#open line

[aniron48]

open line

I meant to watch a movie tonight like a normal person, but somehow this happened instead.

There was no conceivable excuse for it. Bond had prepared to sign off comms the way he always did— “I’ll see you in London, Q.” —and Q, only half paying attention, closing camera feeds, verifying flight paths, had responded—

(Or, Q gets distracted on comms, and says the unthinkable.)

"open line" is now up on ao3! Work includes an inadvisable lack of focus during work hours, discussion of the extreme assholery of certain greek "heroes," scandalized pensioners, and more romance than you might expect to find in a Tesco's. I very much hope you enjoy this one.

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Thanks to the S4 gag reel, when Buzz says “Captain Raydor’s arrived,” the only appropriate response is “Damn, does she look hot?!”

[stonecoldmeme]

“Most people would stop when they hear a gun being cocked.”

[aniron48]

for the fanfic writer ask game-

❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?

🎬 If a movie or show were based on your fic, which fic would you choose and who would you fancast?

Hi, friend! 💜 Thank you for the ask!

❤️ -- this was a hard one! I aaaaaaaalmost picked a serious line but in the end I pivoted toward one that was just a lot of fun to write, from open line: “This is ridiculous, you know,” said a voice from behind him. Q startled, dropping the apples he’d been putting in his cart. Bond bent down to help Q pick them up as he continued. “A man shouldn’t have to go undercover as a cabbage to talk to his quartermaster.”

I think I had so much fun with this line because it let me set up a tender moment with a little bit of silliness, maybe? (And also shout out to your comments on the apples bit of this longer passage for inspiring one of my favorite conversations in the comments on Bond being a sociopath, and eventually leading to the wonders of Algarabía!)

🎬 -- ooooh I went back and forth on this one as well! 😁 ultimately I'm going to go with The More Loving One, mostly because I was *incredibly* self-indulgent when I wrote it, and included a lot of my favorite concepts from both canon and fanon: Q pining, a smidgeon of mission fic, MI6 found family (and the gang playing Fuck/Marry/Kill and Celebrity, with varying degrees of success), and, perhaps most importantly for something hypothetically being converted to a visual medium, Q and Bond dancing together in a gay bar. And obviously, Daniel Craig, Ben Whishaw, and the whole crew are invited back for this movie. And all of you are invited to the premiere. I'll be there too as soon as I can find the perfect gender-ambiguous suit to wear.

Thanks again for this, I hope you have a lovely weekend! 💜

[aniron48]

I hope you have a good flight! I’ve been meaning to drop a comment somewhere about your fic where Q accidentally tells Bond he loves him over open comms :D I utterly loved it <3 The hilarious dialogue! Q pointedly avoiding Bond! Bond tailing Q to the Tesco! Deep undercover as a cabbage!! It was the perfect fluffy thing I needed to read, with just a sprinkling of pining for spice :)

@silverbrume, thank you so much for this—both for the well wishes for the flights (I survived!) and the kind comment. I’m especially glad it delivered the fluff you needed. I kind of slouched into this fandom in the latter half of the year, because I needed some additional light and happy things in my life, and gosh has it delivered. Hands down, my first favorite thing has been the wonderful community of thoughtful, kind, funny, creative people in it.

And my second favorite thing has been the dawning realization that I can just…write the thing I need? And there it is? Just suddenly in the world?

I wrote open line after a week of responding to some hard events in the world at work, and I needed something kind and soft and easy, and apparently James Bond hiding amongst the cabbages was it. I’m so glad it was what you needed, too! Thank you for this, friend. 💕

[aniron48]

@bishybarnaby I couldn’t figure out how to leave you this in response to your comment on “open line” so I have no choice but to leave it here 😁

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Lee, you really shouldn’t have stabbed Laura Roslin in the back.

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Here for Sharon uplifting her female colleagues and sassing sexual predators to death