I think Tony rescues the girl first and then works on her because he does know that that's what Gibbs would have wanted. Also, I believe that it's standard that you aid the civilians first. But oh, what Tony must have gone through emotionally to do that is staggering.
The amount of Tony apologist fic in this fandom is truly staggering. And I get it—he's a woobie. But he also clearly interprets Gibbs's brusqueness as positive attention, and not as cruelty, as the fic always wants to say.
The problem is, the dynamic between them is very messed up and begs to be explored, but Tony is the kind of guy who talks and talks and says nothing important, and Gibbs is the kind of guy who says nothing at all. So almost every fic I come across caves in to a desire to give them a long heart-to-heart, but that's unbelievably out of character.
Honestly, from the show, I'm starting to be more of a Ziva/Tony shipper. She, at least, has shown that she picks up on when Tony is upset (unlike Gibbs), and has proven that she can get past his emotional defenses and get him to confide in her. I've started viewing the show through the lens of Tony/Gibbs having a sort of fuckbuddy relationship up until the end of season three, when it ends because of Gibbs's amnesia and they never ever talk about it, then he goes undercover and falls for Jeanne on the rebound, but after all of that, he ends up with Ziva. She's the only one giving him emotional support in season four. And maybe you could throw in a little regretful Gibbs for how things ended with Tony, but the guy's had three ex-wives and never apologizes, so I don't think he'd torture himself about it too much.
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Date: 2008-12-10 07:12 pm (UTC)The amount of Tony apologist fic in this fandom is truly staggering. And I get it—he's a woobie. But he also clearly interprets Gibbs's brusqueness as positive attention, and not as cruelty, as the fic always wants to say.
The problem is, the dynamic between them is very messed up and begs to be explored, but Tony is the kind of guy who talks and talks and says nothing important, and Gibbs is the kind of guy who says nothing at all. So almost every fic I come across caves in to a desire to give them a long heart-to-heart, but that's unbelievably out of character.
Honestly, from the show, I'm starting to be more of a Ziva/Tony shipper. She, at least, has shown that she picks up on when Tony is upset (unlike Gibbs), and has proven that she can get past his emotional defenses and get him to confide in her. I've started viewing the show through the lens of Tony/Gibbs having a sort of fuckbuddy relationship up until the end of season three, when it ends because of Gibbs's amnesia and they never ever talk about it, then he goes undercover and falls for Jeanne on the rebound, but after all of that, he ends up with Ziva. She's the only one giving him emotional support in season four. And maybe you could throw in a little regretful Gibbs for how things ended with Tony, but the guy's had three ex-wives and never apologizes, so I don't think he'd torture himself about it too much.