Wtf: Author's Notes for Interlude 10

[black_sluggard]

Oh my god, is this a happy memory for Konrad? They exist!

I generally don't like OCs, and this isn't going to be important, but here's a fun bit of trivia:

Francis is the first named OC of any significance to this story. With the sole exceptions of the Ghost and briefly mentioned Sturmman Schneider, every other named character up to this point is part of Castle, Heroes or NCIS canon— Though some are incredibly obscure, and in Konrad's case it's kind of a stretch.

Originally, this character was going to be called Joseph O'Hanlon, but I decided to change it at the last minute. In my head, Konrad's time as Richard Conway is essential to the eventual evolution of Kevin Ryan, so naming this character Frank McNulty (after Javier's original partner from the unaired pilot) just felt right to me.

Additionally, this interlude was born of a particular pet peeve of mine. In general terms, it regards over-emphasizing a character's ethnic background and/or conflating it with a character's cultural background. Which isn't to say such combinations are unrealistic or unlikely (they aren't really), they just bug me when I see them on TV. I could think of several examples, but because I watch a lot of crime shows (er, ship for a lot of crime shows...) this is never so glaring as with an Irish-American cop character, since it is not only incredibly common, but the stereotype goes way, way back.

(And do I have to point out the unintentional hilarity of an Irish detective played by an actor named "Seamus"?)

I like Ryan a lot (when he's not doing stupid things like proposing to the wrong person, hello!), but it always bothered me when they'd play up the Irish, so this is a little bit of a fix-it for me...

Also, it feels necessary in context of the plot since, well... As we now know, Konrad isn't even remotely Irish. So all that had to come from somewhere.

While it would have been cool to have actually posted this on St. Patrick's Day, this scene was planned out ages ago, so it was never really intended to be posted then anyway...

Still, other deadlines I hope to make. *fingers crossed*

Comments

[adja999.livejournal.com]

(And do I have to point out the unintentional hilarity of an Irish detective played by an actor named "Seamus"?) No. No, you do not. ^^

They haven't done that, yet, in Castle, right? There must have been some reference to St Pat's or something (and I believe firmly there needs to be a 1min long scene for the closing or start of an ep where they're all having St Pat's at the Old Aunt. Because... I kinda ship the place. It's part of Castle now. :P)
You know what I'd love? Since Seamus and Jon said that we're going to see more of Kevin and Javier of duty, as friends and see what they do together (beside play madden with Kevin sitting on a red couch and Javier refusing to go near it again)... I'd love for either one of them to be cooking, or *have* something cooked for a night of video games or sports watching and for it to be... italian! Not irish, not mexican, nothing remotely close to either of their origin.

Also... In my mind... There's an episode centered around a case as usual, and at the beginning Javier takes Castle aside and tells him he stole Kevin's ugly, St Patty's tie. On the day, he teases Kevin for not wearing green. And, it's warm so they're only wearing shirts or something, and you can see his undershirt isn't green either. And he either goes "Oh, but I am." and smirks, and when Javier looks suspicious he says to just as Jenny and she'll comfirm. Or he off handedly says "I couldn't find my tie, which I know you have, so I wore my green thong. It's your fault, you know."
And as Javier goes Oo and 'no way'. Beckett (or Ryan) goes "Get enough beer in him tonight when we're done and he may let you slip a single in it." :P

I have issues.