→ additionally: in regards to my interpretation of bond’s world, female 00’s are fairly difficult to come by. you won’t make it as a 00 unless you’ve had remarkable experience [ ideally, military ] and unless you’re closer to 30—mid 30’s. male 00’s outnumber female: if you want to make a female 00, that’s great. i won’t stop you. i don’t want to. what i don’t want is carbon copies — women can be the strong and silent types; there’s no shame in being sexual, or being a joker. don’t restrict your 00 to the same routine ’feisty‘ ’bitchy‘ ’always gets what she wants‘ ’emotionless‘ and etc. make a damned character.
bond is canonly the best shot in the service. don’t test me.
back in the day, agents were mostly recruited from the british military’s special forces. have them work in foreign countries. have them be bilingual, multilingual, etc. give them a favorite weapon. [ idec if you snag a couple from a master list of firearms used in the bond franchise. ] but don’t let M catch you using a personal firearm while on a mission — bond’s beloved beretta was confiscated in dr. no, after all.
the less connections, the better. you’re meant to be anonymous [ unless you’re bond, then your goddamn dossier is with the KGB and your obituaries are printed in the papers ] — and by connections, i mean family. you’re gonna make connections as you climb the ladder: bond uses valentin’s help in goldeneye after bribing him with a shit ton of money and not getting arrested. in one of the more recent novels, i think it’s carte blanche ? bond’s got a ridiculously lengthy list of contacts in his mobile, something along the lines of ’those who owe him a favor‘ whatever.
while honey-trapping [ sexual persuasion ] isn’t the most common method of acquiring information, it sure as hell is a viable one. sometimes it happens, because people in this business have wandering hands and roaming eyes and a weakness for soft skin and a warm mouth.
give your agent nightmares. whether from their childhood or from the latest mission, i don’t care. maybe it’s from the first mission, like how le chiffre’s torture from casino royale has stuck with him. they need their wake up calls. maybe they fall for an asset — don’t kill off all their lovers. fleming went a bit trigger happy with that imo. but they’ll meet people who bring out the best in them, and sometimes the worst.
what does their flat look like? do they keep souvenirs? do they have old family photo albums? if they’re decorated [ bond’s got a C.M.G. — ’most distinguished order of saint michael and saint george‘ and he’s a companion. he turned down a knighthood because he couldn’t take himself seriously as ’sir james bond.‘ ] but not everyone has the same award. BUT if they’re decorated — are they proud? these honors come with obligations, which bond despises. he prefers anonymity.
maybe you don’t want to make an agent. i did a thing HERE for that possibility — don’t quote me on it, but that’s the list i’m going with.
when it comes to agents, while i have my main 00 ’family‘, i am perfectly fine with writing with other 005’s and 0010’s and 003’s and etc. i’m not going to be exclusive with that bit, because it wouldn’t be fair to only allow 13 or 14 people to make 00 agents and say ’fuck all‘ to the rest. just remember: when i’m feeling down or overwhelmed, my mains will be the first ones to whom i’ll reply. it’s nothing personal.
don’t go around ic telling everyone about your 00 license. that may very well get you shot. [ if it doesn’t, bond will shoot you himself. ]
being a 00 with a significant other and a family is beyond risky — M gets away with it because she’s M, but still. be realistic. you go about toppling regimes and the like, of course it’s going to come back to haunt you eventually. your coworkers can handle that sort of pressure — can your family?
i’m not even done but i need to wipe cheeto dust off my fingertips before i permanently stain this keyboard. to be continued.
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