But post-Victoria he gets pretty obviously skittish with them, it seems to me, and even when he does sort of get things going (with Janet, with Thatcher) he pretty easily lets those go under the flimsiest of excuses (he let his father push him away from Janet so easily!). I don't think it's a lack of self confidence, but I do think he lacks confidence in relationships.
Oh, yes, he absolutely is nervous around women, but I don't think he's afraid of them. I agree with you that he's afraid of relationships. I don't think it's fear of the women themselves, though. I didn't notice any skittishness at all with Janet, or even Denny Scarpa (and I do think he was interested in her and then had her investigated, but that's another meta entirely).
Also, he's not interested in Frannie or any of the women who throw themselves at him, so there's no issue of relationship-avoidance. As for Thatcher, I blame her and her "come here, no, get away, no come here" schtick. for the way Fraser is around her. It's a different kind of skittishness entirely, IMO, because he IS attracted to her, at least before she turns into a pod person.
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Date: 2007-08-12 02:47 am (UTC)Oh, yes, he absolutely is nervous around women, but I don't think he's afraid of them. I agree with you that he's afraid of relationships. I don't think it's fear of the women themselves, though. I didn't notice any skittishness at all with Janet, or even Denny Scarpa (and I do think he was interested in her and then had her investigated, but that's another meta entirely).
Also, he's not interested in Frannie or any of the women who throw themselves at him, so there's no issue of relationship-avoidance. As for Thatcher, I blame her and her "come here, no, get away, no come here" schtick. for the way Fraser is around her. It's a different kind of skittishness entirely, IMO, because he IS attracted to her, at least before she turns into a pod person.