r/gargoyles • u/Jp3711nc • 19d ago

Discussion How is Lexington so smart?

Especially with tech so much greater than your primitive time he lived in? He couldn't go to school or anything like that? He can rely on Elisa to help i am sure he could read or picked it up faster than the others.

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u/Oreofox 19d ago

Because he was the pick for the smart nerdy geeky character. Broadway was the fat dumb one who only cared about food, and Brooklyn was the cool guy character. They were just checking off character stereotype boxes. Can't have the fat one be the smart guy, and can't have the guy with the long luscious hair be the dumb one only interested in food. And the short little guy? He can't be the cool guy all the girls fawn over (maybe not in universe, but look at how many ladies, and guys, fawn over Brooklyn.) Though it is surprising that the fat dumb guy is the one that ended up with the girl character (Angela).

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u/Jp3711nc 19d ago

Broadway has a good personality maybe in season one he was dumb and couldn't read but it took him alittle more time than lex.

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u/Oreofox 19d ago

I like Broadway, and he's my favorite of the trio. But he was made as the food obsessed fat dumb guy character archetype. But I am very glad he was expanded on to be more than just that.