#teamQbranch

[samanthahirr]

007 Fest - Scavenger Hunt #46: Incorrect Quote meme

[spiritofcamelot]

Florentine Butter Chicken with Burst Tomatoes and Basil

Adapted from this recipe, posted for 007 Fest 2023, @mi6caferecipes

This is a fantastic dinner which serves many people and is easy to scale up to serve more...provided you have a big enough pan. It's also very versitile and you can swap out a lot of things, like different herbs, or swap the cherry tomatoes for canned tomatoes if you want more of a sauce.

Ingredients

2-3 tbsp olive oil

4 tbsp butter

2 sprigs fresh basil

lime frost sea salt

430g (ish) cherry tomatoes

50g plain flour, seasoned with lawry's

1 egg, beaten

2 skinless chicken breasts, sliced in half to be thinner

3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped

425g freshly cooked angel hair pasta

You'll also need two shallow bowls, a bowl for tomatoes, and a big frying pan. I use my 12 inch with high sides. But you can do less chicken to make it fit in your biggest pan.

Directions and pictures below the cut.

Directions

Heat the oil and 2 tbsp of the butter in a frying pan over a high heat.

Add the basil, tomatoes, and season with sea salt. Cook for about 5-6 minutes, until the tomatoes begin to soften but are still holding their shape.

Tip into a bowl.

Start some water boiling for the pasta.

Put the egg and flour separately into two shallow bowls.

Dip the chicken first in egg, then in the seasoned flour. (If you feel like getting more plates dirty, you can do this to all chicken before putting any in the pan. I do it in conjuction with step 7.)

Heat 1 tbsp butter in the pan and when melted, fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes on each side, basting the chicken in the browned butter if there's enough.

Probably midway through that, your water has started boiling. Cook your pasta according to directions given on pasta.

When the chicken looks just about cooked, return the tomatoes to the pan with the remaining butter and garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes.

Remove the chicken from the pan and serve to plates. (Or forget literally every time you make this to take the chicken out.)

Add the pasta to the pan to absorb the flavours for a minute or so.

Serve the linguine & tomatoes to your plates with the chicken, scatter with more basil if desired.

[teamcivilian]

July 15th is Tenshi Day!

 It’s the day for remembering Alexis_tenshi aka slimysuckers, our former Team civilian member, who was a dear friend for so many.

 Ways to participate:

Sharing stories about Alexis

Making gifs, drabbel, or drawing about her favourite ships

Reblogging her entries from the former fest

Simply writing/speaking her name

Whatever you feel comfortable with, as also without any pressure please ❤️

Tag #tenshi day #007 fest 2023

[a-forger-and-a-point-man]

007 FEST 2023 / Fix-It Day

[The greatest fix-it experts lie within the @00qad-fandom. There is nothing we have not endured and subsequently fixed. Forever.]

A FIX-IT DAY COLLAB BROUGHT TO YOU BY @kitten-kin of @teamqbranch and @a-forger-and-a-point-man of @teamofvillains!

Every year after the buzz and the noise and the packed calendars of Pride Month and 007 Fest are behind them, the 00QAD family pack up the cars for the 10-hour drive up to the Scottish Highlands to Skyfall, where they spend August keeping Kincade company and getting some fresh air.

James loves driving all the way in his highly prized Aston Martin DB5, and Danny joins him for the intimate (read: cramped) ride. It's very special for Danny because he's never really had nice things - and James treats him like a star.

This naturally means that the more grounded and practical gentlemen in the family - Q and Alex - take a more sensible vehicle that fits luggage and two cats on leashes and their litter box. It's a lot safer to have two cars for the journey anyway.

When they pull up to Skyfall, Kincade's doggos run up in excitement to the familiar faces, but they're immediately put in their place by @princesspampuria who scares the SHIT out of these fierce hunting companions. The boss lady has arrived.

Pam loves the August vacation because she can hunt sheep and deer, and yes, she does it alone, and no, not always for food. Possibly just blood thirst and sport.

Kincade always has the finest Scottish salmon prepared for his little princess. Despite James' best efforts, Kincade is as in love with Pam as Q is.

It has taken a few years for James and Kincade to reconnect - or even reconcile, in many ways - and get to the place they're in now. James isn't used to genuine, older, wiser, paternal mentorship. But no matter how old he gets, he sure as hell needs it, and the boys are keenly aware of that.

Kincade knows what they all do now. He doesn't ask too many questions, but he allows them the space to let things out when they need to. He loves them like his own children and grandchildren, and this is what James must get used to: a natural, unconditional, familial love that isn't tied to what he does or where he's been. It's just there.

This yearly visit to Skyfall is also critical for James to reflect on where he came from, and spend time at his parents' gravesite. When a man knows his roots and understands that he was always loved, it changes him.

All that said, Kincade's favorite humans are actually Danny and Alex. Danny and Kincade send each other care packages throughout the year, and Danny is such a wonderful listener to the lifetime of stories Kincade always shares around the fire.

Turing always joins them, laying across Kincade's lap. Turing was officially given to Alex by Q to be his therapy cat, so Turing recharges in these settings.

Alex is also a good listener, but he knows to take advantage of what Kincade can teach him in the time they have together. They are both very outdoorsy people, and Kincade has taught Alex hunting, fishing, archery, and the cooking of certain animal parts. Alex is game to try out new things.

Q and Kincade have a warm and cordial relationship, but Q lives in his own head a lot, and he's not exactly fond of lacing up his hiking boots for a sunrise trek. So he'll spend. lot of time doing maintenance on Skyfall's security system, broadband connectivity, and electrical supply.

You're wondering what Kincade thinks of their relationship. And that's a very valid question. He thinks they're all well-raised gentlemen and he wouldn't trade them for the universe, and that helps tremendously in accepting that his little James - that jumped up shit - has become a man with not just an unconventional job, but an unconventional family life. They're all happy, and that makes Kincade happy, and Danny teaches him about queer culture and how to celebrate Pride at Skyfall. Kincade still affectionately calls the community "the gays" and tells his mates down at the pub that all of his sons have delivered him sons-in-law.

A great amount of time is spent in the kitchen on making three meals a day and eating together at the table. There's hearty haddock soup and tattie scones and plenty of "stovies" after their big Sunday roast. The twins' sweet tooth (Q & Danny) means Kincade always has plenty of ingredients to make his famous Cranachan every week.

Danny and Turing bake pawprint shortbread to leave as a parting gift for Kincade, and the boys all make sure they've cleaned up and done the laundry and are leaving the house in better shape than they found it.

Goodbyes are never easy, and Danny cries, and Pam cries too then screams bloody murder and refuses to let go of Kincade. An ice box filled with wild Scottish salmon for the ride helps a little bit. After a month, even the doggos are sad to see the boss lady go.

James never ever shows that he's getting emotional, but in the car, alone with Danny, he lets out the breath he's been holding, and confesses that the trip was the best time of his life - until next year.

[aniron48]

007 Fest 2023: Intro Post

Tumblr/AO3 Pseuds: aniron48 on Tumblr; Aniron84 on AO3 (I know, I know).

Your Nickname: Ani

Your Pronouns: she/they (either is fine!)

Your Minion Designation: QB-A1

Favorite Fictional Gadget: The palm print-encoded Walther (it's the personal touch, really).

Best Use for Duct Tape: Having once been duct-taped to a wall (long story) I cannot stress enough that I do not recommend this for anything that touching skin, so I'm going to go ahead and say the best use is for taping ducts. Why mess with perfection?

Favourite Tea and Biscuits: English breakfast (unless I'm allowed to get fancy, in which case, a London Eye, which is a London Fog with a shot of espresso) and millionaire's shortbread.

Best Late-Night Takeaway: Carne asada tacos (for omnivores) or drunken noodles with tofu (for vegetarians). Mmm!

[ignaciosanchez1701]

Peek-a-Q through a hole... watching, judging

[teamqbranch]

2023 Fest Team Q-Branch

BluebellofBakerStreet

Your Tumblr/Ao3 pseuds: bluebellofbakerstreet

Your Nickname: Bluebell

Your Pronouns: she/her

Your Minion Designation: QB-B3

Favorite Fictional Gadget: That’s still classified

Best Use for Duct Tape: Sealing my office door shut so that no one will bother me.

Favourite Tea and Biscuits: Extra large chai latte and custard creams

Best Late-Night Takeaway: Chinese

[foxsoulcourt]

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: 007 Fest - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ato & Foxy Characters: Ato-the-Bean (QB-Z10), Foxy the Villainess (or is she?) Additional Tags: fest fic, Fest intersects RL, It's the most wonderful time of the year!, MI6 Cafe 007 Fest 2023 Summary:

Can a boffin and a villain truly be friends? When a Q Branch Minion receives an odd text from an old (and villainous) friend with a new grand plan, she can't help but board a plane to The Island.

Thanks to @ato-the-bean​, Chapter 3 is up! In which Ato awakens to fresh coffee and scones with her favorite ingredients, served by a friend who has –on occasion– poisoned people.   This is fine.

And yes!  Those are your authors' real-life feet in the moodboard picture, because we met in RL and just like our characters, wanted to document it without showing our faces... because we're oh so sneaky!

[teamofvillains]

Did you think you were spared?

This year, we are robbed of team days, a shame because we had so much fun watching you frantically trying to solve our codes. 

But you know what.

We are villains. We do what we want.

We have kidnapped one member of each team. And to get them back, each team would have to complete a task to retrieve their valued member.

@teamdoubleoh​: We have kidnapped @prismatic-bell​. And the task is to write a fic about how one of the members of Mi6 is actually a mole. Fic must be 500-700 words.

@teamqbranch​: We have kidnapped @kitten-kin . And the task is to make a photo-manip or art of how one of Q-branch's inventions will end the world. 

@teamcivilian​: We have kidnapped @00qsillyfanturtle​. And your task is to create a list of food and drinks for an "end of the world" party. Minimum, 5 food/drinks; recipe is not required but preferred.

The above tasks must be completed before EST 00:00, 21st July, or, well, who knows what will happen to your dear members. Tag us when you post it, or else we will pretend that we didn’t see it and never let your precious members go.

We wish you good luck with your tasks. You wouldn’t want your dearest team members/captain to meet their demise, would you?

[princesspampuria]

For @teamdoubleoh, @teamqbranch and @teamcivilian

Much good it will do you 😹😹😹

[dassandre-00qpidsarrow]

I posted 368 times in 2022

That's 16 more posts than 2021!

64 posts created (17%)

304 posts reblogged (83%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@boffin1710

@foxsoulcourt

@teamqbranch

@thestalwartheart

@bluebellofbakerstreet

I tagged 151 of my posts in 2022

#007 fest 2022 - 123 posts

#team q-branch - 90 posts

#dassandre - 71 posts

#qb-v4 - 61 posts

#qb-q10 - 57 posts

#mi6cafe - 53 posts

#boffin1710 - 42 posts

#teamqbranch - 31 posts

#00qfic - 26 posts

#no time to die fix-it - 26 posts

Longest Tag: 72 characters

#bruh i literally had to stop drafting my plate just to gif that new clip

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

00Q00 - Polyamory Day

Each year, James Bond, Alec Trevelyan, and The Quartermaster are posed questions about their polyamorous relationship that they respond to (albeit reluctantly at times) to help celebrate 007 Fest -- they’re big fans of the month, after all. This year the questions start out with “What is one of your best memories with your partner?” Below is James response to that question about Q and Alec, but be sure to check out the blogs of @boffin1710 and @notwhatyouthoughtiwas to get Q’s and Alec’s answers to that question, too.

See the full post

24 notes - Posted July 19, 2022

#4

Scavenger Hunt Item #65

Draw a Bond character as an anime character.

Seeing as how I cannot draw my way out of a wet paper bag with a machete and a guide, I had to rely on an anime generator to do this, but I did choose the photo!

Just look at those lips and those ‘come hither, 007’ eyes!  Is it any wonder that our ‘ship set sail that day?

Though I know only one counts for points, I did this one, too.  Rather liked how it turned out.

See the full post

31 notes - Posted July 25, 2022

#3

Bond Movie Crossword

This is a 007 Fest Scavenger Hunt Item::  Create a Bond-Themed Crossword.  It’s not terribly challenging, but enjoy!

31 notes - Posted July 5, 2022

#2

Ready to Fest - 2022

35 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Q Head Canon

James Bond isn’t the only casualty of war in No Time to Die, but whilst 007’s death in a hail of missiles leaves little opportunity for him to suffer, the same cannot be said of our dear Quartermaster, for his living death is slow and lingering and has left him a shadow of his former self.  Though he’s as brilliant and inventive as he ever was, his youthful energy and pointed snark have been eaten away by the dark cancer of bureaucracy. 

In Skyfall and Spectre Q gives as good as he gets and meets James’ sass with equal, if not robust, measure with lines like: “Put your back into it,” “Welcome to rush hour on the tube.  Not something you’d know much about,” “So much for my promising career in espionage,” “Now you may feel a small … prick,” “It tells the time.  Might help with your punctuality issues,” and “I believe I said, ‘Bring it back in one piece,’ not, ‘Bring back one piece.’” 

He doesn’t back down with Bond at the Hoffler Klinik, starting their chat with “Well, not to worry, 007. It was only a £3,000,000 prototype,” and ending with, “I really, really hate you right now,” to say nothing about the conversation that started at all in front of The Fighting Temeraire.  After all, Q set a whole ‘ship afloat with the bold retort, “Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pyjamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.”

But by the time Bond returns to London five years after he walked away from everything on Westminster Bridge, Q’s cheeky banter is dead.  Q’s best line in the whole of No Time to Die is his first one with the fittingly ironic,  “So you’re not dead?”  Bond insults Q’s cats and ruins his dinner plans, yet the best retorts he can devise are, “Well, it’s never 9:00 to 5:00, is it?” and “Can I just have one nice evening, please, before the world explodes?”  Even when Q’s supposedly seeing his colleague for the first time in years in M’s office, he fumbles, “Oh, Bond. My God, I haven’t seen you in, in, uh… How is your retirement?”  When have we ever seen Q stumble over his words in a surprising situation?  Never.  Even Mallory doesn’t buy it.

Q’s decline started with the long, tedious dismantling of Nine Eyes and has continued over the years under the pressure of Mallory’s slide into autocratic insanity where an abomination like Herakles was allowed to be conceived and flourish.

James Bond may have foolishly sacrificed himself on the altar of unrequited love, but his death is quick and painless.  Q’s death is slow, debilitating, and, unless he leaves MI6, it will be never-ending.  He will become a modern Prometheus whose liver is devoured daily by the eagle of MI6 bureaucracy.  

52 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

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[samanthahirr]

[spiritofcamelot]

Oh my gosh I had so much fun making this one. Did you know there was a 9 eyes logo in the film? Did you know that depending on which on-screen graphics you believe, the ninth country is either italy or australia? I solved their continuity problem by not including either flag.

[teamcivilian]

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Sunday is non-competion villain day. Because everybody of us has his favourite villain. Without them, every story would get dull. Heroes like Bond needs a good foil.

So, if you like and have the time, tell us about it by drabbel, pictures or gifs.

Your favourite villain scene

The most beautiful lair

An awesome villain plan to rule the world

Villain outfits

Best henchman

Tag #villain day, #007 fest 2023 and gingerfan and sillyturtle will reblog.

This is not a real 007 fest task, so no points, only fun!

Peace!

@teamofvillains @teamdoubleoh @teamqbranch @mi6-cafe

[a-forger-and-a-point-man]

Dr Finger's 007 Fest 2023 Masterpost - @teamofvillains

First things first, who is Dr Finger?

Watch parties / events attended:

Casino Royale

Skyfall

Spectre

No Time To Die

Knives Out

Glass Onion

Mythbusters: James Bond special part 1

Sound of James Bond concert

Behind the scenes of Bond

London Spy (5 episodes)

00QAD Chat Night

Works Beta'd:

James Bond TinyFics Meme for @light-of-luinil

Together for @00furby from the @mi6-cafe prompt exchange

Headcanons:

Paloma is Felix's Daughter

Felix takes 00QAD to the July 4th cookout

James Bond's cleaning lady Fran

The MI6 Squad loves rice

Tanner Tuesday: this punk is a rat

Bond Villain Fashion (no-point event)

00QAD go visit Kincade (collab with @kitten-kin)

Bond characters as La Croix flavors: part 1 and part 2 (collab with @00furby)

Rec Lists:

Inception/James Bond crossover fics

Memes:

"Fingering" the Bond films

Scavenger Hunt:

Team of Villains linked haiku (team points accrued not individual)

Other:

RIP - My memories of @tentacletenshi: a special event hosted by @teamcivilian for our departed friend.

Per the official team points spreadsheet, Dr Finger has amassed a total of 1031 points (my highest ever, because for the first time in six years I counted the right way! and maybe this was one of my more laid back summers, which helps)

Massive thank you to our captain @3nigm4art, and our cheerleaders @light-of-luinil and @emiliasilverova. Honored to have you as my friends!

To my fellow plotters of evil and @teamdoubleoh, @teamqbranch, and @teamcivilian: please don't forget to schedule all your works to get reblogged throughout the year. We will have more time to give more love. Tumblr mobile in particular can schedule posts several years out! So utilize that feature!

[bluebellofbakerstreet]