Fic: And It Was a Dream And It Was a Fantasy 8/?

[amy_0127]

Title:  Appreciated
Rating: PG
Pairing:  Gibbs/DiNozzo
Spoiler: None
Disclaimer:  Not mine but I appreciate the opportunity to manipulate them on occasion.
Summary:  Too little, too late

Comments

[cackymn_lj]

I also loved Tony's acting out and everyone getting it but Gibbs. Bless Tim and Ducky. I sensed some frustration with the canon here. Remember when Gibbs 'got' that above all? Sad.

[amy_0127]

A lot of frustration with canon. While I enjoy the McGee/Tony friendship, I miss Gibbs being a part of Tony's life. It seems he doesn't want to be, maybe? They just don't talk anymore. Gibbs never picks him to go into the field as his back up or he assigns Tony to go with someone else. I wonder if he's pissed about Tony going after Ziva and lying to him on that video call...

[cackymn_lj]

I really wish someone could get Gary Glasberg's ear on this. It's been an arctic freeze for a long while. Now it is especially disheartening bc there is no credible reason for it. They have new dynamics, and as we see in Once A Crook: "I'll trust you anytime." Well that is pretty cold comfort for Tony fans and for Tony when Gibbs doesn't even LIKE him. I wish GG could understand how much is missing from the show when there is nothing natural or pleasant going on with them. Just an inexplicable coldness that borders on dislike and hostility. Why wouldn't he be a part of his life? That was always such a nice backbone running through the show and made for wonderful bits of dialogue, humor, and byplay in case-work and in friendship. With that missing, they have strayed into weaker and more improbable territory with others, unnecessarily. Makes for some lousy eps and some boring as fuck characterization in the absence of the one relationship that actually has legs. There. I said it.

[amy_0127]

And I don't think it could have been said any better. The "I'll trust you anytime." comment felt like a bone thrown to starving dogs. It was more like the "You'll do" kind of comment though it had been so long that Gibbs acknowledged Tony, viewers like me lapped it up. I just keep hoping that they will find their way back, or find a happy medium with two strong leaders so that neither is forced to be the weaker set. Gibbs deserves his role and Tony deserves acknowledgement of his growth - can they serve together and show that?

[cackymn_lj]

I totally get that. Serve together and show what it would really look like. The way they are doing it, it's clear Gibbs never talks to Tony. About anything. Ever. What?
I appreciated Once A Crook in exactly the same way you did - because we were starving. Even so, I had a hard cold knot in my stomach bc it was totally lacking in warmth. Alas. Here's hoping for the unexpected.