I don't think a normal person would be capable of it.Eclipse Dragon said:Well of course. It's definitely representative of the character, even if he weren't all those things and perfectly aware he'd be replaced, the job alone and the things he's required to do, might be enough to drive a normal person a little batty.SonicWaffle said:That's more of a casual, snarky way of reporting the death though. The example I gave was creepy as fuck because he obviously didn't understand or care how this woman might feel upon finding out her brother had been murdered - all he cared about was that she keep dancing, damn it! He really, really wanted to win that dancing contest.
There's a good argument to be made that Bonds are just seriously disturbed individuals, recruited because they're expected to burn bright but fast and then be replaced by the next James Bond. They don't give a shit about anything because they know they'll be dead soon anyway, so they drink and smoke and get into brawls, they fuck random strangers without caring about the risk of disease (because seriously, Bond is going to use a condom? Please) and then they die. They're uncaring, heartless bastards because they're resigned to death.
The things Bond does, the way he so callously fucks, murders or fuck-murders every single human being he encounters, I don't think I'd be able to bring myself to do. I don't even know how to fuck-murder somebody!