2021's June Something: Day 2

Day 2: You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them? Bonus question: What about adding a third to your OTP from a different fandom? Who and why?

I'm going with the easy answer and say Bond/M/Q (mainly because I've read and enjoyed fics about them). Bond and M are both people who've been through a lot - M with his history of being a soldier, Bond with, well, everything - and Q brings a youthful ease into the relationship. He lightens things up.

My id wants Bond/M/Vesper, but they simply don't work - mainly because Bond and Vesper's love is so intense that it doesn't leave any space for anyone else.

Adding a third from a different fandom: no. Crossover is not my cup of tea.

Nick on Art, Artist, and Hope

I don’t think we can separate the art from the artist, nor should we need to. I think we can look at a piece of art as the transformed or redeemed aspect of an artist, and marvel at the miraculous journey that the work of art has taken to arrive at the better part of the artist’s nature. Perhaps beauty can be measured by the distance it has travelled to come into being.

That bad people make good art is a cause for hope.

-Nick Cave, The Red Hand Files, Issue #149