Ha - yes, I suppose I didn't give any kind of meaningful answer there. But that ties into my principal annoyance/puzzlement with how intelligence is portrayed on TV. Outside of certain wise old mentor roles (wisdom being something different from intelligence, in tropes) intelligence is almost always paired with being seriously deficient in the social or emotional sphere somehow, either endearingly or frustratingly. But besides the fact that very high intelligence invites comment and notice and usually requires the person in possession of it to develop some sort of social coping mechanism, people are people. No one, no matter how intelligent, acts solely by conscious thought. Patience, impatience, curiosity, timidity, risk-seeking, insecurity, extroversion, introversion, emotional range...so many other genetic and environmental outcomes contribute to how we use our strengths and weaknesses in memory and language and reasoning.
But: I'm glad you're happy to see Beholder back! I hope you'll be signing up. :-)
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Date: 2014-01-17 02:14 am (UTC)But: I'm glad you're happy to see Beholder back! I hope you'll be signing up. :-)