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snowflake_challenge says: Talk about your favorite trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.
I have, as many of my friends know, a competency kink. I don't expect my characters to be perfect at everything, but I do like them to be good at their job. (I also like people in public office to be good at their job, but that's another matter entirely!) They don't need to be wonderful at all aspects, being competent means recognising when another member of the team can do something better than you and letting them get on with it. However, my kink also requires not just my character, but some of those around to be able to do their job, rather than the drama coming because my character is the only competent person; the drama should come from external causes.
I used to volunteer as a Brownie Guide leader (retired last summer) and within our pack (unit) we all had our own strengths and weaknesses. But we were competent and worked together and the girls had a good time.
It was with competency in mind that I created a new character when I was writing Lewis fics. DI Garrett first appeared in The Last Man Standing Just Got Felled By A Lion and I liked him sufficiently to let him stay and progress to a DCI.
I also transported ACD's Sherlock Holmes stories Stanley Hopkins into BBC's Sherlock, where Hopkins is a DI with the Met River Police. He's a stickler for health and safety, not unreasonably given the nature of the River Thames, plus the fact that that police force is responsible for abseiling down buildings when required. River Police
snowflake_challenge says: Talk about your favorite trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.I have, as many of my friends know, a competency kink. I don't expect my characters to be perfect at everything, but I do like them to be good at their job. (I also like people in public office to be good at their job, but that's another matter entirely!) They don't need to be wonderful at all aspects, being competent means recognising when another member of the team can do something better than you and letting them get on with it. However, my kink also requires not just my character, but some of those around to be able to do their job, rather than the drama coming because my character is the only competent person; the drama should come from external causes.
I used to volunteer as a Brownie Guide leader (retired last summer) and within our pack (unit) we all had our own strengths and weaknesses. But we were competent and worked together and the girls had a good time.
It was with competency in mind that I created a new character when I was writing Lewis fics. DI Garrett first appeared in The Last Man Standing Just Got Felled By A Lion and I liked him sufficiently to let him stay and progress to a DCI.
I also transported ACD's Sherlock Holmes stories Stanley Hopkins into BBC's Sherlock, where Hopkins is a DI with the Met River Police. He's a stickler for health and safety, not unreasonably given the nature of the River Thames, plus the fact that that police force is responsible for abseiling down buildings when required. River Police
