4. What is your character reluctant to tell people?
In his profession, Q is forbidden from telling most everything, so it's not so much reluctance that stops him. Even when he dates, he makes it quite clear from the beginning that everything he says is going to be a lie, and if he or she isn't cool with that, then he doesn't pursue it.
However, what he finds very hard to tell people is that he needs help. He hates needing help. It's not so much failure that he dislikes, failure is just a way to learn what not to do. But implying in any way that he is incapable of dealing with a problem by himself is extremely hard for him to do. It stems very much from his father's death, and not wanting to bother anyone with anything, and only cemented itself when Sherlock went off the rails, and he felt that adding to his family's problems was just selfish, so it was best to deal with it by himself. In most cases, he does very well at this, but there are times when one or more brothers has to step in. He doesn't mind Sherlock so much, but he always feels bad bothering Mycroft with anything. Mycroft being disappointed in him is something he hates.
9. What is your character afraid of?
Flying is Q's big phobia. He dislikes giving up control to someone who he doesn't know and trusting them to hurl a metal tube from one place to another without incident, while he sits in the back, fully aware of the multitude of ways it is possible for someone to kill them all. He does not consider this a phobia, as phobias are irrational, and dying in a plane crash is not an irrational fear.
Also, unlike his brothers, Q is aware that he doesn't care as much as other people, and sometimes fears that he's missing out on something by not feeling things to the same depth. Falling in love isn't something he cares about either way, as he's quite happy with or without companionship ,but he does sometimes worry that he can't fall in love, which is a concept he finds a bit off-putting. And one the rare occasions he has thought about children, he's a little bit terrified that if he should end up with some, he wouldn't know how to love them.
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4. What is your character reluctant to tell people?
In his profession, Q is forbidden from telling most everything, so it's not so much reluctance that stops him. Even when he dates, he makes it quite clear from the beginning that everything he says is going to be a lie, and if he or she isn't cool with that, then he doesn't pursue it.
However, what he finds very hard to tell people is that he needs help. He hates needing help. It's not so much failure that he dislikes, failure is just a way to learn what not to do. But implying in any way that he is incapable of dealing with a problem by himself is extremely hard for him to do. It stems very much from his father's death, and not wanting to bother anyone with anything, and only cemented itself when Sherlock went off the rails, and he felt that adding to his family's problems was just selfish, so it was best to deal with it by himself. In most cases, he does very well at this, but there are times when one or more brothers has to step in. He doesn't mind Sherlock so much, but he always feels bad bothering Mycroft with anything. Mycroft being disappointed in him is something he hates.
9. What is your character afraid of?
Flying is Q's big phobia. He dislikes giving up control to someone who he doesn't know and trusting them to hurl a metal tube from one place to another without incident, while he sits in the back, fully aware of the multitude of ways it is possible for someone to kill them all. He does not consider this a phobia, as phobias are irrational, and dying in a plane crash is not an irrational fear.
Also, unlike his brothers, Q is aware that he doesn't care as much as other people, and sometimes fears that he's missing out on something by not feeling things to the same depth. Falling in love isn't something he cares about either way, as he's quite happy with or without companionship ,but he does sometimes worry that he can't fall in love, which is a concept he finds a bit off-putting. And one the rare occasions he has thought about children, he's a little bit terrified that if he should end up with some, he wouldn't know how to love them.