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

[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.