Talk:2-D/@comment-25273542-20180531035242/@comment-4641049-20180625112122

I definitely think he is, I even think it's intentional. I don't know if they'll ever come out and say it just because they'd feel guilty about treating an autistic character like such a punching bag though.

I think almost everything about his characters comes off as Autistic but two of the biggest hints to me that it's on purpose are

1. Murdoc has called him "rain man" before, which is a very famous movie about an autistic man, so it's an in character ackowledgement that the way 2D acts comes off as autistic

2. It's been mentioned before that he can't tie his shoelaces, when he asked Murdoc if he could help him tie his, and if you look at his gallery almost every time he is wearing shoes with laces they're untied. The most historically famous person that is thought to be on the spectrum is Albert Einstein I feel, and people say all the time that Einstein could not tie his shoes. (Not all autistic people can't tie their shoes but some can't, and for lots of different reason, I can but it usually takes like 10 minutes)

I don't think that the way he acts is caused by his head trauma or by pain killers either, since in the Rise of Ogre autobiography he was described as a "Mentally defficient" child even though he got good grades, considering the time he grew up that's just sort of how anybody with a developmental disability was categorized. I thought when I heard that that maybe he had ADHD or just a low IQ but I think even though he's a bit unconventional that he's far from stupid.

He has really pendantic speech too and shows special interests, just listen to him talk about zombie movies or keyboards. Just listen to any interviews too and you'll notice he has trouble understanding things like sarcasm or metaphors, he takes everything literally and gets confused easily.

This isn't even everything I've noticed but this comment is already way too long.

So yes, I definitely think 2D is an autistic character, and I think anybody who knew anything about autism would agree too.