[ SECRET POST #264 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #264 ⌋

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Notes:
- With luck, I'll be here when this gets posted, otherwise, first comment goes to name that fandom!

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Comments

tl;dr.

[moving.livejournal.com]

9 I'm sure the idea can be stirred to no end, but sensibly doing what he does (solving a murder case for example) would be close to impossible if he was autistic, wouldn't it? It's fairly obvious L doesn't have autism, but he also fits the description. At least on paper. I'm sure meeting someone with the condition in real life would change any fanbrat's opinion.

It is, however, interesting to question the similarities. I assume this happens a lot with L because he's just so weird that it's difficult to fully wrap your mind around it without using terms we're familiar with. We're human - it's only natural for us to search for logical explanations. It's how we evolve in the first place. We want to understand. We want to know how and why things are the way they are so we can draw our own conclusions.

Sometimes we just try too hard.

The cast of Death Note (& certain other series) is extreme as it is, don't you think? Albeit none of them are as unique as L. Near with his toys, Mello with his chocolate, Kira with his faces and so on. It doesn't mean they have disorders or medical conditions, no matter how batshit crazy they appear to be. It does make them interesting subjects to discuss, though.

I think drawing lines between fiction and reality is our way of trying to understand characters. You can't deny part of L's personality perhaps would fit the Wikipedia description of autism, but claiming he actually is autistic? Yeah, no.

Re: tl;dr.

[mysticnocturne.livejournal.com]

Cue obnoxiously loud applause, and also, your icon should not amuse me nearly as much as it does.

Re: tl;dr.

[moving.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised someone bothered reading all that. And Mello's face just reminds me of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPlpnq3o46w).

Can't... stop... laughing...

[mysticnocturne.livejournal.com]

I-- I will never be able to take Mello seriously again. Oh god. slfkjl;

Re: tl;dr.

[amandier.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, that video made me LOL SO HARD.

9 secret-maker

[(Anonymous)]

Actually. . . I only used L's image because he's the character who had the loudest discussion on the diagnosis in my memory; whether or not I agree with it is up in the air. From my own personal experience with high-functioning autistics, it could very well work. It's mostly the behavior of people during their discussions that makes me so craaazy.

Re: 9 secret-maker

[moving.livejournal.com]

High-functioning autistics is exactly why I said it's a question that can be stirred to no end. Thing is, I mostly agree with the "L fits the description" argument until people start claiming he actually does have autism, or like you said, start treating it like a personality trait. The fact that L is weird doesn't necessarily mean he can or should be diagnosed as an autistic, but it's still interesting to discuss. Which was my point. People theorize in hopes of understanding something. And they should keep at it, in my opinion.

Now if said people weren't so careless with how they voiced their opinion fandom wouldn't have half as much drama and butthurt.