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[miwhotep]

JAMES BOND REFERENCES IN MORIARTY THE PATRIOT

I am a big fan of James Bond since my early teenage years. I watched every movies and read all books, so when the Moriarty the Patriot manga first started using James Bond references, I basically screamed. And my voice got 100x louder when the iconic My name is Bond. James Bond. scene happened.

I always wanted to write an analysis of YuuMori's James Bond connections, so now here we are.

First, let's talk a bit about the actual James Bond universe. The character of James Bond - the MI6 agent numbered 007 with a license to kill - got created by Ian Fleming in 1953. He first appeared in the novel called Casino Royale. Fleming wrote 12 novels and two short story collections with the character. The novels soon got movie adaptations, too, the first James Bond movie was Dr. No in 1962, where Sean Connery played Bond. Currently there are 25 Bond movies.

The James Bond movies can be classified into eras by the actor who played Bond. In order, these follow:

Sean Connery

(George Lazenby - but everyone tends to pretend this movie never happened)

Roger Moore

Timothy Dalton

Pierce Brosnan

Daniel Craig

The movies didn't come out in chronological order when it comes to James Bond's life-happenings. Most movies can be watched as stand-alones - but the Daniel Craig era tried to built up a storyline, where the movies are tied to each other. The James Bond movies always have an iconic intro, sing by a popular singer of the current era (the last movie's intro song was by Billie Eilish.)

The James Bond movie universe started to fuse with the Sherlock Holmes universe thanks to the Alan Moore comic book series, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (1999). Professor Moriarty appeared here as M - the title what later ended up with Mycroft. The Elementary series (and somewhat BBC Sherlock) continued this tendency, featuring Mycroft as someone who has ties to the MI5/MI6.

Professor Moriarty in TLoEG

The Moriarty the Patriot series features most characters who are important in James Bond movies. They are..

M - the leader of the MI6, which role was fullfilled by Albert and Louis.

Q - the inventor who keeps coming up with weapons and cars for James Bond. In YuuMori, Q is Von Herder, the blind mechanic mentioned in the Empty House Conan Doyle story.

Ms. Moneypenny - a secretary working personally for M. In the Daniel Craig era, she started as a field agent, but later moved to do office work. James Bond always gives her flowers and little souvenirs.

When it comes to James Bond, his personality in Moriarty the Patriot is similar to the canon one: loving good cars and guns, flirting with woman (especially Moneypenny) and while it's not vodka martini he orders in the pub when he met with Patterson, he asks for the drink shaken, not stirren. (On the other hand, the Macallan scotch he asks for is a reference to what James Bond drank in the Skyfall movie.)

The location of the MI6 in YuuMori is also similar to the James Bond movies: underground and underwater in the Thames.

The headquarter in Skyfall

The Q-sector

The Man with the Golden Army arc features other references for the James Bond universe. The arc's title refers to the movie/book The Man with the Golden Gun (Roger Moore-era) - the two stories only similarity is that both deal with special guns. In that arc, Sebastian Moran takes on the identity of the 006, Alec Trevelyan. The character originally appeared in the Goldeneye James Bond movie (Pierce Brosnan-era) played by Sean Bean. He had the number 006 and he was the mentor of James Bond (like Moran later on). He seemingly got killed off at the start of the movie (but later returned as a villain).

Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye

Maybe not an intentional reference, but still interesting: the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies features an evil media mogul, Elliot Carver as a villain who likes orchestrating catastrophic incidents so his newspaper can be the first to write about them, manipulating people that way and gaining control in the media - kind of similar to Milverton (yes, the media mogul Milverton thing is from Sherlock, but still), who was the mastermind behind the Jack the Ripper murders then manipulated the public through the news he created. (I can actually see him orchestrating incidents in order to gain more power and become the King of Media, too.)

Elliot Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies

We've yet to see the main villain of James Bond: Ernst Stavro Blofeld, (first appearing in the Thunderball book) the head of the crime organization called Spectre. I wander when he will appear in YuuMori, if they appear at all, but I really wish!

I hope in the next stories YuuMori's James Bond world keeps expanding - that's such an interesting aspect of the series, I love to see more references!

[svxlua]

miss moneypenny ❤︎

[teaminstinctinwonderland]

Moriarty the Patriot: Commentary on society highlighted by deeply disturbing actions of those in power.

Also Moriarty the Patriot: fifty billion James Bond connections and the Moriartys and their associates doing all for one and one for all in order to face their nightmare of a tea party.

[spockvarietyhour]

On it, boss

[colliebroccoli]

The Queen

[iceforcutie]

[ultimate-007]

DR NO 1962

James Bond (Sean Connery) and Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)

[wearelordofcrime]

Random Moneypenny headcannons.

I can't say she's one of my favourites, though these headcannons I swear, they spawned in my head out of nowhere :/

1. She has a rather feminine body, like curves and all, but she has a lot of muscle too in order to operate during missions.

2. In contrast to her reserved and shy demeanor, she's actually quite athletic, meaning she enjoys physical activity and exercises a lot.

3. I believe she's 50% fem 50% masc, and her fashion style is typically very modest. I can see her wearing a simple dress, but also hitting those bloomers (who were quite a new thing- at least to be worn regularly) and perhaps even trousers (James complimented her)

4 Now that's super random and probably not appropriate for this era, but for some reason I can see her collecting soaps (I don't know, honestly).

5. Lastly, I feel like she loves taking long, hot baths. I mean, she works very hard so yeah, she totally deserves that.

[our-detective-so-supreme]

We might not know much about Miss Moneypenny, as far as backstory goes, but the biggest hint we may have is her hair.

In 19th century UK, short hair was not exactly a fashion choice for women; long hair, in updos varying on a scale of simple to ridiculously elaborate, was the in thing in every class. Therefore, short hair meant one of two things:

1. You were previously bedridden due to illness (physical or mental), at which point your hair was cut off for easier maintenance.

2. You were a poor woman who only grew her hair out to cut it off and sell to wig makers for a little extra cash.

We may not have her full story yet, but I'd say one of those two possibilities is extremely likely.

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

September: Bond Films

Skyfall / Naomie Harris as Eve (Moneypenny)

There are so many great formal and evening dresses in the Bond films that I feel like I've been neglecting daywear. So here's Eve Moneypenny in a stylish day-at-the-office outfit from Skyfall. The blouse is relatively simple, with light gathering at the shoulders, double pockets, and accents of black. She wears the sleeves rolled to the elbow, but I wonder if they have black at the cuffs; then again, it might be intended to be worn with rolled sleeves, hard to say. This is paired with a just-above-the-knee, mustard-yellow pencil skirt and black ankle boots.

Even though her name is the same, her backstory has changed so much that I feel like this is a whole different character from earlier versions of Moneypenny.

[lady-banana]

Roman Empire

My Roman Empire

[noel-gruber-hungry-hombre-meal]

Some stuff I did for an old James Bond AU. Found these while I was clearing out my Google Photos and thought I'd put it here.

(Strongly feel like I wanna continue this AU.) 

[tales-of-whales]

My Fair Lady is now finished!

It was a delight to write and to read the very kind comments after posting. People who take time to leave a comment are saints, really. (I try my best to do the same, knowing what it does to writers' spirits.)

Anyway, I struggled to find the ending that felt right, but as usual, travel helped. I went to Venice for a couple of days, and it came to me. It's a happy ending once again, though it shouldn't have been entirely like that.

But I'm happy with it.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

No, 007. It's just that I've learned from personal experience that when we get what we want somehow the reality is never as satisfying as the fantasy.

- Miss Moneypenny to James Bond

[rosesrflo]

❛❛ 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐓.

-> various!ynm x reader prompts. (manga included) these are linked newest-oldest.

𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐌𝐄𝐒;

- light my cigarette | fluff to angst. - why didn’t you tell me? | angst no comfort. - in my eyes, you’re an angel | comfort. - don’t mind me, just enjoying the view | NSFW.

𝐌𝐘𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐌𝐄𝐒;

- N/A

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘;

- i didn’t know you had a wife, professor | crack. - why didn’t you tell me? | angst no comfort. - in my eyes, you’re an angel | comfort. - don’t mind me, just enjoying the view | NSFW. - i said I’d take care of you, no? | fluff + NSFW. - i’ll hold you tight | comfort.

𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘;

- don’t mind me, just enjoying the view | NSFW.

𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘;

- don’t mind me, just enjoying the view | NSFW.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐍;

- it’s three in the morning | fluff. - don’t mind me, just enjoying the view | NSFW.

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊;

- N/A.

𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄;

- in my eyes, you’re an angel | comfort.

𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐘;

- N/A.

-> plus any individual characters i haven’t mentioned!

[souliebird]

POV you've come home to the littlest baby cat ever who just wants to snuggle