How about you? Do you think smart is the new sexy? My reading is mainly British fiction, so if you have any recommendations for geek heroes from your side of the pond, I'd love to hear them!įind out more about Rhoda and her books at streaming universe will grow even more vast with HBO Max‘s May 27 launch, which arrives with a 10,000+ title library of movies and TV shows. My favorites are The Girl From Mars by Julie Cohen (comic book geeks), Sweet Nothing by Alison May (mathematics geeks), Persuade Me by Juliet Archer (Russian lit and marine biology geeks) and Here's Looking at You by Mhari McFarlane (Roman history geek). I love a good geek story and I was surprised to find so many books with geeks as heroes and heroines. "He's ruggedly handsome!" Ah, but he knows ever such a lot about crime and murder. "But he doesn't look like a geek," you say. He wears a suit, can pull off shades effortlessly, appears to be a normal member of society … but is a geek inside. Hmmm … passion and careful attention … now where else could that come in handy?Īll of the above are stereotypical geeks. Good geeks are very thorough in what they do. So when a geek does something, he gives it his whole heart. You have to love something so much that you are willing to go against the mainstream in order to declare how much you love it. And yes, I like Dollhouse.ħ) They understand passion. He starts off without two morals to rub together and by the end of it he's got a conscience and a heart (and he's totally mad, but let's gloss over that, shall we?). The only example I can think of right now is Topher Brink from Dollhouse. Or they could start off evil and turn good through love - one of my favorite plot lines. Imagine how much less exciting that first kiss with Amy would have been if it hadn't been so hard-won.Ħ) There's always the chance that they'll turn evil because they just don't understand what these "emotion" things are. The love story of Sheldon and Amy is one of the greatest storylines on TBBT. We love this guy because it takes so much to make him bend. Spock ( Star Trek) and Sheldon Cooper ( TBBT). There's something satisfying about watching love creep up on an unattainable geek - a man so involved in his mental world that he's lost touch with his emotional side.
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So if the microwave is making a funny noise, he can probably fix it even if figuring out how to separate the dark wash from the light wash is still beyond him.ĥ) They're unsuspecting about love. Give a geek a problem, and he'll work away at it logically and solve it. I think it's cute.Ĥ) They can (sometimes) be practical. There's something cute about a smart man who is totally unaware of the fact that someone finds him attractive. Please don't take this to mean that glasses and a suit are an effective disguise (Lois Lane didn't recognize him? Seriously?). Take their glasses off or stick 'em in a tux and Bam! - you see the handsome man inside. Granted, not all geeks wear glasses, but let's call them a symbol of geekdom - like sweater vests or long hair. That is pretty much the crux of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.ģ) Glasses. This means that they're willing to believe that their loved one is a superheroine inside too. They may need some help to find that superhero, but there definitely is one. They know their limits, but they also know that every shaky exterior hides something special.
(Oh boy!).Ģ) They're all superheroes inside. My favorite fast-talking, supersmart guy is Dr. You've got to love a man who can talk his way out of a problem. They've had to rely on their wit and brains to get out of sticky situations (usually involving the aforementioned buff and popular types). I started to wonder what it is that makes geeky heroes so appealing. Rhoda: I'm going through a phase of reading books that have geeks as heroes (and heroines) at the moment and I'm loving it. As geek lovers the world over bask in the glow of last night's season premiere of The Big Bang Theory, we at HEA are asking the question: Why do geek heroes make us so happy? Rhoda Baxter, author of Doctor January, explores …
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