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[selenak]

You know, it occurs to me that one effect of the Petraeus scandal is to rehabilitate any number of scriptwriters. The next time we feel like complaining that spy x and General Y behave in ways unrealistic for their jobs, or that a twist in a political story was far too soapish, there is always the rejoinder: But what about Petraeus? Here is a handy

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[athena799]

That is by far my favorite commentary on the Petraeus scandal. Also, I will check out the Skyfall fic recs, as I took am dismayed by the Q/Bond (was rather hoping for more Bond/Silva, since at least there was some real tension there). Thanks!

[selenak]

You're welcome. And well, my current theory as to why Q/Bond (as opposed to, say, Bond/Felix Leiter, who had a far slashier scene in Quantum of Solace and a canonical friendship), and why that trumps the potential Bond/Silva enemy slash (non existant so far) which you'd think have taken off otherwise, beyond "Ben Wishaw pretty": because young Q is a geek. Which apparantly means people can treat him as a self insert identify with him in a way they can't with super athletic spies.

...on a non-theoretical note: it's boring so not the pairing I'm interested in.

[greenpear]

I really need to make time to go see this. But the holiday season has already started and I may have to go see it without Beverly.

I'm liking this version of Bond & co...

[selenak]

So do I. :)