Leradny
Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Nov 13th 2011 at 1:36:17 PM
That just sounds like a good Audience Surrogate character to me.
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As mentioned in the random questions thread, in my setting, my viewpoint protagonist (also convieniantly serving as The Watson) is a Smart Guy in normal terms... in a world of intelligence-augments who I Know You Know I Know routinely. This means he is frequently left in the dark about what other characters are thinking, and can't follow their conservations in some cases. Other characters are occasionally shown to have more "predictive" power than him. (For instance, he realizes at one point he's turned into a Sense Freak, and Angsts over it. When his friend notices the angsting, he asks about a solution without having established he knows what the angsting's about. His inferrence is correct, which very much annoys the MC.)
This is an machine-based upgrade, so Gattaca Babies don't enter into it, but I was considering if it would be appropriate to say that this is considered a "disability," in that he is incapable of things society routinely expects of him. However, from an unagumented human viewpoint, he is not disabled for most of the story.* Contrarywise, he would be a Smart Guy.
Would this be appropriate? Would this offensive? Is it a good idea at all?
edited 12th Nov '11 6:00:15 PM by Yej
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