Forgot to say a couple things; sorry. I get caught up in one idea and forget to *plan* my post or think before I post.
Yes, the series bible said that, but my understanding is that the "former slave" bit was also on his bio at the show's official website when the show aired. I tried to check the wayback machine, but the page apparently used shockwave flash, so I don't know how to go about viewing it or if it's even possible.
As for stories - fanfiction.net, ybbeyond has some (including a few eps of a virtual second season that decently written, IMO, even if does have suspecting-Sirocco and non-suspecting Ramon) but you have to register. Also henchmenatheart. So many unfinished fics, though.
It's just the Siroc's-known-for-ages thing over and over again that makes it so irritating for me. A one-off wouldn't be so troublesome.
I agree of Siroc's lack of people skills ("gesture less emphatically"), and Ramon's skill for it. I don't think he's spectrum, though (I do think fans tend to over-diagnose that to anyone without people skills).
I don't really remember Siroc insulting Jacqueline's religious sensibilities (the only incident that I can think of that really bothered her was just her being uncomfortable about his experiment with the frog, and Ramon looked disturbed, too). Then again, I'm an atheist so what he's saying may seem so reasonable to me that I don't realize it's offensive. And it has been a while since I've watched some of the eps, so I may be forgetting some things. We do know Siroc isn't an atheist, though, from "Rub a Dub Sub" and particularly from "Da Vinci's Notebook" where he seems to really think he needs to be prayed for because he's doing something he shouldn't. And that ep really does sort of have a tempted-by-the-devil vibe to it.
Re: YB - Jacqueline
Yes, the series bible said that, but my understanding is that the "former slave" bit was also on his bio at the show's official website when the show aired. I tried to check the wayback machine, but the page apparently used shockwave flash, so I don't know how to go about viewing it or if it's even possible.
As for stories - fanfiction.net, ybbeyond has some (including a few eps of a virtual second season that decently written, IMO, even if does have suspecting-Sirocco and non-suspecting Ramon) but you have to register. Also henchmenatheart. So many unfinished fics, though.
It's just the Siroc's-known-for-ages thing over and over again that makes it so irritating for me. A one-off wouldn't be so troublesome.
I agree of Siroc's lack of people skills ("gesture less emphatically"), and Ramon's skill for it. I don't think he's spectrum, though (I do think fans tend to over-diagnose that to anyone without people skills).
I don't really remember Siroc insulting Jacqueline's religious sensibilities (the only incident that I can think of that really bothered her was just her being uncomfortable about his experiment with the frog, and Ramon looked disturbed, too). Then again, I'm an atheist so what he's saying may seem so reasonable to me that I don't realize it's offensive. And it has been a while since I've watched some of the eps, so I may be forgetting some things. We do know Siroc isn't an atheist, though, from "Rub a Dub Sub" and particularly from "Da Vinci's Notebook" where he seems to really think he needs to be prayed for because he's doing something he shouldn't. And that ep really does sort of have a tempted-by-the-devil vibe to it.