I kind of ended up going into a digression with Jonjon about longalls, so I never got a chance to talk about what my little character is like.
Well...my little character is like an Autistic 4 1/2 to 5 year old from the 1980s or perhaps even a little bit from the present. He is like a preschooler in many, many ways, but also very smart in certain ways. Very fun loving. Loves to play tag especially. Loves airplanes, boats, trains, and many other things. Loves train rides, including children's amusement parks that have trains as their focus, loves train museums. Has a fascination with airports and planes. Collects baseball caps from airports and cities. A 4 year old who loves going to the amusement park and riding on kiddie rides such as Bulgy the Whale, or speed boats, or Red Baron airplane rides. Very scared of roller coasters, not interested even in "kiddie" roller coasters, way too scary. More into rides that go in a circle, like the Red Baron Airplane rides, or "aerial carousels", as they are called sometimes. Loves children's TV cartoons and shows such as Pink Panther cartoons, Maurice Sendak's Little Bear cartoons, Care Bears, Teletubbies, Arthur, Wimzie's House, vintage Sesame Street, Barney, Fraggle Rock, etc. Loves Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Tiny Toons, and many other cartoons. Is very fond of wearing smocked and appliqued longalls and jon jons, or fancy overalls. Also has a deep love for T-strap shoes and Mary Janes. Would wear longalls / jon jons every day if allowed to by his parents, and T-strap shoes to him are great to go along with longalls. Loves dressing like a Southern little boy from South Carolina or Alabama from a well off upper class family. Very smart in certain ways, like a 6 year old who is a prodigy and attends community college. Potty trained, but then loves to carry a blankie or a pacifier around. Very talkative, cheerful and outgoing. A little bit boisterous occasionally like most 4 year olds, but with a rather sunny disposition. Has problems sometimes taking turns, and social behavior is not perfect. Will sometimes interrupt others or ask all sorts of questions. Unable to recognize some facial cues and social cues. This little boy is sort of egocentric to a certain extent - not selfish or narcisstic - but more like egocentric in the aspect that he blames things on himself that were actually some other person's fault, that he feels responsible for what someone else did. Like if someone he knew that he loved committed a crime, he would blame himself for "failing" that person, that he did not help that person in time of need. Still believes in magical thinking and thinks that death is temporary and not permanent and that one can talk to deceased people at their graves and the deceased person will hear them. Wears glasses sometimes, if reminded to. Very kind-hearted, sweet, and compassionate, but sometimes has tantrums. Usually tantrums are a result of being asked to do too much by parents, or because he gets bullied by others, especially when he's called nasty names like the R-word, low functioning Autistic mafia, or the P word. Sometimes has tantrums at his parents, because he gets bullied by others. Overall though, very nice child, very forgiving and understanding, well known for being sweet and kind, possibly even by bullies. Likes to hug others indiscriminately sometimes, very caring, but only hugs people on his own terms. Taken a little aback when people initiate the hugging and hug this sweet little boy, but will hug back. Loves to take trips, especially to South Carolina and North Carolina, play in sand on the beaches in the Carolinas. A little afraid of children he doesn't know, but warms up very fast. Loved by many people for his 4 year old-ness and a lot of others find the views of this 4 year old very refreshing. Loves oldies music from the 1950s to the mid 1980s and soft rock music, like a lot of little kids, music that calms him down. Mostly given up daytime naps, but occasionally sleeps during the afternoon, though not often. Loves to rile up other children to dance alongside him singing different songs. A little bit of a late night owl, a little naughty at bedtime, delays bedtime as much as possible. Sometimes goes to bed well past midnight. Sometimes a little naughty, deserves perhaps to be spanked (!) a little.
The scary part is that 95% of the time, this is how I actually am, in real life. There is very little differentiation between my Little character and how I truly am in real life to everyone else!!! :biggrin:
Longallsboy