You do realise I'm Canadian, yeah? There's really no call for FBI guys such as yourself popping up in my dreams trying to recuit teenage-me into doing a covert infiltration for you. No, not even if you try to bribe me with cosplay TOS costumes -- especially not pink ones, eesh!

Truly not yours,
-Ely

omgomgomgomgomgomg I AM SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW!!!!

Watched RED. Enjoyed it; nice light psychotic paranoid action flick. I was expecting Karl Urban to have a smaller role, so that was a nice surprise.

It did get me thinking about the CIA, fannishly.

NCIS + CIA = not a happy combo for Gibbs' team, I'm guessing. I bet Gibbs and Fornell gang up on 'em, when they can.

SGA + CIA = plotbunnies for Rodney, who, after all, worked for the CIA as a teenager/before the USAF. (I kind of suspect Vegas!Rodney still does?) I have a vague idea kernal for something about Rodney recognising that someone is a CIA agent, either from just how they behave, or from actually having done some analyst work for them when he was in. I doubt the field agents always know who did their background work, after all. And then, of course, there's the idea that Rodney was actually inserted into the SGC hierarchy by the CIA, possibly by Trust agents therein, and has been undercover THIS WHOLE TIME. (I think I may have read that?) This is mostly born of my enjoyment of both his ability to get Elizabeth to lie extravagantly, and the hot way he takes charge sometimes (like in Epiphany -- s'only think I like about that episode, really).

And of course, there are actually CIA characters in SotT. Well, there's one. She's a lovely old harridan, too. Not that SotT bears any resemblance to how the intelligence agencies and underworld communities of the real world actually work. ...Although I'd love to see Team Templar square off with Team Gibbs. In the field, I think they might have the advantage, but in if the NCISers have their HQ back-up i.e. Abby, Ducky, and Palmer, the tables turn. I can see Fornell taking bets on this...

Of course, maybe Ducky knows Ethan. Or maybe Team Gibbs (when Tony was in charge, to make it worse?) had to deal with Team Templar and Simon uttered one of his "poncy English bastard" slams -- which would bother Ducky less, depending, since he's Scottish... but remember, Tony's late mother was English. (How worse? If he was team leader, McGee and Ziva are way more like to get their backs up in his defense.) Hell, maybe Tony ran unto Jeremy at his rich uncle's funeral in England or something. Tall, dark-haired, cocky, ex-football player, kind-of-a-juvenile-asshole federal agent... just his type! XD

Gibbs and Ducky disappeared on their way to a conference -- just vanished from the plane. Meanwhile Jimmy took up skateboarding down on the boardwalk, which wa sunfortunate, as he went flying into the water. :/ And terrorists tried to kill me and Tony by throwing knives at us through windows. Paula Cassidy AND Kate Todd were there. I didn't see Abby, but I did collect the knives to see if she could get the guys' fingerprints.

* After Viv Blackadder, Gibbs ordered Tony to be less nice to new team members/probationary agents.

( More here. )

Soooo... 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.

EEEEEEE. SO HAPPY. WATCHING NCIS EPISODE "FLESH AND BLOOD". THE ONE WITH TONY'S DAD. EEEEEEEEEE!!

( AS-we-go commentary under the cut! )

This was a good episode. :Dd

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME TONY'S DAD HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW

PLAYED BY R.J. WAGNER

WHO MICHAEL WEATHERLY PLAYED IN A MOVIE

BUT NEVERMIND THAT BECAUSE

TONY'S

DAD

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Title: RSVP
Rating: Gee, Boss --
Author's note: This was mostly an exercise in trying to describe Tony in motion. Bikkies if you guess who he's talking to. ;3


( When Tony's phone rang, he looked at the screen, grinned, and answered with a low, sexy hello. )

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