#is hypercompetent

[glamaphonic]

there needs to be more fic that plays with how ed is a stone cold genius and good at everything and that's part of why he's so fucking bored.

his response to stede saying he could open a restaurant says it all.

"probably could. maybe i will. i can do anything."

and he can!!!

when stede's like OH COME ON at ed demurring and then suddenly playing the piano! bcs oh ofc he can also play piano! (he has a harpsichord AND a lute AND an accordion in his room on the queen anne! consider: ed lowkey a musical prodigy)

when izzy gets frustrated in the art of fuckery and exclaims that ed just knows everything about everything in the whole fucking world! he thinks ed's a know-it-all because ed's so damn effortlessly good at everything! (his smug look at izzy when he's about to explain the fog and whatnot in 1x04!)

he asks stede how to "win this interaction" at the french party because that's what ed does. all he does is WIN WIN WIN. and that in turn is part of why it's so devastating to him when he's mocked. not just the trauma he's carrying around about class and self-worth, but also because it's probably the first time ed has failed at anything in a very long time!

a lot of au fic especially focuses in hard on the fact that ed admires and longs for stede's ability to express himself through things like fashion and to luxuriate and pamper himself and has felt barred from this by class distinctions and performing a particular kind of masculinity. but in the course of it, they entirely lose that ed is legendarily famous, wildly successful, and extremely rich!

while stede obviously holds various structural privileges over ed, in the immediate world that they inhabit ed is the one with the power and the clout and his interest in stede is what's considered a weird foible, ed taking a pet, etc.

stede has own way of doing things and money. ed has notoriety, skill, respect AND his own way of doing things and money.

he's bored and depressed BECAUSE he has it all and has done it all. if you strip that away then the entire point of his character flies right by.

#ofmd #edward teach #is hypercompetent #he is bored because everything's so fucking easy for him

[idanit]

solidarity

#letters regarding jeeves #my pal bertie #dracula daily #jeeves #Tom Gauld #made this for myself because i started getting a bit green eyed over how big the dracula bookclub is #even though i totally understand that the appeal of dracula is naturally much broader #than the appeal of some episodic-ish comedic stories about a rich british aristocrat who talks weird and his hypercompetent servant #and anyway it's very cozy here in the jeeves corner I have to say #it's surprisingly nice to be involved in a fandom active enough to be engaging #but slow enough to be able to keep up with practically everything that's going on #idanit talks #? #i don't have a tag for memes lol

[problempossum]

His love language is Kill

#dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #laios touden #kabru #laios x kabru #laios #i need a hypercompetent twink to murder me over an omelette

[scattergoriesofevil]

#critical role #4 sided dive #I feel like it’s a close call between #Beau just doing it alone as rudely as possible #the trifecta of hypercompetent Liam characters #and 2 wizards a sharp business sorceror and a man who spends most of his time building traps #honestly Matt’s team might forget to escape and start rebuilding the room as a better trap

[soapsod]

little wip

#tim drake #my art #fanart #red robin #batfam #there’s something about the connection between Tim’s hypercompetence vs. his desire for affection that rly just Gets Me #like the cognitive dissonance between the desire to be independent & the desire to be cared about?? #wanting respect but also love & to be trusted but not forgotten?? #idk i have lots of feelings this time of year (and more time for comics than usual lol) #what i'm saying is that tim has definitely wallowed in his fair share of yearning #more to come later or maybe not #tim drake fanart #batfam fanart #dc fanart

[ladyloveandjustice]

I'm all for Barbie and her trophy boyfriend Ken (obviously considering my most viral post) and everything, but people out here saying "the best relationship is a woman who can do anything and man who can't do shit", like y'all realize that's most sitcom couples, where the women is the hot babysitter to an average loser schlub, right? That's also the classic 'loser guy is the protagonist while the more competent female character is his babysitter and love interest" in action movies and other movies.

I agree this dynamic can be fun in the right flavor. The reason Barbie and Ken work in Life in the Dreamhouse is he's NOT a total loser who doesn't do anything for Barbie, he's a robotics whiz who built a house for Barbie, he was able to get a ton of jobs!... he just immediately dropped them to be with Barbie. He just loves his gf and is content with letting her be his priority at all times. I don't think Ken in the upcoming movie is going to have absolutely nothing going for him either or be a drain on Barbie's life (hopefully). He'll probably find something that allows him to be somewhat self-posessed.

So like, it can work, if the guy is always bragging about his gf, if she's not demoted to his babysitter, if she likes him because he's sweet or if he's actually good at nontraditionally "male' things like being a caretaker- but 'woman has to be on a pedestal, guy gets to be a loser' is just another way woman are pigeonholed in media. Girls don't often get to be the losers because they have to be great to be respected and 'loser girl' doesn't fit into the ideal straight male sexual fantasy. Hypercompetent guy with loser girlfriend is usually derogatory, in a way the opposite isn't, if there's a female character like that, she'll be arm candy everyone shits on and sexualizes and nothing else- it's very rare for the ditzy loser gf to have any focus much less be the protagonist- it shows up pretty rarely, and if it does, it's notably in works aimed at women like Sailor Moon.

#yes mamoru is hypercompetent compared to usagi in civilian life dude is loaded and got into Harvard #barbie

[fairandfatalasfair]

“Please do not tell me that you woke up on this ship with no ability to leave or call for help, took a look at the computer system whose operations are responsible for keeping us all alive, and decided to name it after the Allied Mastercomputer.”

“Okay."

“Did you name Amy after the Allied Mastercomputer?”

“You just asked me not to tell you, so-”

---

Tal Smithson (ke/kem) from @derinthescarletpescatarian's scifi serial, Time To Orbit: Unknown

#ttou #time to orbit: unknown #Tal Smithson #fanart #TTOU fanart #my art #I love Tal's whole intensely-ADHD-scifi-nerd vibe #and I am a SUCKER for hypercompetent characters who know exactly how good they are at what they do #ke just makes me happy :D #twenty-two year old convicted cybercriminal with no filter and an abiding love of shiny jumpsuits and humanoid computers #first paragraph of the quote is paraphrased because the actual exchange is fairly long

[earlgodwin]

"There is no one closer—" Oh, don't lie to me, Father.

#it's an interesting parallel because rodrigo really made them believe that they're the light of his life #but deep down both of them know it's not true because he still prioritizes his own ambitions over them #juan; he's insecure about rodrigo's love and wants to prove himself worthy since rodrigo always threatens him with cesare's hypercompetence #lucrezia; she's still being forced to marry people she doesn't want to for his political bs #in the finale; rodrigo and cesare plotted to kill alfonso while leaving her in the dark...not caring about her feelings #they all know their father uses them more than he loves them or care for their concerns #lucrezia borgia #juan borgia #the borgias #perioddramaedit #tvedit #cinemapix #tvarchive #holliday grainger #david oakes #dailytvfilmgifs #davinciae #theborgiasedit #filmgifs #by jen

[luliaka]

Fanon I hate: that Jason could easily beat Dick in a fight. In canon, Dick is significantly more powerful than Jason. He’s one of the most powerful non-meta hand-to-hand fighters in the world. Yes, in reality, a bigger, stronger guy would win — but this is comic book logic! Yes, in reality having guns means you’d probably win — but comic book heroes can dOdGE BuLLeTs.

You could argue that Dick would be weakened because he’s trying not to kill and Jason doesn’t have that hang-up, but that didn’t stop Dick from beating Deathstroke.

Canon power ratings go like: Cass > Dick > Bruce > all the other bat kids.

#dick grayson #jason todd #canon vs fanon #batfam #hypercompetent dick grayson #bamf dick grayson

[emma-d-klutz]

People on here are always like, “I don’t know why modern adaptations always make Sherlock Holmes an asshole. He is extremely polite and nice to everyone.” 

Meanwhile you turn to the second page of any Sherlock Holmes short story, and he’s going on like, “Watson, thank you for making it! You know you’re the only one I can trust I appreciate you so much <3. We’re going to go assist our bestie, Lestrade, because he’s so dumb he not only wouldn’t figure out my insights on his own - he wouldn’t even understand them if I didn’t have you there to translate. Man, he’s so out of it, I bet he wouldn’t even have deduced which side of you was facing the light while shaving, which is so totally obvious, because you look like a depressed slob who doesn’t own a mirror on one side but not the other. He’d hang an innocent man. Go, team!”

Now if you want to argue that’s he not an asshole for that; he’s just a little too honest and his filter is a little wonky and it’s probably a touch of autism, that's fair. But this man is, like, northeast nice at best. He’s New Jersey nice. Helps you shovel your car out of the snow and lectures you while doing it nice. 

#and i love him #he's such a bitch #i have made this post before and i will keep making this post til y'all get it #sherlock holmes #i'm paraphrasing (very obviously) but this exact thing did happen and several similar opening conversations too #this is literally my favorite kind of character though #i mean obviously #as someone who talks about batman far far too much #gotta love an emotionally unadjusted bitch with a hypercompetent intelligence who secretly cares so so so so sososososoosos much #often not a secret actually #openly cares sos sos sosososososos much but doesn't always know what to say

[kabutoden]

i love it when people introduce their coolass adult trolls like yes. this is slayer martin the cruel. five sweeps ago he killed his way through his enemies and earned the title of worlds best assassin. hes the most competent warrior with swordkind in all of alternia and he had to duel his matesprite to the death when he was 7 sweeps old so hes rejected love and compassion from his dictionary literally and its like so cool bc it’s like. wow. i love slayer martin hes just like a real cool adult troll he’s so badass and epic and his themes and story is so complex i love it!!! but when i make homestuck ocs its like:

this is my babydoll cringe mcpeeper she’s 6 sweeps and her talent is screaming. really into defying the system these days. yes thats an ankle monitor. she shaved half her head a sweep ago. her mommy does not love her

#her new mom is a teenage boy btw #hey’re “””””moirails”””” but he knows full well he is just. acting as her lusus. #but theres no way for either of them to talk about their friendship being Completely Definitely Not Moirails You Act Like Her Mom #the reason i call him a mom and not her dad is because he’s like got that idk. #that dead mom anime haircut. he can be a dude and her mom idk anything is possible #i love her shes a hypercompetent child with severe emotional issues. girl you have so much to work through #impossible character to roleplay as i want fantroll oc people to be my friends but i worry my ocs are too immature #;-; eep #EEP #EEK #for my next trick im making a 6 sweep therian wolf fantroll

[sky-scribbles]

You've heard of Lord Lord from Around, now get ready for Archivist Archivist from the Tavern Family! His job definitely always involves capturing an interrogating Cerberus Assembly defectors. Just an average day at the office, nothing to see here.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #cr3 spoilers #essek thelyss #my boy my beloved the light of my life!!! #still a hypercompetent dumbass!!! I adore him!!!

[ma-du]

#he's doing it again #being the most hypercompetent person on the internet #amaury guichon #chocolate guy

[orange-coloredsky]

the "3000 year old child" trope has the possibility to be genuinely intriguing and could explore the way children are treated across time no matter their apparent level of intelligence. it could be funny it could be heartbreaking it could be horrific to think about. too bad 90% of it is just an excuse to be a creep. sad!

#media #txt #er #kinda #i know some people dont like miquella being That Way mostly in relation to everything with mohg #but i think miquella is one of the only examples ive seen where this is taken seriously and like. actually thought about outside of #haha what if this grown woman was in a childs body so she was helpless but also sexualized isnt this groundbreaking #his whole thing is being hypercompetent to make up for being stuck as booster seat size for millenia #i think that its cool that his mind manilpulation powers are likely based partially on a survival instinct people have around kids. he just #uses it to his advantage to start a cult of suicide bombers sometimes because we get a little silly #also the funny factor of seeing this kid and being like 'oh how sweet hes reading his literature :-)' and then you look into his eyes and g #oh.. you have seen the endless yawning void havent you... well.. thats too bad

[snowberry-pie]

game time. if your ocs were popular fictional characters how exactly would fandom violently butcher and misinterpret their characters

#kikay speaks #forgot to play my own game. #sifri — #people would somehow manage to turn her into a hypercompetent girlboss dom TM #cishet men would hate her i feel like she’d get the mary sue treatment #oh and the fact that she’s a brown woman would Not Help #lettie — #also girlbossified to shit or innocent cute smol bean uwu #there’d probably be weird discourse where ‘she’s too cute to be horny’ is the main point of contention #the fact that she’s ALSO a brown woman would not help #mith — #himbo-ified :( or like the Aggressive Loud Guy or pathetic a heem heem whimper guy #probs be oversexualized to shit #also definitely a prime target for top/bottom discourse

[sapphia]

love this ultrahardcore series immediately reminding grian and scott how they each ended up with their first life partners

#scott is like oh no its hardcore i have to save jimmy from himself #and grian is like oh no there are situations to comprehend i have to save scar from himself #secret life #secret life spoilers #jimmy solidarity #gtws #scott smajor #grian #life series #traffic series #trafficblr #hypercompetence x shambolic chaos my beloved