Kate Todd/Tony DiNozzo
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Caitlin "Kate" Todd/Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo |
| Alternative name(s): | Tate |
| Gender category: | Het |
| Fandom: | NCIS |
| Canonical?: | Non-canon in reality, canon in AU (possible future) |
| Prevalence: | Popular |
| Archives: | tony_kate |
| Other: | Note: They had a love/hate relationship, often referred to as a sibling relationship. Many times they proved it's more than a sibling kind of a relationship. |
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Kate/Tony is a pairing of Caitlin "Kate" Todd and Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo from the NCIS fandom.
Canonically, Kate and Tony's relationship could be referred to as a sibling love/hate relationship as they argued and constantly competed with each other. However they both got along despite some personality crashes at first. Tony was even shown being considerate, kind and even borderline romantic to Kate as well as protective of her. In extras seen on the S2 DVD set, the producers stated it was intended for there to be a relationship between them had Kate lived. This might account for the several mentions/hints at her character in future episodes after she had died are usually made by Tony [1].
In Season 9, an Alternate Universe was revealed where Kate had never been killed by Ari thanks to Gibbs[2]; thus Kate and Tony were married, and had a newborn baby girl, named Kelly. [3]
Fandom
Kate/Tony is a popular pairing both before and after Kate's death.
A popular trope in fanfiction dealing with Kate/Tony is to deny Kate's death, usually by an alternate universe in which she somehow survived the shooting or was in never any danger to begin with (or was switched with a similar looking person to keep Ari from realizing that it wasn't Kate he shot). Other popular storylines is her to appear as a "ghost" to Tony . There are a lot of Tony fics where he is trying to deal with Kate's death.
Other storylines deal with them finally starting a relationship or missing scenes/episode tags from the first two seasons. Even though the Tate ship isn't as popular as the Tiva ship, people still cheer for it.
Fanworks
Fics
- Slices of a Life Worth Living by noplacespecial, rated teen, Kate is surprised at how easily they fall into a routine.
- A Point At Which by xdawnfirex, rated adult.
- Whispers by flareonfury, rated general, Kate tells Tony a secret.
- You Don't Use the Whole Chicken? by xdawnfirex, rated adult.
- Time Of My Life by cutie.m383, rated teen.
- Fixing You by COUNTRYY CHICKK, rated teen. "Your life can shatter in a blink of an eye, Never in a million years she would thought he would save her and put the pieces back together."
- The Chase by Dixieland Delight, rated K+ (Kids +) "Who's chasing Kate in the park, and why are the two of them discussing making out on the benches?"
Arts
- you are electricity and you are light, a Kate/Tony picspam
Meta
- Beyond the Bickering, Archived version ship manifesto by wickedandcruel (2005)
Vids
Archives and Communities
Resources and Links
References
- ^ Kate's Death section on the Kate Todd Wikipedia article
- ^ "Life Before His Eyes" Wikipedia article about the 200th episode
- ^ "Nice job Kate!", a gif of Tony holding Kelly and Kate smiling at them.