Tony is big on loyalty. Whatever has happened before we met the crew, Gibbs won Tony's loyalty. There's a fic out there where a lady was talking to Gibbs. She told him that if anyone out there could understand the real Tony DiNozzo, understand him and support him and not lie to him, then Tony would walk through fire for that person. Looked like Gibbs was the one to do that.
There's also the theory that maybe Tony didn't need to challenge Gibbs the way he challenged Jenny. Jenny hadn't been a field agent in a long time. She hadn't worked with Gibbs in a long time. Gibbs had changed and learned and grown in a different direction. Tony and Gibbs know how to do the job a certain way. They're cut from the same bolt of cloth. Jenny wasn't.
But then there's this -- does Tony really need to challenge Gibbs? There are times I think he needs to headslap Gibbs, but to outright challenge him? Would that work given the personalities they have? Tony likes to egg people on. When he challenges them, he gets that serious look in his eye that means he means business. It's almost like there's no middle ground for him. He's either making jokes or deadly serious.
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on 2009-01-28 06:45 pm (UTC)Tony is big on loyalty. Whatever has happened before we met the crew, Gibbs won Tony's loyalty. There's a fic out there where a lady was talking to Gibbs. She told him that if anyone out there could understand the real Tony DiNozzo, understand him and support him and not lie to him, then Tony would walk through fire for that person. Looked like Gibbs was the one to do that.
There's also the theory that maybe Tony didn't need to challenge Gibbs the way he challenged Jenny. Jenny hadn't been a field agent in a long time. She hadn't worked with Gibbs in a long time. Gibbs had changed and learned and grown in a different direction. Tony and Gibbs know how to do the job a certain way. They're cut from the same bolt of cloth. Jenny wasn't.
But then there's this -- does Tony really need to challenge Gibbs? There are times I think he needs to headslap Gibbs, but to outright challenge him? Would that work given the personalities they have? Tony likes to egg people on. When he challenges them, he gets that serious look in his eye that means he means business. It's almost like there's no middle ground for him. He's either making jokes or deadly serious.