#ScribesAndMakers 20 Feb
What's a misconception that bothers you in popular media?
That brilliant people have to be dicks. Like either you can't develop both mature interaction with others and intellectual skills, or brilliance is power and it's a natural perk of power to exert it by being selfish or rude.
This is just shite; for why, see the real people who want to be *thought of as smart* cosplaying brilliance by being a dick.
My clever characters are problem solvers not problem causers.
Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫
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