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halforcdad · 2 years

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love that the camera panned to Whistler when Ernie mentioned a “cheat code”, yes it’s because she was having the revelation about Alina being the key, but also because Whistler in a way is NCIS’s cheat code and secret weapon in tandem with Ernie most of the time

no she’s not marching out into the field with them 99% of the time to nab the suspect or save the victim with cool ass fighting skills, but she is still working her ass off behind the scenes, doing the tedious, but necessary research and pulling her connections to help them solve their cases and getting them out of situations safely (here we go again):

just off the top of my head, Whistler gets them the list of names in 1x01, sends the FBI to help Tennant and Jesse in 1x06, helps Lucy and Ernie work out the Clark Lohan stuff and figure out what his real goal is in 1x10, is invited onto the team for good reason and delivers during the Maggie Shaw case, literally everything that happened in 1x17 and 1x20, and helps them figure out who the Freeloffs are and how to crack David in 1x21, asks her friend for assistance to get a lead in the 1x22 to find Babin, sure some of this you can explain away as Whistler just doing her job and doing what she should as an intel officer/special agent, theoretically you could say any other DIA officer or FBI agent could do what Whistler does for the team adequately and decently

but Whistler is quick and efficient and she’s analytical, does all the research, she comes prepared, checks all her work twice makes sure to dot all her i’s and cross her t’s and knows how to get what she wants, she’s just very good at her job plain and simple (there’s a reason D.C. wanted her in a big managerial position) she bounces off the team well and gets them what they need without needing to be asked twice and never complains, and half of the help Whistler gives is offered when she’s not even on duty, she’s making time and exceptions for the team and she proves herself worthy of their trust and belief in her time and time again, it’s why even if you take away the Lucy stuff and the ease of having already known and developed a rocky relationship with her before her FBI transfer, they keep going back to her even if she’s not an official liaison between the departments, Whistler always pulls through

she is the cheat code you cannot account for because she is not NCIS and brings an outside perspective and skillset, but she has been heavily influenced by them, she is the cheat code because she has a reputation that comes with expectations and behavior you expect from her but then she surprises you, she’s a different person now, it’s the love given to her and the love she has for Lucy, the way the team just wants to see them both happy and cared for, her blatant honesty and transparency and willingness to be open and raw, her willingness to put everything on the line to protect the one she loves most when appealing to Alina that wouldn’t have been there in the beginning of the season, that’s only come after a long season of toiling with her emotions. rethinking her life and goals, of realizing her mistakes and earnestly trying to fix them and ultimately the growth that’s come from that, that inevitably appeals to Alina and gets her to share what she knows, Whistler is a cheat code because she’s learning to adapt and change and not be stuck in her ways because of the power of love, Whistler not caring that Alina thinks she's foolish to for telling her how much she cares because Whistler caring and loving is what saves the day

#ncis hawaii #kate whistler #kacy #in case my 100 posts didnt give it away im a staunch whistler supporter #i havent loved both members of a ship so much in a while wth #there was just so much whistler this episode i was pleasantly surprised they really did right by kacy this finale #the power of falling in love with one dazzling lucy tara life changing stuff i tell you

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