Fandom High School

The Danger Shop was not set up like a theatre today, instead more resembling a presentation room, albeit it one with a number of computer terminals in it.

"Good morning," Bond greeted them. "Welcome to our final class together, which I'm afraid is going to involve slightly more work than usual. Hopefully by now you've gained a grounding in some of the conventions of spy fiction, and to help test that you are all going to create a pitch for your own theoretical spy film, show or book. It doesn't have to be fancy, just a concept, a title, and what medium. If you can think any actors you might like to cast, you may bring up their names, but it's not necessary."

He paused and checked his watch. "You'll have most of the class to work on your ideas, then you each get five minutes to pitch them to the class and answer any questions they might have."

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[Class Roster]

Today the Danger Shop theatre was back to having normal chairs. Also small baskets of chocolate eggs and currant buns.

"Good morning," Bond greeted them "Now, as you may have gotten the impression from some of the works we've watche dover the semester, being involved in intelligence work can have a negative impact on one's personal relationships, especially when your partner or other loved ones are unaware of your work. If trust is the cornerstone of a good relationship, then the secrets and lies that come with spy work are not going to help. Today's offering showcases one of the worst possible ways to handle this kind of tension."

Seriously, it made Bond's drinking and semi-anonymous sex look healthy.

[Class Roster]

Bond was nowhere to be seen this morning. Instead, there was a note on the door. Along with a stack of J,GoB gift cards.

Class cancelled due to unfortunate teal deer incident.
Treat yourself and avoid anywhere green blends in.

The Danger Shop theatre was nothing out of the ordinary today.

"Good morning," Bond greeted his class. "Now that we're done with Agent M for the moment, we're moving onto a British series revolving around former Bletchley codebreakers that touches on many of the same post-war issues, albeit in a more restrained way."

"Now to give some historical context, Bletchley Park was the central site for intercepting and decoding Axis transmissions, work that was vital to the war effort, and which required both great intelligence and great secrecy, as most of the vulnerabilities that they needed to crack these nigh-unbreakable codes were the result of procedural flaws and human error, that could have been corrected if the Axis had ever realised their codes had been broken. Hence the work at Bletchley was classified at the very highest level, not only during the war, but also for decades after."

[Class Roster]

For a change, Bond had his students meet him in the computer lab.

"Good morning," Bond said, looking completely unruffled. Best poker player in the servic, people. "Since I doubt any of you have the concentration necessary to watch something today, we'll be spending the class doing self-directed research on topics related to the class."

In other words, you had his permission to spend class playing around on the internet.

[Class Roster]

The Danger Shop theatre was back to something more comfortable this week.

"Good Morning," Bond greeted the class. "Now so far we've been looking at works that feature trained agents as their protagonists, people who even with varying levels of experiences, at least have an idea of the treacherous waters they're navigating. However there is a popular trope within the genre where the protagonist is not some elite espionage agent, but rather some hapless innocent stumbling into the plot, naturally the levels of paranoia many intelligence agencies function under means that protestations of said innocence are not believed.

"So today we'll be watching 0 Degrees By 315 Degrees, the tale of one such hapless individual."

[Class Roster]

The Danger Shop still had the Art Deco styling from last week.

"I hope you all enjoyed last week's offering," Bond said after greeting the class. "Today we'll be watching a less fantastical take on a somewhat similar character, focusing on her wartime activites. In turn, it should be noted that both chractes draw inspiration from numerous real life womean, such as the late Nacy Wake, who served in operations much like the one depicted here throughout the various theatres of the war."

[Class Roster]

Bond had his students meet him at the Danger Shop, which resembled nothing so much as an extremely comfortable home theatre.

"Good morning, and welcome to Basic Mis-Intelligence," Bond greeted them as they arrived. "As you may have gathered from the class description and your surroundings we're going to be spending the semester consuming a great deal of spy films, although some books and television shows will also be involved. We're largely going to be focusing on examples from within the last century of this world, but even that relatively tight focus covers a vast array of styles, political contexts, subgenres, and levels of accuracy with regards to the actual mechanics of intelligence work."

"With that in mind, the first fictional spy we're going to look at is James Bund, member of the British Secret Service, and protagonist of a great many novels and even more film, with entries on various other media to boot. We're starting here not because of Bund's accuracy or quality, both of which vary wildly from story to story, but because he is in many ways the iconic spy character, whose impact can be seen one way or the other over the last half century. Now, there's far too many Bund films to watch in clas if we ever want to look at anything else, so I will be providing you with copies to watch at your leisure over the course of the semester, while today we watch Royal Casino, which served both as a continuity reboot after the films got rather silly and as an adaptation of the first Bund novel."

"But before we get started, the first week of classes means it's time for introductions, so name, class, and why you're taking this one. In the spirit of the class, none of your answers have to be true."

[Class Roster]