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nameusername) wrote2019-03-27 02:49 pm
nameusername) wrote2019-03-27 02:49 pm
short personality section
why would you read the app-length description of a character you saw on a meme and were curious about tagging?? fair question, here's the nuts & bolts
pros: loyal, determined, charming, resourceful, clever, creative
cons: aggressive, stubborn, hotheaded, impulsive, self-destructive, short-sighted
the short of it: Bond is an agent who works for the British intelligence agency MI6, aka the secretive part of the government that deals with international threats to national security. The main focus of that hook is that this means Bond has a legal license to kill any enemy targets, potentially even ones he wasn't told to kill, and his government will back him up (or fire him/take said license away, which he's been threatened with before). This has the exact effect on his already-sky-high pride levels that one might expect.
Bond is immensely loyal to the people who act as his bosses and superficially loyal to his country as a result of this. That said he clearly does this line of work because, as he says himself, he "didn't feel like [he] had a choice". Bond is not someone driven by morals, he is someone driven by what he's good at, and what he's good at is killing people and chasing adrenaline.
He can be superficially charming and has been accused in different words of being a bit of a sociopath, though this clearly isn't the case. Bond desperately wants something to be loyal to, although he also will change loyalties quickly if given other options (he leaves MI6 in half his movies to go be with the girlfriend-of-the-film). Despite not being driven by morals, he clearly has emotions, both good and bad, and his relationships - platonic and romantic - are the main way we see any tenderness or vulnerability from his character.
what's this mean for interacting with him?: Bond is someone who's driven by in-the-moment emotions and challenges. He's not quite a hedonist, despite all the fancy drinks and pretty women; it's more accurate to say he craves sensations and adrenaline. He can and will get attached to other characters if the situation is right (if they work together, if they're mysterious enough/fight back enough that he feels drawn to them, etc). He can and will argue with other characters, as well - he's overall more stubborn than friendly. Having a magnetic personality isn't always a positive thing.
In brief, he might not overall be a good man, but Bond will go to the ends of the earth (and risk his own life several times over - and the lives of any bystanders) for someone he is attached to.
pros: loyal, determined, charming, resourceful, clever, creative
cons: aggressive, stubborn, hotheaded, impulsive, self-destructive, short-sighted
the short of it: Bond is an agent who works for the British intelligence agency MI6, aka the secretive part of the government that deals with international threats to national security. The main focus of that hook is that this means Bond has a legal license to kill any enemy targets, potentially even ones he wasn't told to kill, and his government will back him up (or fire him/take said license away, which he's been threatened with before). This has the exact effect on his already-sky-high pride levels that one might expect.
Bond is immensely loyal to the people who act as his bosses and superficially loyal to his country as a result of this. That said he clearly does this line of work because, as he says himself, he "didn't feel like [he] had a choice". Bond is not someone driven by morals, he is someone driven by what he's good at, and what he's good at is killing people and chasing adrenaline.
He can be superficially charming and has been accused in different words of being a bit of a sociopath, though this clearly isn't the case. Bond desperately wants something to be loyal to, although he also will change loyalties quickly if given other options (he leaves MI6 in half his movies to go be with the girlfriend-of-the-film). Despite not being driven by morals, he clearly has emotions, both good and bad, and his relationships - platonic and romantic - are the main way we see any tenderness or vulnerability from his character.
what's this mean for interacting with him?: Bond is someone who's driven by in-the-moment emotions and challenges. He's not quite a hedonist, despite all the fancy drinks and pretty women; it's more accurate to say he craves sensations and adrenaline. He can and will get attached to other characters if the situation is right (if they work together, if they're mysterious enough/fight back enough that he feels drawn to them, etc). He can and will argue with other characters, as well - he's overall more stubborn than friendly. Having a magnetic personality isn't always a positive thing.
In brief, he might not overall be a good man, but Bond will go to the ends of the earth (and risk his own life several times over - and the lives of any bystanders) for someone he is attached to.