I've also finally sucked up the learning curve and used AO3's terms for ratings instead of that used by the movie industry, even though my mind still wants to think of ratings in letters. Change is good, but it ain't easy.
This post brought to you by Ben Whishaw's ridiculous happy face, <3
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gadget, trinket, doodad, device by scioscribe, teen&^, Bond/Q. If Bond wants a shoehorn that can also pick locks, it's Q's job to give it to him. (Well, actually it's not, but for some reason he keeps getting talked into it anyway. Also, he's been making a genuinely excessive number of things that explode.) High kudos and with good reason - sharp, dryly funny, with bonus Eve/Q snark and discussions of unnecessary explosions. Lovely Q-voice.
just a number in your mind by skylights, explicit, Bond/Q. Bond is a dark silhouette against the window, leaning against the glass. Q inexplicably feels something inside him shift, subtle yet axis-tipping in its enormity. A collection of scenes strung together by Q considering Bond, littered with intriguing hints at the wider expanses of their relationship (I love the story hinted at with the New Orleans reference). As optimistic as this pairing can be and written with a deft touch.*
* breathe in like you mean it by skylights, explicit, Bond/Q, what happened in New Orleans. warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, don't skip the tags. (just discovered this on a quick trawl of AO3 to make sure I'd caught all my intended recs; I flailed a lot, because I love hurt/comfort but there's no comfort yet (though she promises it at the end) so you might want to hold off reading until it's there.)
a pox on all your machines by scioscribe, teen&^, Bond/Q. The one where Q controls the universe with technology and Bond is trying to avoid complications (like falling for the voice in his head). Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. I was on this as soon as I saw the title because it just cries out awesome, but both make_a_move and jesse_kips had also texted me with within hours saying READ THIS IT IS AWESOME. It really is.
The World We View by melfice, mature, Bond/Q. "If you were a woman he would want you."/He hopes that, if he were a woman, he might have better taste. Really interesting look at a Q that's not confident in who he is at all, who has a sarcastic front he's built up that lets him exist but never quite fit, until Bond comes along and ignores all the ways he's tried to define himself. This Q fits pretty close to my reading of Q in the film, someone so very clever but still unsure of themselves in a physical way, and it's nice to read their relationship presented as positively affirming.
our bodies thrown together in time by nobirdstofly, explicit, Bond/Q, Q pulls the t-shirt over his head, somehow managing to make an even better wreck of his hair. Q shrugs, and Bond does not memorize the way his collarbone shifts under his thin skin. “Endothermic efficiency,” is all Q offers. Skyfall fandom is hitting tropes faster than I can count but I was ridiculously delighted to find my favourite 'sharing body heat' trope so quickly and done so well. Plays again on Q's physical fragility without underestimating his lethalness and is very careful to draw it so that it's not Bond taking advantage. Yes it's been done countless times before but this is up there with the best of the trope, definitely.
Face It All Together by GiGi_Sinclair, general, established Bond/Q. Just a little scene set well after the events of Skyfall but dealing wih the fallout. A little bleak, a little sweet, a touch of humour, very well-written.
Velocity by Saucery, mature, Bond/Q. Q goes undercover. Bond goes mad. Or, the one where Bond requests back-up during a mission and they send Q in dressed like a hooker. Hilarious, hot, amazing; I just wish there was a sequel.
Fear of Falling (For You) by flitterflutterfly, mature, Bond/Q, It is not a novel concept to Q, fear. But, he thinks, perhaps he doesn’t understand it half as well as Bond. A close look at their relationship, and the way it moves around things said or unsaid, the questions asked and the things worked out. Her Q is uncertain and young, afraid to hold onto Bond but holding on anyway, shaping himself to Bond's eccentricities without noticing that Bond's doing the same for him. Sometimes wanders into vagueness but gets extra kudos for being the only fic I've read so far to acknowledge that Bond's past may make him uncomfortable with being tied up.
after summer after summer by raven_aorla, mature, Bond/Q. Skyfall/The Tempest crossover. Q is really Ariel - the ethereal spirit, not the mermaid, thank you very much. And M, sorceress, has sealed him to 007’s service and protection until such time 007 chooses to set him free. The problem is this would require explaining the situation to James Bond first. Look, either you're the type of person who boggles at that summary and then clicks anyway because Shakespeare yay, or you're the type of person who pulls a face and moves on. I boggled and clicked, and didn't regret a second of it. (Also, now I'm kicking myself for not watching The Tempest movie with Ben Whishaw as Ariel when Sky had it on constant repeat for a month. My life, a constant tale of just-missing Ben Whishaw movies; thank the deity of your choice for dvds).
Classic by whiskyandoldspice (Itsirtou), explicit, Bond/Q, just a brief snippet of car sex. Hot, lovely. 'nuff said.
the sheer lack of professionalism by scioscribe, general, Bond/Q. Q rolled his eyes. “Oh, there are just bloody wheels within wheels to it, aren’t there, this kidnapping business? Really, you should give it up. You’re not cut out for it. Think about it, your first time out, and you pinch a national intelligence treasure and ask his MI6 boyfriend for ransom. It isn’t very promising, is it?” Q gets kidnapped and isn't afraid to give his kidnappers some constructive criticism. Not a shred of angst in it; this is pure genius hilarity, peaking with the reveal of the ransom demand. scioscribe definitely seems to be on a roll with this pairing, given that she's the only one recced more than once on this list and every one of those recs get a 'must read'.
it was dark when i found you on livejournal | on AO3 by whimsicalimages, teen&^, Bond/Q. Bond stares at him. There are two men tied up against the wall and four more lying on the floor, bleeding and hogtied with duct tape.“I ran out of rope after the first two,” Q admits. In which Q is a badass, Moneypenny is a badass, and Bond gets into staring contests with Q's pet snake (not a euphemism). Or as I described it in my bookmarks, 'the one where Q and Bond keep rescuing each other'. Found this on my LJ flist at 3am and read it under the covers on my iPod because I read the first bit and then couldn't stop.
Clockwork Soldiers by manic_intent, explicit, Bond/Q. If Q was ever asked how he had made it to such a key position within MI6 at his relatively youthful age, he would have called it twenty-per-cent sheer brain power, fifty-per-cent luck and the rest a thorough understanding of bureaucratic politics and human nature. Reccing this for the amazing snark and the fun of Bond bugging Q for another car more than the BDSM - I struggle to imagine Bond as someone who would enjoy being tied up given the sheer amount of negative connotations it has to have for him, but this is done well enough for me to rec even though it's not my thing. There is a second part to the series, Cold Passions but that one kind of makes me want to punch Q in the face so recced only if you like your Q with a side helping of cruel.
Not Your Usual by aglassfullofhappiness (Cedes), teen&^, Bond/Q, Q keeps typing, even as blood seeps into his cardigan and his fingers shake against the keys.. The tags for this are it's okay no one dies, and everyone is a badass which pretty much sums it up. I love this, for all that it's short; both Bond and Q feel very in-character and I love the last couple of lines.
from pawn to king by macabre, general, Bond/Q. What Bond learns first from Q is that he'll never win another chess match again. I've bookmarked this as "instead of talking about their feels, Bond and Q play chess". Nice look at how Bond/Q might realise how the other feels, despite both of them being trained to lie. With bonus Moneypenny.
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I feel like there might be a couple that I've missed but my phone is out of battery so I can't check he various rec messages make_a_move and jesse_kips, and the Skyfall section on AO3 is finally too large to double-check easily.
I'm still waiting on that long fic that's going to be the fic, you know, the one you rec first and without thinking whenever anyone says "So what should I read in Skyfall?" but given that the movie only came out less than a month ago and we're already almost at two hundred fics on AO3, I'm pretty (hopefully) confident it'll show up by Christmas.
I will do an actual post that isn't recs soon. Though I think recs are actually more work. Hmm.
This post brought to you by Ben Whishaw's ridiculous happy face, <3
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gadget, trinket, doodad, device by scioscribe, teen&^, Bond/Q. If Bond wants a shoehorn that can also pick locks, it's Q's job to give it to him. (Well, actually it's not, but for some reason he keeps getting talked into it anyway. Also, he's been making a genuinely excessive number of things that explode.) High kudos and with good reason - sharp, dryly funny, with bonus Eve/Q snark and discussions of unnecessary explosions. Lovely Q-voice.
just a number in your mind by skylights, explicit, Bond/Q. Bond is a dark silhouette against the window, leaning against the glass. Q inexplicably feels something inside him shift, subtle yet axis-tipping in its enormity. A collection of scenes strung together by Q considering Bond, littered with intriguing hints at the wider expanses of their relationship (I love the story hinted at with the New Orleans reference). As optimistic as this pairing can be and written with a deft touch.*
* breathe in like you mean it by skylights, explicit, Bond/Q, what happened in New Orleans. warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, don't skip the tags. (just discovered this on a quick trawl of AO3 to make sure I'd caught all my intended recs; I flailed a lot, because I love hurt/comfort but there's no comfort yet (though she promises it at the end) so you might want to hold off reading until it's there.)
a pox on all your machines by scioscribe, teen&^, Bond/Q. The one where Q controls the universe with technology and Bond is trying to avoid complications (like falling for the voice in his head). Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. I was on this as soon as I saw the title because it just cries out awesome, but both make_a_move and jesse_kips had also texted me with within hours saying READ THIS IT IS AWESOME. It really is.
The World We View by melfice, mature, Bond/Q. "If you were a woman he would want you."/He hopes that, if he were a woman, he might have better taste. Really interesting look at a Q that's not confident in who he is at all, who has a sarcastic front he's built up that lets him exist but never quite fit, until Bond comes along and ignores all the ways he's tried to define himself. This Q fits pretty close to my reading of Q in the film, someone so very clever but still unsure of themselves in a physical way, and it's nice to read their relationship presented as positively affirming.
our bodies thrown together in time by nobirdstofly, explicit, Bond/Q, Q pulls the t-shirt over his head, somehow managing to make an even better wreck of his hair. Q shrugs, and Bond does not memorize the way his collarbone shifts under his thin skin. “Endothermic efficiency,” is all Q offers. Skyfall fandom is hitting tropes faster than I can count but I was ridiculously delighted to find my favourite 'sharing body heat' trope so quickly and done so well. Plays again on Q's physical fragility without underestimating his lethalness and is very careful to draw it so that it's not Bond taking advantage. Yes it's been done countless times before but this is up there with the best of the trope, definitely.
Face It All Together by GiGi_Sinclair, general, established Bond/Q. Just a little scene set well after the events of Skyfall but dealing wih the fallout. A little bleak, a little sweet, a touch of humour, very well-written.
Velocity by Saucery, mature, Bond/Q. Q goes undercover. Bond goes mad. Or, the one where Bond requests back-up during a mission and they send Q in dressed like a hooker. Hilarious, hot, amazing; I just wish there was a sequel.
Fear of Falling (For You) by flitterflutterfly, mature, Bond/Q, It is not a novel concept to Q, fear. But, he thinks, perhaps he doesn’t understand it half as well as Bond. A close look at their relationship, and the way it moves around things said or unsaid, the questions asked and the things worked out. Her Q is uncertain and young, afraid to hold onto Bond but holding on anyway, shaping himself to Bond's eccentricities without noticing that Bond's doing the same for him. Sometimes wanders into vagueness but gets extra kudos for being the only fic I've read so far to acknowledge that Bond's past may make him uncomfortable with being tied up.
after summer after summer by raven_aorla, mature, Bond/Q. Skyfall/The Tempest crossover. Q is really Ariel - the ethereal spirit, not the mermaid, thank you very much. And M, sorceress, has sealed him to 007’s service and protection until such time 007 chooses to set him free. The problem is this would require explaining the situation to James Bond first. Look, either you're the type of person who boggles at that summary and then clicks anyway because Shakespeare yay, or you're the type of person who pulls a face and moves on. I boggled and clicked, and didn't regret a second of it. (Also, now I'm kicking myself for not watching The Tempest movie with Ben Whishaw as Ariel when Sky had it on constant repeat for a month. My life, a constant tale of just-missing Ben Whishaw movies; thank the deity of your choice for dvds).
Classic by whiskyandoldspice (Itsirtou), explicit, Bond/Q, just a brief snippet of car sex. Hot, lovely. 'nuff said.
the sheer lack of professionalism by scioscribe, general, Bond/Q. Q rolled his eyes. “Oh, there are just bloody wheels within wheels to it, aren’t there, this kidnapping business? Really, you should give it up. You’re not cut out for it. Think about it, your first time out, and you pinch a national intelligence treasure and ask his MI6 boyfriend for ransom. It isn’t very promising, is it?” Q gets kidnapped and isn't afraid to give his kidnappers some constructive criticism. Not a shred of angst in it; this is pure genius hilarity, peaking with the reveal of the ransom demand. scioscribe definitely seems to be on a roll with this pairing, given that she's the only one recced more than once on this list and every one of those recs get a 'must read'.
it was dark when i found you on livejournal | on AO3 by whimsicalimages, teen&^, Bond/Q. Bond stares at him. There are two men tied up against the wall and four more lying on the floor, bleeding and hogtied with duct tape.“I ran out of rope after the first two,” Q admits. In which Q is a badass, Moneypenny is a badass, and Bond gets into staring contests with Q's pet snake (not a euphemism). Or as I described it in my bookmarks, 'the one where Q and Bond keep rescuing each other'. Found this on my LJ flist at 3am and read it under the covers on my iPod because I read the first bit and then couldn't stop.
Clockwork Soldiers by manic_intent, explicit, Bond/Q. If Q was ever asked how he had made it to such a key position within MI6 at his relatively youthful age, he would have called it twenty-per-cent sheer brain power, fifty-per-cent luck and the rest a thorough understanding of bureaucratic politics and human nature. Reccing this for the amazing snark and the fun of Bond bugging Q for another car more than the BDSM - I struggle to imagine Bond as someone who would enjoy being tied up given the sheer amount of negative connotations it has to have for him, but this is done well enough for me to rec even though it's not my thing. There is a second part to the series, Cold Passions but that one kind of makes me want to punch Q in the face so recced only if you like your Q with a side helping of cruel.
Not Your Usual by aglassfullofhappiness (Cedes), teen&^, Bond/Q, Q keeps typing, even as blood seeps into his cardigan and his fingers shake against the keys.. The tags for this are it's okay no one dies, and everyone is a badass which pretty much sums it up. I love this, for all that it's short; both Bond and Q feel very in-character and I love the last couple of lines.
from pawn to king by macabre, general, Bond/Q. What Bond learns first from Q is that he'll never win another chess match again. I've bookmarked this as "instead of talking about their feels, Bond and Q play chess". Nice look at how Bond/Q might realise how the other feels, despite both of them being trained to lie. With bonus Moneypenny.
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I feel like there might be a couple that I've missed but my phone is out of battery so I can't check he various rec messages make_a_move and jesse_kips, and the Skyfall section on AO3 is finally too large to double-check easily.
I'm still waiting on that long fic that's going to be the fic, you know, the one you rec first and without thinking whenever anyone says "So what should I read in Skyfall?" but given that the movie only came out less than a month ago and we're already almost at two hundred fics on AO3, I'm pretty (hopefully) confident it'll show up by Christmas.
I will do an actual post that isn't recs soon. Though I think recs are actually more work. Hmm.
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