- Dec 15, 2023
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Have I ever told you how much I hate the 'Derek is a misunderstood genius' narrative in the game? The dude does some of the dumbest things imaginable for 90% of the novel, but somehow the game still wants you to entertain the idea that he is very smart, he just 'doesn't apply himself' beacuse he is lazy, or too distracted by Maya's problems(yeah, right, outside of last ep he never seems too pressed about that either)
Thats not how storytelling works, if you constantly portray him as drooling moron, having tertiary characters tell you he is actually smart means squat.
TBF there are A LOT of "book smart geniuses" nowadays that have no common sense or really know how to interact with others. So while he could be a genius when it comes to book learning he can still be a complete and total moron when it comes to people or trying to apply his genius to life situations.