yknow sometimes part of me wants alex to be the quintessential bond girl, to dress up with make up and look hot af in heels, play the perfect femme fatale
the problem is that’s everything she’s rejected in life, she was a flat chested teen who was teased mercilessly by girls for not being the ideal of what the body standard of the time should be - she worked hard to project this don’t fuck with me energy
her dirtiness and messiness is as much a disguise for herself as any other character she plays. she purposefully doesn’t brush her hair wears ripped clothing and nothing that would generally be considered feminine past the age of around 20. she projects androgyny order to be more threatening, to project male power.
sure, she can do the whole getting dolled up when its required but she’s never W O W in the way bond girls are, her best attempt it to blend in at whatever event she’s at and not raise more attention than necessary.