Cosplay and imaginary realities

Hiya

I am actually a part of a fantastic costuming group called iconic legion, although I do not cosplay, I intend too (rose from titanic!)

my youngest son is going through testing and doesn't like the dressing up, he can never choose and if they have to dress up at school he is alway worried they will not know he is from that school, my eldest son though, who is also going through testing, would live in his Star Trek costume if we let him, he had a made up one up until July when we purchase him a captain sisko uniform, which he treasures, he also loves all sci fi, Lego, drawing (he will draw the same thing everyday, every hour if he could)

I have seen some amazing costumes over the last year and the effort everyone goes into is just mind blowing, iconic legion supports lots of charities but they support our autism charity that I assist to run, they come to our events about four times a year and over the past year they have raised over £11000 for good causes around West Sussex etc, beinf a costumer can be so much more than just dressing up, it can be something that takes over your life but it is so worth it!!

good luck to you x

It is good to be so interested in something. My own interest is psychology and historial periods - the latter is definitely a form of escape!

Ashdl said:

Hello everyone. Im 21 and have an interest in all things to do with the imagination. I like hobbies where I can escape into it. Anime, games. I love making, wearing or buying costumes of characters (cosplay) where I can go into the reality of the character. Id like to talk to those also interested but I also have a question. Does my aspergers have anything to do with my interest in imaginary realities, do others with autism have a big imagination and like to escape into others worlds.

thanks for reading.

I am 36 years old (which is important to state, for reasons of context) and I was born in 1976.  During the 1980s and 1990s, I was (and still am to this day) a HUGE Doctor Who fan.  In addition to Doctor Who, I also liked Star Trek (the original series and William Shatner films), Star Wars, ET, Ghostbusters, James Bond films, Battlestar Galactica (the original series), Buck Rogers, The Incredible Hulk, Batman, The Muppets, Lost in Space, Battle for the planets, Dungeons and Dragons, Transformers, H-Man, etc, as well as Airwolf, Street Hawk, The A-Team, as well as a diet of alternative comedy (The Young Ones, Alexie Sayle, The Comic Strip Presents..., Girls on Top, Saturday/Friday Night Live, Spitting Image, The New Statesman, Blackadder, etc).  Just about the only thing I did not watch was Blakes Seven!

I read Doctor Who novels. I read Roald Dahl novels.  I liked Edward Lear's poems.  I went through numerous hobbies, including stamp collecting, coin collecting, fossil and mineral collecting, stickers and sticker books, etc.  

I first became interested in computers as a child and was one of a small handful in my primary school who knew how to work the primary school's sole computer (an old Research Machine computer).  I became interested in computer, arcade and video games.  

In my teens, I briefly became interested in tabletop war games (Games Workshop), before switching to tabletop roleplaying games.  My first tabletop RPG core rule book was "Doctor Who - Time Lord".  I also became interested in rock music, especially Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Fields of the Nephilim / Nefilim, and Midnight Oil.  

I am 36 years old, going on 13!  I still have many of the same interests and hobbies.  

In 2003, I began collecting Doctor Who replica props and have built up a good collection of items; I am also interested in Doctor Who and Firefly cosplay and LARPing.  I started collecting fossils and minerals again.  I also began collecting replica historical coins.  I have shelves groaning under the weight of Doctor Who books, tabletop RPG books, Nintendo 64 games, etc.  

So I can relate to you!  

Hi

My son likes to dress up and also play games.  I have noticed with his high functioning ASD that he uses his imagination to simply replicate and sometimes occassionally extend play or a game that he has observed.  I feel as his Mum that the reason for example he loves playing a particular game is to often "relax".  It is like he switches off from all of the external stimulus in the world and becomes totally absorbed in a game which he can often play over and over again.  This is also the case of watching Power Rangers over and over again I feel.  He knows the words inside out and can mimic every move they make on the programme.  This was also the case with his fixation on Dr Who.  For once in his life through this kind of mimicking he can be in control of something.  With never ending changes to life the overwhelming feeling and lack of control must really make him at odds with himself during the day.  He also likes to play in his bedroom in the dark.  He says it makes him feel calm. Focal obsessions can be a good thing - it is just up to us to find an outlet for his interests and help him to as he gets older.  One mans obsession with the Oil and Gas Sector has lead him to being employed as a lecturer in this field and he earns £2,000 per session for a large multinational company!  Hope this helps. My son will I am sure do something to do with light when he grows up.  Light was one of his first words and he has been obsessed with light sabres, lasers, anything specifically to do with lights! I am thinking laser surgeon here!!!