1) There's so much respect and banter and that wonderful feeling of competent equals meeting in a lot of Bond fic, and I can never get enough of it. I'm here for Q's ridiculous home security, for all the headcanons about Q Branch and missions and other 00s (like blackidyll's Scarlett!), for teamwork and both of them getting kidnapped too damn much, and for both of them being bamfs at each other, and for one or both of them being kind of terrible at feelings but too stubborn not to pursue what they want or to let the other one scare them away. I also love when they're both "the scary one" in the relationship but in vastly different ways. :P
I've mentioned I don't like weak!Q, and one related trope that I could stand to see less of is 'Q can't feed himself/forgets to take care of himself' because, well, Q is an adult and people's lives sometimes literally depend on whether or not he's with-it enough, so I feel like Q's got a responsibility to make sure he's stuffing adequate sources of blood sugar into his face on a regular basis. Q-who-lives-on-protein-bars. Q-who-lives-on-microwave-dinners. Q-who-eats-too-much-boxed-salad. However you want to do it--though I'll note that there are takeaway containers on his desk in Skyfall! I know the whole genius-forgot-to-eat-because-he-was-thinking-too-much narrative is compelling, but if Q can supply his 00s with THEIR equipment, then he can supply his body with the equipment it needs to keep going on a regular basis.
*cough* Um. Apparently I had some strong feelings about that.
I also don't like Eve as a matchmaker? Love her as Bond and Q's friend, but she also deserves more than to be the narrative device getting them together.
2) Whatever the other person asked for. By that point they're open and secure enough about it that they're just like "Okay, what do you want?" There's room for a little improvisation, of course, but they both feel better knowing what they're going to get.
3) In Spectre, Q seemed to have a little less spine where Bond was concerned than he did in Skyfall. They still had great banter, but it always felt like Q was giving and Bond was taking--less reciprocity. So for me, the challenge is figuring out how much Q actually gave/risked and why (bc it needed done? bc he trusted Bond as an agent? bc he's hopelessly devoted to Bond's everything damn it?), and what it would take for Bond to give back in a genuine way.
And of course Madeleine can continue to be part of Bond's life even though I mostly ship 00Q. (OT3 with Q! or friends with Bond and/or Q! or MONEYPENNY/MADELEINE, YES) Or she can dump him like she was going to at first, or a dozen other options. It's important to me to acknowledge Madeleine's character and treat her respectfully (no fridging!), plus, like...we hardly ever get awesome ladies that are STILL ALIVE by the end of a Bond movie, so why not enjoy the fact that she's here?
4) Tanner makes a lot of phone calls and writes a lot of emails. He practices keeping his voice calm. He strategically incentivizes and threatens, sometimes so well that the person he's talking to isn't aware of why they've changed their mind. He touches base with Bond during lunch when they both have time, exchanges long-suffering looks with Moneypenny, and enjoys Q's ability to do at least some of the impossible things that Tanner asks him to do before his first cup of Earl Grey. Greatest accomplishment: The 00s were all together in the MI6 building once. Thanks to Tanner, the building was still standing by the end of the day and the event hasn't repeated itself. :P
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Date: 2016-02-02 06:32 am (UTC)I've mentioned I don't like weak!Q, and one related trope that I could stand to see less of is 'Q can't feed himself/forgets to take care of himself' because, well, Q is an adult and people's lives sometimes literally depend on whether or not he's with-it enough, so I feel like Q's got a responsibility to make sure he's stuffing adequate sources of blood sugar into his face on a regular basis. Q-who-lives-on-protein-bars. Q-who-lives-on-microwave-dinners. Q-who-eats-too-much-boxed-salad. However you want to do it--though I'll note that there are takeaway containers on his desk in Skyfall! I know the whole genius-forgot-to-eat-because-he-was-thinking-too-much narrative is compelling, but if Q can supply his 00s with THEIR equipment, then he can supply his body with the equipment it needs to keep going on a regular basis.
*cough* Um. Apparently I had some strong feelings about that.
I also don't like Eve as a matchmaker? Love her as Bond and Q's friend, but she also deserves more than to be the narrative device getting them together.
2) Whatever the other person asked for. By that point they're open and secure enough about it that they're just like "Okay, what do you want?" There's room for a little improvisation, of course, but they both feel better knowing what they're going to get.
3) In Spectre, Q seemed to have a little less spine where Bond was concerned than he did in Skyfall. They still had great banter, but it always felt like Q was giving and Bond was taking--less reciprocity. So for me, the challenge is figuring out how much Q actually gave/risked and why (bc it needed done? bc he trusted Bond as an agent? bc he's hopelessly devoted to Bond's everything damn it?), and what it would take for Bond to give back in a genuine way.
And of course Madeleine can continue to be part of Bond's life even though I mostly ship 00Q. (OT3 with Q! or friends with Bond and/or Q! or MONEYPENNY/MADELEINE, YES) Or she can dump him like she was going to at first, or a dozen other options. It's important to me to acknowledge Madeleine's character and treat her respectfully (no fridging!), plus, like...we hardly ever get awesome ladies that are STILL ALIVE by the end of a Bond movie, so why not enjoy the fact that she's here?
4) Tanner makes a lot of phone calls and writes a lot of emails. He practices keeping his voice calm. He strategically incentivizes and threatens, sometimes so well that the person he's talking to isn't aware of why they've changed their mind. He touches base with Bond during lunch when they both have time, exchanges long-suffering looks with Moneypenny, and enjoys Q's ability to do at least some of the impossible things that Tanner asks him to do before his first cup of Earl Grey.
Greatest accomplishment: The 00s were all together in the MI6 building once. Thanks to Tanner, the building was still standing by the end of the day and the event hasn't repeated itself. :P