"Blood Sisters" part 1 (Amelia Bones, Olivia Mansfield ['M'])
Author: Anonymous
Prompt/Prompt Author:"I know something of a woman in a man's profession. Yes, by God, I do know about that." (Elizabeth I, Shakespeare in Love ( Read more... )
Prompt/Prompt Author:"I know something of a woman in a man's profession. Yes, by God, I do know about that." (Elizabeth I, Shakespeare in Love ( Read more... )
This is exactly what I had in mind, dear Mystery Author, only better.
Wonderful characters and atmosphere, straight talk about the world in which they find themselves, no-nonsense accpetance of the unpleasant parts of their work--just the ticket!
The feeling around each other to figure out the niceties of the other's world is spot-on.
I love the matter-of-fact tone of the discussions of killing--one imagines each of these women fully understands the exigencies of the job--and the unemotional way they acknowledge the horror of it. It's the kind of thing people imagine women to be incapable of doing, and it's perfect to see that exploded here.
I also love Amelia's wonder at Muggle technology--it feels a bit like what I experience when I see a Bond film and the wonders Q produces.
Actually, she was still reeling from the fact of this person's existence, and had she not known the prior director of MI6 well, she would have thought it a joke or a sign of dementia. Tee, hee!
Seemed a waste of funds to make it over when it's perfectly serviceable, and frankly it makes it a bit easier for me to deal with the alpha male types, as this office is a place they have grown accustomed to toeing the line in. Eminently sensible.
Clearly, this Muggle woman was willing to make the hard choices when public safety was involved. She found herself warming towards her. Me too.
"I have people for that, yes." Love the understatement.
This sort of senseless violence just doesn't occur to most people, but I'm paid to think about it. There's the gist of it--tough job indeed!
He is a sexist, misogynist dinosaur who has a regrettable tendency to think with his penis. She has him pegged.
They have to go out, they do not have to come back. Yes.
No one in MI6 would have recognized the smile on M's face. Or mine.
Abstract painting to express her feelings--what a perfect thing for M--quiet, intensely personal, and perhaps difficult for others to understand.
"That's what the double zero is for, Commander Bond."
Even M felt a bit of a chill at the cold smile on his face. Fabulous, telling exchange.
The memorial garden is wonderful.
They understood that they had to be better to even be seen as good, that they were widely regarded as lucky when they were right and "typical women" if they were even a tiny bit wrong. Yes, this.
Can't wait for part 2!
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L
PS: Oh, I have an eye on Babette...
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I swear, I tried to talk several really good authors into picking up this prompt. They all professed difficulty in avoiding an M/Amelia romance.
So you were stuck with me. In any case, the prompt was just great.
I'm happy it was a bit of what you had in mind.
L
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