I think this is partly because he knows Connor should be capable of better.... He may be hard on Connor in person, but he'll defend him to others.
I think you've hit the nail on the head with Cutter's feelings about Connor right there. Right from the start he saw Connor's potential, and knew he was capable of being an outstanding student if he applied himself to it, but was then constantly irritated by Connor's attitude.
Cutter's change in how he deals with Connor certainly does coincide with both his estrangement from Stephen, and Connor being the only one willing to believe him, so there's certainly an element of both those things coming into play in S2. The fact that Connor seemed to mature a bit in S2 probably helped a lot as well. Cutter is very much the tpye who wouldn't suffer fools, which is probably why S1 Connor rubbed him up the wrong way so much!
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Date: 2009-02-25 12:06 am (UTC)I think you've hit the nail on the head with Cutter's feelings about Connor right there. Right from the start he saw Connor's potential, and knew he was capable of being an outstanding student if he applied himself to it, but was then constantly irritated by Connor's attitude.
Cutter's change in how he deals with Connor certainly does coincide with both his estrangement from Stephen, and Connor being the only one willing to believe him, so there's certainly an element of both those things coming into play in S2. The fact that Connor seemed to mature a bit in S2 probably helped a lot as well. Cutter is very much the tpye who wouldn't suffer fools, which is probably why S1 Connor rubbed him up the wrong way so much!