: Re: Character is an expert on something I'm not My OC Edward, who I thought of quite a while ago but haven't done anything with, is a professional cyber spy and hacker. He's employed by an

...Alternatively, if the story is a comedy or a parody, you could also portray the profession as absurdly and as unrealistically as possible, for laughs.

Some examples, whether intentionally funny or not:

CSI: A GUI interface using Visual Basic to track the killer's IP address

Someone on Reddit made this:

CSI: Magnification times 100

"The resolution isn't very good." (Yeah, they only managed to zoom in on the fuzzy picture and get a clear image of someone reflected in the woman's iris.)

Castle: ENHANCE
Castle: "The Most Accurate Hacking Scene Ever"

Cyber nukes!

Mad TV: House MD spoof

They checked the patient's Guyanaqoly levels, did a Micro-fizene scan, and a Scoop-dee-doopTC test. And his Gappa Goopis cell count was normal.

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