[ SECRET POST #3491 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3491 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02. [repeat]


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03.
[A Game of Thrones, Lyanna Mormont]


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04.
[Taylor Swift]


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05.
[Spongebob Squarepants]


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06.
[old French politics, RPS]


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07.
[Sherlock Holmes, "The Final Problem”]


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08.
(Camille Bordey and Richard Poole, Death in Paradise)


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09.
[Futurama]


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10.
[Bill Skarsgård at Pennywise in the new remake of It]










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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[annethecatdetective]

I mean, there's a difference between needing to be taught how to treat people and needing to be prompted to follow proper social rules, and not all grown adults have the same set of skills to work from.

Even if you don't go into extra headcanons and view him as autistic, the show gives us enough to go on without that-- we know that he doesn't have a warm relationship with his father. We know that at university, Richard had one close friend, and that most of his social circle didn't really care for him much. We know that he dealt with workplace bullying at his previous posting. All those things allow for the inference that, whether or not he's neurotypical, Richard didn't have the best social development, and can be over-defensive, socially, having not had good relationships with previous coworkers.

I'm not saying backpats and cookies should be handed out for 'managing to be less of a jerk than previously', but I am saying that Richard isn't presented as being a cruel person, just a blunt one without strong social skills, and that getting to see beyond his initial prickly exterior, one could develop feelings for someone who they'd initially disliked.