I guess for me the trick is to show me the good reasons why a smart character made a stupid choice.
I would also posit that there's a difference between a character who makes mistakes and a character who is stupid.
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jun 25, 2012 9:03:42 am PDT #11146 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 9:09:47 am PDT #11147 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(And Prometheus? Full of stupid people.)
Okay, so this GIF both cracks me up and depresses me. I'm working on tilting that response for the better.
Amy - Jun 25, 2012 9:12:50 am PDT #11148 of 30001
Because books.
Yeah, I mean I can't think of a lot of sort of officially stupid characters who aren't written that for a very specific purpose.
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 9:25:09 am PDT #11149 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I said "This is your job to do." She said "Okay, but you'll have to write it for me." So I wrote it. To which she said "I've printed it out and now I'm working on it."
DID COPY AND PASTE STOP WORKING? I wrote this for you on Friday. For Christ's sake just create the damned trouble tickets...
I did once have a user who, when asked to copy and paste, printed the text out, cut it out, and then asked what to do next.
But she wasn't on my development team.
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2012 9:33:39 am PDT #11150 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2012 9:40:37 am PDT #11151 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So I am switching to Prozac again. This will be the third or fourth time I've been on it.
In recent years I've just been cycling through various ADs, quiting those that wear off and going back on those years later after the worn-off-ishness has worn off.
Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2012 9:41:43 am PDT #11152 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The First Time My Daughter Told Me She Hated Me, I Bought Her a Cake.
“I need to buy a cake today,” I said. “and I’d like it to read, ‘You’re a fucking bitch, and I hate you,’ please.”
There was silence on the other end.
“Hello?” I asked.
“You’re serious?” they asked.
“Yes. Would you need a deposit? I’d need it for this afternoon.”
There was a pause. “The cakes we have ready in the case aren’t big enough for that.”
“Oh. OK. I guess just, ‘I hate you!’ would be good enough.”
Frankenbuddha - Jun 25, 2012 9:42:22 am PDT #11153 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Things to Release at a Wedding Ceremony
I'm going to guess butterflies and dragonflies at the same time is NOT in that list.
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 9:54:07 am PDT #11154 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am trying to wrap my head around parenthood that gives you food after you lash out at them, and I think it's basically not a Jamaica thing. I mean, of course you can't ruin the parental bond by saying that, but at 15 my parents had pretty free rein to make me miserable, and I was pretty conscientious about not giving them good excuses.
Much better to curse them behind their back, because then I don't have to pay any price.
Jesse - Jun 25, 2012 10:06:24 am PDT #11155 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I wanted to make some kind of Nick Fury joke about "It's hard to look right/at you baby," (if you don't know the song, I won't mention it...) but it's his left eye that's not, huh?