I watched only reviews of the Netflix Resident Evil, boy was that show bad. I understand wanting to shove woke stuff, but that was not just a bad adaptation with race swap characters and alphabet people. It was a dumpster fire of unlikable characters, plot holes and stereotypes. And she played the main character as one of 2 daughters of Wesker, she was insufferable and kind of evil, she was also a genius - you were told that because the writers are 2 digit IQ.
It's not really possible to write a character that's smarter than the author. Or group of authors, where the functional intelligence is some partial fraction of the dumbest person on the team.
It is possible in certain ways, if you have enough time to write. For example, you can invent a complex problem, spend a very long time figuring out your solution, then have that solution occur to your character very quickly. This can be done with very concrete problems, such as with mathematical or physical principles, and also with more abstract reasoning such as “how do I design a trap that can kill a dragon, then trick the dragon into falling for it.”
However, you are correct that one can never write a character that is smarter than the author(s) in that he will conceive of something they never could.
I watched only reviews of the Netflix Resident Evil, boy was that show bad. I understand wanting to shove woke stuff, but that was not just a bad adaptation with race swap characters and alphabet people. It was a dumpster fire of unlikable characters, plot holes and stereotypes. And she played the main character as one of 2 daughters of Wesker, she was insufferable and kind of evil, she was also a genius - you were told that because the writers are 2 digit IQ.
The reviews were a lot of fun.
Of course she was; these characters are always self-inserts, and the writers have 0 self-awareness of just how awful they are.
It's not really possible to write a character that's smarter than the author. Or group of authors, where the functional intelligence is some partial fraction of the dumbest person on the team.
It is possible in certain ways, if you have enough time to write. For example, you can invent a complex problem, spend a very long time figuring out your solution, then have that solution occur to your character very quickly. This can be done with very concrete problems, such as with mathematical or physical principles, and also with more abstract reasoning such as “how do I design a trap that can kill a dragon, then trick the dragon into falling for it.”
However, you are correct that one can never write a character that is smarter than the author(s) in that he will conceive of something they never could.