Aaaah, I feel a bit odd bragging on my OC to a stranger, but you did say to let you know about our faves! My baby, Soc, actually has his own blog on tumblr, under the name ‘littlesoc’. He’s actually an alien, of the Kaberonian species, and he’s a precious little thing, He’s a 15-thousand-year-old toddler, and showing no signs of reaching physical or mental maturity any time soon.
I could go on for days about the Kaberonians themselves, honestly. But this is just Soc.Yes. As he’s lived so long, he’s pretty smart for his physical and mental age. He’s invented quite a few things (mostly mechanical, a few biomechanical) that are being used by civilians and military alike, but he’s really just a toddler with a small stroke of genius in him. (I blame his shared genetics with one of his older brothers, honestly.) Sadly, a lot of people don’t see his intelligence, because like his creator, Soc is autistic, has epilepsy, and is physically disabled, and a lot of people can’t get past that, even when he’s acting “normal”. They also don’t seem to understand that, even as intelligent as he is, he is a TODDLER, and his interests tend to range into what little ones like, not what an adult would find super-interesting. Barring long books. He loves books. He just can’t focus well enough to read for long without someone helping him.
Right now he’s going through some rough times. He was in an accident and most of his lower body was crushed. THANKFULLY, Kabeiroi is far enough in the ‘future’ that they’ve developed some medical practices that might give him a decent chance at walking again once he heals. Maybe. His legs were kind of screwed up to begin with, but I’m waiting to see how he heals up from this! So currently he’s doing a lot of sleeping and distracted-playing on the floor, since he’s in a spica cast from his waist down while he heals. He’s started giggling at people again, though, and playing with the family pets and things people hand him! He even 'helped’ his big brother make supper earlier, by being a spoon-holder for him. That’s a big improvement! He’s still not talking much ,but when he IS talking to his family, it’s been to actually answer them, so he’s calming down enough to be his sweet little self again.
Because really, Soc is a sweetheart. He’s smart and sweet and having physical and mental disabilities has not and WILL not change that. He kind of started out as a social commentary on the stigma disabled people face whenever we try to 'integrate’ with society, but Socrates Fifth-child, brother of Tex, child of Hephaestus, has become one of my favourite characters. He’s been going strong for…almost eight years now, and I only see him growing and changing, not going away.
Thank you so much for sharing with me (and all of us) such an interesting and clearly deeply personal character! He sounds adorable and you clearly have put a lot of love and hard work into him. The story sounds very interesting as well! I personally think it’s tons of fun coming up with your own species or ways for creatures to work, so much creativity and potential there! Keep on going, I hope you get to develop Soc for many more years to come!
