This is one of a series of discussion posts based on questions from the AQ-10 autism test.

2. When I’m reading a story, I find it difficult to work out the characters’ intentions.

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  • Slightly Agree
  • Slightly Disagree
  • Definitely Disagree

Is this statement true for you? Can you think of any examples? Is it an easy or difficult question for you to answer?

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  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Anyway, characters in stories tend to be pretty explicit in their intentions.

    The overall story arc might be explicit, but I tend to trip up on the smaller interactions. Frodo might want to destroy the ring, but in one of the books when he’s talking to Sam and Gollum, I might struggle to tell what he’s feeling, unless it’s explicitly spelled out. I might think that they’re having a normal conversation, until one of them slams a pot down and shouts at the others*, then I realise that they’re angry, and have been for the whole conversation.

    I find that I miss their intentions in smaller things like this, rather than the intention for the main plot.

    *I’m not sure if that actually happens, I haven’t read the books for a while.