#colin is actually super smart and people need to give him more credit

[richmonds-disaster-bi]

Roy/Keeley/Jaime idea: Jaime is a hell of a lot smarter than people give him credit for. Unfortunately his two lovers are among those people. Roy's a bit more blunt about thinking Jaime's a bit of a dunce but Keeley too is a bit oblivious. One night Keeley is getting frustrated with something she's working on on her laptop, so Jaime offers to help. Keeley gently rebuffs him while Roy scoffs saying Jaime will make the computer self-destruct if he gets his hands on it. Finally fed up, Jaime just takes the laptop, solves Keeley's powerpoint problem with effortless ease, tells both Roy and Keeley that he's not a complete moron like they think he is, before holing himself up in the guest room for the night. Roy and Keeley feel super guilty and it only gets worse when Jaime is ice cold to them for days after, refusing to interact with them in any way. They find out Jaime's not just good at computer stuff, but that he's secretly certified in a whole bunch of useful skills. How are they gonna get their "Smart!Tartt" back?

Everyone always assumes Jamie had only one thing on his mind growing up, or two really: football and later women, but the truth is Jamie had a lot of time to kill when he wasn't training or playing matches. His mum was a single mum who worked hard to keep them a float and wasn't always there, and his dad only wandered back when he wanted something, so Jamie would spend a lot of time watching shows or occasionally reading books and through that learned how to do a lot of things. Later, he started watching youtube videos and learning skills he thought he might need like basic computer skills, handy skills for home repairs, and basic things because he assumes he might hve to do them himself someday

Keeley and Roy had always called him talented and said Jamie was smart in other ways, so despite Roy calling him an idiot, he believes that they think he's smarter than others give him credit for. Until they make a few comments and it hurts, but he just laughs them off until Keeley manages to delete an important presentation she is meant to be giving to a conference that she's already nervous about. He offers to help, and in her stress she snaps, and pushes him away because "You'll only make it worse Jamie just stop pretending you know about these things", and Roy tries to sooth them both but fucks up by saying something like "We know its not your strog suit", and Jamie tells them both to get fucked, takes her laptop and is able to restore the presentation and leaves the room. Roy and Keeley think he needs time to cool off and they both feel guilty and are planning a way to apologise when Jamie isn't in bed and the guest room is locked.

It's even worse the next day when Jamie is cold to them and takes his own car to practice, and goes home for the first time for a night in weeks since they've all been staying at Keeleys. When Roy tries to speak to him to ask him to come home, Colin and Isaac stop him and glare at him, so it's over a week before they can actually get Jamie to come home so they can make it up to him.

Roy cooks them dinner, all of Jamie's favourites, including cheat meals, and Keeley spends time asking Jamie for help with things or just asking him about random subjects that Jamie has knowledge on, and Jamie knows they're trying to just make things okay and says so but Roy just cuts him off with a kiss and a " Yes, we want to make things better and apologise, but we also think it's fucking hot that you're not only great at football, but that you're smart and know these things so shut up and tell me more about that history thing" which makes Jamie melt (he does make a dig "tell you? didn't you live it grandad?") but he does shyly tell them more while cuddled between them and talk about the things he learned to do which earns him soft praises and kisses and promises to never make him feel that way again

[quilloftheclouds]

happy storyteller saturday! out of all of your characters, who’s the stereotypical ‘smartest’? what are some of the others intelligence types? thank you! - llesbianwrites

YO THIS IS A COOL QUESTION

I love thinking about the different intelligence types! It’s partly why I hesitate so much on describing someone as “smart”, because even my “dumb” characters are still remarkably intelligent through unconventional ways~

Most stereotypically smart would probably be The Scientist (who’s a literal scientist, yes), Dione, Celestine, and Captain Io!

Though I can’t speak much as to why The Scientist is, Dione is constantly researching magic and writing in general, really a good personification of “booksmart” and also quite clever with figuring out puzzles. Celestine builds machines based on an understanding of magic and physics, as well as generally being incredibly street smart and capable of understanding more complex concepts. Io’s not much of a writer, but she certainly reads a lot and has an encyclopedia-like breadth of knowledge, as well as performing marvelously in her studies when she was younger. She’s also very quick-witted, and uses this to her advantage in both swordplay and wordplay.

So... logical-mathematical for all four and linguistic for Io and Dione, but severely lacking in inter- and intrapersonal for all of them.

If we’re following the 9 intelligences from Howard Gardener, here’s who I attribute most to each (this is long, so under the cut!):

Naturalist (nature smart): Dione and George both have remarkable connection to their natural environments and a significant understanding of how it works~

Musical (sound smart): Colin!! Colin has both perfect pitch and an extreme skill with playing the fiddle! (Plus some other instruments, too~)

Logical-mathematical (number/reasoning smart): Dione, Captain Io, Celestine, The Scientist. Explained above. ^^ Also Sindre but I can’t explain that because spoilers.

Existential (life smart): Uhhhhh... George...? Maybe? He’s very chill about stuff, and is capable of being philosophical about stuff without it overwhelming him.

Interpersonal (people smart): COLIN. Phoenix and George are also really socially adept! Technically Rose too because she’s really good at manipulating people. ^^’

Bodily-kinesthetic (body smart): Captain Io with her quick reflexes and strategic sword fighting. Isabel with swordfighting and general physical activity. Rose is exceedingly flexible, incredibly skilled with climbing and fighting. Celestine is also remarkably skilled kinesthetically: parkour and sword fighting as well~

Linguistic (word smart): Dione, Captain Io, The Scientist. Colin is also fitting here because, despite his dyslexia, he’s very creative with his words and can understand a lot of complex terms, while also being skilled with storytelling in a comprehensive and engaging manner.

Intra-personal (self smart): Phoenix and George are probably the best here, but to be honest, pretty much all of my characters are terrible at understanding themselves. ^^’

Spatial (picture smart): Colin, Phoenix, Captain Io, Isabel, Rose, Sindre. All sailors so it makes sense in that respect. Best would likely be Captain Io and Sindre, though: both are absolutely remarkable in how well they can keep track of where they are, like they have a built-in compass. And though Io would never ever reveal this, both of them are insanely skilled with image manipulation (art ‘n stuff) and mental imagery!

Interesting how my most commonly thought of “dumb” character Colin fits the most intelligences~

WHOO THAT GOT LONG SORRY. I JUST REALLY LOVE THIS ASK. Thank you for sending it in!!

[survivedeadsea]

Jay’s Jury Questions

Luke, at this point I'm leaning towards you, but I'm not sold yet. I always prefer a social and strategic player to a challenge-focused one, and you're closer to that bill in terms of options. But I need a little convincing. I'd like for you to explain your game strategy - how you manipulated others, things we may not have seen, why you worked with people, how you chose to talk to who, etc - while doing an American accent (preferably New York, Philly, Boston, or Southern, but I'll accept any dialect).

As for Alex, I'll be blunt and long winded, since we've been very blunt and long winded with each other this game. You addressed most of your jury speech to me, so I'll address most of mine to you. I'm not a bitter juror. You 100% still have a chance at my vote, even if I have a bias right now. But what I lack in bitterness I make up for in pettiness.

So, as the jury already knows, I accept your apology (if it was that - self defense might be a better word?) and apologize for myself for anything that may have been personal between us, regardless of if it was either of our intentions.

That being said, I do not think you deserve to win this game. I think you routinely confused the ability to win challenges with being a solid, well-rounded player, and I want to make sure my fellow jurors don't believe that winning a lot of challenges means you're a deserving game winner. As a hardcore strategist and socializer who has always relied on those things to survive in games, I feel like you coasted your way to the end and never had to play the actual game of survivor in order to win a place at the end, unlike Luke. You were always safe, allowing you to say and do what you wanted without consequence - and yet you still never seemed to be in control or organizing big moves. If I had immunity every round, it would make me want to play HARDER to ensure I deserved jury votes. From where I stand, your social game was nearly non-existent and your strategic game was "get jay out." The only thing I give you credit for is not taking John to the end, since he would've beaten you handily. Taking Luke was only slightly less risky.

So, since you're a challenge beast, I'm going to give you a challenge if you want my jury vote and the opportunity to potentially play a perfect game. If you don't want my vote, you don't have to do this and you can just campaign for everyone else's vote while I very actively campaign against you.

But, if you do want my vote and a shot at the elusive perfect game, I would like for you, very simply, to explain your strategy on each vote after merge to me. Defend your social and strategic game and prove to me that both of those things existed. Also say something about your jury management, since from where I'm standing every juror but John wants you to lose. So how did you outwit, outplay, and outlast? How were you more than a Joe Anglim or an Ozzy? What pieces of the puzzle am I missing?

Oh and I'd like you to explain your strategy while either doing a handstand or breaking eggs over your head. You may do the handstand against a wall if necessary. There must be multiple eggs and I want to see dripping yolks. Don't bother explaining the strategy if you don't do either of those things.

Good luck to you both and may the better player prove their worth!

Alex’s Response:

Jay, first of all I'm happy about the no bitterness. Pettiness is always welcome though.

 Challenges are part of the game of Survivor, and the fact that Luke didn't win even a single one of them is an argument against him when he's sitting next to me, who won almost every single one. I'm not saying they are any more important than the social or strategical game, but they are not something to be overlooked either. I believe I've played better than Luke strategically and socially, though it's hardly comparable when both of us have worked with completely different people, except for John (and I think it's obvious who was John's #1).

If you're looking for a fair comparison to the show, I'd say my game was the closest to Mike Holloway. He's also been fighting from the bottom and made it to the end with immunities, although I've won more challenges than him.

 Immunity is not a whole lot of power in the game. Being immune only means you can't be voted out, it doesn't give you any leverage in the game before the final 4 unless you combine it with a more complex strategy like I did, and yes I have definitely organized moves and I've been on the right side of the votes more often than not. I didn't play this game knowing I'd win every immunity (even though I've been toying with the idea once Nicholas left, to be honest) so while I was immune for a big portion of the game, I did anything but coast. It was a constant fight on many levels. If you want to talk to someone about coasting, I'm afraid Luke is your guy, because if we twist the question for a second I don't really see anything Luke did the entire merge (I'd say the entire game, but I'll give him that idol play, ignoring the fact he had to play it because he screwed his alliance over the previous round by self-voting).

 You can read all about my moves and my entire game in my very, very detailed answer to Willow (it's a bit more than "get Jay out"). If you want me to read it out loud while doing a handstand I'd love to, but keep in mind it would probably not be intelligible. Breaking eggs is out of the question since I strongly oppose the waste of food.

 I just want to address one last thing – you're saying that every juror other than John wants me to lose, I must be a great final 2 goat then. It's interesting because every time I won immunity someone was very frustrated, or told me that I'm a threat, that I must go otherwise I'll win, that I'm a smart UTR player (I think that one was from you) and so on. Reactions were pretty strong all over.

I would be expecting something more along the lines of "Hey Alex, what do you think about a final 2 deal? Seems like everyone totally hates you" or just general apathy to my existence (much like how Luke was perceived).

The only person who ever wanted to go to the final 2 with me was John, so while I do agree that some jurors aren't my biggest fans (for reasons I've addressed in their speeches) I'm confused as to why people still wanted me out of this game so badly if I'm such a perfect goat to beat. Maybe because I'm not?

Luke’s Response:

Hi Jay! I'm sorry this isn't in a video form but I can't do accents and it's also super late and I don't want to wake up anybody by laughing so hard at my butchered American accent! Your question was for me to explain my strategy. Coming into the game I wanted to play very quietly and not so cutthroat or visual as I did in my previous seasons and I think I did a good job of sticking to that plan. I was very quiet at the beginning of the game choosing to align myself with Dom and John because the three of us had a mutual friend in Miss Amanda Disney. In addition to this, I aligned with both yourself and Colin because I had played with Colin and really wanted to get to know you more. When the tribes switched I found myself in a bad position and to make matters worse, I fell asleep before voting which resulted in one of my closest allies, Dom, being voted out. From this point on I only had John and Sam to help me and I ensured my trust with them both by telling them about my idol and making them vote against me to ensure there safety with not only myself but also with the other side, putting them before myself. During the merge I really kept my non-visual game, only coming out of it when exposing Willow's idol in the tribe chat thanks to information given to me by you. I aligned with the people that I did because they were people I knew of but didn't actually really speak to I thought that this would allow me to make allies with people I wouldn't usualy align with such as you, John and Dom. I really do believe that I did a lot of things behind the scenes and that helped my get here because I was never really a target. Other than the tribal where I negated votes, I only received one other vote and even then, it was a throwaway vote. At the last few tribals where everything got messy, my name was never written down, no matter what was going on I had a safety blanket and I think that's why you should vote for me, I did all that without immunity.