That’s so awesome. I never thought you’d actually find time to do this. Thank you. I’m just gonna hafta give in and read some of your 007.

That would be fun! I actually love doing these memes, but often have t wait for the weekend.. and if it’s a weekend I’m traveling, well, sometimes they never get done. But I really DO appreciate being tagged. Thanks again!

First Lines Meme

First Lines Meme

I was tagged by @lookthatway.  Thank you!  Sorry it took me a few days to find the time, but work is making me nuts.  I did one of these a long time ago, but it will be interesting to look again.  This are basically all 00q except 5 and 10.  All of these are on AO3… I’m not including short headcanons and such I only wrote on Tumblr. 

Rules: List the first lines of your last 10 published stories. 👀 if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice. Tag up to 10 friends!

  1. James enters the cavernous theater, expecting to find Sophia, the Royal Opera Foundations’ director and his acquaintance these twenty years, or her counterpart for the Ballet Foundation, Charles.
  2. The first time it happens, he’s been back about two months.
  3. “That’s lovely! Right there,” Q says, shutter clicking away rapid fire.
  4. “My story’s somewhat boring, I’m afraid,” 007 says, anteing up.
  5. LLAP: Hey man, congrats on the new role.
  6. The sound of the gunshot ricochets off the stone walls of the ancient dining hall until it fades to a thin, airless silence.
  7. “Q, are you sure this is all on the up and up?”
  8. “You know, 007, I’m quite jealous at the moment.”
  9. Q hears the soft click of the door and looks up even as he continues to type.
  10. “What about the Pack-and-Play?”

In terms of patterns… even though more than half of these start with dialogue (or texting), I honestly thought that percentage would be higher, because I really like starting stories with conversations.  You can also see my transition from Pinto to 00q (interrupted by PintodeMayo, of course)  It would be interesting to see if I systematically treat the two fandoms differently, but there’s not enough data here for that analysis, I think.  Anyone is welcome to add patterns they notice in the comments.

I’ll tag @seepunkrun @zjofierose @a-forger-and-a-point-man @beaubete @boffin1710 @beginte @elisa-pie @loves-pie @jaimistoryteller and @rabidchild67 (trying to get people I don’t *think* have been tagged yet, but if you want to do it and follow me, consider yourself tagged, and mention me when you do it so I can see your answers, please!

mi6-cafe:

Thank you to everyone who took part in the MI6 Cafe 007 Fest during July! It was great fun for mods to watch you take part (and for us to take part ourselves!). We hope you had a wonderful time, and thank you to all of those who have taken the time to provide us with feedback on the Fest – we want to make next year’s celebrations even better!

We have some prizes thanks to donations from generous 007 Games participants, who you can contact for further details if you win their prize. The winners, whose names were drawn from a winning team pool and an all-participants pool using a random number generator, are in bold next to each prize! The list of winners is below the read more.

Thank you again to all of those who took part, congratulations to the winners, and we hope to see you at future Mi6 Cafe events and next year’s 007 Fest!

Your M(ods),

Castillon02 and SpiritofCamelot

1) Overall Team Winner

The overall team winner of the 007 Fest is Team Q Branch.

Congratulations Q Branchers!!

Prizes below

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So long as you’re not done with the ‘verse. Phew! I was worried for a moment. It’s brilliant and so very hot!

I’m nowhere NEAR done with the ‘verse. If anything, now that I’ve gotten through the establishment phase, I get to really sink my teeth (or Bond’s teeth) into it and enjoy the outcomes. I’m so pleased to hear that you’re enjoying it. Now that Fest is over, I’ll possibly rename it a bit, create the new series, and get started on their first scene, which will be multiple chapters all on its own, and then will lead to more revelations… Thanks for letting me know you’re enjoying it!