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Perhaps people do not understand my question.
Can someone who is not intelligent, play someone intelligent? I am talking about people who DON'T do their research or generally describe their character as "witty" and then fail to portray this because they aren't witty themselves in RP.
I am aware you're not your character.
I know this.
I know you're not your character.Â
I know you can roleplay a character who exceeds your knowledge.
I know this.
Like saying, "Heheheh, my character is really witty!"Â
And then emote something like
"Witty McWit feels his intelligence is threatened, and at the end of the debate, he responds: ' WELL U CAN'T SAY THAT CUS YOUR STOOPID!' "
Could you honestly tell me that's someone portraying an intelligent character properly?
Like... Honestly? This is an extreme case, but it seems like people are missing the point, or perhaps I didn't phrase it correctly.
It's easy to fake knowledge and "book-smarts", you simply whip out google and ta-da, there's your answer. But I speak of wit. Social intelligence. Charisma and word-play. Not knowledge. You can be knowledgeable and dumb. You can fake knowledge. You cannot, however, fake wit.
Can someone who is not intelligent, play someone intelligent? I am talking about people who DON'T do their research or generally describe their character as "witty" and then fail to portray this because they aren't witty themselves in RP.
I am aware you're not your character.
I know this.
I know you're not your character.Â
I know you can roleplay a character who exceeds your knowledge.
I know this.
Like saying, "Heheheh, my character is really witty!"Â
And then emote something like
"Witty McWit feels his intelligence is threatened, and at the end of the debate, he responds: ' WELL U CAN'T SAY THAT CUS YOUR STOOPID!' "
Could you honestly tell me that's someone portraying an intelligent character properly?
Like... Honestly? This is an extreme case, but it seems like people are missing the point, or perhaps I didn't phrase it correctly.
It's easy to fake knowledge and "book-smarts", you simply whip out google and ta-da, there's your answer. But I speak of wit. Social intelligence. Charisma and word-play. Not knowledge. You can be knowledgeable and dumb. You can fake knowledge. You cannot, however, fake wit.
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