welcome to #THEBESTPLAYER , i’m sasha ( he / him ) and this is an independent , private and very selective rp blog for ian fleming’s james bond. my portrayal is film ( the dani.el crai/g collection ) and headcanon based with influence from the books which i have started to read. whilst this portrayal is a more present timeline ( with james having been born in 1968 , i do have a verse that adheres a little more to the books but this is request only as of right now. affiliated with @swannbond SIDENOTE : this blog has a secondary muse : remus evans extremely slow reply.
ACTIVITY : this blog is low activity and now my main blog , i am a full time university student who is neurodivergent with two disorders ( mental illness ) that can make both communication ooc and writing difficult at times. because of this my activity might fluctuate meaning some days i might be able to write quite a bit , others i might only be able to reblog pictures / character study posts etc or i might not even be on the dash at all.
FOREVER & A DAY : whilst i do have to change certain aspects of this part of james’ canon in order to make it work with the daniel craig collection , i do consider the events that take place in it to have been his first mission as 00 agent and because of this , they play a big part in how he sees himself in his main verse. irwin wolfe , sixteen and reade griffith are three people that haunt james relentlessly.
AGE : in my main verse i play james at the age of fifty-three and this is not up for discussion. whilst i have and will play around in james’ other verses where he is younger , i will not age him down in his main verse. i’ve been asked to in the past and tbh it annoys me. there is no reason that james cannot be a 00 agent in his fifties. it’s also impossible for me to write james as a 00 in his twenties ( as i have been asked before ) when james was a commander in the navy before he joined mi6. to write him as a 00 at the age of 20 would erase that background and a large part of who james is.
SKILL LEVEL : james is considered to be the best at what he does and the youngest person to be appointed 00 status in history. he is highly skilled with an extensive naval background. james is a valuable agent and whilst his methods don’t always play by the rules , he tends to get results. he is not easily beaten and the way i write him will reflect this. he’s been a 00 agent since he was 38 and he’s now 53. he has experience in this field and he has made a name for himself. That being said he can be beaten , it’s not impossible. i am always up for plotting things out etc , but please don’t assume james is defenceless because he’s not.
FACE CLAIM : my face claim is danie/l cra.ig and i have no plans to change this. whilst i do enjoy the other bond films ( although i haven’t seen some of them in YEARS ) , it is daniel’s portrayal that i like the most. he encompasses for me who james is.
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY / SUBSTANCE ABUSE : these themes will appear on this blog. during skyfall it is mentioned james has alcohol dependency and substance abuse problems and daniel craig has spoken about this in an interview and has admitted to playing james a little closer to the books where james does consume benzedrine ( amphetamine ) , mixing it often with alcohol. i consider this to be a part of james i do not want to erase and so it will appear on my blog. it will always be tagged accordingly : drug use cw , drugs cw , substance abuse cw , alcohol cw , alcohol dependency cw etc.
