nate + jackie = LOVE

[prof_pangaea]

naaaaaaate!

what is mah favourite bit of the doctor who finale? cos there was lots to enjoy, especially if you turn it off fifteen minutes before the end and pretend the rest didn't happen. well, there are many parts BUT HERE IS ONE OF THEM. IN MACRO FORM:


obviously the best thing is NATE. also known as handy, handjob, sparky, 10.5, 10 II, my-genocidal-half-clone-whose-hair-isn't-as-good-as-mine (that's ten's nickname for him), and probably some others i am missing. but for some reason my favourite name for him is nate.

and i LOVE when nate and jackie step off the TARDIS at bad wolf bay and have the best conversation ever:











JACKIE + NATE = LOVE


actual dialogue:

jackie: "I was pregnant, do you remember? Had a baby boy."
nate: "Ah, brilliant! What'd you call him?"
jackie: "Doctor."
nate: [looks unspeakably touched] "...Really?"
jackie: "No, you plum. He's called Tony."
nate: [tries not to look TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED]

she calls him "plum" and tricks him with her clever ways! what more do you want, people? start shipping them!


argh i must finish my nate/jackie epic:

"Are you gay?" she asked, spreading jam over a scone.

He looked up, mouth full of breakfast. "Umf." He swallowed. "Depends on what you mean."

"What do you think it means?"

"Well, do you mean, am I gay because I'm sexually attracted to men? Or am I gay because I'm sexually attracted to women?"

"Why would being attracted to women make you gay?"

"Well, I am half Donna. Two fifths? Something. Anyway, it's not a negligible amount."

Jackie considered this for a moment.

"Does that make me gay at all, then?"

He raised his eyebrows at her, suggestively.

"I don't know, does it?"


in conclusion: NATE/JACKIE FOREVAH

Comments

[cesario.livejournal.com]

I think that maybe if you STOPPED REFERRING TO HIM AS NATE AS THOUGH ANYONE BUT YOU KNEW WHAT THE HELL THAT MEANT people would be more likely to be swayed by your post!

I'm sorry, my hatred is irrational and powerful.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH. i forgot to put that sentence in. ¬___¬

*goes to fix*

[time-converges.livejournal.com]

LOL - although I didn't think he looked "touched" I thought it was more "WTF" myself. But I do like the the Nate/Jackie epic excerpt. :D

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i will dispute that! he takes a couple seconds to become all serious with his face, and then says "really?" in this wee little voice. AND THEN JACKIE SHOOTS HIM DOWN.

i fudged the ";____;" face, though (it's from a couple minutes later), because his actual expression of trying to look like he knew all along that she was playing him, and failing, was a bit obscured by being behind rose as she started talking to ten.

[time-converges.livejournal.com]

I'll have to watch it again more closely, and get back to you. :D

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

even if you don't see it impossibly you will still have watched this magnificent scene again, so it is a win/win situation for you!

[time-converges.livejournal.com]

Okay, I watched it again, and I can see what you mean. Especially Jackie's wicked little gleam when she shoots him down. :D

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

YES. That was the only bit of the ending that I liked. JACKIE <3

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i laughed SO MUCH. she was just so deadpan. "no, you plum."

jackie is the best.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

I did, too! And calling him a plum made it even better.

Jackie is so the best.

[malicehaughton.livejournal.com]

Hehehe I'd ship it. Totally.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

IT'S EMINENTLY SHIPPABLE.

[radiantbaby.livejournal.com]

Jackie + Handy = Luff

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

it is a universal truth.

[supasass.livejournal.com]

I think I'm about to sound silly, but why do you call him Nate? I almost didn't ask because it's such a perfect name for him! xx

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

IT IS QUITE PERFECT. i think airie_faerie started calling him that right after the finale, and it was my favourite of his nicknames. i'm not sure why. maybe because it seemed the most suitably mundane and yet absurd? i like it as a meta-name for him, like handy, but he's got an actual name in the fic i'm writing.

his actual name may change from fic to fic, and author to author -- john smith, john noble, donald, arthur, etc., but he was still always be NATE. yes.