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took_skye

Debates and Discussions [FanFic]

Mar 06, 2010 21:07

Title: Debates and Discussions
Author: Tooks
Pairing: Hotch, adult!Jack
Rating: FRT
Summary: A now grown Jack discusses his future with his father
Notes: This is part of my "20 to Life" AU set 20 years in the future from the BAU now. Season 5 spoilers possible!

( You can't raise a child in a vacuum. All that carpet dust will clog up the kid's lungs. ~ Jacob M. Appel )

20 to life, hotch, fanfiction, jack, criminal minds

Comments 21

citymusings March 7 2010, 02:31:04 UTC

I like that. You can see Hotch's stubbornness - both in Hotch himself and in his son. I love seeing Jack's profiler perspective already starting to form. The "date" "no date" exchange was great also. I'm sure, even without Henry's boldness, Jack'll manage it in his own way soon enough.

I shall now begin the chorus of "moooooooreeeee, please."

took_skye March 7 2010, 02:39:48 UTC

Haha, yeah, Jack's got his dad's stubbornness for the stuff he really believes in...which also shows he's strong enough to handle being an FBI profiler. I figure, you get raised by and around profilers, you're going to pick up some of it up naturally (and Jack has studied psychology and criminology too), haha! Heehee, that's Henry for ya and he'll tease and joke more when the two guys meet up. ...Yeah, it'll all work out for Jack in getting a date-date, haha!

Heehee! Thanks! Others ideas are swimming around - I'm really feelings this AU right now - so more will come, haha! ...Along with other pieces from other AUs and random pieces, haha! ;-)

citymusings March 7 2010, 03:17:22 UTC

Oh, definitely! Jack would be an excellent profiler. In some ways, he has an ability to surpass his parents' skills in profiling, because he'll begin knowing so much. He'll go in with a full awareness of the risks and losses, better able to calculate the pros and cons. If he starts there and just moves up, he will do well.

Yay - on both counts! I look forward to seeing not-so-lil!Henry and the "real date."

YAYYYYYY! WRITE NOW WHILE IT'S FRESH.

took_skye March 7 2010, 13:56:34 UTC

He could, yes...although he really doesn't have a full awareness of the risks and losses yet. He's still rather fuzzy on the circumstances of his mother's death - he knows who it was and all but I'm thinking he's a little unaware that Foyet, specifically, targeted Haley and him because of his father the whole "deal" issue. A lot of the stories I'm planning sort of deal with those things: with Jack understanding the true scope of the job (and its risks) in order to make a decision not based on a "my parents did it, I wanna do it" but on a "I know the risks, the potential losses, and I'm willing to take them in order to do what I've always wanted to" and coming to the point where he realizes he has to be his own man, independent of his dad, in the decisions he makes.

:D Might have a Hotch/Prentiss in there first - gotta good idea from mcgarrygirl78

I fell asleep, haha!

Thread 17

mcgarrygirl78 March 7 2010, 02:52:22 UTC

I would have loved to see Jack and Hotch get more in depth about why he is so set against his son joining the Academy and why he would push Jack into something he doesnt seem to want at all. He learned that lesson with Sean, it seems strange after all these years he would be doing the same thing all over again.

took_skye March 7 2010, 13:45:48 UTC

Mmmm, yeah, well I didn't see Hotch blurting out stuff about the boy's birth mom and Foyet and all that in this one - not in the least because the guy just got home in the middle of the night, haha! They will have more conversations about the topic but not now; Jack sorta needs to learn that, honestly, he's the one in charge of his future, not his dad (note Jack says "I wanna join" not "I'm gonna join")...that he needs to be his own man independent of his father. ...This is one of the key issues in the AU and so I couldn't have it wrapped up in one story.

And I'd think Hotch would have a severe learning curve when it came to protecting his family anyway so I don't think it seems strange he's repeating what he did with Sean at all...I think, with his family, safety would come before anything else (and Sean's wasn't an issue of safety, just expectations so it's already a little different).

All that being said, you did just give me a great idea for my first Hotch/Prentiss piece in this AU so, haha, thanks! :D

_nextboldmove_ March 14 2010, 19:26:48 UTC

Very interesting. At first I wasn't a fan of this 20 years later thing but you are really developing these characters and it's intriguing. Thanks for sharing!

took_skye March 14 2010, 21:31:34 UTC

Thank you. Yeah, it's a little tricky since most the characters we know are, well, significantly older and the focus is more on their children and such but I'm hoping it still works to hold people's interest. I'm glad you like it! :D