*nods* This makes a lot of sense to me, especially the dichotomy between public/private -- behavior in front of authority vs. behavior in a safe environment (which he hasn't really had). Actually, a really interesting thing now that I think about it is that Neal in canon, while he's technically a felon, isn't really disadvantaged by it in any major way, and he still acts with, I guess, the unconscious knowledge that he can speak and be listened to. Whereas in this 'verse he's been stripped of a lot of the privilege that accrues to him from being a handsome, well-dressed white male in canon, and is having to act accordingly.
"Cautious and weighing the options" seems like a plausible response for Neal in this situation.
(Also, I hope I'm not being too critical? Mostly it's just that you've really gotten me thinking! :D And I don't really know anything about institutional systems of inequality other than just reading a lot, so I'm basically working off theoretical knowledge rather than firsthand knowledge.)
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Date: 2013-06-23 10:29 pm (UTC)"Cautious and weighing the options" seems like a plausible response for Neal in this situation.
(Also, I hope I'm not being too critical? Mostly it's just that you've really gotten me thinking! :D And I don't really know anything about institutional systems of inequality other than just reading a lot, so I'm basically working off theoretical knowledge rather than firsthand knowledge.)