It's all down to perception. Different viewers see things differently. Sometimes I see a completely different emotional context to a scene than another person does.
The more I think about it, the more I think it's not that Siroc truly lacks people skills - it's that he doesn't pay enough attention to use the skills he has sometimes. Other times, he's as astute as anyone.
One scene I adore (it's just funny to me) is in "Wanted" when after Jacqueline says to forget about her previous story and Siroc says "awfully nice of you" and then d'Artagnan is like "he means he was lying." That could have been played as Siroc being straight when he said it and not picking up on what Jacques meant. But it wasn't. Instead Siroc was sarcastic and d'Artagnan took him literally, and then Siroc looks at d'Artagnan like he's a complete moron. I just love the look on his face.
On the other hand, Siroc often seems entirely surprised that the others don't share his interest in why fabrics cling to one another or other such things. It seems to me to usually be when he's actually working in his lab that he becomes more a little emotionally-tone-deaf, and I think that's probably because he's just focused on what he's doing instead of the people in the room with him. It's like he doesn't stop to think why Duval would be introducing his good friend d'Artagnan to him - he's just not paying sufficient attention to notice the oddity, I think. Other times, he's fine. Like he picked up on the history between Duval and his ex-fiancee.
Can I ask which ep the autopsy was in? I'd like to rewatch for it. I thought "Coat of Arms" but I just watched that one again, and there was no autopsy. Duval asked Siroc to examine the first body, but there was no cutting involved. The second, Duval's old friend, Siroc politely asked permission and then checked for a tattoo and looked at the fatal wound and that was all that was done (he seemed aware of Duval's feelings, and Duval seemed to understand it as necessary to the investigation to me). And I can't think which other ep it would be.
Re: YB - Jacqueline
The more I think about it, the more I think it's not that Siroc truly lacks people skills - it's that he doesn't pay enough attention to use the skills he has sometimes. Other times, he's as astute as anyone.
One scene I adore (it's just funny to me) is in "Wanted" when after Jacqueline says to forget about her previous story and Siroc says "awfully nice of you" and then d'Artagnan is like "he means he was lying." That could have been played as Siroc being straight when he said it and not picking up on what Jacques meant. But it wasn't. Instead Siroc was sarcastic and d'Artagnan took him literally, and then Siroc looks at d'Artagnan like he's a complete moron. I just love the look on his face.
On the other hand, Siroc often seems entirely surprised that the others don't share his interest in why fabrics cling to one another or other such things. It seems to me to usually be when he's actually working in his lab that he becomes more a little emotionally-tone-deaf, and I think that's probably because he's just focused on what he's doing instead of the people in the room with him. It's like he doesn't stop to think why Duval would be introducing his good friend d'Artagnan to him - he's just not paying sufficient attention to notice the oddity, I think. Other times, he's fine. Like he picked up on the history between Duval and his ex-fiancee.
Can I ask which ep the autopsy was in? I'd like to rewatch for it. I thought "Coat of Arms" but I just watched that one again, and there was no autopsy. Duval asked Siroc to examine the first body, but there was no cutting involved. The second, Duval's old friend, Siroc politely asked permission and then checked for a tattoo and looked at the fatal wound and that was all that was done (he seemed aware of Duval's feelings, and Duval seemed to understand it as necessary to the investigation to me). And I can't think which other ep it would be.