And OMFG he is OBSESSED with Wolfe's physical body. Like, if Wolfe wasn't fat, there is no way that would be seen as anything other than blatant ogling, but as he is, obvs there is no way anyone could fancy him. OMG. Archie has ENTIRE PARAGRAPHS about Wolfe's lips moving in and out!
YES! THIS! EXACTLY THIS!
When I was rereading LoFM for this post, I thought about doing a spreadsheet tracking all the times when Archie notices Wolfe and comparing that against the times when he notices women, sorta like what kindkit is doing here for Stephen Maturin).
He doesn't really get annoyed at Wolfe about them that much, considering how irritated he can get with other Wolfe attributes.
I get what you're saying - I hadn't really thought of it that way. I've always assumed that the relapses make Archie want to kick something, preferably Wolfe himself; however, I think an annoyed Archie who refuses to be bullied by Wolfe is what Wolfe needs when he's on a relapse. Fritz would coddle Wolfe, and let him wallow in it, and the way Wolfe has shut himself up in the Brownstone, there aren't many other people who could pry him out of a dark mood. But Archie doesn't take no for an answer. It might be nothing doing for a week, but you know Archie spent the entire week pestering Wolfe so that Wolfe was forced to think about something other than all the trauma that put him on a relapse in the first place.
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Date: 2010-04-18 10:22 pm (UTC)YES! THIS! EXACTLY THIS!
When I was rereading LoFM for this post, I thought about doing a spreadsheet tracking all the times when Archie notices Wolfe and comparing that against the times when he notices women, sorta like what
He doesn't really get annoyed at Wolfe about them that much, considering how irritated he can get with other Wolfe attributes.
I get what you're saying - I hadn't really thought of it that way. I've always assumed that the relapses make Archie want to kick something, preferably Wolfe himself; however, I think an annoyed Archie who refuses to be bullied by Wolfe is what Wolfe needs when he's on a relapse. Fritz would coddle Wolfe, and let him wallow in it, and the way Wolfe has shut himself up in the Brownstone, there aren't many other people who could pry him out of a dark mood. But Archie doesn't take no for an answer. It might be nothing doing for a week, but you know Archie spent the entire week pestering Wolfe so that Wolfe was forced to think about something other than all the trauma that put him on a relapse in the first place.