What fraternization regs?
Jul. 10th, 2010 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eliyesSoooo... I was watching "Building the Team", which is a special feature on the NCIS 1st season DVDs, and at the end of it Don Bellisario comments,
"I'm met a lot of real NCIS agents. The women are -- pretty. Uh, I am surprised at how pretty these agents are! Are lot of 'em are married! A lot of 'em are married to each other. It -- it's an interesting dynamic."
So, leaving aside possible implications of lesbian marriages among NCIS agents... ;3 I've seen a number of NCIS fanfics where there are agency regulations against fraternization between agents, but the only thing in the show to support it is Gibbs' Rule #12, which I am really willing to bet he came up with after his relationship with Jenny. Gibbs would not need a rule for this if there was already a rule against it within the agency itself, nor would we see so many characters having romantic/sexual relationsips with no more consequence that teasing from their coworkers and possibly heartbreak (Gibbs & Jenny, McGee & Abby, Palmer & Lee), or so much flirtation between agents (Tony and pretty much everyone he interacts with, Ducky and most of the female cast).
It's nice to know that the sexual chemistry and romantic possibilities are not just something added to make the show more compelling.
It also puts a richer layer in the interpretation of Tony's pursuit of Paula Cassidy, at least to me.
"I'm met a lot of real NCIS agents. The women are -- pretty. Uh, I am surprised at how pretty these agents are! Are lot of 'em are married! A lot of 'em are married to each other. It -- it's an interesting dynamic."
So, leaving aside possible implications of lesbian marriages among NCIS agents... ;3 I've seen a number of NCIS fanfics where there are agency regulations against fraternization between agents, but the only thing in the show to support it is Gibbs' Rule #12, which I am really willing to bet he came up with after his relationship with Jenny. Gibbs would not need a rule for this if there was already a rule against it within the agency itself, nor would we see so many characters having romantic/sexual relationsips with no more consequence that teasing from their coworkers and possibly heartbreak (Gibbs & Jenny, McGee & Abby, Palmer & Lee), or so much flirtation between agents (Tony and pretty much everyone he interacts with, Ducky and most of the female cast).
It's nice to know that the sexual chemistry and romantic possibilities are not just something added to make the show more compelling.
It also puts a richer layer in the interpretation of Tony's pursuit of Paula Cassidy, at least to me.