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[yuuago]

щ(◉Д◉щ) Holy crackers, writing characters who are supposed to be intelligent is such a pain in the ass. How the heck do people do this? IT'S... REALLY CHALLENGING.

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[hokuton_punch]

IT IS. D: /Durandal-writing problems

[yuuago]

Everything I've osmosed about Durandal tells me that he would be a complete pain in the ass to write. Oh man. D:

The person I'm making an attempt with is a literal genius, and I keep tripping over myself like... how the fuck do I do this....

[hokuton_punch]

It's a challenge I love, but it's definitely a challenge. XD (At least he also has the obvious weakness "no physical body," which can help with coming up actual plot obstacles.)

PLANNING. LOTS AND LOTS OF CAREFUL PLANNING. And trying to come up with situations where their geniusness isn't particularly useful.

[yuuago]

And trying to come up with situations where their geniusness isn't particularly useful. -> I think this is the route I'm most likely to take, haha. BUT PLANNING IS GOOD TOO.

[schneefink]

YES SO MUCH THIS. Some of them are a bit easier than others, like those that are very focused on a specific field and oblivious to much else (e.g. Rodney McKay), but those who are really smart AND observant are the worst.

[yuuago]

those who are really smart AND observant are the worst.

Oh god. Yes, this too. VERY challenging... Oh well, hopefully it'll get easier for me as I go along. :D

[dhampyresa]

Time. The reader doesn't have to know it took you five days to solve what the character solved in five seconds!

[yuuago]

This... is true. Why didn't I think of that? xD

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know shit about writing or being a genius, but statistics say the smarter you are, the more unhappy you tend to feel. So aim for depressed and possibly dysfunctional in some emotional way (since that also comes with the territory in many cases, for a variety of reasons). Maybe blogs of people with autism/Asperger's syndrome who describe their inner lives might help. I can see two main directions: very into their life purpose if they have one (work that's meaningful to them etc) or very disillusioned with everything, just kind of trying to trick themselves into hoping tomorrow may be better. Now ofc depending on the character you write, this may be far off, but I'll say I have a hard time imagining a genuinely happy intelligent person/character, if they live in our universe or something equivalent (which doesn't have magic or something similar to sweeten the deal).

I'm not sure if any of this is helpful, but hitting post anyway. I'm curious what you'll come up with.

LK

[yuuago]

"very disillusioned with everything, just kind of trying to trick themselves into hoping tomorrow may be better" -> This sounds kind of like the guy I have in mind. The disillusioned part at the very least. Not to mention that this particular character has plenty of reasons to be kind of... bitter, in general. :D

Something for me to think about, at least~