Some things never change. One of them is the fact that Paul is grumpy, irritable and wishes that people would just let him do his damn job. He's married to the job, at the expense of his family (a fact which he kind of regrets--while there's no love lost for the exwife, he certainly misses his daughter.) However, he's married to the job in 2010 America, not 1790s France. As such, there's a lot of differences between the two.
For starters, Paul is less absolutist. America is more of a plurality than Reign of Terror era France, and so Paul can recognize the fact that there are other, equally valid choices and other, equally valid mentalities than a massive hateboner for the aristocracy. He may personally disagree with those mentalities, but he will accept them. There's also the fact that this world has awesome things like "humane executions" and "police brutality laws." Paul will still do horrible things in order to keep the peace (and therefore gives more leeway to morally gray things like police brutality or forging evidence than his fellow cops), he's just a bit more wary about outright killing a civilian than he was before. The only time in the line of duty when he would consider killing in order to keep the peace is if the situation was massively fucked, and that was the only way out.
One major difference is that Paul is not in as great a position of power as Chauvelin was. As such, he's a bit more sycophantic and more of a suckup so that he would hopefully get that position of power. He'll flatter those in charge, wheedling his way into his superior's (or anyone he considers superior) good graces, in the hopes that he'll move up in the world or it will benefit him in the end. Paul wants to get to that position where Chauvelin was, he wants to get that amount of power so that he can better protect Las Vegas and serve its ideals. He's massively gung-ho about upholding the law, protecting people from others, and things like that. Paul is an absolutist when it comes to the law. Sorry that your grandma has cancer and you were trying to raise money for her operation, you still robbed a bank, your ass is in jail.
Living in Las Vegas has certainly influenced Paul's mentality--mostly because he absolutely hates the excess. Patrolling the Strip just makes him absolutely grumpy. How can these people think of throwing away so much money by gambling? His disdain of Vegas is socioeconomic, and having to deal with some rich guy at the station who's lost his wallet makes Paul absolutely sick. Of course, in his battle between obeying the law and class consciousness, obeying the law wins out every time. But he certainly has words for rich fat cats flaunting their wealth and spending thousands on the Strip.
Finally, as a minor note, Paul doesn't use specifically French terms, such as "Citizen." He still tries to level the playing field in his own way, and will refer to people as "Mr." and "Ms." over titles and other terms like "Dr." and "Sir."
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For starters, Paul is less absolutist. America is more of a plurality than Reign of Terror era France, and so Paul can recognize the fact that there are other, equally valid choices and other, equally valid mentalities than a massive hateboner for the aristocracy. He may personally disagree with those mentalities, but he will accept them. There's also the fact that this world has awesome things like "humane executions" and "police brutality laws." Paul will still do horrible things in order to keep the peace (and therefore gives more leeway to morally gray things like police brutality or forging evidence than his fellow cops), he's just a bit more wary about outright killing a civilian than he was before. The only time in the line of duty when he would consider killing in order to keep the peace is if the situation was massively fucked, and that was the only way out.
One major difference is that Paul is not in as great a position of power as Chauvelin was. As such, he's a bit more sycophantic and more of a suckup so that he would hopefully get that position of power. He'll flatter those in charge, wheedling his way into his superior's (or anyone he considers superior) good graces, in the hopes that he'll move up in the world or it will benefit him in the end. Paul wants to get to that position where Chauvelin was, he wants to get that amount of power so that he can better protect Las Vegas and serve its ideals. He's massively gung-ho about upholding the law, protecting people from others, and things like that. Paul is an absolutist when it comes to the law. Sorry that your grandma has cancer and you were trying to raise money for her operation, you still robbed a bank, your ass is in jail.
Living in Las Vegas has certainly influenced Paul's mentality--mostly because he absolutely hates the excess. Patrolling the Strip just makes him absolutely grumpy. How can these people think of throwing away so much money by gambling? His disdain of Vegas is socioeconomic, and having to deal with some rich guy at the station who's lost his wallet makes Paul absolutely sick. Of course, in his battle between obeying the law and class consciousness, obeying the law wins out every time. But he certainly has words for rich fat cats flaunting their wealth and spending thousands on the Strip.
Finally, as a minor note, Paul doesn't use specifically French terms, such as "Citizen." He still tries to level the playing field in his own way, and will refer to people as "Mr." and "Ms." over titles and other terms like "Dr." and "Sir."