Fannish 5

[tartanshell]

fannish5: Name your five favorite geniuses - evil or otherwise - from any fandom.

In no particular order:

1. Fred Burkle, Angel the Series
2. Hank McCoy, X-Men
3. Reed Richards, Fantastic Four
4. Hatake Kakashi, Naruto
5. River Tam, Firefly
(Bonus!6. Tony Stark, Iron Man)
(Extra!Bonus!7. Janine Kishi, The Baby-Sitters Club)

Comments

Badass, yes. Genius? Not sure.

[mcmiller]

I don't know if I would call Kakashi a genius. Not like, say, Shikamaru. Gifted for certain, but genius? I know they sometimes call him that, but can rote (magical) memorization count?

;)

Re: Badass, yes. Genius? Not sure.

[tartanshell]

Wasn't Kakashi the youngest (or one of the youngest) kids ever to graduate from the Academy? IMO, that qualifies, canon references to him being a genius aside.

But yeah, you're right--Shikamaru should've definitely been on my list. Why didn't they ask for ten?!

Re: Badass, yes. Genius? Not sure.

[mcmiller]

I don't recall that, but if so then he was a genius. I haven't read the full manga so I don't know.

Re: Badass, yes. Genius? Not sure.

[tartanshell]

I haven't read the manga, but I was fact-checking once on the Naruto Wiki and read his bio.

I just double-checked to be sure: Kakashi was regarded as a prodigy, the best of his generation, and graduated from the Academy in a single year, at age 5. He became a Chuunin a year later.

Badass and a genius!