#007 fest introduction

[teamcivilian]

007 Fest 2023 Team Civilian Captains Intro Post:

Co-captain Lasika (aka turtle) @00qsillyfanturtle

Civilian Name: Domino's Turtle Taxi (a tourist attraction run by no one other than Emilia Janusova)

Second year at Fest and a first time co-captain (exciting and terrifying in equal measures 😬). And a second time civilian on top!

More into the 00q side of things, though I do adore the Daniel Craig Bond movies (and the others too, for sure, but DC Bond did make me cry in a way the others quite didn't manage to 😐).

I am neither a fanfic author (hello ao3) nor a fanartist (nor that good a gifmaker 😓) but I am an awesome cheerleader/enabler of all fan things that must be written, drawn and/or created in any format xD so feel free to prod me here on Tumblr or Slack :D

I'm super excited for Fest as my first experience was an absolute blast and I had so much fun making new friends in the Bond fandom (you guys know who you are! Good luck - now you are stuck with me 😈). So here's me hoping to make more new friends, hopefully participate in some activities (come on, workplace, gimme a break!), and make sure that Team Civilian has a great time too during the Fest!

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Hello Everyone,

Co-captain Penny

@crewman-penelope here!

Civilian Name: Gingerfan

This is my third fest year, my first as co-captain.

Bond fan since childhood, back sucked in while the Pandemic, I happily found this awesome community on Tumblr ❤️

I'm a fanfiction writer, picture editor and lousy gif-maker, just for fun, and the creator of the Safin Sunday. You can find me on A03 as Anja_Petterson, and speak with me here on Tumblr on the chat system.

I can't wait to meet the team and to create some awesome Bond relates stuff with you all!

[slythgeek]

007 Fest Intro Post: Daniel Craiginch

Tumblr/AO3/TikTok/etc. handles: Slythgeek most places, HouseSpock on TikTok

Civilian role: long-suffering actor, married to Q

What were you doing before being rudely interrupted by an international crisis?: enjoying retirement with my highly intelligent husband

Favorite snack/drink to have while watching the events unfold: a packet of lightly salted crisps and a rye whisky, neat

What I’m most looking forward to during fest: an over abundance of 00Q saturating the internet

[melynen]

007 Fest Intro Post

Oh hey, I’m Celyan, Celyan Shaw. I was simply minding my business and maybe, perhaps, possibly I wasn’t exactly supposed to be where I ended up in… What can I say, I’m just a cat at heart, letting my nose lead me where it may.

Yes, so, either way I’m here now. Nice to meet you, everyone. I speak many languages and I can do some computer stuff too, some coding, maybe a bit of hacking, you know, beginner things really. Mum taught me, one day she wishes for me to take over from her, but I’m keeping my options open.

And I can help! Yes, just let me know what you’d like me to do and I’ll get right on it. I’m a really good listener, too, so if you need someone to talk to, well, here I am.

Hi, Mely here, it’s my 6th Fest and I’m looking forward to writing & creating lots (hopefully even collaboratively) as well as having fun with others. 😄 Making new friends would be the icing on the (birthday) cake for me. ✨

[verdigrissoup]

Agent 003 reporting for duty!

Name: VerdigrisSoup (or Soup for short :))

Pronouns: she/her

Favorite Caviar: If it's in a broth, I will eat it.

Favorite Cocktail: When people ask me this question, I say my favorite drink is chaos. Really, the real answer is a root beer float, but you won't spread that around, will you? I'll know if you did.

The last gadget I brought back to Q branch in one piece: People like Bond have no finesse. I'm meticulous about bringing back the basics-- your average gun, radio, even some throwing knives. That way, when I end up damaging (read: pocketing) that all-in-one camera/compass/flamethrower/umbrella, nobody bats an eye.

Last favorite mission: I hate it when they send me to a desert. I've never done well with anywhere hot and sandy.

[dassandre-00qpidsarrow]

007 Fest 2023 - Intro Post

[tales-of-whales]

007 Fest Introduction Post

Hello there! I'm Vic, it's my first fest, and I have no clue what I'm doing!

My character for fin-fiction events this Fest is Willemein "Willie" Crockett

Willie here is a cafeteria worker - passionate, enthusiastic, and often oblivious to the irritation she causes. Her main aspiration is to make the cafeteria grate (huh, i mean great) again. Here are the bullet points:

she wants to get everyone to have their 7-a-day of vegetables. (taste the rainbow, woop-woop!)

she strives to ban all things plastic from the cafeteria grounds because plastic cutlery not only harms tortoises but is also an aesthetic offence.

she distributes food strictly by the plate rule to ensure everyone gets a healthy mix of all the nutrients.

People want bangers and mash, though, and to snack on vinegar crisps instead of carrot sticks. Agency people don’t appreciate being told how to eat, so at least during lunchtime, she annoys nearly everyone. She thinks few of the people want her dead, but that's okay as long as they are loaded with veggies.

What helps? Hard to say. Maybe the fact she's plump, mid-30s and wears round glasses and rainbow aprons. Maybe the huge poster "Veggies for Vigilance!" she made and hung on the wall. Maybe her clumsiness, that is legendary. She never drops food, but empty plates, herself or furniture around her? Very often. Burns and cuts? Don't let me start on that; it'll get ghastly very fast.

Most likely, it's her smile and the fact that she can bake a hundred tasty things that everyone gets to have after they've had their healthy, balanced lunch.

(the image is a courtesy of AI)

@mi6-cafe

[castillon02]

007 Fest Introduction Post

Hi, I'm Cas!

I'm one of the MI6 Cafe mods and a Station Head of Station Pacific. My goals this Fest are to do some writing, connect with people through watchalongs and other events, and help everyone have fun during 007 Fest!

My character for in-fiction events this Fest is Jet Twimbly.

Jet was hired to replace the current head chef at one of the intelligence community's cafeterias. They were supposed to start their first day on the job by just doing some shadowing of other staff members to get a feel for current operations.

Unfortunately, they got to work that day and there were no other staff members. At least, none that were awake.

Jet was relieved to be joined by a handful of other people. Since the Big Snooze, there have been far more IV drips than meals, and it's all hands on deck to try to keep things running. Jet wants to help Station Pacific with everything they can, but what can an enby culinary arts expert contribute to espionage?

They'll end up testing their mettle during 007 Fest 2024!

[pommedepersephone]

007 Fest Introduction Post

Hello, I'm Pomme (she/they)

I am joining Station Atlantic for my first Fest!! I'm a fan-fic writer and artist, and while I have just come back to writing and illustrating fics this year, Bond was my very first fandom way back in the day. And you never forget your first ;)

My character for fin-fiction events this Fest is Rin (they/them)

NAME: Rin Rigg POSITION: Covert Operations Specialist BIO: Mission briefings aren't all mug shots and lists of known associates. They also include history of the local area, current politics, climate and details about major social events like holidays and festivals. All that research has to be done by someone. And by someone, I mean me. The agents and executives are smart enough to figure it out will cue me into the little things they want to know. 004 likes a list of local karaoke bars. 009 wants to know whatever is the most iconic of local cuisine. Tanner always asks the best place to watch the sunset. So while most people might not realize it, I know all sorts of weirdly intimate details about the various staff who I've helped put together briefings for. Which might end up being useful as most of the staff are incapacitated by the Big Snooze...

[crewman-penelope]

007 Fest Introduction Post

Hello, I'm Penny!

I'm one member of Station Atlantic and will tag amoung the official tags #gingerfan. I'm a fan-fic writer ( at least I do have awesome stories in my head, I just have to get them out) , like to edit pictures, and make horrible gifs. I'm also role-playing as Lyutsifer Safin on @safinsisland . English is not my mother's tongue!

My character for fin-fiction events this Fest is Ginger.

Ginger is a retired biochemist who had worked for the British government.

Now, in her fifties, she enjoyed her retirement in the sun, with the occasional visit to good old England. Just to find out the former workmate she wanted to pick up for the coffee and rumours chat is in a kind of .... coma? Like every other laboratory worker in the hidden facility?

Well, isn't that marvellous? Seems like retirement just got exciting. It's time to get the laboratory coat on again!

@mi6-cafe

[bludelivers]

007 fest 2024 masterpost!

Thanks everyone for the amazing time that was 007 fest 2024. It was my first fest, a great way to reconnect with the fandom, and, unbelievably, the first time I published fanfic since somewhere around 2012.

Writing

in the city of blinding lights - James & Alec, and the city of Berlin, 400 words, rated M for violence

high, higher than the sun - James & Alec, central Paris, 900 words, rated M for violence

truth hurts when it points right at you - prompt: "kept secret", 200 words

the nature of man - prompt: "unusual pov" and free space in whump prompt table, 852 words, canonical character death

Scavenger hunt

#3 - introduce your character | I wrote an introduction post and made a picrew avatar for my character

#54 - send a postcard & #56 create a coded message and post it | sent and received some postcards, some of which included coded messages! (great fun, would love to do it again)

#66 - spot a Bond reference/Bondian item in the wild | I had such a good time with these!

first, an aston martin showed up where i was

then, I found myself going through Glen Etive, the Skyfall part of Scotland

and finally, I went for a quick visit in London

Miscellaneous

Beyond leaving comments on tumblr and ao3 and having some fun chats with people I decided my character should do some actual fieldwork and visited the National Gallery to hunt for some very specific paintings

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Thank you to @mi6-cafe and everyone who participated for making July a special month!

[foxsoulcourt]

Snapshots from Foxy (not Harriet) on this last day of 007 Fest 2024

WHAT A MONTH!

Thanks to mods @castillon02 + @spiritofcamelot for designing a CoMpLeTeLy different framework for Fest this year! From my perspective your work behind the scenes helped support a lighthearted energy throughout the event, a gift I didn't know I needed until I experienced it. Loved how C A L M the event was 💜

While I didn't have the spoons to keep on top of what I felt like I was supposed to do in response to The Big Sleep, nor did my alter ego (Harriet the unassuming cheese-monger) make an appearance after her introduction, it didn't matter. Because you all made it fun to play along anyways! I had a GRAND time.

DEAR CREATIVE HUMANS, here's how I invested in Fest this year:

Thoroughly enjoyed reading and commenting on as many fics as I could read

Laughed, gasped, sighed at your many Tumblr posts and then reblogged them

Ditto for all the headcanons by new and familiar authors

GASPED, GahhHHhed, laughed, wept at all the song-related content from RADI00Q to others who did their own version of song + graphics

Admired all.the.posts with photo manips, moodboards and art and then reblogged those.

Watched Casino Royale and peeked in Discord + Slack occasionally

All y'all created a LOT of FABULOUS content! My heart has been stretched, broken, repaired, and more.

Thanks to all.of.you who participated this year for the first time! Enjoyed getting to get to know you a bit through your work.

Thanks to those of you who are long time Festies! It was a delight to see your work on my dash + in my inbox.

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During Fest in my corner of the world Life did a lot of Life-ing: went back to work after a nearly six year sabbatical, COVID round 2, family stuff, etc. Minus the COVID it's been great, but definitely a drain on the life force energy battery. I created nil original Fest content, but I took a lot of pictures, so here you go:

A song I heard today which immediately made me think of 00Q

Flowers and sights from around my fair city, including a shot of the cold box where --in my new cheese-monger and grocery job-- we store perishables, including the cheeses I get to order and sell to customers

Snaps from a L o V e L y visit to The Big Sky state where we visited friends, saw M A N Y birds, and got to spend a lot of time in, near, or on water

Signing off for a bit. However, we’re gonna keep fanperson-ing and reblogging each other’s post after Fest, amirite? 😉🤣🤭

[emerald-truth]

007 Fest Introduction

Hello, I’m naq, 009! As you can see I’m on team00, and I’m sure we shall be victorious in apprehending all the villains and uh, breaking all of Q branch’s gadgets? I’m not too particular about my pronouns but it/they/he are some I like best.

Now for some fun facts about 009! He’s being interviewed haha

Favorite caviar: Caviar? Now I don’t really go in for fish and such but I’ve had caviar made of fruit before and it’s quite delicious. I think it was grapefruit flavored, yes. Very good with yoghurt.

Favorite cocktail: Have you ever had a phosphate soda? It’s a bit old fashioned I know, and hard to come by these days, but I love the sour taste. Better than any cocktail I swear! You can even make them with alcohol if you’re so inclined *wink*

Last gadget you brought back to Q-Branch in one piece: Well I do try to be careful with all those lovely knickknacks Q makes, but you know how it goes . . . Let’s see, I’ve had this lovely watch here for a few years now actually. It’s meant to be a grenade but it keeps such perfect time, I’m loath to use it as an explosive. Shame Q put so much effort into the gears, for once it’s an invention he’d rather I not bring back in one piece!

Least favorite mission: Ah, there was this one mission where Moneypenny stole all my candy before I left because she was worried I was eating too many sweets. I could hardly function until I had time to buy more, and they didn’t have any of my favorites in Malaysia, although I did try some new mango flavored ones . . . Needless to say, M made sure Moneypenny didn’t do that again. “Eating too many sweets,” no such thing especially when I’m in the field. I swear she ate some of the ones she stole too!

[solarmorrigan]

007 Fest Introduction: Solar

tumblr/slack/ao3: solarmorrigan

civilian role (nickname): The Library Clerk

what were you doing before being rudely interrupted by an international crisis: What international crisis?

favorite snack/drink to have while watching the events unfold: I’ll never say no to a vanilla coke

what you’re most looking forward to during Fest: I’m just looking forward to being here! I’m hoping maybe I can catch a watch party or post some headcanons, but mostly I just want to have a good time with people

[melynen]

007 Fest 2023

✨Mely’s Introduction✨

Villainous Nickname: Emmelyne Shadow

Modus Operandi: Sing, my angel of music! 🎶

About my lair: It’s a secret, obviously, so I’m not at liberty to disclose anything truly important. But suffice to say it has cats and comfortable reading nooks with just the right amount of blankets (perfect for planning world domination mischief and mayhem), and all the hot & cold beverages your friendly neighbourhood villain needs to turn her visions into reality.

My secret weapon: Looking all sweet and innocent, of course. And cats. (Always cats. 🐈)

What are you most looking forward to about 007 Fest 2023: Having a great time with my teammates, getting things done, commenting on others’s creations, and general mayhem, of course. 🍵

Villainous catchphrase: The good old “It’s only treason if we get caught.” (It’s funny because it’s true.)

[dorminchu]

007 Fest Intro Post

Tumblr/AO3/slack: Dorminchu

Civilian role(nickname): Just Dorminchu is fine.

What you were doing before being rudely interrupted by an international crisis: Plotting the 4th/5th rewrite for a crime-drama fix-it of SPECTRE that aims to give Madeleine, Bond, Safin, Mr. White and Blofeld cohesive, satisfying character arcs, with slightly different backstories. I’ve been writing this since early 2020. Plus, a couple other NTtD related side-projects I'd like to work on.

Favorite snack/drink to have while watching the events unfold: Coffee would be nice.

What you’re most looking forward to during Fest: I’ve never really extended myself into these events before, not counting the occasional fan-week prompt. This is all pretty new and exciting. I hope you like what I've got to offer!

[dassandre-00qpidsarrow]

007 Fest 2024 Introduction Post