Intelligence =/= Being An Asshole

Intelligence =/= being an asshole

The assumption and depiction that much of mainstream media so comfortably revels in doesn’t just reveal the ingrained autiphobia but also a severe misunderstanding of intelligence and how intelligent people are so … well, intelligent.

I am sick of media trying to frame intelligence as some superpower that somebody is born with, and thus, they have the right to tower over everybody else in their intellect and be an asshole to flex how smart they are. It’s heartbreaking, with the treatment of Alan Turing’s legacy because it very clearly demonstrates that his intelligence isn’t some kind of telekinetic mind power, but it’s in his curiosity, the attention to tiny details that others don’t pay much heed to, or how he’s more openminded to solutions (the gas mask, it fixes the problem, it makes sense to him!)

Even with Sherlock Holmes, who this obsession with the genius asshole can be traced back to, in the original Conan Doyle series, he’s just an introverted puzzle nerd. He’s often described as a polite gentleman, albeit with a few quirks. He seldom makes condescending remarks to or about his clients, and in some cases where they’re distressed, attempts to reassure them. He’s also said to be quite generous to Mrs. Hudson, or others whose help he employs from time to time. In no way is he the moody, jerkface man-child that modern media have tried to convince us.

Because that is not how intelligent people are.

sometimes I get so angry thinking about ‘The Imitation Game’ that I have to go in a little ‘upset big tantrum room’ in my head for a calm down

like, Benisnatch Cumberque played the same character he’s always plays as an asshole genius and we were all supposed to be okay with it, but it’s basically character slander

at different parts of the movie Turing is described as ‘arrogant, “inhuman,” “narcissistic,” and even “a monster,” in the film he goes against those around him and is shown to periodically ignore and belittle his colleagues

And. I. Am. So. Angry.

Alan Turing was described by his friends and people that knew him as “intensely shy and kindly”, he was said to “inspire loyalty and affection among those who appreciated his unusual gifts” and was “unfailingly generous with his time and expertise, especially toward younger recruits”

He was kind, he was kind, HE WAS KIND, he was kind

he was kind and geeky and awkward and gay, I don’t care if the whole of society doesn’t find that compelling, I don’t care if we don’t value kindness as an attribute in men, he deserved to be loved and respected as he was, not as we wish he was

I am so sorry Alan Turing, I am so sorry your story was not told with care and thoughtfulness, I am so sorry you didn’t get to be shown to be deeply in love with the men you loved, I am sorry your great and terrible tragedy was never unfolded as a kind and brilliant man abused by a horrible homophobic system

You are a hero that turned the tides of history like no other and I am so sorry

They say his eyes shine like 100,000 bolts ⚡️

eroica's eyes (x)

Oof thanks @pufferflufferfish for the tag! I was gonna do this earlier but I was in the final edits of the Elisabeth video essay ... and then I just forgot T_T

Three ships: Eren x Historia (angst galore), Makishima Shogo x Kougami Shinya (sapiosexual), Elisabeth Empress of Austria x Good (non-kitschy) Productions of Elisabeth das Musical

First ever ship: Robin x Raven (Cartoon Network Teen Titans) lol the obsession with profound and undefinable relationships began early

Last song: Lay All Your Love on Me (ABBA)

Last movie: Soulmate (2023, Korean film); a little bit disappointed because they didn’t actually dive that deep into the queerplatonic relationship, nor did they let them have an ending where they live together in that relationship

Currently reading: the original manga of Haikara-san ga Tooru (which is full of feminist discourse that has been removed from its recent anime adaptation)

Currently (re)watching: Ouran High School Host Club (and arguing with personality database because Tamaki is clearly an ENFP, not ENFJ)

Currently consuming: air, via respiration

Currently craving: the motivation to make the next video essay

9 people you want to get to know better

Aadjsdask thanks for the tag @peach0cake, didnt expect to be tagged tbh

Three ships: Todolf (nothing is more sexy than shipping a poor lil meow meow trauma ball with the embodiment of death and mental illness), Tycutio (mainly Zolicutio and Szilibalt), Mozalieri (first musical ship)

First Ever Ship: FukuMori from Bungou Stray Dogs. It all started when a classmate brought that manga to class one day...

Last Song: Nuno Resende's Je dors sur des roses

Last Movie: can't remember it's been years since I last watched one

Currently Reading: The Three Musketeers, kind of, because I’ve finished it a while ago and am on my reread

Currently Watching: 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille, but I keep changing tabs every five minutes because my attention span isn’t that long plus I’m to deeply hyperfixated on Elisabeth to consume anything else

Currently consuming: Some choco cereal for breakfast

Currently craving: Creamy pasta though I just had it two weeks ago

Tagging @fitzrove @szabadmadar @amaryllis14612 @wenn-ich-tanzen-will @personaltheft @freyalor @mendely @freshprinceofverone @imyselfamstrange

No pressure to do it tho

One of THE most iconic scenes from one of THE most iconic manga ever! Absolutely the BALLSIEST thing Dorian has ever done and the change in Klaus’s face from “ugh what is it now 🙄” to straight up sweating BULLETS while everyone else panics is PRICELESS (don’t think anybody’s ever pushed Klaus to such emotional extreme again)

And Dorian is so fascinating!! It’s like he operates on his own logic, in his own world, free of convention or rules, that makes sense only to him. When they ask “what are you thinking?” He just … says what he was thinking 🤣

It was a character-defining moment

It was a genre-defining moment

It was a moment

the full, infamous, genre-defining, pope stealing scene in from eroica with love, where dorian red gloria snatches pope john paul II from the vatican. unforgettable

I just know Jason is so fed up with the rest of the Batfam not knowing how much of a shitbag Dick was when he was a teenager. I know this man looks like a complete nutcase when he tries to convince Tim or Damian that Dick had his asshole phase, too. Don’t believe his fucking golden boy, depressed, running on fumes, burnt out, “I’d give everything and then some for the good of the world” act. He’s a lying liar that lies. It’s ALL lies.

Mr. Professional Older Brother was a goddamn menace to society, and Jason Todd is gonna PROVE IT, DAMNIT.

“I know what you are,” says Jason.

“Lol,” says Dick. “Lmao.”

He is always so funny

My favorite is: “Me? Domesticated papa? If I have to deal with a newborn, I’d rather grab a missile and implode. Disgusting! I feel sick!”

Like mood

happy birthday major babygirl! here's a personal list of favorite moments