I got tagged by the lovely by @ericajanebarry Thank you so much my dear. :D <3
Your 3 fanfics with the most comments (or comment threads):
Royale Change
Sleeping Beauty
I did Get One Thing Right
Your 3 fanfics with the most kudos/favorites:
Change Series Book 1 - A change in the Tale
Royale Change
Clash of the M’s
Your oldest fanfic:
It’s All In The Kiss
Your latest fanfic:
Desolation
Your proudest fanfic:
For the moment it’s a tie between Royale Change and Desolation
Your longest fanfic:
Royale Change
Your 3 fanfics with the most hits
Royale Change
Sleeping Beauty
I did Get One Thing Right
Your top 3 crossover fanfics:
The Tale of Three Women ~ (James Bond/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel & As Time Goes By)
Leaving ~ (James Bond/Harry Potter)
The Substitute ~ (James Bond/As Time Goes By)
Your favorite character to write in fanfic:
I love writing all the James Bond characters especially James and Olivia. I do find it amusing when they bicker back and forth or get into one of their heated arguments. But I also like to write about a different side to them one we don’t get to see in the movies.
I also love writing dialogue between Olivia and Minerva, they are just so easy to write and it always leaves me smiling. As well, as writing Evelyn, Douglas from Best Exotic Marigold hotel and Jean, Lionel and sometimes Alistair from As Time Goes By. :D
Bonus round! A fic you love that isn’t listed above:
Oh this is a hard one, but I have to pick Visitation. This was one of my harder fics to write and it drained me emotionally, but I’m proud of the way it turned out in the end. :D
Tagging @saye0036, @mysticmelodies, @agecannotwitherher, @tayryn, & @velvetredbullet and anyone else who would like to do it. :D
Rules: Repost and tag 10 people you want to get to know better
Tagged by waltzlock, Thank you my dear 😘
Name: Carol-Ann
Birthday: December 26
Star Sign: Capricorn
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Country of Residence: Scotland
Favorite Color: Purple
Time and Date at the Current Moment: 16:43, July 26
Average hours of sleep: 7-8 hours roughly, give or take
Lucky number: 46
Last thing I googled: Deviantart
One place that makes me happy: London
How many blanket(s) do I sleep under: One
Favorite fictional character(s): Evelyn Greenslade (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Dench M (James Bond), Victoria Winslow (RED), Jean Pargetter (As Time Goes By) Violet & Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey), Sharon Raydor (Major Crimes) Minerva McGonagall, Effie Trinket And many more.
Favorite Celebrities: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Bill Nighy, Julie Andrews, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Watson, Daniel Craig, Mary McDonnell And many more.
Favorite book(s): Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, And Furthermore, Shakespeare complete works, + more
Favorite Anime(s): I don’t really watch anime.
Favorite shows: Sherlock, Prime Suspect, New Tricks, As Time Goes By, Torchwood, Doctor Who, House M.D, Major Crimes. + More
Favorite musician/band: I mostly listen to movie soundtracks.
Favorite games: James Bond: Bloodstone, Tomb Raider, & Resident Evil.
Last movie I’ve seen in the cinema: Terminator Genisys
Dream Holiday: India!
Dream Job: Historian. (probably won’t happen).
Wearing right now: Harry Potter PJ’s.
Last book I read: Jean Plaidy’s The Widow of Windsor
Last fanfiction I read: Queen of Spades by astolat (ao3)
I tag: happymathilda, funny1face, agecannotwitherher, tayryn, mysticmelodies, thecomedyqueer, lostinyourlines, fraukederrabauke, thisisamadhouse, mrsconneryisunfaithful and anyone else who would like to do it.
You don’t have to if you don’t want to my dears. x
I truly am blessed with the most wonderful, generous friends ever! Why I am so lucky, I have no idea!
Last Friday I got the Marigold soundtrack from my Chum, who isn't even a Judi fan!
And this evening, the Charlie Rose DVD arrived. (yes, I know the DVD is backwards, but that is the side that had the Judi pic!) *squishes friend tightly*
So yesterday I was tagged by the wonderful cycle-song (!!follow her, she's such a lovely, talented person!!) in this thingy so here goes, my top 10 husbands and wives (in no particular order, of course ;))
Gregory Peck (no explanation needed)
Julie Andrews (also no explanation needed)
Cate Blanchett (her in notes on a scandal? heaven)
Frank Sinatra (id already get married to his voice but he's more than that ;))
Emma Thompson (shes perfection)
Gillian Anderson (why i keep reblogging scully gifs loool)
Meryl Streep (queen of everything)
Audrey Hepburn
Fred Astaire
Robert Redford
THIS WAS SO HARD OMFG. I'll tag sinatraswooners, agecannotwitherher, bustorkeaton, marykatestreep, classicmoviegal
“Please stay.” M to James Bond for agecannotwitherher.
He was so careless sometimes. With his life, with others. M had grown weary of it over the years and yet she knew this was how he worked. The young man fashioned into the service his country required him, had grown into a callous man, carefully shielded from life’s emotions. She could hardly blame him for that. She had encouraged it.
His talents were worth it. The calculating part of her knew that Bond would push and push himself to meet her expectations. Whatever he thought he was doing, he was hers.
The other part of her, the not so calculating side with the shred of sentimentality, gazed at him now as he sat in the corner of her room, fingers busy with a bottle of scotch.
He breaks into her house even though she told him not to. He comes when he thinks she doesn’t notice, or doesn’t care, or is too satisfied with his results to care. He doesn’t know she’s amused by it.
Bond straightens up, finishing the drink he’s poured. M watches him from the bed, eyes half closed.
“I hope you locked the door behind you.”
Bond looks up quickly, worried lips pursing together. “Did I wake you?”
“I was already awake.”
“They said the bomb was attached to your car.”
M pushes herself up slightly. “You’re supposed to be in France.” Who had told him?
Bond shrugs. “How close?”
There was little use in putting it off. He’d find out once he was back at the office anyway. “It went off two minutes early.”
His lips thin. “A warning then? Or an accident?”
“Either one.” She keeps her voice calm. There had been a moment right after the explosion when her heart had roared in her chest, and the heat from the flames had risen high. M had thought then, how someday death would come, and it would not be easy or quick, or necessarily kind.
She wonders what sort of death Bond would prefer, and knows better than to ask.
Bond looks at her now and M knows what he’s seeking.
“I’m alright.” The irritation isn’t feigned. How is it that this, a foolish attempt on her life can bring him running back to her side when there are times she has to order him home before he’ll listen?
“Good.” Bond smiles and for a moment M thinks of all the things she’s never said to him. “It would be a pity to die on the steps of St. Mary’s.”
“I’ll try to pick a more prestigious spot next time.” She smoothes her hand over the blankets, and catches Bond watching the movement.
“I’ll be going then.” Bond sets his glass on the sideboard. “If you’ve no further need of me, marm.”
He’s done this once or twice of late, testing her, waiting for something M isn’t certain yet she’s willing to give. What would she offer him now?
But there are first times for everything. Tonight’s she tired and the bed is cold. She’s considered this before, but never allowed herself to give in.
Tonight as she gazes at Bond she sees a flicker of something she’s never seen before on his rugged face. There’s longing there, in the clear blue eyes staring back at her. The unaccustomed vulnerability within them twists something in her, and M hesitates.
Bond turns to go.
“Please, stay.” She says.
If he says anything she’ll pretend it doesn’t matter. But he doesn’t. Bond merely nods and removes his coat. He puts it over the chair and then, still without speaking, he slips his shoes off as well. Clad in shirt and trousers, he comes over to her.
M turns over on her side, gazing at the wall. There’s a breath of silence behind her, and then the bed sinks with his weight as he stretches out beside her. The arm around her waist is almost tentative.
M settles it more firmly around her with a matter-of-fact gesture. Bond’s mouth rests against the base of her neck. He breathes deeply, comfortable here in her bed in a way that no one else has ever been. His socked feet rub against her bare ones.
There’s a faint smile on M’s lips as she drifts off to sleep. In the morning Bond will probably be gone, but for now he’s there, warmth at her back and holding her close.
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I was tagged by: dolphelecat
Thank you for tagging me my dear :D
1. I have two diplomas, one in Biomedical Science and the other in Social Science.
2. I have no tattoos or piercings.
3. I have five copies of the best exotic marigold hotel. Four on DVD one on blu ray. (I bought them for back-up in case one breaks. that and they were on special offer;))
4. If i see a dvd with Judi i'll buy it even though i've already got it.
5. I have no brothers or sisters.
6. I have so much stuff in my room, that i only have a one way system in and out. If i don't jump over my bed first.
Ten followers this is always hard, love all my followers.
