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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
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine
Joan Clarke
This is a movie About Alan Turing Starring Benedict Cumberbatch
There is no way I'm NOT watching this!!
The whole SciShow office is so freaking stoked about this it’s adorable. To be clear, I also have not been this excited about a movie (that wasn’t based on my brother’s book) since Deathly Hallows.
Sometimes it’s the very people no one can imagine doing anything who do things no one can imagine -The Imitation Game
Will you be able to solve a mystery you don’t even know the start of?
Setting: Operose, Massachusetts.
Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Drama, and Romance.
Warning(s): This story will be rated 18+ for depictions of violence, psychological games, manipulation, references to being drugged, profanity, sexual themes, dark themes, and mentions of death.
DEMO (TBA)
You don’t know how you got here.
You don’t know how the tattoo on your inner wrist came to be.
You don’t know anything besides your own name.
Your memories, your past, were all just a blur to you.
Waking up in the hospital, with your tattoo and hospital wristband, were the only clues to your identity. To who you used to be before the events that had taken your memories.
You wouldn’t find out until later that you weren’t the only one with memories unaccounted for.
Will you be able to find out what’s going on beneath the surface of the picturesque town of Operose, Massachusetts? Or will you be pulled under the waves of the supposedly better life the town offers you?
Play as an Amnesiac!MC that’s just trying to figure out what happened to them. Will you be able to do so? Or will you be stopped before you can try?
Customizable MC: name, gender, sexuality, appearance, and a smattering of other things that will crop up.
Try not to let your investigation become too well known— as you never know who you can trust in the grand scheme of things.
Romance 1 of 5 Romantic Options; from the Mayor of Operose to a Grumpy Detective.
Will you be able to find out what’s going on within Operose?
Or will you die trying?
Nathan/Natasha Walker [M/F] - The Mayor
36 [6’5” | Crystalline Green Eyes | Raven Black Hair]
The Mayor of Operose is quite an intimidating figure— with a charming smile, intelligent gaze, and silver tongue, no one could wonder why they had been elected into such a position. Do they know more than they appear to? Are they just a pawn in all of this too? Will you end up giving up more than you ever thought possible to figure it out?
Caspian/Cassidy Beckett [M/F] - The Detective
32 [5’11” | Sapphire Blue Eyes | Platinum Blonde Hair]
A Detective of the OPD that really doesn’t want to deal with your conspiracy theories. However, as more unexplained events begin happening within Operose, they can’t stand idly by and let things continue as they are. Even if you may have to get used to their pricklier exterior, you’re glad that you’re able to call them an ally. Will they become something more?
Harry/Harley Pierce [M/F] - The Doctor
34 [5’7” | Hazel Eyes | Onyx Black Hair]
The individual that helped you come to terms with where you were, what “happened” to you, and how things will progress from here on out. With a compassionate air, gentle smile, and docile disposition, they’re a person you could easily trust. Will you be able to convince them that things aren’t as they appear? That Operose isn’t what everyone thinks it is?
Ashton/Ashley Jolie [M/F] - The Partner
33 [6’2” | Blue-Gray Eyes | Dark Auburn Hair]
The partner you were assigned to whenever you had woken up— another amnesiac that’s grappling with the new world around them. Sarcasm and dry humor is their go to when dealing with everyone, but you’re able to see a softer side to them that you’re sure they don’t want anyone to ever see. Will you be able to figure out not only your past but theirs too? Find out the origin story of the tattoo you both shared? Will you end up falling in love as you do?
Shade [M/F] - The Shadow
30s [5’10” | Dark Brown Eyes | ???]
A figure you only see in darkened alleyways, poorly-lit parking garages, or just at the edge of your peripheral vision. Someone that seems to know that Operose isn’t what everyone thinks it is. You don’t know much about them— their name, what they look like beneath the cowl they wear, or anything truly substantial— all you do know is that they’re trying to help you the best that they can. Will you be able to grow closer to your own living shadow?
87th Academy Awards : Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans in Boyhood
Laura Dern as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey in Wild
Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke in The Imitation Game
Emma Stone as Sam Thomson in Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep as The Witch in Into The Woods
87th Academy Awards : Best Production Design
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design) + Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Maria Djurkovic (Production Design) + Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration) for The Imitation Game
Nathan Crowley (Production Design) + Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) for Interstellar
Dennis Gassner (Production Design) + Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for Into The Woods
Suzie Davies (Production Design) + Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration) for Mr. Turner
87th Academy Awards : Best Film Editing
Joel Cox + Gary D. Roach for American Sniper
Sandra Adair for Boyhood
Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest Hotel
William Goldenberg for The Imitation Game
Tom Cross for Whiplash
87th Academy Awards : Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jóhann Jóhannsson for The Theory Of Everything
Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
Gary Yershon for Mr. Turner
Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game
87th Academy Awards : Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Hall for American Sniper (based on the book, American Sniper, by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice)
Graham Moore for The Imitation Game (based on the book, Alan Turing: The Enigma, by Andrew Hodges)
Paul Thomas Anderson for Inherent Vice (based on the novel, Inherent Vice, by Thomas Pynchon)
Anthony McCarten for The Theory Of Everything (based on the book, Travelling To Infinity: My Life With Stephen, by Jane Wilde Hawking)
Damien Chazelle for Whiplash (based on his short film of the same name)
87th Academy Awards : Best Picture
Clint Eastwood + Robert Lorenz + Andrew Lazar + Bradley Cooper + Peter Morgan for American Sniper
Alejandro González Iñárritu + John Lesher + James W. Skotchdopole for Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater + Cathleen Sutherland for Boyhood
Wes Anderson + Scott Rudin + Steven Rales + Jeremy Dawson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nora Grossman + Ido Ostrowsky + Teddy Schwarzman for The Imitation Game
Christian Colson + Oprah Winfrey + Dede Gardner + Jeremy Kleiner for Selma
Tim Bevan + Eric Fellner + Lisa Bruce + Anthony McCarten for The Theory Of Everything
Jason Blum + Helen Estabrook + David Lancaster for Whiplash
87th Academy Awards : Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game
87th Academy Awards : Best Actor
Steve Carell as John Eleuthère Du Pont in Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson/Birdman in Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything
I love him so much, when I saw Imitation Game a couple years back and I was so furious that one of my favourite icons had been reduced to the childhood trauma of his friends death, reduced to a victim because cishet audiences can't empathize with the struggles of a generally happy man, I guess. Screw Hollywood actors butchering the complexity of characters because they only know two flavours of acting. I hated the scene where they made Alan make that awkward joke to make him seem sympathetic. I hated them saying he killed himself , when there is evidence of foul play in his death, evidence that he ate an apple he didn't know was laced with poison. Fuck Hollywood.
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
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