Geniuses--evil or otherwise

[zouzounaki]

From fannish5: Name your five favorite geniuses - evil or otherwise - from any fandom.

- Zack Addy, Bones Ignoring the fact that they seemed to progressively want me to dislike Zack or, rather more likely, made him more into a one-dimensional joke, I still love him beyond belief, especially in the earlier episodes that showcase his and Hodgins' friendship, which is just so sweet and funny. Zack, baby, you got a raw deal, for serious! And Sweets and the supposed-to-be-hot-but-kinda-bland new intern have nothin' on you!

- Tony Stark, Iron Man Most geniuses are, in some way, either dumbed down for the general unwashed mass audience or made fun of for their amusement (see: above), but one of the things I adored about the Iron Man movie is how undiluted Tony is. And that he's obviously channeling his considerable energies into it as relaxation but also in a way that makes it look as if he truly needs it, to stop himself from being bored, yes, and because it's just the way his mind works.

- Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park series When Michael Crichton's The Lost World revealed Ian to be alive in the book verse, I did a happy dance (and, let's face it, the book owns the crappy movie in every way, though Jeff Goldblum is pure, golden awesome!) Snarky, confident but most of all charming and funny, you just don't get much sexier geniuses in anything. Ever. (It should be noted that, by consensus of myself and the two other people I know who filled this meme out, lastwordslinger and musetrax, he must be the best genius ever!)

- Sikozu Shanu, Farscape Completely socially inept but also totally confident to an almost obnoxious degree (which is what most fans only saw), Sikozu's brashness and her self-confidence are made bearable and even charming for me by her naivete and that certain indefinable something she had that made her actually, well, come to like and trust John. In her own way. Plus, she bangs Scorpius and how cool is that?!

- Toshiko Sato, Torchwood Ah, Tosh! What an injustice the show did you by never truly knowing what to do with you! And yet, still, you were engaging in your insecurities and unabashed brilliance. Tosh's segment of Fragments is the most affecting, in my opinion, and displays exactly why she should have been used more in the series!

Peace, Ghani

Comments

[musetrax.livejournal.com]

(It should be noted that, by consensus of myself and the two other people I know who filled this meme out, ~lastwordslinger and ~musetrax, he must be the best genius ever!)
Lmao, huzzah for the power of consensus! It's like Wiki and Twitter always being right ;D

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

LOL, power to the people! xD

[may-child.livejournal.com]

I like Sweets, in part because he is a fan of the whole SW saga and has made references to the PT. But I agree, Zack got a raw deal. Honestly, I think he started getting a raw deal the moment they cut his hair -- that mop top was just perfect in its, I don't know, Zack-ness.

I hated that he turned out to be "evil," although I think TPTB realized that they'd gone too far and started backpedaling in the next season, making him not DIRECTLY to blame or something like that. I don't know what they've done lately; I'm not caught up on my "Bones"-age.

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I think he started getting a raw deal the moment they cut his hair -- that mop top was just perfect in its, I don't know, Zack-ness.

Yes!!! This, exactly! See, I'm basically catching up on the show in reruns on TNT and the change in appearance was just jarring without seeing the episode where it happened. And then I did the other day, and I groan right along with Zack when Angela tells him he'll have to lose his floppy hair. Not to mention the fact that--huh?! He has to look respectable and neat to work there?! Has anyone looked at Hodgins closely lately?!

I think he loses some of his boyishness with the change in style, and, I dunno if I can explain it right but it's like he lost some of his humanity with it, the stuff that made him relatable. He didn't get stories anymore about competing with Hodgins for the package delivery lady's attentions etc. He was kind of just there to act strange and stiffly; any real characterization was just... gone.

I hated that he turned out to be "evil," although I think TPTB realized that they'd gone too far and started backpedaling in the next season, making him not DIRECTLY to blame or something like that.

I saw that one before I'd seen the repeat of the one where it had revealed what he'd done, heh. And I was upset because, the heck, dude?! But thank goodness if it's retconning a little on the 'he killed someone!' plotline!

About Sweets--well, I'm always gonna love John Francis Daley. in anything. Since he was a kid in Freaks and Geeks right through that Ryan Reynolds/Justin Long movie and Kitchen Confidential, so yeah i like Sweets, too, and his character's adorable. I did resent him at first as kind of taking Zack's place (it's a silly thing to do but sometimes fannish things aren't entirely rational) but he's just too damned... sweet! LOL!

The new episode I caught on FOX, or fairly new, had some young new intern who looked as if he was supposed to be extremely attractive but really did nothing for me. Dammit, I like my geniuses awkward and unusual!

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yeah, I had watched the entire...um...single season of F&G on DVD not too long before Sweets first showed up on "Bones," and when I saw him, I said, "He looks exactly the same now as he did then -- only taller!"

F&G, of course, had more than a few SW references, being as it took place in 1980.

He is a little too...sweet. And even though the show openly acknowledged that he's a Doogie Howser-ish prodigy, he just looks too young to be a shrink that the government would trust to treat the (understandably) damaged psyches of its agents. OK, OK, I know the show began while Dumbya was President, but STILL.

Or maybe I just miss Zack too. I like Sweets but he'll never replace Zack.