#the rise and fall of ernst stavro blofeld

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In 2019, we would like to give thanks to Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and, yes, even George Lazenby for giving us so much Bond goodness over the years. In that spirit, we present our biggest BONDATHON yet with discussions of FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, THUNDERBALL, and ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. People think Daniel Craig's James Blonde started the more serialized storytelling of the franchise, but we're here to set the record straight! So gobble up some turkey and listen while you nap between football games, it's time for the Forgotten Film Pod!

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Sherlock Holmes (ACD Canon)

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Title: Designation: H Pairing/Characters Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, John Watson/Mary Morstan (mentioned), Mycroft Holmes, young (~10 years old) Victor Trevor (mentioned), and with appearances from teenaged (14-18 years old) versions of: Dorian Gray, Reginald Jeeves, A.J. Raffles and Bunny Manders, Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple, The Phantom of the Opera, James Bond, Tom Ripley, Nero Wolfe, Father Brown, Harley Quin (Agatha Christie), Mr. Satterthwaite (Agatha Christie), Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Ian Fleming), Jason Rafiel (Agatha Christie), the killer from “And Then There Were None” (Agatha Christie), and a very loose adaptation of Gregory House (House M.D.). Rating: Mature Warnings/Tags: Graphic Violence, corporal punishment, violence to and by children, eugenics. I’m a little bit squeamish about the violence, it’s there, but I don’t linger on it too much and I ask that the art not linger on it too much either. Also, no sex please (there’s none in the fic). Summary One minute, Watson is hurrying back along the path from Reichenbach falls, afraid that Holmes has indeed met his fate against the dreaded Professor Moriarty. The next thing he knows, he awakens in the infirmary of the strange Prometheus Institute, unsure whether it was all a nightmare or terrible reality. However, he quickly finds that the real nightmare is only just beginning; both he and Holmes - mercifully alive - are imprisoned along with two dozen young men behind the bars of a circular cell block, where their every move is observed by guards tasked with maintaining discipline and overseeing their training as the next step in human evolution. During the day they are trained in combat and put through complicated exercises in manipulation and subterfuge. At night they are trained in stealth; they must evade the guards and best each other in further exercises, which pit gang against gang. Watson soon learns the dark secret behind their abduction: Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes - and Victor Trevor - were raised in the Prometheus Institute, but the brothers escaped (around age 10-12). Now, it has caught up with them, and Holmes and Watson’s only hope of getting out alive is to overcome the shadows of their pasts and work with the violent, manipulative young prisoners.

Inspired by umisabaku's fanfiction, Designation: Miracle.

A SNIPPET:

They ran as far as they could and never looked back.

They fled across the moor, running until they could run no more. Hounds bayed in hot pursuit by day and night.

They faked their deaths for the first time at the bank of a river that flowed into a waterfall. They left their clothes behind and waded through the shallows until they reached the edge of a small town.

They were both children—at least they looked like children, the older no more than thirteen. They lied and manipulated and stole. They used their innocent faces to earn the villagers’ trust and then ran away with all they could carry. They did it to survive. That was the only way they knew how to survive.

They wandered from town to town, stealing food and clothing and a place for the night, until at last they came to London. They lived on the streets, stealing and manipulating and lying. They picked locks and played scams. A criminal empire formed around them. The older plotted and the younger enforced.

The older loitered on Whitehall, watching the politicians and bureaucrats running a country. He had been created and trained to be perfectly rational, and more intelligent than any human. It was only right that he take the lead. After all, there was only so much a human could do with their emotions and imperfections.

The younger lurked in alleyways and spent his time among criminals, watching them and the rise and fall of their aspirations. He noted their follies and, though he would never admit it, learned their ways.

“Enough,” the elder declared at last.

There would be no more stealing or sleeping on the streets, they would not live as common crooks when they were so much more by their very nature. They had acquired enough money to buy lodgings and for the elder to go to university, while the younger began to shadow the defenders of the law. They gave themselves new names, though they never left their designations behind.

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BAH-DAH-baaaaaah bah-dah-bah! Doo-dee-doo doo-doo! It's fully November, so you know what that means. It's time for the annual BONDATHON. It's been quite the journey over the years, and it's all led to this: the rise and fall of SPECTRE and Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Rob is introducing Jordan and our special guest Josh Taylor, the Forgetful Film Critic Dot Com, to Connery classics FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL, as well as the lonely Lazenby's ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. We are totes excite. Listen now, and come back in two weeks to hear our discussions of each movie immediately after watching them.

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As always, special thanks to Josh for his assistance on the cold open.

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