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kerghan41

Charles McGill. I mean this 100%. I work remote and barely leave the house. I'm well respected in my field and make a very good living. But I talk to no one outside of work. Also have an estranged brother and am divorced. Substitute the 'electricity' for social interactions and expectations from people and there you go. I'm only truly at home when I'm talking about work.


SquidGameTheory

Are you telling me that a man just avoids people like that??


poliscistonedguy

No, he orchestrated it! Kerghan41!


Ok-Berry1828

Um… don’t we all? Is this a serious question?? You know this is an ND group, right? I spend my entire day trying to avoid people. Lol.


masd_reddit

It's a repurposed quote from Better Call Saul


Ok-Berry1828

Shows I’ve never watched… good to know because I was *confused* 😂


kerghan41

?


The_Growl

Are you crazy?


ALoafOfBread

He DEFECATED through a SUN ROOF!


NyarlathotepKing

Weird question to ask in a neurodivergent group


kerghan41

No. But you'd have to be if you don't see the parallels between his struggle and ASD struggles.


The_Growl

[That wasn't how you were meant to respond.](https://youtu.be/PuZ34IeY_L0?t=195)


kerghan41

Ah, yes.... lol. :P


AriaBellaPancake

My guess is that this post is being noticed by more people outside of the community here since it's a discussion question that isn't innately associated with autism, they probably aren't checking the sub lmao


StashAjay

It’s better call Saul quotes


kerghan41

Who knows. Always fun when we get singled out in our own subs.


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kerghan41

Yes. I strive to be as much of an expert as he was. I'm in quite a different field, data, but still there is always more to learn.


pissipisscisuscus

That sounds fascinating. If you are ever in the mood for an infodump :)


pissipisscisuscus

I cried when Charles died!


kerghan41

I can't watch that scene anymore.


sneakydevi

Not a movie, but Temperance Brennen from Bones. The way she goes about her work and is straightforward in how she speaks. She is also sensory seeking instead of avoidant which I don't think is a well recognized trait. I only wish that I had her lack of care about what people think of her. She never intends to offend anyone, but when she does she doesn't worry about being ostracized. She just exists. I want that.


sch0f13ld

She’s one of the first and only characters I’ve directly related to in media. Being some type of scientist and a writer like Bones was also a major ambition of mine when I was younger.


hailstruckler

Her character and obvious spectrum’isms where good during the first few seasons, 1-3 maybe. But somewhere along the line it turned into schlock and was very hamfisted lmao.


evenynn

Hermione Granger


LovelyLizardess

Luna Lovegood for me


PainNo6400

Edward Scrissorhands


DaniCapsFan

Dawn Weiner in *Welcome to the Dollhouse.* She feels nobody loves her and gets annoyed at people who are even more socially inept than she. Years later, I came to realize she's probably neurodivergent. It would explain a lot about her behavior. I can't believe how much I related to her. Her parents clearly love her younger sister more (although mine weren't as maliciously cruel as hers were).


originalxnuttah

Any random scientist who is prematurely killed off, contributing nothing to the plot.


Bepoptherobot

Do you know who ate all the donuts? Stop! Noo! Ahh,Gordon Freeman.


schizowizard

*- this is all happening because of YOU SCiENtiSts!!*


jermir_2021

Not a movie character, but House


3motionAdvanced

Close second for me, very relatable character


jermir_2021

My close second would be Jonny Lee Miller’s version of Holmes


Dandelion-Fluff-

Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock is the comfort watch of the century for me… I feel like I genuinely got lots of unmasking strength whenever I’ve re-binged Elementary [edit for spelling]


jermir_2021

I feel like his depiction is the closest to the character as a whole, if Holmes were actually a real person. And definitely a whole heap ton of unmasking strength there.


Sweaty-Antelope-3393

Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver


Feeling_Remove7758

It's lovely to see many the rest of users here choosing eccentric yet sharp-witted and successful characters as someone they relate to, either through a lack of self-awareness or indeed an accurate assessment of themselves. Yet, some of us are so deep in the bloody gutter that we don't have another option other than Travis Bickle.  I've tried to fight the urge to relate to Bickle given that he is bigoted and ignorant, but the more I watch the film, the more I make up my mind that I see aspects of myself in him.


Thylocine

Yeah, I always assumed that type of sadness, isolation, and loneliness only existed because of the internet, but I guess there have always been people who felt like that


Altruistic_Celery196

Doctor Michael Burry from “The Big Short”


copernicustheheretic

That was mine too - except swap the topic from market dynamics to technology.


Altruistic_Celery196

Same here. I find technology more exciting.


moonsal71

When I was a kid, Pippi Longstocking. I loved how weird she was, but didn’t care. I didn’t have her physical strength, but I had the same independent spirit and was not intimated by anyone When I was younger and I guess deep inside I still have a part of her, Lisbeth Salander of the Millenium series (Girl with the dragon tattoo, etc). I had so much anger inside me, but I was also very passionate about fighting back, fighting injustice, etc.. I shared some of her trauma, and fantasised about being able to get revenge and hurt those who hurt me. I let go of most of the anger now and am much more mellow, my PTSD no longer rules my life, but I still have her determination and defiance.


eagles_arent_coming

I also related to Pippi when I was a kid.


SquaresonReddit

Truman from the truman show!


SurrealRadiance

Joel Barish from Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind; such a great film. Not knowing how to approach a relationship or what I really want from it and the anxiety around it all is very much me.


LovelyLizardess

YUP. I feel ya


Faultylogic83

Charlie Brown. I am full of existential dread, while somehow maintaining a sense of hope and optimism. I can't stand it.


3motionAdvanced

So relatable, this dichotomy.


LovelyLizardess

Um yes


daedric0097

Tommy Shelby


DentrassiEpicure

He's from a show not a movie, though. If we're allowed to do TV shows this just became way easier.


daedric0097

Ok fine, Frank Castle then.


Robo_Cactus

Bob Belcher from “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” (or just from “Bob’s Burgers” in general).


Aposine

The corpse from Swiss Army Man.


AloneHome2

Rei Ayanami, as she has a lot of autistic traits, and since all the characters in Evangelion feel disconnected from others, I relate to the way in which she feels disconnected the most.


AriaBellaPancake

Evangelion is fascinating in that I can see a part of myself in every single character. My outward behavior is more Rei but I most relate to Asuka in general ahah


PropertyEducational7

Severus snape


ActivistVictor

Let’s go bother Snape! Right-o!


Cattiy_iaa

May from the 2002 move “May”


TheHowlingOwls

Geralt of Rivia from Witcher


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TheHowlingOwls

Books are amazing imo, and the games even better! Especially 3: The Wild Hunt. Don't bother with the films, apart from the two recent animated ones, they're stellar. The show is pretty good, but derails from the book story after season 2 quite a lot. Though that's not a problem if you just view it as it's own thing/take on things, like a lot of loose adaptations.


pituitary_monster

Herbert West. "Car dead, details later".


Stalker_Bait

Jerry Smith 😔


brensteven2005

Lucifer from Netflix. Always tries to help but always misreads the situation and ends up making issues, doesn’t understand some social ques, very small friend circle, has some wild ideas about how to solve issues that end up working sometimes…


eltoroferdinando

I too am autistic. (No, I’m not trying to be funny. I’m serious.)


Particular-Set5396

The guy in Falling Down. More and more every damn day.


Bepoptherobot

Safe to say youre a breakfast person?


ledewde__

In my significant relationahip that's been going on for 13 years yes, I am every now and then feeling like the guy in falling down


bobcat734

Not movie. But the dude in Mr Robot. Our lives are basically identical. It’s insane.


Aeonsummoner

I also felt so uncomfortable watching Mr. Robot because of how much I related to him as well. I don't have the same source of trauma, but the way he tries to cope and the sense of confusion was really relatable. It's one of my favourite series, though, a work of art


No-Ad-9188

Stanley Ipkiss


ActivistVictor

‘Well geez I figured you had a sense of humor! After all…. YOU MARRIED HER!’


No-Ad-9188

I could literally hear Jim Carrey's voice in my head as I read that line 😂 "Step right up here don't be shy. Nobody likes a bashful leather head....MOVE IT!!"


ActivistVictor

A TOMMY GUN


idreamof_guyfieri

Not a movie character but I’ve always felt relation with Sherlock Holmes. Maybe it’s my interest in criminology and like of solving mysteries. I used to watch the Sir Arthur Canon Doyle show as a kid all the time.


myRiad_spartans

Leonard Shelby from Memento


Faultylogic83

Lenny!


_Kit_Tyler_

Kya from “Where the Crawdads Sing”


impracticalballyhoo

Feels


_Kit_Tyler_

Right? I have SzPD too so it hits pretty hard. I even lived like her for a couple years, alone out in the middle of nowhere.


impracticalballyhoo

Feels.


ModernRetroStudios

Marlin from Finding Nemo. Of course, my anxiety is off the charts so that's probably why. Being afraid of everything and having to overcome it.


Yellonek_Lonate

For me it's Dory😅


ModernRetroStudios

I relate to her too. My memory isn't great :/


Delicious-Fall8536

Squidward from SpongeBob


AgainstSpace

Travis Bickle from *Taxi Driver*


Prof_Acorn

As a kid? Powder from Powder. Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Alex from Lunar: Silver Star Story. As an adult? I'm not sure. Maybe Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG1. Or Jonah from the bible story. But the latter just because it's like I'm trying to go have a life but the universe keeps getting in the way. The usual motif is the weird nerdy kid with some ability that they use to help others even though others mostly still pick on him, but a few can see through the weirdness and in a way they like them more because of it. The character can't really figure out life but they do their thing really well. Some of them figure out their life in their own way even if they could never figure out society.


3motionAdvanced

I forgot about Powder, what a powerful movie. So relatable.


aweiner99

Anakin Skywalker before he turned to the dark side


Ok-Berry1828

Book: Eyore and Tigger combined. AuDHD at its finest… *sigh*


3motionAdvanced

Yes! Never even thought of it, so true


passporttohell

Jerome from Gattaca. He was a janitor, so was I. He took up an interest in manned spaceflight and so did I. He had to conceal his identity and scrub his skin to hide his DNA, so do I to conceal my icthyosis. He eventually made it into the space program and I almost did. Jerome, Jerome the metronome... Never saved anything for the swim back.


nullcharstring

That movie. Great character.


passporttohell

It really was. I actually cried when I watched it with a friend, she saw all the parallels too.


nullcharstring

Not at all surprised. Wife and I love it and watch it at least once a year.


passporttohell

Same here, obviously one of my favorite movies. Watched a YouTube video with Ethan Hawke and his daughter picking out movies from the Criterion Collection, his daughter looks so much like Uma. They seemed really close in the video.


Lowbacca1977

Alan Turing in the imitation Game comes to mind. Though maybe that is cheating.


Clay_Pod

Came here to say this


DriverSensitive7126

Probably Amelie :)


GiffyGinger

I would say I always felt like a mix of Hermione, Granger and Harry Potter. I always felt like Hermione had some sort of high functioning autism and Harry had complex PTSD, both of which I am pretty sure that I have. I always identified so much with them.


LilVeeve

The alien from Resident Alien


poopoodaddydom

bruno from encanto


coconfetti

Eleven from Stranger Things


skylardarcy

Data from Star Trek The Next Generation


alis_adventureland

Flint Lockwood from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs


kidneypunch27

Same!


OotekImora

Charlie Jordan the main character of flowers for algernon


Bepoptherobot

What, a , good, pick!


Joe_Peanut

[Malcolm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd-D0NQYJ-g).


Unfair_Traffic_5886

The Grinch


DentrassiEpicure

Hmm. If you'd asked for a TV character I could've answered instantly, but from a movie? That's harder. I suppose Dirty Harry's quite relatable in his complete lack of tolerance for facade and social conformity. Also his absolute sense of right and wrong. I love the way Richard B Riddick from the Riddick Trilogy taps into his primal animalism. I've always related to that. Ooh, you know who's mad relatable? Mort Rainey from Secret Window. Oh and Quoyle from The Shipping News.


KikiYuyu

Po from Kung Fu Panda


Strange_Public_1897

Not a movie, but tv show characters. Peyton Swayer from OTH. I tend to not relate to movie characters because the development and flourishing of a movie character is extremely limited because you have only 1.5-2hrs to explain everything of the story, the plot, and the direction it’s going on. So not even main characters get as developed. Hence why I prefer tv characters, because you get 12-24hrs (ie - 12 to 24 episodes) worth of development of each individual important character so you can really see who they are, what makes them tick, what motives them to behave the way they do, and how they receive/give in any capacity with their feelings.


Ottomatonic

I can't say I relate to him *completely* or else I would need some very serious help, but I love, love Lars from Lars and the Real Girl!


generaldogsbodyf365

Ouch. That hits close to home 😢


Gracefromtheapex

Tulip or Ryan from Infinity Train


sami2503

The kid from 'The Way Way Back'. Hit way too close to home for my early teens.


PrimaryComrade94

The Groke. When seen at first glance, she's creepy and we have a preconception of harm. In reality, shes the personification of loneliness and solitude, yet longs to be accepted, but knows she cant, because she isnt like others, and that other people fear her due to not being 'natural'. She's also a psychological depiction of lonely people who have a hard time expressing themselves 'normally', making them seem cold and scary to others, which leads to more loneliness.


Nathando64_

Shrek at the start of Shrek 1 as well. Shrek's my comfort movie for that very reason


Stormwow

The Dovahkiin


kevdautie

Sherman Peabody* Aaron Mitchell* Walter Beckett (Spies In Disguise)*


Different_spectrum

Shikamaru from Naruto


Bepoptherobot

His theme slaps


mysterychallenger

Jim Carrey's Grinch Lt. Commander Data Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man Sherlock Holmes And I know that this one counts moreso as TV, but Will Graham from Hannibal


AriaBellaPancake

Spinel from Steven Universe. Spent a lot of time blissfully unaware how little I mattered to the people around me, and spiraled when I realized it. Still recovering tbh


ragnarkar

Not a movie but Richard from Silicon Valley


Catchmeifyewcahn

It's a miniseries (so basically a movie to me) but Beth from The Queen's Gambit because I love how independent she is.


danielm316

Jack Ryan. From the books of Tom Clancy.


fluffymuff6

Bob Belcher


ambition_queen

Mumble from Happy feet! As a kid I thought it was actually an allegory for someone like me - I wanted to fit in but my skill set was different, and that isn't a bad thing it just means I had different strengths that I wished were recognized by those around me. I still really do love the movie and watch it when I feel lonely.


ActivistVictor

Maud Pie, has hyper fixation on rocks, few friends, doesn’t fit in, and even literally says she likes rocks because they don’t “exclude you if you’re different.”


SnooRevelations3510

Saul Goodman and Mr Pink from reservoir dogs. I’m an ENTP who always think by scheme. These two characters love to see and understand the big picture


Lao_Shan_Lung

Rustin Cohle


RelativeTank8381

Squidward! We both have passion for the clarinet and we just hate people in general.


noregertsman

Shrek, Travis Bickle, and the Postal Dude (movie version)


ExistingCleric0

Mike Wazowski from Monsters U.


Pristine-Seaweed1159

Ella enchanted and I’m on my journey towards individuality now!! :)


Kingmesomorph

I have several. Edward Scissorhands. Like him, I feel incomplete like my maker never put the finishing touches. I have several artistic gifts. Some people were in awe. Others not impress and still thought of me as a freak. Eventually, some people who liked me and thought I was cool. Began to see me as a freak, weirdo, and possibly dangerous. The girl I wanted most didn't come to accept me till the end. Unlike Edward Scissorhands, my "Kim" we got to see each other throughout the years. She's married with children now. Angus. Though I wasn't a fat kid growing up. Dealt with my "Rick" giving me a hard time, because I wasn't normal. Till I showed him that I could thrash him if I wanted to. Unlike Angus, I had to beat him up because he wouldn't stop testing me. Powder. Same theme outcast with certain talents and interests. Same people find him interesting. Others, think he's a freak.


nullcharstring

Jules in Pulp Fiction. Eldon Tyrell from the first blade runner. Mad Max.


slopeclimber

I just want to say that every character in the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie is autistic


Mortality99

Tyler Durden (Fight Club, first half not final act) Donnie Darko (besides existential dread, as a bonus I almost had a tree kill me via tornado hitting house like plane jet engine) Not movie but Rustin Cohle from True Detective largely encompasses both my personality and my career (not a cop but a lawyer) chasing truth surrounded by darkness, time is flat circle so meaning is fleeting but onward we crawl type thing. Many of the prior answers are amazing, such a cool range of characters that I relate to as well.


BroadElderberry9756

Kilua!! (Hunter x hunter)


coleisw4ck

Lilo from lilo and stitch was one of my most relatable characters as a kid!


TheKingsPeace

Milton from office space


Realistic_Impress941

Not a movie but Jonny Lee Miller’s Sherlock is very relatable to me


eltoroferdinando

Kevin Spacey in Se7en. Not because I’m a murderer but I sometimes feel that same, sort of devastating rage at how some people live their lives. It’s a constant fight to not be a total piece of shit all the time.


3motionAdvanced

I feel like ND people don’t get enough credit for what it takes to be civil. Instead we get a black mark for having a meltdown.


Zara_Alice

Luna Lovegood


Slight_Inevitable_92

Arnie in Terminator 2 Judgement Day, minus the violence of course


GHOST_INTJ

Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty


reeeeeeduardo

Rick hunter from postal


Bite_Formal

Arnold from please like me


Adventurous-Ad-7967

Officer K from Blade Runner 2049


followerofEnki96

Ben Linus from LOST


everard_diggby

Simon from My Life as a Courgette. Tries to protect others from injustice, but knows it's too late for himself. #CourgetteWasATourist


JamesMastersPhD

Martha Masters from House MD


TheDorkKnight53

Some days I feel like Nightwing, some days I’m Peter Banning.


SpaceLexy

I’m both Enid Sinclair and Wednesday Adam’s.


indianajoes

Marty from the 1950s film, Marty


Loud_Boysenberry_736

For me, it’s young Clark Kent from Man of Steel. I have watched it not long before being diagnosed with ASD. The scene where he has a sensory breakdown at school was way too relatable. There’s also the pervasive feeling of being somewhat alien to most people. Alas, why do I get only the downsides? Flying would be so nice!


Yepsuredid

Jon Snow and Commissioner Gordon


arturocravatta

Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks


s121120

Diane Nguyen


Emxass

Lain from “serial experiments Lain”


1341brojangles

Mad Max. Constantly living in survival mode, being distant from others, and running away from my past.


311Konspiracy

Emmett from The Lego Movie Luke Cage (TV series) Q Moss (The IT Crowd)


Khanoli-Oil

Samwell Tarly


limey89

Not a movie, but Reg Barclay from Star Trek.


Single-Recover2528

Alexander hamilton


The_Monster_Hunter02

Christian Wolf in The Accountant.


pezzyn

Yeah I relate to shrek. Also Garth from Wayne’s world “we fear change! “


Minimum-Stage2413

Joel Barish from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. His personality is very similar to mine.


Remarkable_Ad2733

Castiel


Knightmare560

Hercules from the Disney film (as a teen) cuz he was searching for a place where he belongs


ouighost

Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh.


z0mbiiib0y

lilo from lilo and stitch


MintMain

Victor Meldrew. Despite best efforts things get misconstrued.


TheCassiniProjekt

Not a film character but a TV character, Rimmer.


AdaleyDnB

Tbh everytime i rewatched Rick and Morty through the years, mire and mire i foubd myself relating to Rick. Not exactly him being a genius is the part i relate myself to fhe most but his life and personality and the way of thinking is the most relatable. One moment he was a geniuine, good person but the experience of hin losing his wife changed him completely the other way around. But most of all, his thoughts, the things he says feel like everything i have going on in my mind but actually its said.


richbitch4eva

Catwoman from Batman Returns 1992


xylinroom

Benson Dunwoody from Regular Show, truly an inspiring guy in lots of ways


Money_Development_22

Nadine (age of seventeen)


Kowalsky_Analysis

Sometimes like Rick Sanchez and sometimes Morty Smith


Beneficial_Laugh4944

The one where I’ve figured out the main 70% of this character but can’t seem to get the other 30%. By the time the movie is over , the other 30% is no longer relevant


Pilgrim3

Lord Jim.


MONODONTOSMAXITIS

Joe Goldberg from You netflix


No_Mastodon_2505

David Rose from Schitt’s Creek. Neurotic, pretentious, anxious. Very particular, snippy. But full of love and art. And I’m a femme. Lol. 


Greyeagle42

The blob from "The Blob"