#nerd characters

[stanlunter]

Dare I say that it's so upsetting the way media shows "nerd" characters, cuz I really love need people and Irl they're absolutely not the way they're portrayed in movies/shows/books/etc

And those pieces of media often make people have negative prejudices about real nerds

They're often being shown as some annoying arrogant "urm actually☝️🤓" type of people who have no sense of humor, aren't even slightly social, don't care about their appearance, trying to be some teacher's pet, think everyone around is stupid, know nothing about smth that's not their main interest, extremely misogynistic, don't have their own opinions and just blindly follow rules and etc

And ofc there are such people, I've probably even seen two or three, but this type isn't even that widespread, I knew and were friends with many of nerd people and all of them were really nice and regular people who just happened to also be smart, enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject and etc. But it didn't stop them from being open-minded, socially active, versatile, funny, creative, well-looking, charismatic and really interesting people who def will reach everything they want to in the future. I really loved them and loved talking to them

I seriously want media to portray them as normal people as they are and not just walking negative stereotype

[radar-chaos]

Why is it always the tall smart ones?

Unfortunately didn’t grab the art in time but I’ll repost this with it later, lol.

[happytobeherekinda]

it’s so funny that nerdy smart characters are usually geniuses no one understands cus it seems like actual smart people are struggling with their field all the time. movies have exceptionally smart hackers but real smart coders sometimes don’t understand why their code isn’t working. basically what i’m saying is that more nerd characters should struggle and figure out why their expert hacks suddenly stopped working

[spaceshiporion]

Quinton Reviews made a lot of long videos with a lot of good jokes,

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[kindastressedbutok]

I'm simping, I'm ✨simping✨so ✨hard✨

[thoughts-of-a-cypress]

Why are nerd characters always math based science & computer nerds? Where are the history nerds? Where are the jocks who are such great athletes cause they're so calculated? Where are the artists who aren't just covered in paint but are so skilled they can copy anything? Where are the avid linguists who learn languages just cause?

Technically the term "nerd" refers to someone who's socially awkward but skilled in some area yet no where it's stated that area gotta be numbers or computers. Artists are usually depicted weird but not necessarily socially awkward more in their own bubble. Not in the way nerds typically are. Then ofc every jock gotta be stupid for some reason and an ass cause you can't enjoy & be good at sports without being a tyrant. Now imagine a socially awkward jock! Barely see history interested otherwise it's just an extra for the math nerd. Musicians usually are "the prodigy" but not really what you define a nerd. Or hey image a musician who isn't a prodigy but does their best

Basically your local SMART character talks in numbers. Everyone else can be damned, they aren't smart

Mostly yeah everything boils down to stereotypes. It's honestly sooooo irritating having to listen to nerd characters who just throw in fancy terms, can hack the world's most secure system and talk in percentages. Bro you can't calculate the chance of your sister's crush deciding to wear pink instead of purple on a Tuesday when a plane is just taking off in London with two chihuahuas on board

[correctmeifimwrongplease]

I hate nerd tropes. “Oh this character is smart so they must be a jerk that obviously hates everyone and thinks they are the smartest person ever and that everyone is below them,” wrong just so wrong; especially when you bring in autistic coding and ableism but that’s a different thing. I just hate the “smart character thinks they are the best and judges everyone,” as someone who’s family treats them like that’s true. Like it’s much less genius/nerd based and more so fact-based and, you guessed it, used for autistic/ autistic-coded characters. Then when it’s a fandom nerd it’s always that the character must be the type of fan that ships actors seriously and stuff. You guys get what I mean right. And then you get them being treated as weird and an oddity instead of people existing that want to just exist. It’s not a big deal if they don’t party or have alcohol addictions; they might not want to party and it had nothing to do with not being invited, they might couldn’t have cared less about a party. I hate that I know the smart/loner character will be told to either stop talking when they speak or will be yelled at for being silent, thinking, and actually have a thought process for things instead of going “my perception is right and shouldn’t be questioned,” like no please stop acting like your perception of things is the definitive truth, it’s really not funny when they are shown to be wrong; this also applies to real life with interacting with people. But apparently the smart character is the one how needs to learn they can be wrong; they know they that’s why they actually think. The fandom nerd must be unable to understand things unrelated to their interests and be the butt of the joke. I hate how I know I’ll hate how they handle the nerd/loner character already when they appear. They are simply quite and thinking, it’s fine if they simply exist. “In English please” should be considered permission to be punched; especially when the character is talking about something that isn’t hard to understand, you learned that in elementary school so it’s not the nerds fault you’re dumb. There’s probably more to say but I’ll leave that to the comments and reblogs.