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[flippyshark]

I have a nephew, now 16 years old, who has Asperger's and is fixated on Minnie Mouse (though NOT, as far as I know, in the manner discussed above.) He carries a plush Minnie with him almost everywhere he goes. (Before Minnie, it was everything Stitch.)

Last February, he came home from school with a lovingly handmade Valentine's Day card and showed it to his mom. She started to thank him for it, but he alerted her abruptly, "It's not for you, it's for Minnie."

Anyway, we generally find these stories amusing among our family, but they always come out kind of disquieting in the retelling.

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

He carries a plush Minnie with him almost everywhere he goes. (Before Minnie, it was everything Stitch.)

That makes sense to me. Stitch is funny, Minnie is sweet. I can understand how a person could take comfort from those characters. Minnie Mouse and Stitch have some human qualities and personalities. And though not a cartoon animal, when she was little my daughter told everyone she was going to marry Peter Pan. As a kid I had a crush on Speed Racer. But 1001 Nacht and The Berlin Wall could not be less like living things. Even 1001 Nacht, with lights blazing and music blaring, is still just a big machine. It is astonishing to me how things so not alive evoke such human feelings.