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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2011-10-22 03:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #1754 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1754 ⌋


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[identity profile] fm-gatekeeper.livejournal.com 2011-10-23 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
The thing is that super-smart men often also have severe character flaws and negative traits that balance out with their super-smart-ness. Take Sherlock in the recent BBC adaptation Sherlock, for example. He's incredibly intelligent and perceptive, yes, but he's also unbelievably ignorant about some things, socially inept, and arguably a total adrenaline junky.

Whereas, most of the time when I've seen them at least, super-smart female characters are defined by that one trait--their ~super-smart-ness~--maybe with the addition of also being ~fashionable~ or ~dorky~ or some other stock descriptor. They're stereotypes and not characters.

Ugh I could go on about this all day, but basically what I'm trying to say is: a lot of people suck at writing female characters that are anywhere near as developed as their male characters. And it sucks.