I think that Tony has a lot to account for because he did do some terrible things for those years he was with Emerson. And I'm not sure Tony could handle going back to jail again. I worry about his suicidal tendencies even more than I do about Jack's because Tony really doesn't have anything to live for once this threat passes. Jack at least has Kim and now the beginnings of a strong connection with Renee. But Tony...to quote Jack, at least if he dies today, he can die for something.
And I dunno if there will be an explosion of fic, per se, but I do know that there will probably be more than there is right now. Especially once we get the basic details of how much time difference there will be between S7 and S8. Because let's face it. Even just knowing what we know right now, the list of issues they'd have to work through if they did get together is a mile long. Just off the top of my head there's:
1) Jack and his scars and the fact that he's uncomfortable being touched. 2) Jack's inability to open up about his past. 3) The fact that he's never dated anyone who could take care of herself the way he can. They've always been civilians whom he's had to protect. And not only can Renee protect herself, she has a tendency to LEAP into danger, which Larry is TERRIBLE at controlling her instincts (Just think of how many phones he has had to give her just today) 4) The fact that he shot her (which, Jack has NEVER put any of the people he loved in any danger whatsoever, so that guilt's gonna haunt him later down the road.) 5) Their fundamental differences on where the line should be. They're meeting each other in the middle, slowly, but it's gonna take a while before they really see eye to eye and they'll probably disagree 90% of the time at first. 6) Their age difference. She's only a couple years older than Kim. 7) The fact that she looks like Teri and her own insecurities about competing with the memory of his dead wife. And Audrey.
So there'll be a lot of cover. It's just easier to focus once we know where the writers are gonna leave them at the end of the day.
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And I dunno if there will be an explosion of fic, per se, but I do know that there will probably be more than there is right now. Especially once we get the basic details of how much time difference there will be between S7 and S8. Because let's face it. Even just knowing what we know right now, the list of issues they'd have to work through if they did get together is a mile long. Just off the top of my head there's:
1) Jack and his scars and the fact that he's uncomfortable being touched.
2) Jack's inability to open up about his past.
3) The fact that he's never dated anyone who could take care of herself the way he can. They've always been civilians whom he's had to protect. And not only can Renee protect herself, she has a tendency to LEAP into danger, which Larry is TERRIBLE at controlling her instincts (Just think of how many phones he has had to give her just today)
4) The fact that he shot her (which, Jack has NEVER put any of the people he loved in any danger whatsoever, so that guilt's gonna haunt him later down the road.)
5) Their fundamental differences on where the line should be. They're meeting each other in the middle, slowly, but it's gonna take a while before they really see eye to eye and they'll probably disagree 90% of the time at first.
6) Their age difference. She's only a couple years older than Kim.
7) The fact that she looks like Teri and her own insecurities about competing with the memory of his dead wife. And Audrey.
So there'll be a lot of cover. It's just easier to focus once we know where the writers are gonna leave them at the end of the day.