Oh totally agreed. I mean, I kind of hate Moffat a whole lot of the time? But I think he's actually really good with invisible disability, both including it a representing it. He had a kid with dyslexia in Doctor Who, the mention of a woman with diabetes, the fantastic Vincent episode happened under his watch, and Sherlock -whether Aspie or not- definitely isn't entirely neurotypical, but like you point out, it isn't treated as a magic power or as an excuse.
I identify with Sherlock mostly as someone who was told a lot by teachers and parents as a kid, "Your making the other children feel bad" when I did something differently or "better" than others. I remember spending a lot of time trying to figure out what the right response to that was as a kid, whether it was moral to hide myself to make others feel better and whether it was moral to keep doing well if my doing well discouraged other kids from trying. It pretty much came down to "Do I care if it makes the other kids feel bad?" - my answer was a little yes and a little no, but I get the feeling Sherlock faced a similar conundrum as a kid and decided "No. I don't care." and decided to make that his identity. And I find that incredibly understandable and relatable.
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Date: 2012-03-08 05:51 pm (UTC)I identify with Sherlock mostly as someone who was told a lot by teachers and parents as a kid, "Your making the other children feel bad" when I did something differently or "better" than others. I remember spending a lot of time trying to figure out what the right response to that was as a kid, whether it was moral to hide myself to make others feel better and whether it was moral to keep doing well if my doing well discouraged other kids from trying. It pretty much came down to "Do I care if it makes the other kids feel bad?" - my answer was a little yes and a little no, but I get the feeling Sherlock faced a similar conundrum as a kid and decided "No. I don't care." and decided to make that his identity. And I find that incredibly understandable and relatable.