I have a question...

Jul 11, 2019 05:04

I'm talking canon now... was Napoleon as much of a horndog during the show as fanon made him out to be? I mean, certainly he could and would, but did he or was it simply limited to wining and dining and a fast kanoodle by the exit sign?

napoleon, just wondering

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threecee July 11 2019, 16:56:32 UTC
I've been watching some of the earliest first season and there he doesn't seem to be the lecher he became in S3. In Iowa Scuba he gives the Innocent a goodbye kiss on the nose. He flirts, but with married ladies and innocent Innocents it doesn't seem to go beyond dining and dancing. With the likes of Angelique and Serena there is definitely more happening than a kiss on the nose. I noticed a suggestion that there might have been something ongoing with Heather McNabb, but exactly what is unclear.

In the Hula Doll Affair, Waverly worries that Napoleon has dropped out of contact during an emergency because of "one of his dalliances". I really can't see Waverly tolerating someone so unreliable even as a file clerk, let alone in the CEA position.

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spikesgirl58 July 11 2019, 17:16:43 UTC
I agree with you. Napoleon would be out on his ear if Waverly thought he was shirking his responsibilities for a fast roll in the hay.

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leethet July 11 2019, 17:45:19 UTC
It was viewed (on TV, at least) as acceptable in those days in ways that today would've gotten him fired on the spot. He would have been frowned at, slightly, as Waverly does, but it would be assumed that it made him a man's man, with a manly and admirable dick.

Gross, but true. Again, on TV. In real life, of course, if you don't do your job and the boss doesn't love you regardless, you're out. Now, if he managed to DO his job while screwing everything in a skirt, he'd REALLY be admired.

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leethet July 11 2019, 17:48:43 UTC
I feel like I should add that I think, really, neither female nor male viewers, of that era or this, would much like an inveterate skirt-chaser. It's pretty shallow and gross, and even men, who admire a manly man, would find a total lech pretty unpleasant to watch. So despite the show's icky moments, I think they knew better than to go too far down that road.

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spikesgirl58 July 13 2019, 13:15:31 UTC
I agree with you and I would hope so.

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neuralclone July 14 2019, 02:57:40 UTC
That would be why Napoleon was at his, uh, horndoggiest in the more comedic seasons (second and the loopy third) and less of a skirt chaser in the more serious (first and the positively grim fourth). It wasn't something that you could play absolutely straight and still admire the character.

Come to think of it, I can barely recall Napoleon even flirting during the fourth season!

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spikesgirl58 July 14 2019, 13:12:25 UTC
His libido really shut down fourth season...

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leethet July 11 2019, 17:35:35 UTC
Yes. In the best episodes he's a flirt, but a gallant flirt (in the better sense of the word gallant - he is a gentleman).

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spikesgirl58 July 11 2019, 18:34:03 UTC
That's one of his best traits.

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