Where does Abby fit?

[colorguard28.livejournal.com]

OK, I have a question. And I'm not trying to start a flame war, just get some understanding of a characterization.

It seems like a lot of the Tim-centric fics I read, whether McNozzo or otherwise, are more anti-Abby than NCIS fics in general. And the ones that drive me crazy tend to be slash fics with Tim, usually paired with Tony. I know since Abby/McGee are canon, at least past canon, that she has to be dealt with somehow. But why take the "Abby abuses poor Timmy horribly" route? Although obviously there are lots of great T2 fics out there where Abby is their best friend, so not everybody goes that path.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see evil Abby (no matter how many spikes on her collar). Anybody have any thoughts on where evil/selfish Abby comes from? Or am I just too much of a McAbby fan to be able to see it even when I'm putting Tim with Tony.

Comments

[colorguard28.livejournal.com]

The jealousy doesn't bother me - like you said, I think it's just part of their thing. I can see people who use Dog Tags as evidence having a point, but then those same people use Faith as more evidence and I don't buy that at all. I guess I'm just irked because several of them have commented or PMd me about Razor's Edge this week because they thought it was building to be their version of Abby. I'm waiting for the flames tomorrow when the final chapter is posted.

[shetiger.livejournal.com]

I really don't see how you can take Dog Tags as evidence without seeing all of the characters on the show as evil/mean. I mean, Tony's superglued McGee's face to the desk and his fingers to his keyboard. McGee has been snippy to Tony. Gibbs rules over all of them with fear and intimidation. All of those things are exaggerated for comedic effect, and is one of the reasons NCIS is different from the CSIs and Criminal Minds and other procedural shows. It shares a lot in common with comedies, in that the characters on the show do things that are not accepted behaviors in the real world.

Basically, it's either all or none for me. If Abby's evil, then so are the rest of them.

I hope things go okay for you. :)

[colorguard28.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's like using Bloodbath and Gibbs making Tim kneel after the toothbrush incident. Or any of a million things Tony does to Tim.

[harem-priestess.livejournal.com]

Heh, and it just occurred to me to be surprised someone didn't make this scene into some sort of BDSM-influenced thing between Gibbs and McGee. Had it been Tony who'd "screwed up" like that, you KNOW that would have been the case. (No judgment here, just stating :)

[colorguard28.livejournal.com]

ROFL! I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right. Maybe it's just that there aren't many McGee/Gibbs writers out there? You know it would happen with Tibbs writers because there's a million of them, so at least one would pick up on it.

[jack-infinitude.livejournal.com]

Actually, we have a comm: ncis_puppylove. :D And its veritably hopping these days.

[suspirando.livejournal.com]

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