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an0ther_dreamer) wrote2017-09-24 10:30 pm
an0ther_dreamer) wrote2017-09-24 10:30 pm
No Regrets
Fandom: Skyfall (James Bond)
Subject: M
Title: No Regrets
Warnings/Notes: Spoilers for Skyfall. Picspam heavy. 8tracks stream and DL available.
M is the codename for the Head of MI6. She was stoic, pragmatic and analytical. And she didn’t take crap from anyone.
As a woman in power, she faces Government Officials and even her own agents questioning her authority. She can seem overly cold and ruthless when she puts the mission above the safety of her agents. But that’s the nature of the job.
In Skyfall, she is targeted by former MI6 agent Raoul Silva, whom she traded to the Chinese when she discovered he was hacking the Chinese without authorization. MI6 is attacked and many agents are killed.
M is the subject of a public inquiry when MI6 loses a computer hard drive containing the identities of undercover agents around the world. She informed that she will be “voluntarily retiring” but she refuses to leave until the job is done. During the inquiry, Tanner tries to get her to leave as Silva has escaped MI6 custody, but she stubbornly refuses. M quotes Tennyson’s Ulysses:
Subject: M
Title: No Regrets
Warnings/Notes: Spoilers for Skyfall. Picspam heavy. 8tracks stream and DL available.
M is the codename for the Head of MI6. She was stoic, pragmatic and analytical. And she didn’t take crap from anyone.
As a woman in power, she faces Government Officials and even her own agents questioning her authority. She can seem overly cold and ruthless when she puts the mission above the safety of her agents. But that’s the nature of the job.
In Skyfall, she is targeted by former MI6 agent Raoul Silva, whom she traded to the Chinese when she discovered he was hacking the Chinese without authorization. MI6 is attacked and many agents are killed.
M is the subject of a public inquiry when MI6 loses a computer hard drive containing the identities of undercover agents around the world. She informed that she will be “voluntarily retiring” but she refuses to leave until the job is done. During the inquiry, Tanner tries to get her to leave as Silva has escaped MI6 custody, but she stubbornly refuses. M quotes Tennyson’s Ulysses:
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
The inquiry is attacked by Silva but M manages to escape with the help of Tanner, Mallory and Bond.
Bond takes her to his empty and remote childhood home in Scotland, Skyfall Lodge. They are met by Kincade, the gamekeeper. M helps set some traps by breaking light bulbs and replacing them with nails and shotgun shells. Silva attacks Skyfall and one of his men shoots M in the hip.
Bond instructs her to flee with Kincade to the estate's chapel. Silva follows her there and forces his gun into M's hand, begging her to kill them both. Bond arrives and kills Silva, but M collapses from her earlier wound. Before she dies in Bond’s arms she looks at him and tells him that she did get one thing right. She leaves Bond her Union Jack Bulldog Ornament.
Bond takes her to his empty and remote childhood home in Scotland, Skyfall Lodge. They are met by Kincade, the gamekeeper. M helps set some traps by breaking light bulbs and replacing them with nails and shotgun shells. Silva attacks Skyfall and one of his men shoots M in the hip.
Bond instructs her to flee with Kincade to the estate's chapel. Silva follows her there and forces his gun into M's hand, begging her to kill them both. Bond arrives and kills Silva, but M collapses from her earlier wound. Before she dies in Bond’s arms she looks at him and tells him that she did get one thing right. She leaves Bond her Union Jack Bulldog Ornament.
“Regret is unprofessional.”
-M
-M
Victoria by The Kinks
I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I’m poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
('toria)
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
('toria)
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
War, children!
It's just a shot away!
It's just a shot away!
War, children!
It's just a shot away!
It's just a shot away!
The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone
Baby, you understand me now
If sometimes you see that I'm mad
Doncha know no one alive can always be an angel?
When everything goes wrong, you see some bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Hurt by Johnny Cash
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
Darkest Before The Dawn by Judi Dench
I’m no philosopher
Nor do I wish to be
But when my little world
Has toppled in the sea
Instead of moaning that all hope has taken wings
I find it helpful to remember certain things
One is a nursery rhyme I’ve often put to use
Along with other girls
Including Mother Goose
When things are too appalling
It’s worthwhile recalling
It’s always darkest just before the dawn
Kozmic Blues by Janis Joplin
Don't expect any answers, dear
For I know that they don't come with age, no, no
Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe
And I'm never gonna love you right
So you'd better take it now, right now
Oh! But it don't make no difference, babe, hey
And I know that I could always try
There's a fire inside every one of us
You'd better need it now
I got to hold it, yeah
I better use it till the day I die
No Regrets by Shirley Bassey
But no tears will be shed
There'll be no one to blame
Let it always be said
We attempted what came
One last kiss
Shrug and sign
No Regrets
Even though it's goodbye
I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I’m poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
('toria)
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
('toria)
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
War, children!
It's just a shot away!
It's just a shot away!
War, children!
It's just a shot away!
It's just a shot away!
The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone
Baby, you understand me now
If sometimes you see that I'm mad
Doncha know no one alive can always be an angel?
When everything goes wrong, you see some bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Hurt by Johnny Cash
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
Darkest Before The Dawn by Judi Dench
I’m no philosopher
Nor do I wish to be
But when my little world
Has toppled in the sea
Instead of moaning that all hope has taken wings
I find it helpful to remember certain things
One is a nursery rhyme I’ve often put to use
Along with other girls
Including Mother Goose
When things are too appalling
It’s worthwhile recalling
It’s always darkest just before the dawn
Kozmic Blues by Janis Joplin
Don't expect any answers, dear
For I know that they don't come with age, no, no
Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe
And I'm never gonna love you right
So you'd better take it now, right now
Oh! But it don't make no difference, babe, hey
And I know that I could always try
There's a fire inside every one of us
You'd better need it now
I got to hold it, yeah
I better use it till the day I die
No Regrets by Shirley Bassey
But no tears will be shed
There'll be no one to blame
Let it always be said
We attempted what came
One last kiss
Shrug and sign
No Regrets
Even though it's goodbye