#bondeleine

[drswannbond]

00Swann in The Guardian!

Today, in the list of things I didn't expect to see when scrolling The Guardian's front page, I give you...

There are so many things that I love about it:

they picked an illustration that is not a production still, meaning that the writer or the image provider had to deliberately put the film on and freeze it mid-kiss on the best-looking frame (the parted lips!! the purple hues!!) — glad to get validation that it's not just deranged people like me doing this <3

Léa Seydoux is pictured twice in the article — you go girl, keep fighting the good sensual scene fight like the trooper that you are (too bad they had to take BITWC as the second example tho)

don't let our small fandom numbers fool you: 00swann is enough of a recognizible ship in the whole wild world that The Guardian would use them as a header for their sex scene article!!

With that said, shame on the interviewee who is throwing NTTD in the bucket of the films that only use women as sex objets. That may have been true of the James Bond films of decades past, or even for some characters of the CraigBond run like Monica Bellucci's or Gemma Arterton's (after all, you can't have Ms or Moneypennys all the time), but how can you hope to be taken seriously with that sort of comment when NTTD's entire plot is built around the female love interest?

#james bond #no time to die #madeleine swann #00swann #bondeleine

[swannscroft]

ares was the god of war, violence, male virility, and defender of the weak. he had a weakness for goddesses and women. he never bothered to conquer them, he simply made them his own. aphrodite was the goddess of beauty and sexual love. gods, mortals, or anyone else who saw her were enchanted by her beauty and she knew it.

the god of war fell madly in love when he met the goddess of beauty. unlike what he did with his other lovers, he decided to win her over. he bought her gifts and complimented her constantly to gain her love. the two spent a lot of time together until aphrodite fully reciprocated. (x)

#00swann #bondeleine #madeleine swann #james bond #no time to die #nttd #007 #daniel craig #lea seydoux #james bond x madeleine swann #greek mythology #greek myth aesthetic

[milkwithginseng]

A Decent Proposal

World Enough and Time: Chapter 10

Rating: Teen & Up

Words: 5,886

Relationship: James Bond/Madeleine Swann

Tags: Hurt/comfort, marriage, relationships, action/fight scene

Summary:

James Bond intends to propose to Madeleine Swann. But in Paris, following a reunion of an old friend, things don’t exactly go according to plan. They’ll have to deal with a disgruntled gambler and a mysterious stranger first.

Read on AO3

#00swann #bondeleine #James bond #Madeleine swann #fanfic #an update! #it's been 84 years #but this breaks the record for the longest single chapter I've ever written #and it was by far the hardest

[bondeleine]

My babies deserved better 😍💔💕🥰🔥 true love foreverrrr

#lea seydoux #daniel craig #nttd #no time to die #spectre #james bond #007 movies #bondeleine #007 #madeleine swann

[drswannbond]

James Bond, Mathilde Bond and Doudou Bond. That's it.

#dying of cuteness overload #james bond #mathilde swann #no time to die #007 #daniel craig #lisa dorah sonnet #00swann #bondeleine #mathilde bond #madeleine swann

[drswannbond]

#time for another survey dear rarepair people #james bond #no time to die #007 #madeleine swann #00swann #bondeleine #spectre

[drswannbond]

Headcanon: James' birthday

The party invitation is extended to him by a giggling Mathilde, one or two sideway looks thrown at Madeleine betraying that this has been a well-rehearsed mission. Now that the Swanns are progressively introducing him into all aspects of their lives, he's more often than not at their London apartment anyway, but he relishes the sweet validation that they do want and expect him in their family.

The birthday party itself is a colorful affair: not only is there a big cake with candles that he gets to blow with the help and pudgy arms of an enthusiastic five-year-old, there are also heaps of presents. A delicious concept of long-buried familiarity, like a soft toy found hibernating under the bedding in one's childhood bedroom. First comes a watch, simple in design but whose large white wristband has been drawn on with a child's trembling approximations of ships and seagulls (« For when we go to Jamaica », Mathilde proclaims with finality) ; a turquoise turtleneck that brings a soft look to Madeleine’s eyes when he puts it on over his henley, and that he promises to himself to investigate later ; a couple of photography books that he remembers casually mentioning while they were strolling along a Leica store ; and, finally and deceptively innocuously, a whole pile of children’s books.

He raises an inquisitive eyebrow at the Swann council, his ladies sharing a secret smile and Madeleine placing her hand in Mathilde's as she announces that it is time he be introduced to their bedtime ritual. They thus spend the remainder of the afternoon reading together, bundled up on the couch with their feet propped up on a coffee table now drowning under vibrant paper wrappings. Mathilde is a tough customer, interjecting here and there to demand that James pitch his voice shriller for the Rose or deeper for the Fox, prompting a literary debate he would have never in a million years imagined he would get to voice his opinion in. Madeleine refrains from chiming in, but he can surmise from the way her chest shakes on the other end of the couch and from the mirth in her eyes that he has a long way to go before he's deemed master storyteller.

If his voice is a little raw and hoarse when they finally put Mathilde to bed, no one comments on it, still high from the thrill of sharing so many adventures. Cuddling quietly with Madeleine afterwards amidst the remains of the feast feels only natural, expanding the weighty warmth that seems to have taken permanent residence in his chest, the stem of his glass of wine coming to tickle her leg while she massages his scalp and twines her fingers around silvering strands of hair - longer now that he formally retired and ditched the military cut. Humming in contentment, he lets his thoughts wander to what stories they will pick up next.

#bond's passport in casino royale shows a dob on 13 april #there you have it #started writing this on 14 april before burying it in my drafts so it's kinda ok #just fashionably late #james bond #007 #madeleine swann #no time to die #mathilde swann #00swann #bondeleine #headcanon #spectre

[drswannbond]

Just your average Bond family on a weekend getaway.

#official set photographer Nicola Dove unveiling yet another bts picture #and quoted saying that the Bond family pictures were more closely guarded than the crown jewels during the film promotion #00swann #bondeleine #no time to die #007 #james bond #madeleine swann #mathilde swann #daniel craig #lea seydoux #lisa dorah sonnet

[drswannbond]

Loving my boy James Bond channeling his inner Darcy vibes to go beg the love of his life for forgiveness and finally put things to right.

(spotted by twitter user @BlindManBaldwin)

Bonus scene:

#look at that confident walk #how can Maddie stay mad at him when he dares to look like that #totally empathize with poor Barbara Broccoli who was just chillin’ watching the first Elizabeth movie and happened upon that scene #where Craig has that determined gait walking a corridor #from wow that man can walk up a corridor very nicely to he will be my James Bond very quickly #poor her #poor us #we were doomed #00swann #bondeleine #james bond #madeleine swann #007 #no time to die #pride and prejudice #darcy

[drswannbond]

Don't mind me, just sobbing over the fact that the very last time the Bonds saw each other, they couldn't touch each other – gloves were in the way.

#we finally have an non-cropped version of that picture I scanned from the making-of book back in February #not HD unfortunately but we 00swann shippers are used to hardships #we will wither that storm and analyse each poor pixelated PDA yes we will #no time to die #00swann #james bond #007 #bondeleine #madeleine swann #mathilde swann #daniel craig #lea seydoux #lisa dorah sonnet

[drswannbond]

Headcanon: Trip to Skyfall

They go to Skyfall once, one Bond family's courtesy to another. If standing in front of his parents’ graves threatens to revive some long-buried feeling in him, the brush of Doudou's gangling body and of his restless daughter on his leg roots him back to earth and to his very lively offspring quickly enough. And if the picture of Mathilde playing on the church's hard stone floor while they set up their encampment for the night — they cajoled her into this trip by promising a less scary, much more playful adventure than the last one — is sometimes shadowed with the remembrance of an older blue-eyed woman laying on the same cold stones, he only needs to feel Madeleine's soft hand linger warmly on his neck to be brought back to the present.

They make a shooting contest out of a few bullets and rifles found in the gatekeeper’s shed, and, to James’ awed delight, Madeleine beats him in style, with that mix of quiet confidence and uncanny aiming skills she first displayed in that fateful desert train a long time ago. Taking advantage of their daughter's distraction chasing after a wild rabbit, he isolates the love of his life against Skyfall's crumbled hearth and kisses her fiercely, channeling the strength and pride of the prehistoric dwellers of this land. Here, he feels acutely that he is right where he belongs.

#ok that's enough writing in a non native language for today #cant help it if i love the idea of bond having this imposing manor and patch of land at disposal #its my regency kink kicking in i suppose #with bond as darcy and madeleine as elisabeth obviously #and a respecful nod to @swannscroft's WIP about a sexy vampire roaming skyfall lodge #headcanon #00swann #bondeleine #james bond #madeleine swann #mathilde swann #mathilde bond #007 #no time to die

[drswannbond]

Being an 00swann fan be like

(meme credit to reddit user u/izzustrada)

#meme monday #meme endorsed by mi6 since a dimpled and proud dad 007 agent is an even more handsome 007 agent than usual #00swann #bondeleine #no time to die #007 #james bond #madeleine swann #mathilde swann #daniel craig

[drswannbond]

The ultimate Bond Girls: Mathilde and Madeleine (& Doudou)

Imagine a No Time To Die epilogue where both James and Madeleine have all the time in the world to tuck in a playful and content Mathilde at bedtime, before moving onto their Provence porch to share a glass of wine. Just imagine.

(I had been holding onto that pic for some reason, but last week's wild BTS photo of Daniel playing with Lisa-Dorah seemed to call for this counterpart. You've seen it here first!)

#no time to die #lea seydoux #lisa dorah sonnet #james bond #007 #00swann #bondeleine #mathilde bond #mathilde swann #madeleine swann #bond girl #doudou

[swannscroft]

do you have any 00swann head canons? if so, would you be so kind to share them? i love the stories you've written for them by the way.

omg heyy🥺❤️ ty so much for reading my stories, i have so many head canons for them i'd love to share (most of these are assuming bond survived in nttd😂):

bond is so handsy, always trying to initiate stuff at the WORST times bc he thinks it's funny and hot (madeleine doesn't want to admit it, but she loves it)

while madeleine hates guns and doesn't want them looking of theirs shoulders, bond still has guns stashed away in strategic places for if something goes wrong. he just can't shake those years of training

even though they can both tolerate the cold/snow, bond and madeleine both hate it. they both associate it with their childhood and rough times (bond's parents dying, the avalanche where he lost his stepfather. madeleine's mother dying, and living in mostly solitude in austria) they both prefer sunny days and warmer weather

they're both so secretive but try to open up to each other as best they can. it's difficult but they both recognize they've had to compartmentalize over the years to survive (and it's a lot easier to open up when blofeld isnt manipulating them)

madeleine never wanted to be a mother, bc she was afraid she would not be a great mother like her own was, but she loves mathilde more than anything in the world

bond never wanted to be a father either but wants to try and make up for those lost 5 years in every way he can

neither of them watch a lot of tv, and prefer to read, and sometimes just enjoy each other's company in silence

bond is a control freak sometimes and always likes to drive, he goes insane when he's not in the driver's seat😂 madeleine doesn't mind most of the time

bond will always think back on vesper fondly, but he's accepted her death and moved on. he felt betrayed when her grave was destroyed, not bc he still was in love with her, but bc he thought madeleine had been working for spectre. (which was a dumb af choice on the writers tbh) vesper humbled him and allowed him to love, but madeleine made him realize that he TRULY could give up the life of an assassin and be something more

and going with the canon ending (and this is going to sound terrible) but i don't think it takes madeleine too long to accept and move on from bond's death. his death ovb. crushed her bc she LOVED james SO much, but they'd been apart 5 years, they were only together again for a few days. she'd spent longer without him than she did with him. she will always carry james in her heart, but she'd processed the loss of him long before he died

madeleine was the true love of james' life, but mathilde is the true love of madeleine's life. she's the greatest gift that james could've given her

(also not 00swann related) but on madeleine's birthday every year, mr. white would try to find her and celebrate from afar, wishing nothing more than to be with his daughter

#cried writing these ngl😭❤️ #00swann #bondeleine #james bond x madeleine swann #james bond #daniel craig #007 #madeleine swann #lea seydoux #no time to die #nttd #casino royale #spectre #skyfall #quantum of solace

[drswannbond]

Just me thinking that if Bond wasn’t so intent on showing off his vintage cars that (with all due respect) no one gives that much of a shit about, he’d have directly flown in to meet Madeleine at her Norway home and gained about one additional full day (o.n.e.f.u.l.l.d.a.y) – airport and ferry terminal timewaste being around the same – to secure his happy ever after with his girls. Be right back walking into traffic

And 🤬 you Aston Martin V8!

#WE WERE ROBBED #RELEASE THE NOVINTAGECAR CUT #WE WANT TO SEE JAMES BOND ON A FERRY IN HIS COLD WEATHER GEAR #AKA DANIEL CRAIG WITH THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO HAIRCUT AND SCRUFF #its honestly so frustrating to imagine all the time they could have had #if he had been able to pull a Skyfall again and prep the lake house against a Safin assault #or very simply given Madeleine enough bullets to defend herself in the forest shed #she could have lasted decades in there #none of Safins mens would have dared shoot at her and she just had to aim at the door #tssssk #00swann #james bond #no time to die #007 #bondeleine #madeleine swann

[drswannbond]

Bond looking at a sleeping Madeleine in their Matera hotel room.

#that's the morning after face of a man who dutifully picked up his wife’s discarded dress from the floor #what a flattering red dress btw #was he reminiscing removing it from her body while he smoothened its wrinkles out? #gawd i need to know #also look at these tasteful clothes in the trunk #judging by the color i'd go with madeleine #the pink silk blouse #the chic green shirt #that night blue cashmere cardigan he offered her to fight the chill of their late night italian beach walks #totally unrelated but his hair looks so flat in this #madeleine needs to ruffle it like she did when she had him against the wall #his hair stayed spiked up and that was super hot #i can’t understand why he looks so serious though #the night before he didn’t seem affected by madeleine’s vesper request #more like ok honey whatever you want #which is indeed the way to go with our madeleine girl #00swann #bondeleine #james bond #madeleine swann #no time to die #007 #daniel craig