Cosplay and imaginary realities

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!  

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!