About the inverse Bechdel issue: totally false. I concede the ' I have only eyes for Miranda' meeting scene is somewhat forced, more so if a womanizer. Maybe there can be more places were men are not discussing women. But there are. In THIS kind of game. Case rested.
About Miranda superpower, I think it is in fact realistic that she SEEMS a master in almost anything. In fact, her not doing so well skating made me feel she was faking it for Lucas benefit.
Miranda does not master anything. She sees a sword. By length and composition, she assumes its weight. She would find obvious that if not gripping it firmly, the vibration of a successful parry would hurt her hand. Not knowing fencing, and not being experienced or accustomed to such weight, she would conclude she would do better deflecting than parrying. Studying her opponent stances she could understand the reason after each one, and the ones more effective for her. She may even win her first ever sword fight. The same way Muad'dib knows how to properly adjust his stillsuit.
Having extra hours to practice helps, but in fact she does not even need those to SEEM to know almost anything.
Another example: she may have not known anything about programming, but looking at code would make her understand the principles of the language being used, then read again to understand what the code does, notice the inconsistency and then extrapolate the same syntax she has already seen to make a pseudo-program or even a real program to show the inconsistency.
About Miranda superpower, I think it is in fact realistic that she SEEMS a master in almost anything. In fact, her not doing so well skating made me feel she was faking it for Lucas benefit.
Miranda does not master anything. She sees a sword. By length and composition, she assumes its weight. She would find obvious that if not gripping it firmly, the vibration of a successful parry would hurt her hand. Not knowing fencing, and not being experienced or accustomed to such weight, she would conclude she would do better deflecting than parrying. Studying her opponent stances she could understand the reason after each one, and the ones more effective for her. She may even win her first ever sword fight. The same way Muad'dib knows how to properly adjust his stillsuit.
Having extra hours to practice helps, but in fact she does not even need those to SEEM to know almost anything.
Another example: she may have not known anything about programming, but looking at code would make her understand the principles of the language being used, then read again to understand what the code does, notice the inconsistency and then extrapolate the same syntax she has already seen to make a pseudo-program or even a real program to show the inconsistency.