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To Tell The Good From Bad, Villains From Heroes (55180 words) by moon_of_mercury Chapters: 18/18 Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: James Bond/Q, M | Gareth Mallory/Eve Moneypenny Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), Eve Moneypenny, M | Gareth Mallory, Bill Tanner, Nomi (James Bond), Felix Leiter, Madeleine Swann Additional Tags: Mission Fic Summary:
Almost 5 years have passed since SPECTRE left MI6 vulnerable. Bond and Q have both made their own choices in the aftermath. Now, the time to pay the price is at hand.
Bookmarker's Notes:
Six months ago I gobbled down this whole work, part of the 2020/2021 RBB. It's a testament to the power of it that I had not yet marked it as read written a bookmark for it. Circling back today to do both.
This is a f a b u l o u s, complex, well-constructed work sparked by @themuller13​‘s art ​. I LOVE it both the evocative art + the story so much. Love seeing Q walk away from MI6 + learning why; love how damn complicated it is for Q + Bond to turn towards each other; the MI6 family is so.well.done, and L O V E the many OCs which round out the cast of characters.
What's f*%!ing W i L d is something I had to keep reminding myself over + over + over again: this a NTTD fix-it completed over six months before we knew eXaCtLy w h y we needed a fix-it fic! Yeah. Wow.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. And if you do, please love up the author @themerc for all the reasons. Because, yeah, wow. 💜










