What is your OC's relationship with Jean?

How do your Original Characters, both cyborg & handler, feel about their Field Commander; Jean Croce?

Do they fear him, admire him, outright hate him, love him?

While I don't have an OC I think this is an excellent question and I am curious to see what turns up

Fernando's relationship with Jean was so bad that Ferro was made his immediate supervisor. Fernando, since discovering Rachel was turned into a cyborg and Jean trying to give her to him like some Barbie doll in a X-mas package, never liked Jean since. Jean shooting Fernando but ending up hitting Rachel instead landed Jean in the medical ward getting his teeth rebuilt and getting paintballs out his mouth that Fernando shot in there at point blank range. Finally, their battle that exposes Jeans's true nature (being a cyborg himself), Fernando now only stays away from him as much as possible even though Jean was programmed to believe that he was saved by Fernando from a deadly car crash. Now Jean has more respect for him, but Fernando wants to be left alone.

Michele thinks Jean is an arrogant ass who is willing to "cash checks the Agency might not be able to pay" and he does what he can, when he can, to bring a bit of sunshine into Rico's life.

Kara fears him more than respects him, but I do intend to take note of the writing you did with Kara and Jean in your last story.

Brian's relationship--

Brian first met Jean and Giuse while he was serving with the SAS in the Balkans. They hit things off really well, got a bit chummy, and then they went their separate ways. Several years later, Brian has just been effectively laid off from Excalibur Tactical Group, and has money but no direction. By chance, he was tooling around in a London pub when he meets Jean and Giuse again (they'd been looking for him, but they would never admit that to his face, not right away) and the rest is history.

Brian remembered Jean as a fairly serious guy, but also that Jean could laugh at jokes. The Jean he knows now is not the same as during his KFOR deployment, having grown more serious and cold and curt. To Brian, the Jean he is dealing with at present is less pleasant to be around and an overall stick-in-the-mud who is hard to like. Nevertheless, there is a sense of respect between the two, even if not as great as it once was. Overall, there is no real animosity between the two, but at the same time, not much in the way of camraderie.

Unless of course, alcohol is in the mix... Then things get fuuuuuuun.


Allison's relationship--

Allison isn't really comfortable being around Jean. For reasons ranging from simple intimidation to outright irritation, the younger half of the McDonnell Fratello can't stand Chief Lorenzo's second-in-command for extended periods of time.

Perhaps Allison's biggest gripe with Jean is his incessant ability to be the 'fun police' or 'party pooper'. Every time she tries to enjoy herself doing something she likes, Jean's presence in the same room can spoil the mood, affect her concentration, and so on. To Allison, it seems as if Jean is always disapproving of things she does with her friends, and as a result, she cannot really get along with him, which seems to be par for the course.

One thing Jean has learned to do, however, is be respectful of Allison's automotive abilities. Disparaging and disapproving comments about her driving style have often been compensated with humbled (if forced) apologies when it came time for Jean 'Cheapskate' Croce to have his CLK 500 serviced and he did not know the first thing about maintaining his car's mechanical systems. Twenty Euros to Allison and 15 minutes in the Q-branch garage will quickly solve the most routine maintenance needs, but if you're a blonde-haired, revenge-obsessed member of the Croce family who just made some rude comments about her driving, expect to have to pay an extra ten Euros (or more, since you own a Benz) and apologize on your knees.

Biff – He doesn’t really feel one way or the other about him. They have an amicable, professional relationship and Biff thinks he’s well qualified for the job he does.

Britney – Is somewhat intimidated by him, mostly due to the fact that he’s forever chastising her about one thing or another.

That is one thing I didn't mentioned: The Girls.

Juanita: Until recently, she did not cared one way or another about Jean because her SWA Immediate supervisor was Priscilla because she was Logistics and Intel Gathering. When the cyborg-in-a-box was thought to be Francesca, Jean had her under house arrest, for which when it turned out that the cyborg-in-a-box turned out to be a mock up made from her spare parts she was released she had lost all respect for a so-called leader that would be fooled with a bit of slight of hand.

Rachel: Cant stand him, never liked him, never will. She always saw Jean as a torn in Fernando's side that also bothered him. When Jean tried to shoot Fernando during the end of the paintball rally, Rachel jumped in way and got hit with a real bullet. After her recovery, though Fernando told her to give the cyborgs her trust, it did not include Jean or any other supervisor. Currently, she wont listen to his orders unless she verifies them with her father first.

Francesca: As a child cyborg in the early years of the SWA, she never liked Jean and something about him gave him the creeps. As an adult cyborg, Francesca does not like or hate him but does respect him for being a fratello supervisor even though Fernando explained to her that Ferro is their Fratello Supervisor and not Jean. Currently, Jean has dont nothing to Francesca to make her like or hate him, but she is under orders to verify any orders he might give her with Fernando, Ferro or Juanita. She knows that Fernando does not like him but does not know why.

Nikias: They had a mutual dislike of each other since their first meeting. Nikias has had a lot of military training, however, so he knows the importance of strong authority. Even if he doesn't respect him, he won't willfully defy Jean's commands. That is, if he thinks its important enough .

Ana: More or less mirror's her handler's behavior towards the man. She does, however, perceive him as something of an enemy to her handler: not in the physical sense, but more like an obstacle that must be overcome.

Luce: Outright despises the man, for how he treats Rico. She often goes out of her way to make Jean's life as difficult as possible. If she was allowed to she'd probally paint the walls red with his blood. As it is she pulls her most dangerous pranks on him.

Harriet: She finds him a bit harsh. Her nicknames for him are Mr.Hardass,and Bastard man. Since Jean hates her Handler, she tends to be a bit on guard aroun him.

I think for Jethro and Monty, Jean's a bit of a case of "out of sight, out of mind". That said, with their slightly detached and pragmatic view of humanity they can probably appreciate and respect Jean as a competent and driven commander. His failings as a human being or how he chooses to run his fratello are not their issue.

On their rare visits to the SWA proper, Monty's general expectation that people shall jump when told to do so probably steps on Jean's karma from time to time and I'm sure she finds him less than cooperative. That said she'd likely recognise that this is her boss's boss and will act accordingly... not that it'll shut her up is she feels she has something to say operationally. Jethro probably spends a fair about of time smoothing things over with Jean in her wake.

Jethro for his part would likely see Jean as someone else to be worked around and to be delt with as the situation requires. However, at the end of the day I envisage most of J+M's correspondance with theAgency going one of either Ferro or Priscilla's departments anyway.


Overall, there's probably a mutual feeling between both parties of being glad to have a competent asset on the job, but equally glad that said asset is nowhere near them.

Altheus and Jean have had their professional disagreements, given the former's maverick nature and the latter's strict by-the-book attitude. They aren't the best of friends off the field, either - Altheus, though reserved, is a genial man who takes time to enjoy the finer things in life, unlike the cold and driven Jean. Altheus, however, is fully aware of the tragic events that shaped Jean's character, and does not think low of him. Their overall relationship is one of mutual (if slightly begrudging) deference. However, Altheus, like Chief Lorenzo, also recognizes that the tortured soul lying beneath Jean's icy exterior may eventually snap and compromise the Agency. He therefore surreptitiously keeps tabs on Jean as per Lorenzo's orders. Should such a crisis occur, Altheus will be fully prepared and will not hesitate to use any corrective measures necessary.

Liesel has mixed emotions towards Jean. She admires his skill as an administrator and operator, but cannot quite hold his human qualities in the same regard. In all truth, she feels somewhat sorry for him, knowing that such a personality does not spring forth from nowhere without reason or rhyme (this is pure deduction, as she, like most of the other cyborgs, knows nothing of Jean's tragic losses). But she knows where she stands, and does not allow her personal opinion of him to sway her professional behavior. She invariably interacts with Jean in a formal and respectful manner.

Meir is uneasy around Jean, although he does his best to conceal it and put on a brave front. He dislikes Jean's strictness but is grateful that the man begrudgingly tolerates his relationship with Rico. Rico, however, tends to downplay Jean's behavior and keeps his more extreme disciplinary procedures a secret from Meir. There is absolutely no telling what might happen should Meir find out. The boy may be an angel, but love can make one do things both wonderful and terrible.

The other Childville boys love to crack ribald jokes about Jean and think needs to get seriously laid, preferably with Ferro. They opine that it would solve a lot of problems within the SWA. Of course, they do not voice any of these thoughts in public.

Jay's relationship with Jean is a complicated one at best...well, maybe not. Jay absolutely despises the man with every carbon fiber in his body, however Rico has grown attached to Jay and considers Jay to be her "Big brother/boyfriend" (She's like 13 so it's a platonic relationship). Jean sees Jay as a 'useless/broken' weapon suitable only for being discarded.

Simone's relationship with Jean is more like a 'rebellious' student trying not to get caught by the principal at an all-girl Catholic boarding school.

Omega's relationship with Jean began as one of mutual respect and eventually progressed to one of admiration. At least until she discovered Jean's treatment of her current ward before her arrival. A firm disagreement led to a staged physical altercation. Jean could not match Omega's fighting prowess and attempted to use psychological warfare against her by speaking of her late baby brother in an ill manner. This led to Jean being beaten to a bloody pulp. Had her ward not intervened, Omega would have most likely killed Jean that day.

On a later assignment, Omega was gravely injured and carried to their extraction point by her ward. Still angry at the beating he took and the loss of her affection, Jean shot Omega sending her to the cold embrace of the crashing waves. This was all witnessed at point-blank by her ward....

Alpha. Upon his return to the SWA, his hatred for the man has only grown with time. It is Alpha's utmost desire to put two slugs in Jean's chest and one in his face. What keeps his anger tempered and at bay is Rico's attachment to Jean. So long as Jean cares for Rico, Alpha will not harm him....lethally.

Anton views Jean as too much of a wild card and thus unfit for a supervisory role. On a whim, Jean can become a vital asset or a terrible nuisance. From Anton's point of view, if anybody will be the downfall of the SWA; it will be Jean.

Crystal thinks neither good nor ill of Jean. She doesn't think of him at all unless he happens to be in the room and only should he speak to her.

For Elio, Jean is just a part of the job. When Lorenzo hired him it was with the hope that he could provide guidance & a degree of mentorship to the younger Field Commander (Elio having held this position for many years at MI-6).
As for Jean's harsh treatment of Rico; Elio hardly has room to talk, as he has been known to give his own cyborg a smack now and then.

Like any cyborg, Marisa has a healthy fear/respect of Jean. She possesses an incredible talent for getting into trouble, and she knows if Jean is around he has the authority to come down hard on her, so it's best to keep him happy or steer clear.
At the same time Marisa is resentful that Jean is Field Commander instead of her own handler, whom she points out is older & more experienced. Elio has told her a thousand times that he does not want the position.

oh my new oc hate him, well Keith is a peace semi fun guy who hate serious guy, but he just ignore jean because of a classified purpose

Lots of Jean hate in this thread.

Indeed, well its probably due to his awesome ability of making friends. I mean it's soo hard to actually hate the guy...I mean he's the Gunslinger Girl version of Naruto's Sasuke.

Jean is a highly driven individual with a very specific goal in mind: the total annihilation of Padania and their associates. The long-term requirements of this goal necessitates a lot of hate and focus; most people find it exhausting to maintain this level of intensity, and are unsure of how to react when they are presented with a person who has it in them.

Officer_Charon wrote:Jean is a highly driven individual with a very specific goal in mind: the total annihilation of Padania and their associates. The long-term requirements of this goal necessitates a lot of hate and focus; most people find it exhausting to maintain this level of intensity, and are unsure of how to react when they are presented with a person who has it in them.

So true, Officer Charon.

Nachtsider wrote:Lots of Jean hate in this thread.

My OC Fernando would have some respect for the man if 1)he left him alone back in NYC and 2)didn't show him his own god-daughter as some gift to give to him if he were to stay in the SWA... you dont mess with a man's family and that's what Jean (directly or indirectly) did.

Jean's relationship with Avise is quiet but constructive. Going back to their conversation in OH4, they have a sense of rapport through their own broken families - this is more an outward perception than real understanding, as their specific circumstances are quite different, but nonetheless Jean feels that he has a better appreciation of Avise than most other handlers, and someone he might see a degree of acceptance from in return. While Avise has no real hatred for Padania - quite unlike Jean! - Jean nonetheless trusts Avise's more bellicose character (he has always wanted to be a 'Fighting Soldier' as opposed to a civil servant in uniform) and determination to get into the thick of things which means that he's unlikely to pussyfoot around or shrink from the nasty edge of the business. Avise in return appreciates Jean's clarity of purpose and unambiguous drive. I think that Jean thus considers Avise to be a good egg: reliable, a safe pair of hands. They're not matey - Jean doesn't strike me as they type to go out for a beer after work with anyone, after all - but Jean is reassured that Avise can get the job done, and Avise himself sees no reason to disobey Jean. They're happy to share cigarettes.

They might split over root-and-branch extermination of Padania - Avise might feel that jihadis and the mafia would be a higher priortiy and better use of the Agency's resources, and consider driving Padania to a ceasefire to be sufficient - but that's a problem for the distant future rather than now.

Agapita's relationship with Jean would be chiefly professional - if he's designated the operational commander, he issues the orders and she follows them. She might have some creeping misigivings about Jean's severe handling of Rico - Avise does not disguise his open disgust for the "wino" Jacob (he doesn't get the privilege of being called a "lush"), and Jean & Rico might be seen as only a milder version of Jacob's treatment of Melanie. However, Avise sees no problem with J&R's relationship, and Rico herself is as bubbly and vivacious as ever and evidently untroubled, so Agapita would probably shrug off her worries as needless.

Vinson gets along with mostly everybody, Jean as well.
Plus being highly skilled and capable, the bosses have no problem with him either.
Salvatore's view of Jean is that since he came to the SWA of his own accord through his connections without clearance from either Lorenzo or Jean, they do no get along too well with Mister Battaglia.
Characters Sal, Helen and Vinson scrapped. May emerge as different ans hopefully better in the future.

Adeline and George tend not to really care about them, though Adeline feels like he needs to really loosen up, sort of like how Allison feels about him.

For Jordan and Daniel though, it's much different. Daniel feels like Jean is holding them hostage due to a shortage of fratellos, not even willing to let them go home and covering up their lives with the notion that they died. Thus their families in America never know the truth. Jordan feels like Daniel rudely treats Rico and doesn't understand that despite her cybernetic enhancement, she is still a human and heart and not some tool to use in a war that the SWA clearly is not winning. Daniel feels like he's heartless and is afraid or abhors compassion in any form. In the end of their escape from Italy, Jordan takes both her life and Jean's by using a bomb strapped to herself, thus allowing Daniel to escape Italy.

In the beginning, when Felix entered the SWA, the competition for fratelloes to meet and exceed the standards the SWA has set for them was constantly set by Jean, who at the time did not have a cyborg. Jean has had this idea of "How hard is this job? Teach a robotized kid how to kill a man and send him to get his target... Its not as hard as these two (Omega/Nyromi and Felix) makes it out to be!" Being a handler in waiting kept frustrating Jean to no end. When Felix became Fratello Supervisor, a position second to Lorenzo and equal to Ferro's Logistics and Intel Teams Supervisor, Jean blew a head gasket. There were only three people available for the team, but Jean wanted the position the most.

Felix at first thought nothing of Jean other than being another member of the staff. But Jean showed his prejudice against 'immigrants' (Felix was from Spain, as was his cyborg Francesca). Felix would learn of Omega's demise but not the details and hen he became the fratello supervisor, was told to keep such agency secrets as such- SECRET. With Jean now in control of the Alpha Cyborg Unit, and failed missions racking up like cars at a 100-car highway crash, Felix had to tell Jean to either improve or to look for another position outside of the agency. This was the message set down to him from Lorenzo himself, but Felix thought he could give Jean just one more break. This ended up in a heated discussion between the two where Felix told Jean the truth about who was the privileged one and who had to do actual work within the agency. Instead of treating this professionally, Jean took it personally and sabotage Felix's final mission.

Felix had no ill thoughts or feelings for Jean, just a professional attitude for him to do better. It was Jean who harbored hatred and prejudice against Felix for being a outsider immigrant from Spain who did better than he could. It burned him even more that Felix (along with Francesca) posthumously earned Italy's highest honor- The medal of Commendatore of the Italian Republic.

well, I think Dusty might answer the question of her relationship with Jean like this...

Dusty: "Jean?... Which one of 'em is he?"
Murdoch: facepalms

[b]Alfred[/b] being almost polar opposite to Jean, has a dislike towards him. He hates the way Jean treats Rico and has told his cyborg on multiple occasions if Jean was about to smack him infront of her to kick him in his family jewels. He dislikes how Jean dissapproves of him not conditioning May like Rico or Beatrice to only follow orders and instead she's allowed to act her age and like a normal child. Alfred knows May's clock is ticking and despite her cyborg enhancements he still treats her like a kid off the clock.

[b]May[/b] Feeds off her handlers words like a dog to human food. She hates Jean as much as her handler does and often replies to his orders to kick Jean in said jewels, that she will do it as hard as she can to neuter him. With unusual seriousness. If her 'brother' is messed with pray for the fool who gets stuck dealing with her. Aileen calls her crazy for a reason.


[b]Rodrigo[/b] He on the other hand has a grudging respect for Jean and Jean dislikes how Aileen is conditioned to be cheery, perky and chirpy almost all the time. Even on missions he finds her perkyness to be annoying. Voicing it however and he would face Rodrigo's wrath AKA having Aileen prepare something most dreadful in the kitchen and have pretty much everyone suffer including himself. But if Jean doesn't try to force him to change Aileen then he's fine with him.

[i][b]Aileen[/b][/i] on the other hand just likes being happy and it makes her sad if Rico is sad. She respects Jean as her field commander, but thinks he's a pompous blowhard behind his back. She will happily listen to Rodrigo to help make him suffer despite Aileen thinking both men are stick in the mud. As long as he doesn't make her stop cooking or hurt Rodrigo then she's fine.

[b]Alexander[/b] Knowing his new 'son' hasn't been completed yet deals with Jean with as must respect as possible. He would hate it if he advised someone to delay Markus' conditioning to get at him. He hates kissing up but he already is fitting into the 'Dad' role for Markus and doesn't want the boy to be waiting for his new body anymore. So until Markus is ready for combat he will keep any complaints silent.

In the CDRR X GsG series Gunslinger Bink, things get interesting.
Tammy (replacing Jose after he was killed in GsB 1), is a god-fearing Christian who believes it is wrong to Kill for any reason. Thus when invoked into the SWA, she is lead to believe that she is in a Rescue unit. This rouse lasts until she and her cyborg sister Bink (who replaces Henrietta in the series) gets attacked.

Tammy has been respectful of authority and plays well with others, as such, Jean has given her a car and a SiG 229 like Bink's along with Training to use it and tries to make it easy for her to work in the SWA. Putting Marco as her Field Agent Supervisor puts Jean away from that role and like Jean, tries to make it easy for Tammy to function within the SWA. When her husband to be- gets killed by a Padania Terrorist in the end of GsB II (acorns and ergot), Jean gives her an extended vacation for mourning her loss on what would have been her wedding day. GsB III has Tammy returning to the SWA to tend to unfinished business- finding and dealing with Fernando's murderer. Again with Marco as her field supervisor, she does not see much of Jean, although she has thanked him for the investment the SWA has given her.

Bink (Tammy sister, and Henrietta's replacement in the series) does not care who Jean is, other than somebody of authority in the agency who orders she may have to follow if and when given.

Kiyra hates his guts.
anyone who hurts her friends is dead.

Etienne didn't like Jean well. For him Jean is just a work-mate.
Emilie never hates anybody but she really hates Jean a little bit, cause he's rude to each of the cyborg girls.

Ryu would put a few kilograms of led into the back of his head

Professor Voodoo wrote:How do your Original Characters, both cyborg & handler, feel about their Field Commander; Jean Croce?

Because of the fact that Sergej saved Jean in Venice, both are good friends. They get along quite good and Sergej respects Jean as a competent Field Commander. Claudia has not really an own opinion about Jean. She works together with him when she has to.

Brent:
He thinks the guy is not so bad.. once you get use to his evilness to the cyborgs and stuff.
He isn't the guys friend or anything but he respects him largely.

Michel: I think that is all I need to say. The reason is thinkable. He treats all the cyborgs as tools. She once said that he was " Colder then Elsa.. ".

Tiler:
Tiler: " I hate the guy... who would ever literally punch his freaking cyborg!! EVER KNEW THE GIRLS HAD FEELINGS, HUH MOT--- * Orchard puts hand in front of mouth.... * Orchard: " Not in public.... while on a mission.... with regular people around you.... you really don't need to tell all ' info ' to Brent.

Orchard: He does what he does. But he could be kinder to Rico....

Cirus: " I hope one day he gets so drunk he suffers from poisoning... no no..... I hope he play Russian Roulette and .... ... you get the picture.... "

Fillala: He is a sad sad guy, he should treat his cyborg like she is a human girl... not trash.

Ash: I wish I can all over him. Yeah how's about that you crap head.

Marble: Rico needs a new fratello, that guy is just... just... so evil.

Venus: Before Beauty is a Beast:
After:

Interesting topic here, here's my OC's opinions of Jean

Clarissa has mixed feelings towards Jean. On the one hand, she doesn't like his strictness and cold front along with how hard he is on Rico. On the other hand, she understands why he's that way and knows what he's going through. She also shares his desire to wipe out terrorists and to use brutal methods in dealing with them so when she learned about Jean ordering Rico to beat up terrorist sympathizers, she agreed with it. Of course, Clarissa feels that Jean needs to lighten up a bit and not let his desire for revenge consume him completely as it clearly isn't what those he loved who died at terrorist hands would want.

Clarissa's handler Jack respects Jean abilities but doesn't like his cold personality and has butted heads with him over how best to treat the girls. Since Jack regards the girls as human beings and treats them well, he isn't fond of Jean treating them as tools so naturally, Jack isn't happy when Jean hits Rico but can only do so much as Jean has seniority over him.

My other OC girl Anastasia is both annoyed and afraid of Jean. Anastasia thinks that Jean's a jerk for how he treats Rico but is a bit intimidated by his cold demeanor and has stated how he's like Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin. On the other hand, she understands his hatred towards terrorists and criminals as she exhibits a similar hatred for them given her past. She also approves of his brutal methods in dealing with them.

Anastasia's handler Brandon tends to butt heads with Jean. When Jean feels that Anastasia made a mistake, he tries to get Brandon to discipline her but Brandon of course usually refuses or tries to get around the request as he regards Anastasia as a daughter. This clash of ideals makes their work relationship tedious at best.


There does indeed seem to be a lot of Anti-Jean sentiment in this forum it seems.....

Wow, it would appear that I'm one of few folks that thinks Jean's not sauch a bad guy.

Angiegarde wrote:Interesting topic here

Indeed it is.
Well, here goes:
Both Andromeda and Barry think of Jean as a 'meddler', but otherwise act profesionally towards him for the most part. Barry can manage this because he was formerly of MI6, and thus is a good actor. Andromeda on the other hand just sucks it up, and is used to following the orders of people she doesn't like, being a former soldier. Jean also disagrees with their methods of training. He thinks Mercedes watches too many movies and that Victoria is a bit too... gung-ho when it comes to combat (she has a tendancy for decapitation, using body parts as cudgles, etc. meant to scare the shite out of the enemy).

Samuel on the other hand has nearly killed him on a number of occasions, and continuously discregards his orders. Another reason that they don't get along too well is that Samuel was a member of the IRA for a short time, before becoming a mercenary and finally joining the Foreign Legion bfore taking advantage of a drunk and depressed (Because Jean was seeing Ferro at that point and missed her terribly while he was in Iraq) Jean to become Claes' Handler. However, they still manage to act profesional towards eachother, some times.
My cyborgs... well, they don't really give two shits about Jean's authority.Aside from Claes, they never have any arguments about Jean's treatment of Rico as they abide by 'a Handler can train his cyborg however he wishes'.

Victoria uses the fact that he doesn't want anyone to know that he is seeing Ferro to 'persuade' him to fdo things.

Mercedes probably gets on with Jean the best since she is buddies with Rico (partly because they have been paired as a sniper team on a number of occasions), however is not exactly scared of him, even when having a prank war with Petra and Beatrice as she knows her Handler can write it off as 'training'. (Barry's methods can be unorthadox at times and this is reflected by Mercedes)

And Claes... Claes is Claes. We all know how she feels about Jean, not too much has changed aside from a little more dislike due to Samuel's dislkie of them man.

Silvya: I HATE him . I don't like the way he treats Rico

Phong Linh : If Hai liked him, I would like him too

Hải : He very cruel , but very effective at work . Personally ? I quite liked him , perhaps because we both used to be military officers .But I also don't like the way he treats Rico -That is not the way you work with subordinates

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Leonard and Abigail tolerate him they don't really know what to think about him yet, he seems very hard to read, at first Leonard thought that he had a compasionate heart for wanting to give him more time with his daughter but now after working with him for a couple of months he thinks jean is kind of an A-hole. Abigail doesnt really like saying anything bad about him because he is Rico's handler and Rico is her friend.

My oc, Ai is the only character i created in my series that can get close to Jean(she's just like rico only hyperactive...)other than her,Victoria is seeing Jean as Hyper-trouble person who drink alcoholic so much face,for Yuki she only stare Jean......other than that my OC handler exept Lorraine treat Jean as Comrade....well for Lorraine.....a deep guilt in her mind though....

Resurrecting an old topic... because procrastinating drawings backgrounds.

Jethro+Monty's view on Jean hasn't really changed over the years: he's rarely a help, occasionally a hindrance... mostly though he's not their problem. When he is he's a fact of their current situation that needs to be worked around.

For his part, Danilo (now that he has come to grips with the whole fratello gambit), probably has fewer issues with Jean than many handlers. Their views on how cyborgs should be treated, and how to undertake missions etc align somewhat. In those situations where Danilo is directed into an action he is not particularly happy with, well, Jean's his superior officer and, unless there is something actually overly dangerous being suggested, he'll suck it up.

Florentino, on the other hand, loathes Jean. He hates that someone he considers to be his intellectual inferior still holds sway over what he does (and J+M's freedom is not helping), and the imagined slight of being held back grates on him constantly. Part of me suspects Florentino believes half the reason Jean's holding him back is because the field commander is afraid for his position should the new spy be allowed to show his full ability (refer studies of those less capable tending to overestimate their abilities).

Either way, he doesn't like the man, and the feeling is mutual.

As for Raych and Odile, well, they're cyborgs, so their feelings are going to be blunted. That said, Raych (again, as of the end of Meanwhile in Italy, and starting to come to grips with her place in the world) probably doesn't have many thoughts on Jean, not least because Danilo considers dealing with the SWA's adult staff his job and not hers so they have little interaction. At the end of the day, he's Danilo's boss, and Raych will do as she is told... those times she does need to interact, or be generally in Jean's presence, she probably finds him a little scary, on the basis that she doesn't want to mess up in front of him.

As an in-role under performer Odile, I suspect, finds Jean absolutely terrifying. He is, after all, one of those who gets to decide if she is allowed to continue or not. That said, out of his presence, she probably mirrors some of her handler's resentment, though manifesting as self-criticism, and a general assertion that Jean (and the SWA brass in general) is being unfair on Florentino.

Anybody who's been reading The Mayfair Fratello knows that, while Jean and Alan have a certain professional respect, there's damned little trust between them, and no friendship at all. Kristal and Verotrois, on the other hand, seem to have a higher opinion of him than their handler does. Vee has actually said that she thinks Jean is a better handler than his brother (then again, Vee once said that she thinks she could make a proper handler out of Draghi). I imagine Jean having forced him to choose between a job at Section Two or a bullet in the brain might have something to do with the two men's mutual antagonism.

Thescarredman wrote:Vee has actually said that she thinks Jean is a better handler than his brother...

Well, I wouldn't say she's wrong.