Does Plastic have Asperger's Syndrome (or is she at least on the autism spectrum)?

MrDanielPrice

I'm so far into the game have done two story missions for/with the hacker character Plastic.

I noticed that during the comm chat between Noah and Faith that Plastic chimes in, taking things Noah says literally. I think one comment was that Kruger had a "kingdom", with Platic saying, "But he's not a king," or something along those lines.

From what I know about autism and Asperger's and as someone who is pretty sure he's on the autism spectrum (if not having Asperger's outright) himself, Plastic sure seems to show some very obvious signs of being on the autisms spectrum.

This would also tie in with the character's job as a hacker/techie, as being autistic would giver her a lot more focus and could mean she is far more intelligent in that area than the average person because of it (some people with autism can play a song on the piano just by hearing someone else play it first, which is incredible).

What do you guys think? I know there have been a few characters in video games with visible disabilities, but I can't recall one with a mental disability, and one that is "invisible" at that.

metalrocks

the kingdom part is true. made me laugh as well, but i think she does not really have these symptoms because in the end she allowed for faith to stay at her adobe and even let 2 others stay at her place. plus her funny pet kuma. also she hugged faith, considering her as a good friend.

i actually see my self a bit as plastic because im not against having people around but to 95% i like my space as well. she is clearly in to hacking which usually requires a lot of time that social interactivity is a no go.

tinypanmilk

I don't think Dice and EA intentionally planned for Plastic to come off that way, because as you say, there are close to no video game characters who are disabled (which is unfortunate and pretty discriminatory, but not my point) and I don't think they would have deliberately decided to make a main character disabled. I do like the idea of Plastic having some kind of mental disability like this though, because it shows a disability doesn't hold you back, and broadens ideas for video game characters.

metalrocks

also plastic is a side character who has some importance to the plot. i just wished there would be more chemistry between her and faith. even when she talks to faith over the radio, its more an exposition about the missions than being too personal. the only personal chat they had was about their sisters.

Ash

I think people want to read too much into Plastic's character. Sure, she seems weird, but in a good way. One does not need to have some kind of mental sickness to just be a little eccentric. And that's it.

Ash

I think people want to read too much into Plastic's character. Sure, she seems weird, but in a good way. One does not need to have some kind of a mental sickness just to be a little eccentric. And that's it.

tinypanmilk

We'd be able to have more of an opinion on Plastic if we knew more about her, but we don't know anything except her family are in the Greylands and she's super smart. Why don't we learn about her emotions, her backstory, her life? Plastic is an excellent character and we just don't see enough of her outside of hearing her explain missions.

GreyHawk

Well, plastic don't like art or museums, but she finds beautiful anything related with technology. We can add that to her profile.

AngelFireDK

not even close no signs of her having asperger syndome or austisme she is just a hacker that have a interrest for technology. There are way more to it having asperger syndrome or autisme besides being a geek. I now that as I have a diagnose as asperger syndrome myself and not even close would she fall into that category, she is just any regular tech geek.