[ SECRET POST #2400 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2400 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Silmarillion]


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03.
[Fire Emblem: Awakening]


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04.
[Almost Human]


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05.
[Gundam Wing and True Blood]


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06.
[NCIS: LA]


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07.
[Final Fantasy VII Compilation]


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08.
[Tom Hiddleston/Loki]


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09.
[Scott & Bailey]


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10.
[Pokemon, Mondo/Domino]


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11.
[Merlin]


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12.
[Chris Colfer]


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13.
[Danny Phantom]


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14.
[Twin Peaks]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 064 secrets from Secret Submission Post #343.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This. He was just a little weird-- and barely that. Just an old-fashioned, intelligent, and easily excited guy that really loves his job and the people he works with.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if Cooper can really be classed as "a little" weird. I think the only reason how bizarre behavior didn't seem bizarre was because everyone else in the show was just as bizarre or just went along with it.

[(Anonymous)]

Here's the thing-- a LOT of mildly autistic people do not come across as cartoon stereotypes of THE AUTISM. We come across as people who get a little too excited about things, and sometimes, yes, as people who stepped out of the wrong era. Maybe the OP sees Dale Cooper as mildly autistic because they identify with some of the mannerisms or speech/thought patterns that the character has (if they themselves are on the spectrum), or because he reminds them of a person in their life who is autistic.

I 'diagnose' a lot of characters myself, not because it is a trendy thing, not because they scream 'I AM QUIRKY AND ATYPICAL', but because I recognize in them things that I do or say or a way that I perceive the world that I am told is not normal. For some of us, this is not a trend but a search for representation, for a character we can identify with and call ours. Please stop acting like we should stop playing with 'your' toys, and please stop telling us we are doing fandom 'wrong' by looking for this.

Not everyone on the spectrum identifies with Rainman or the kid from Touch. It doesn't hurt you in any way if some of us share our headcanons. It doesn't change the established canon-- especially in the case of Twin Peaks!-- if we have our fun too.

[manifold]

I pretty much want to marry this comment. Thank you, nonny!