Fandom Snowflake Challenge #6 [Buffyverse drabble]

[aadler]

Taking on the meme/challenge begun here.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #6
In your own space, create something. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it, and include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

And done, below!

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Official Attention
Copyright January 2022

Setting: Buffy, post-Season 7; NCIS, Season  1
Spoilers: “Chosen” (Buffy S7-22), none for NCIS

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Caitlin Todd frowned at the file. “An Army base?”

Her supervisor nodded. “Except the accused left the Army when his enlistment expired, then went into the Marines after 9-11. Now he’s one of ours.”

Peering over Todd’s shoulder, Anthony DiNozzo exclaimed, “He stole a rocket launcher?”

“On guard duty when it disappeared,” Leroy Jethro Gibbs corrected. “Records review finally caught up to him.”

“Six years ago,” Todd said, reading further. “Not too cold a trail —”

“Uh, boss?” DiNozzo interjected. “The base doesn’t exist anymore. Or the town.”

Gibbs gave him a flat stare. “Still our job. And we’ll do it.”


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So let me know what you think!

Comments

[aadler]

The original idea (years ago, and never followed up till now) would have been for JAG. When the time came, though, NCIS — which, I believe, is actually a JAG spin-off — got the win. And, yes, the one Buffy used on the Judge.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Never thought about that. If not a JAG spin off at least inspired by

[aadler]

I’d been going on something I heard from my wife, not my own direct knowledge, but I just checked and found this online: In 2003, “a two-part JAG episode with the titles ‘Ice Queen’ and ‘Meltdown’ introduced fans to a team from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS. Led by Special Agent in Charge Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the NCIS team was tasked with investigating Commander Rabb …” So yes, NCIS is a spin-off more successful than its parent series.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

wow, that's cool