I think the "taking it on the chin" thing comes from being in the military. Sometimes your CO is just going to ream you out and you can't say a thing.
I hope I finish the fic but this is such new territory for me that it's disconcerting. We'll see what happens.
Arthur's job is really, really difficult but unless you've been to uni you probably don't realise just how much is involved with research. He certainly doesn't google a few things and call it a day. I've got him contacting PIs in Australia and getting someone to hack the records of Fischer's interior decorator.
This post as well as previous posts and discussions makes me think that we agree on Arthur as a character.
Yeah, I totally friended you btw. What do you think of suave!Arthur? The ploy to get Ariadne to kiss him strikes me as more juvenile than suave. Plus, I don't want to write him too perfect and good at everything. I think I see him being more likeable than charming (Eames can turn on the charm though). People probably like Arthur because he's straightforward and kind of sarcastic and that's his preferred way to communicate. He's also kind of bluntly earnest, sometimes, I think? Maybe moreso before he went on Dom Cobb's Tour of Crazy and Cobb became a shitty friend ("You only get one apology for being shot by my subconscious, Arthur. Also, stop asking me if I'm ok.").
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Date: 2011-03-08 03:18 pm (UTC)I hope I finish the fic but this is such new territory for me that it's disconcerting. We'll see what happens.
Arthur's job is really, really difficult but unless you've been to uni you probably don't realise just how much is involved with research. He certainly doesn't google a few things and call it a day. I've got him contacting PIs in Australia and getting someone to hack the records of Fischer's interior decorator.
This post as well as previous posts and discussions makes me think that we agree on Arthur as a character.
Yeah, I totally friended you btw. What do you think of suave!Arthur? The ploy to get Ariadne to kiss him strikes me as more juvenile than suave. Plus, I don't want to write him too perfect and good at everything. I think I see him being more likeable than charming (Eames can turn on the charm though). People probably like Arthur because he's straightforward and kind of sarcastic and that's his preferred way to communicate. He's also kind of bluntly earnest, sometimes, I think? Maybe moreso before he went on Dom Cobb's Tour of Crazy and Cobb became a shitty friend ("You only get one apology for being shot by my subconscious, Arthur. Also, stop asking me if I'm ok.").