So uh, when does she actually do anything smart which isn't just "haha I knew you would that!"
>>219496291>Smartness as a superpower is the ability to anticipate people’s actions with literally omniscient accuracyI hate this trope. It doesnt even make sense.
>>219496487There's an old copypasta about how dumb people can't write smart characters, because to a retard, being smart is akin to being a magical wizard
>>219496515>a magical wizardThats reads wrong. I suggest >because to a retard, being smart is akin to being a fortuneteller
>>219496291>>219496515>>219497279
No way this isn't a parody right? Smartest character is a black woman KEK
>>219498291it's intentional and unironic
>>219496291Never. She's dumber than the average /tv/tard in the current season.
>>219496291It's like BigBungeee says; smart just means "she read the script."Truly intelligent writers create ultra-smart characters that can be outmanuvered or put in disadvantageous situations, face situations they couldn't predict, but still come out on top by playing their hand well or reacting fast enough with the right tools. This stupid "I predicted everything you would say or do" trope is very hard to do convincingly. Very few characters of this type are well written.
>>219496291Sister Sage or Ozymandias?
>>219496291She didn't predict her boyfriend godolkin would get killed by the black girl She's a retard
>>219499971>OzymandiasStill predicted wrong on ridding himself of Dr ManhattanSure he dealt it with quick enough afterwards, but he was wrong on that part at least. And he also doubts himself at the end of the comics at least
>>219496487I knew you would type this, anon.
>>219496291writers need to be smart to write smart characters. we got seth rogen instead
>>219497279Fortune tellers are smart. They are getting people to live out some way that is beneficial and or enjoyable to them.
Why are there two threads about an obscure darkie from a pozzed aids show at the same time right now
>>219500422To be fair Manhattan coming back because he couldn't believe the plot twist of who Silk Spectre fucked was stupid.
>>219499971Phastos is smarter.
>>219501904>To be fair Manhattan coming back because he couldn't believe the plot twist of who Silk Spectre fucked was stupid.Oh true, but I referred to Ozy destroying Dr. Manhattan for a good five minutes
I don't really read comics but I do like the Watchmen movie. Would it be worth going through the graphic novel or would I be filtered.
>>219496291a black woman is speaking. listen and learn.
>>219496515The only way you can write a smart character is to condense time.Have the character do something within a few seconds to a day that it would take you the writer a couple months to work on. A guy coming up with a good thesis over the summer isn't impressive, but the character regurgitating one on the fly would be.
>>219505892>t. Dumb person
>>219496487I’m a smart person and I can’t interact with people because I know their entire half of the conversation before it leaves their mouths.I know what you’ll say to this too
>Smartest person in the world>still choses to be/live as blackyeah, this show is dumb and unrealisticat least Michael Jackson tried to change
>>219496291In fairness, that's kind of the point of her character. Smartest person in the world, but also a lazy shitty person, so their intellect is mostly wasted.
>>219507451Its the i WOULD do that but im too lazy and hateful too thingbof midwits who dont want to try for revealing they actually are stupid. To be honest, bei g smarter then others gives you a small ego that that is inflamed by people treating you different.Then one day you realize that you aren't that smart and never learned to learn struggle or been able to interact with other people. Leading to self jarred and loneliness.
>>219508758There is a thread on /lit/ about being well read but not a genius. Its very insightful to the problem many of us have.
>>219496515Writing smart character is like writing a good detective.You need to take whole big picture into the account and inject said character in such way that it doesn't seem like an asspull.Which most writers, of course, fucking can't.
>>219506398>I know their entire half of the conversation before it leaves their mouths.You are no older than 20.The closer I get to being old, the more I understand that people are so retarded, you might expect the dumbest fucking take and half of the time, you might still be taken by surprise by the sheer stupidity escaping other person's mouth.
