How do you solve a problem like Artie?
Namely, I would love your ideas on how to make him more active in the game (and maybe have a shot at a relationship with Tina). There's no risk of me dropping him, just that I want to have more fun playing the character :)
I'm not inclined to reboot him so that he's back in McKinley with everyone else, but would at least like to give him more opportunities to interact with the other characters.
One of the ideas I'm toying with is to have him leave college and go back to Lima for a year - either he transfers to the community college to get his grades back up, or he asks for a leave of absence because freshman year was more difficult than he thought and it burned him out. I think either option is realistic and not unexpected for someone like Artie, and I besides giving him more time in Lima, it also gives him the opportunity to mope around and be angsty for a bit.
Or maybe he just needs to get out more when he's home from college on weekends.
Please let me know what you guys think! As I said, any of your ideas would be greatly appreciated!