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katabay · 3 days ago

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james bond! what a concept! lots to discuss about wrt james bond. imperialist anxieties around legacy and decay, the shift in the movies from imagination of the futuristic to luxury branding as identity, etc. etc. endless topics for discussing in there.

and uhhhhh. so You Only Live Twice is a mess, but it's kind of fun talking about why it's such a mess. however. HOWEVER. Benson's Blast From The Past? ohhhhhhhhhhh the hate-hate relationship I have with that one, I've been frustrated with it for ten years and it's not even fun to talk about why it's frustrating lmao.

that said, James Suzuki has all the same pieces that have me obsessed with Metal Gear's Kazuhira Miller. so. well!! this is hell and I'm stuck in it.

anyway, extremely canon divergent AU or something where James Suzuki doesn't get killed off like a cheap plot device and we get really REALLY gnarly about the family stuff and the US gov't. also there's industrial espionage, insider trading, & a briefcase that everyone wants.

#since Flemming's thoughts on the US and the overall arc of imperial legacy are all over the place in You Only Live Once #and if James Suzuki is our main character then we gotta get into it.#here's some historical trivia for you! in the inserted comic page. which is. kind of crunchy because I resized it down. but the #events that the newscaster is talking about is riffing off of several events that did in fact happen in the 70s-80s!#bond tag #we're gonna keep that out of the usual main tags lmao like we are so far removed from james bond as a concept we might as well #make OCs about it or something haha

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