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changeyourstars8) wrote2011-06-01 06:28 pm
changeyourstars8) wrote2011-06-01 06:28 pm
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Confessions of a Lifelong Shipper
Inspired by zombres's Bond fic, which got me thinking about the series, and one thing in particular.
I haven't talked about this much (at all, really) because it still strikes me as the height of dorkitude, but hey, what the heck. Since before I knew what shipping was, I shipped Bond and Moneypenny.
Even if I couldn't stand the rest of the movie, I always loved the two of them. Over the years, I've built up my own personal canon of her/how the two of them interact--
* She worked menial jobs while going to school. At a waitressing job, a regular who was a paper-pusher at MI6 realized that she alphabetized the sugar packets by manufacturer and color-coded the coffee. Impressed and a little frightened, he mentioned a job opening to her, and she's never looked back.
* It isn't just at work. She alphabetizes her spice rack (and every other thing she possibly can) at home. Except her books. She has to have those arranged by height, for some reason she can't quite explain.
* Every time Bond goes by her desk, he nudges her pen cup a little off-center.
* She flirts with him, but doesn't really think it'll ever go anywhere. Knows that even if it could, it probably wouldn't be a good idea. Both of them are fully aware of how screwed up he is when it comes to relationships. Doesn't keep her from fantasizing, though.
* If anyone ever asked, his response would be, "Oh, her? Nice enough lady." He always sends her a rose on her birthday.
* She's no blushing virgin waiting for him to someday sweep her off her feet. She's had her share of relationships. None of them ever seem to work out in the long term, though. If she's honest with herself, she knows why.
* She's gone by "Moneypenny" since college. Only M knows what her first name is now, and since she also knows M's first name (working high-classification paperwork has its advantages) they have a truce.
* He came in pretty battered after a rough assignment. She hurried out from behind the desk, asking if he was okay. It's the one time they've spoken without her desk between them. Since then, she seems to have gotten used to him getting hurt on the job. She hasn't.
* She lives in a small apartment. Spends most of her incidental income on Murano glass.
* He's leaned in close. So has she. But they've never touched.
It's a fantastic unrequited relationship, and I want it requited dangit. My one problem with the new Bond movies is that they don't have Moneypenny (yet. . .?) because I love the new series so much, and really want to see their take on her. As is, I am thisclose to writing fanfiction. Somebody tell me no.
James Bond: What would I ever do without you?
Miss Moneypenny: As far as I can remember, James, you've never had me.
James Bond: Hope springs eternal.
I haven't talked about this much (at all, really) because it still strikes me as the height of dorkitude, but hey, what the heck. Since before I knew what shipping was, I shipped Bond and Moneypenny.
Even if I couldn't stand the rest of the movie, I always loved the two of them. Over the years, I've built up my own personal canon of her/how the two of them interact--
* She worked menial jobs while going to school. At a waitressing job, a regular who was a paper-pusher at MI6 realized that she alphabetized the sugar packets by manufacturer and color-coded the coffee. Impressed and a little frightened, he mentioned a job opening to her, and she's never looked back.
* It isn't just at work. She alphabetizes her spice rack (and every other thing she possibly can) at home. Except her books. She has to have those arranged by height, for some reason she can't quite explain.
* Every time Bond goes by her desk, he nudges her pen cup a little off-center.
* She flirts with him, but doesn't really think it'll ever go anywhere. Knows that even if it could, it probably wouldn't be a good idea. Both of them are fully aware of how screwed up he is when it comes to relationships. Doesn't keep her from fantasizing, though.
* If anyone ever asked, his response would be, "Oh, her? Nice enough lady." He always sends her a rose on her birthday.
* She's no blushing virgin waiting for him to someday sweep her off her feet. She's had her share of relationships. None of them ever seem to work out in the long term, though. If she's honest with herself, she knows why.
* She's gone by "Moneypenny" since college. Only M knows what her first name is now, and since she also knows M's first name (working high-classification paperwork has its advantages) they have a truce.
* He came in pretty battered after a rough assignment. She hurried out from behind the desk, asking if he was okay. It's the one time they've spoken without her desk between them. Since then, she seems to have gotten used to him getting hurt on the job. She hasn't.
* She lives in a small apartment. Spends most of her incidental income on Murano glass.
* He's leaned in close. So has she. But they've never touched.
It's a fantastic unrequited relationship, and I want it requited dangit. My one problem with the new Bond movies is that they don't have Moneypenny (yet. . .?) because I love the new series so much, and really want to see their take on her. As is, I am thisclose to writing fanfiction. Somebody tell me no.
James Bond: What would I ever do without you?
Miss Moneypenny: As far as I can remember, James, you've never had me.
James Bond: Hope springs eternal.
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This post is adorable. Have you read the original books?
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I haven't read the original books; every time I'm seriously considering it I remember something about Bond 'turning' a lesbian, etc., and as much as I know the whole "take the time period into consideration" thing, I still wonder if it would be worth the potential spike in blood pressure. lol Have you read them? If so, are they as bad as some reviewers make out, or is it more of a "if you ignore a few sections here and there, they're fun" thing?
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One thing they both mentioned is that Bond is much more flawed and monsterscary in the books than he is in the original movie series, and that the current Bond is more akin to the books!bond, where there's something DEAD inside of him. He's a monster in human clothing, kind of soulless, broken and pretending to be whole.
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Yeah, it's probably not something that I'll look into right now, then.
One thing they both mentioned is that Bond is much more flawed and monsterscary in the books than he is in the original movie series, and that the current Bond is more akin to the books!bond, where there's something DEAD inside of him. He's a monster in human clothing, kind of soulless, broken and pretending to be whole.
Exactly. The first Bond movies I ever saw were the Roger Moore ones (. . . yeah) and with the whole ridiculous name thing-- I'm pretty sure I remember a woman in one of the later Bond movies named Christmas-- it just struck me as a bit too camp for something that is, at the heart of it, a tragedy. You've got a guy who starts out as a recognizable human being, falling in love, and then as he goes on he eventually has to extinguish anything that makes him human. It's scary and sad, and Xenia Onatopp never really fit in with that, to me.
Of course, if I think about that part of it too much, then I get depressed, so then my brain switches focus to how cute Bond and Moneypenny are. Yeah. lol