3 characters that inspire you?
Jughead Jones (from all the comics, not the imposter from Riverdale). I love how he fully embraced how different he was and didn't care what others thought; he had so much confidence in just being himself. Instead of dating and chasing girls (or anyone; he wasn't into romance and didn't have raging horomones) like Archie and the rest of his friends and high-school peers, he was after a good meal/snack or a nap. (Fun fact- I found out I was ace through the character!) Jughead always told Archie how much simpler his own life is for not caring about relationships (it's gotten poor Arch into more trouble than it's worth), and it's a sentiment I echo for myself. I live for myself, and myself alone. Like Jug, I'll take a burger and a good nap any day (and like Jughead, I am a total foodie and love naps). I just wish I had Jug's confidence instead of second-guessing myself all the time; I have all this inner aphobia that I struggle with.
Murderbot from the book series The Murderbot Diaries is another aroace icon for me, and one who is very anxiety-prone, nd-coded, and anti-social- all which I can also relate to. Again, though, MB doesn't care what others think and has zero desire to change; on the one hand, it struggles to understand who and what it is, but at the same time it has no desire to be what it knows it isn't (I know that's a paradox, but MB is a complex character). I mean, I do wish I was a lot less anxious, but you know. XD
Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation is another nd-coded character. Data is an android who strives to learn and grow and be the best person he can be, and doesn't let his mistakes get him down, and that's something I try to do too. Being somebody of such low self-confidence, I struggle with that a lot however.
