User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: Anais the Genius Character/@comment-31194372-20170629222903

I think where Anais is most successful is, as you mentioned, that her character contradicts the "whiz kid" generalization - if anything, her intelligence proves to be a sort of Achilles heel. There's a nice internal struggle to her - her smartness is inseparable from her character, but she still wants to be a normal character at the same time and embrace her childishness.

People will go on and on and beleaguer her for existing as a character descended from a long line of cliches, but here's the thing: she's the result of the show's effort to restructure that stock character and elevate it. It's one of the greatest compliments I can give TAWOG - even when presented with an overdone idea, it can always find a way to make it distinct and fresh.

Sorry I'm practically parroting everything you just said, I'm sort of in a creative funk right now.