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the only show that’s never let me down is leverage, that 0% quality drop, that obliquely canon ot3, the only Morally Complex TM white man i’ve ever found remotely compelling bc the narrative neither glorifies him but rather paints him in a negative light and at odds with his band of criminals w hearts of gold, my beautiful genius son alec hardison, i could literally go thru every character and list them they’re all so beautiful, the anti-wall street anti-capitalist message created in a 2008 post-collapse real world context, the campy heist genre filled with developed interesting and highly complex characters with strong relationships, the found family dynamic…………………..never another like this my guy

I’ve been rewatching on Netflix recently, and whenever the timer for the next episode comes up and displays the episode title, I always go, “Oh, that episode! I love that episode!”

I am slowly but surely getting everyone I know into it so I can watch them watch it and squee along with them. I routinely watch the show, listen to the commentaries, over and over again. 

I’ve consumed a lot of media and watched a ton of tv shows. Usually I’m watching about three tv shows at once. 

I do not say this lightly: Leverage is my favorite tv show. 

Every time I rewatch Leverage from the beginning, I’m startled by how much they disliked and mistrusted each other in the beginning, because by the end they are an honest to god family. And it’s weird to go back to the early episodes, when they didn’t have that, but it’s just another example of how damned good the show is, because that sense of family wasn’t forced onto the characters (and viewers). They worked at it and earned it over five seasons, slowly and with setbacks, and it is worth every minute.

I think the most damage this site has done to me is making me think "It's fucken wimdy" when it is, in fact, fucken wimdy outside.

I taught one of my ranching buddies “it fucken wimdy” and now he says it around his older more established ranching buddies

The exhilaration I get- upon hearing an old rancher (I’ve never met before) in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat while on a horse, grimly saying “it fucken wimdy” in a thick west Texas accent as he looks down upon his cows- is incalculable

why is that second paragraph formatted like an emily dickinson poem

The exhilaration I get-

upon hearing an old rancher

(I’ve never met before)

in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat

while on a horse, grimly saying

“it fucken wimdy” in a thick 

west Texas accent as

he looks down upon his cows-

is incalculable

sir that’s my emotional support found family trope

hopeful prediction for the finale

I'm just thinkin' about how Eda pushed Raine away because of the curse.

She was afraid to let them in. She was afraid to ask them for help, or share how she was feeling...she was scared to show the side of herself that was messy and dangerous and painful and (in her mind) unlovable.

But when she finally let Raine see who she actually was...

...this was their reaction.

...they love all of her. Including those messy and dangerous and painful parts.

The kids are all right!

Thank you @ashanimus for holding my hand and gently coaxing me into watching a Children’s Television, I am actually enjoying it very much <3

A school project: book cover redesign for Heroes of Olympus

Basically is just me trying to make fanarts for pjo during classes

I'm very normal about the new pjo series cast reveal 👁👄👁

I am consuming a media and you are going to hear about it

and the thrilling sequel: i consumed a media months ago and you are still hearing about it

and the cautionary conclusion: the media has consumed me

@panpercyjackson us with percy Jackson. No I will not stop talking about it

honestly i think the character is miss most from leverage redemption is sterling, he's such a good presence in the show. they gotta fill that smarmy bastard niche next season

thinking about hardison's nana and the fbi. they show up, she invites them in for tea and skillfully dodges their questions. plays up the flustered old lady act and they leave with cookies but no answers.

she raised two high-level hackers, she's definitely on some kind of invented-just-for-her watchlist. they track her internet activity but she posts "how to google" on facebook and nobody's sure if it's real or not (including hardison)

Writers for "The Rundown Job": And then at the end he tosses the crutch aside and leans on Parker and Hardison instead, symbolizing his trust in them and how they support each other for better or worse.

Me watching the end of "The Rundown Job": lol Christian Kane short

Now I'm picturing an alternate ending where Eliot (completely jokingly) asks if Hardison is really going to make him walk to the car after Eliot got shot in the leg for them? And Hardison, who has been trying to get this man to willingly tolerate more than 0.2 seconds of hugging for the last five years, immediately resolves that he is going to carry Eliot to the car if it kills him. (Parker is confused, but obligingly assists as best she can.)

The last shot of the episode is Colonel Vance staring after them in utter confusion as his brain tries to process Eliot Spencer discarding his crutch to be carried away bridal style by his hacker friend.

(Eliot was actually hinting that Hardison should have retrieved the car to come pick him up so he wouldn't have to walk, not that Hardison should physically pick him up. But he goes with it, because 1) Hardison seems really invested in this for some reason and 2) if you can't relax and not worry about the hit to your reputation from being carried off into the sunset after taking over the hitman dispatch office and uncovering and foiling a terrorist plot in an afternoon, when can you?)

I see your “Hardison misinterprets the request and carries Eliot” and raise you “Parker misinterprets the request and carries Eliot” because:

1) Hardison shifts Eliot’s weight to Parker so he can go get the car and Parker takes that as a cue to lift Eliot

2) Parker is realistically the more capable of the two of them to carry Eliot because she is strong from all her stunts and building-climbing, as well as experienced in how to shift weight in the safest, most comfortable position without hurting anyone

3) She is not only the one of the two most likely to misinterpret Eliot’s subliminal request, she is also the one most likely to recognize it and ignore it in favor of doing what she wants and letting others assume she misread the cue for fun

4) It’s funnier to envision Parker carrying Eliot and Vance losing his fucking mind

Vance has a minor breakdown. He is extremely frustrated that everyone around him (very rationally) assumes this is due to the stress of dealing with an attempted terrorist attack on Washington, D.C. and tries to get him to take some time off. He can handle terrorist attacks just fine, thank you very much--have you seen any of the mission reports from his other work? This is just another day at the office! (Albeit complicated by all the bureaucratic nonsense standing in his way!) The problem is not the terrorist attack, which was handled. No, his problem is trying to figure out what the hell is going on with Spencer and that bizarre new team of his!

(Given that the heights would work against them in the second scenario, plus Parker's practicality and knowledge of efficient weight distribution, instead of Eliot getting semi-elegantly swept away bridal style, he's probably slung over Parker's shoulders in a fireman's carry wondering how he didn't see this coming when he opened his mouth.)

Vance standing frozen, jaw hanging open in shock as he watches this tiny little thief throw Eliot freaking Spencer over her shoulder like he's a sack of potatos while Eliot chuckles and waves like nothing is amiss. It is the most disturbing thing Vance has ever seen in his life, and he lies awake at night knowing that Parker is out there somewhere, wondering just what else she's capable of.

sophie "it's only fun when I do it" devereaux

My favorite leverage bit is when they have agreed on names for cons that they never explain but reference absolutely bonkers bits of. Like. “Yeah I was running a Blue Spiked Fish but then I lost the wig and had to turn it into a Seventh Taco on the fly.” “Where on earth did you get the firefighter uniform??” “Had one in the closet from running a Cicada job earlier that year.” Beautiful. Perfect. They could do this every episode.

2021 is the year I finally get my shit together

2022 is the year I finally get my shit together

2023 is the year I finally get my shit together

op is more dedicated to update this post than op is in getting shit done and it shows

The euphoria of receiving a legit new follower during the Great Tumblr Pornbot Siege of 2022/2023