty easy to draw a lot of similarities between the two.

I hope I didn't/don't offend you in any way!!! ><;;;

Ooooh, L Lawliet. I'm looking forward to playing with you too!

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inmyownworld
2009-10-11 02:30 am UTC (link)

I'll certainly look into it. I'm always looking for awesome new series' to watch, and well... I'll be honest. It makes one's eyes hurt to just go on animefreak.tv and watch all the series in alphabetical order. It really, really does.

Haha, please never worry about offending me. XD Really, the only thing worse than outright mocking an autism spectrum disorder is trying to be super careful around the topic as a whole. I don't know if you saw the recent limited release "Adam", but that movie (a light romantic comedy about a man with Asperger's), while touching, was a little bit generic and too careful for most of the AS/NT couples that went to see it. AS individuals tend to be a shrewder audience than many, and we can be painfully self aware, so needless to say, the group I was with was watching it very, very critically. The general consensus seemed to be that "Asperger's is the new gay and the new black. If a movie gets made about someone's difficulties with that trait, it'll be hard to see past the stereotypes." That's why it's so much fun to "diagnose" existing characters in movies and on TV, because they're already fully-formed without any sort of stigma to be politically correct about. I'm not sensitive in the least about it. :)

I suspect that L definitely has AS. Along with... oh geez... most of my characters. It'll be fun; I think that your character will have friends among my kids.

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awkwardgenius
2009-10-11 07:36 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, tiptoing around a disorder can definitely be just as bad as mocking it. I have a friend with AS, so I understand what that must be like to have people act super careful around you.

I never saw Adam, but maybe I should check it out. And yeah, I like diagnosing characters on TV, checking out their personalities, psycho-analysing them and going deeper. Maybe that's why I love this series, given that it's all about profiling. ;) You may disagree, but watch a few episodes and let me know your thoughts on Spencer Reid and AS. :3 It would be an interesting discussion. ;)

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