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Or the long lost sister of Valenka from CR.
Yes! And that would give her even more daddy issues since he killed Valenka.
Even more twists will surely arise once they find out Valenka actually meant to poison the other players, not Bond, and was sent back in-time by Madeleine to help Bond beat Le Chiffre in the poker game.
Now we're talking!
Generally the plots haven't asked us to think about what happened to them later - did anyone really think that Bond was leaving the service to be with Christmas Jones? Or just taking a nice lost weekend before getting back to work?
So I think it would be fine if she was never mentioned again, and I wouldn't find it inconsistent. Or hey, stick her in the same place as Camille and use them both for cameos later - maybe as people who he can call on for favours later during a mission on their turf.
'Cause that always ends well. ;)
That would explain why Valenka never spoke...she did not want to mess up the space-time continuum.
We've now officially put more time into thinking through SP than the screenwriters did.
The Craig era has been all about exploring his character through an existential lens, and it's interesting to see a Bond like Craig's who is reactionary actually have to think about what he wants for once, and not for anyone else. He's so used to taking orders and serving, he's lost the ability to view things on his own terms. I think a film that explored Bond in that way would be interesting, and it could still include all the elements people expect from this take on the character.
I could see a beginning to Bond 25 where M doesn't trust Bond because he quit (twice) and sends him off on an impossible mission to Japan...
Oh, who am I kidding? They will off Madeleine.
Q and Moneypenny would try to say hi, but he'd march on like a robot. A bit of Blofeld's revenge from beyond the cell bars.
1. No appearance on screen, written out in a throwaway line, end of.
2. The main Bond girl again.
3. Killed off at the beginning, tedious revenge story follows.
4. Still with Bond, he rejoins MI6 for a mission, she leaves him.
5. My idea: Fakes her own death or kidnap, Bond goes after Spectre, she is revealed to be a secret (still alive) baddie.
I would favour either Idea 1 or Idea 5.
It's just that if one wants to call another suggestions tedious and predictable, one should then avoid presenting a suggestion of their own that is even more so.
I think it's a common dilemma we're all having, wondering where the story should go next (as many routes forward have a "been there, done that" quality about them), and there is a finality about where the Craig era is heading that makes it harder to keep writing Bond into the action, especially when he's basically heading to retirement. I've long held that if a Bond actor was given an actual, tangible and conclusive ending, now was the time to experiment when this era has been able to get away with things other films couldn't or wouldn't have dared to do.
Then the next actor could then start off as a Bond already "in it" for a few years, and the standalone missions so many crave could come back. I'll always appreciate the Craig era for saying, "stuff it" to much of a tired formula, and doing things with the character we hadn't really seen, or at least seen done with such conviction and earnestness. It's the era of experimentation, and I'd be interesting to see the "last Bond story" told with Dan's 007 that addressed and challenged fundamental ideas about the character as a dutiful protector of the realm.
LOL. That would lead to even more screen time for Madeleine, which I think most people here are against.
I see 3. or 4. as the likely options.
I'd prefer 4. as it would be something new. I really don't want another revenge movie, unless they go gonzo, do the beginning of the TMWTGG novel and have Bond kill someone close to him a la
But that would really lead to too much story, well-worn trust issues with M, and bloat, so I'd prefer her leaving him and him just getting on with the job (presumably to track down an escaped Blofeld).
Unfortunately, the easiest story shorthand would be for Blofeld to escape and kill Madeleine (even people who don't remember SP well would get it). Therefore, 3. is most likely.
Eon really wrote itself into a corner with SP by allowing Blofeld to be captured and Bond to quit for Madeleine. Now they will have to undo both and it's just going to take up screen time.
In CR, Bond and Vesper literally plan it out, 'traveling around until they run out of money' or some such. And Bond types a resignation letter.
In SP, Bond just walks toward Madeline on the bridge, and we cut to a shot of them in his car - that's it. It's symbolic of him leaving for some viewers, sure, but it's far from explicit. For all we know he's texted M and said, "gone for a week's holiday in the Cotswolds, see you Monday."
Anyway, from the writer's point of view, there's no need to work from the premise that Bond has left the service or that Madeline is singular to him. Those things aren't really in the narrative of SP and don't need addressing in the future for the sake of coherence.
As for Bond having resigned, how often did that happen before, seemingly or official? He always came back or was made to come back.
They could simply forget Swann and act as if Bond had never had so much as a sabbatical in the meantime and still start Bond 25 as a clean slate. The only thing I'm afraid of is that they feel obliged to follow up on that unfortunate, still somewhat cringe-inducing Bloberhauser/step brother business. I'd prefer them to just let Bond/MI6 say, "Blofeld is rotting in prison now, let's concentrate on our real work instead of M's (as in TWINE or SKYFALL) or Bond's (as in SPECTRE) personal foes." GOLDFINGER didn't suffer from making everyone forget about S.P.E.C.T.R.E. (the organisation) either.