Five geniuses...

[fajrdrako]

Fannish Friday 5 - Jul. 17th, 2009
Name your five favorite geniuses - evil or otherwise - from any fandom

Funny. Most of my favourite heroes are geniuses, one way or another. Not so much the villains. Evil geniuses tend to fall into the 'stereotype' category, which I don't like.

1. The Doctor. I don't think this even needs comment.
   
2. Eugenides, in the novels by Megan Whalen Turner.
   
3. Forge. Seems he's fallen on hard times, but in his first few years as a Marvel mutant I loved the character. Mutant inventor, Storm's lover.
   
4. Miles Vorkosigan. I do prefer his father Aral, and though I am perfectly happy to believe that Aral is a political genius, we don't see much of that in action. In the Lois McMaster Bujold novels, we see Miles' career through his own eyes, and his delightful genius for Forward Momentum.
   
5. Francis Crawford of Lymond. The genius as Renaissance man - both literally and figuratively. A genius in music, mathematics, the military, strategy, languages, politics, and self-torture.
   

What, that's five already? You mean I can't list Tony Stark?