Cethan Leahy
@cethanleahy.com
Writer of YA novel Tuesdays are Just as Bad, author of Fiction Express books, poster of Spooky Shopkeepers
To be fair, Bond had the OG weird toxic fanbase!
![After Diamonds Are Forever was published in 1956, Fleming received a letter from Geoffrey Boothroyd, a Bond enthusiast and gun expert, who criticised the author's choice of firearm for Bond.[21] Boothroyd suggested that Bond should swap his Beretta for a Walther PPK 7.65 mm, an exchange that made it to the novel.[22]
I wish to point out that a man in James Bond's position would never consider using a .25 Beretta. It's really a lady's gun—and not a very nice lady at that! Dare I suggest that Bond should be armed with a .38 or a nine millimetre—let's say a German Walther PPK? That's far more appropriate.[23]
Boothroyd also gave Fleming advice on the Berns-Martin triple draw shoulder holster and a number of the weapons used by SMERSH and other villains.[24] In thanks, Fleming gave the MI6 Armourer the name Major Boothroyd in Dr. No and M introduces him to Bond as "the greatest small-arms expert in the world".[22]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bjsyop3pfdy3ot7hao4iw4fc/bafkreie75bntcql2a6frz6g6rs4hucxxqqvqjyaqkcezwishjjcjctbr4m@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
To be fair, Bond had the OG weird toxic fanbase!
Still my favourite James Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Still my favourite James Bond.
Intrigued by this inclusion in Kanopy's Noir season
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Intrigued by this inclusion in Kanopy's Noir season
Reading about the writing of Ozymandias and uh did the Shelleys do any writing that wasn't a weird contest?
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reading about the writing of Ozymandias and uh did the Shelleys do any writing that wasn't a weird contest?
I like Rumours but I do think there is something funny that there seemed to be an agreement a few years ago that everyone LOVES Fleetwood Mac which I do kind of question.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I like Rumours but I do think there is something funny that there seemed to be an agreement a few years ago that everyone LOVES Fleetwood Mac which I do kind of question.
Me getting numbers on Bluesky with tweets I wrote a decade ago.
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Me getting numbers on Bluesky with tweets I wrote a decade ago.
Will my film nerd cred survive giving the Springsteen movie a higher score than a Coen Bros movie? We'll soon find out!
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Will my film nerd cred survive giving the Springsteen movie a higher score than a Coen Bros movie? We'll soon find out!
Not sure why I have a pristine Knight And Day travel bag (a movie I definitely didn't watch) but here is it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not sure why I have a pristine Knight And Day travel bag (a movie I definitely didn't watch) but here is it.
Spielberg ringing the two Bobs after watching Time after Time:
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Spielberg ringing the two Bobs after watching Time after Time:
Going to the ballet this evening
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Going to the ballet this evening
Me and my fellow Game Boy players
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Me and my fellow Game Boy players
As it happens, I still have some spares!
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As it happens, I still have some spares!
Made quite the shoebox discovery today!
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Made quite the shoebox discovery today!
It's wild that the Bruce Springsteen biopic and the movie that inspired one of his most beloved songs are in the cinema at the same time.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's wild that the Bruce Springsteen biopic and the movie that inspired one of his most beloved songs are in the cinema at the same time.
Asleep at the wheel stuff here.
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Asleep at the wheel stuff here.
Diane Ladd plays Dr. Jane Tiptree and her plan is essentially this.
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Diane Ladd plays Dr. Jane Tiptree and her plan is essentially this.