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"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"

actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks

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Hardison waking up from a nightmare when alone throws himself into work until he stops shaking, until he has checked and double checked his perfect aliases for the team. Usually he hasn’t assured himself his work is safe until well past the sun rising again. When he wakes up in their giant bed he still grabs for the laptop, but this time before he keeps himself up the rest of the night with anxiety Parker has wrapped herself around him, telling him they’re safe, it’s okay, while Eliot gets up to make the perfect cup of tea before leaning against them, their steady breaths letting Alec relax before going back to sleep

Parker alone jolts up straight in bed, gripping the sheets, before slipping out to break into a bank nearby with an old glen reader she’s fond of. The sound of the tumblers clicking into place eases the tension in her shoulders, but when she’s done she goes home and eats sugary cereal to stay awake. When she wakes up in their bed she does not jolt up- too much attention is put on her when she does. She lies there, almost vibrating with tension, before getting up and climbing into the vents, needing to be alone, to be somewhere small and safe. Eliot slips out after her to make the smoothest old fashioned hot chocolate, giving her time before placing it in the vent. If it’s a bad night and she’s still in there in half an hour he’ll wake hardison up and they’ll pile blankets and pillows in before joining her in the vents, usually at a distance unless she needs them close, and they’ll sing or talk to her until she can fall asleep again (still in the vents)

Eliot ‘I sleep 50 minutes a night’ spencer does a whole smorgasbord of things, including cooking a smorgasbord. He gardens, he works out, he meditates. He is used to nightmares, is well accustomed to the tightness in his throat when he wakes up, and he has his many coping strategies. When he wakes up in their bed he still goes to do those things, but Parker follows, sitting in the counter and eating the food he makes, watching him garden or work out, keeping him company until hardison stumbles out, yawning, and asks them to come back to bed to cuddle. He always thinks he’s not going to fall back asleep, but in the safety of their holds he ends up sleeping anyway

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thinking about the Sterling & Eliot fight scene in the context of that thing where Eliot seeming to be out of control is pretty much always a grift. It's something I didn't properly twig until reading this meta of the french connection job - and it surprised me how perfectly possible it is to watch the show and believe his performance at every turn.

(even with the example early on of Eliot using this trick - anger as a performance, quickly switched off - to get Sophie to admit that she wasn't apologising. I will never be over season one Eliot successfully tricking the team's grifter that way. And for such a gentle reason.)

so we get Nate strolling casually up to the table to ask Sterling what he's doing here - which, big mob boss vibes there, it's gorgeous - and I'm just thinking about how Eliot 'snapping' and going after Sterling allows Nate to be civilised, because Nate doesn't have to threaten Sterling or remind him not to mess with them; his man, working for him and under his control, has already done that. And Nate being civilised and calling the shots allows Eliot to safely lean into his don't-mess-with-me angry hitter persona, probably to make a point, probably to have a little fun as well. (Really I don't even stop to justify that scene. It just causes me so much joy as it is.)

the first time I saw the french connection job, the 'call off your dog' bit bugged me. Nate hearing that and (after a moment) doing so meant he was implicitly agreeing with the idea that Eliot was his dog, and that Eliot wasn't capable of standing down by himself. Which goes entirely out the window if it's a grift. Reading it as almost transactional, an agreement between the two to enable each other to lean into their respective roles in little plays for their marks' benefits - and their own - makes it so much better. Nate gets to come across as reasonable and in control of powerful assets; Eliot gets to scare people into believing that he really would hurt them badly if they gave him a reason, and his reputation survives another day, and people don't look too closely.

"You know, people underestimate you, Eliot." "That's kind of the point."

there's quite a bit of trust in it, both ways - and an unspoken understanding of what's really going on - and it just... I just think it's neat.

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i mean this so seriously eliot "i love like a wounded dog desperate to protect" spencer will be the deatho f me

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all my followers who're into characters being called dogs get on the fucking eliot spencer train with me

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Hes my BEST friend you don't get it. Eliot Spencer is my perfect little guy . He's my rescue pitbull. He's been made to fight too much and he's retired now he's a nanny dog he's dragging blankets and chew toys and treats over to the people he loves and then running off to dig holes in the garden rather than admit he cares but he's got his bed pulled up right by theirs and their hand right between his ears and if anyone tries shit then boy he's still got teeth and he's eaten bigger fuckin dogs than you before. I want to buy him squeaky toys and feed him peanut butter. I am stretching this metaphor so thin right now

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literally crazy how much of a bottom eliot is. wdym sophie has repeatedly made him do whatever she asks thru the power of suggestion. ‘neurolinguistic programming’ or whatever my ass that guy lives to please

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Teenage Mabel and Dipper!

having too much fun with these

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Say it with me, kids, "I do not deserve this pain. I am in chronic pain due to forces outside of my control. I should not have to earn pain relief. I am good. I do not deserve to be shamed for my pain. It is not my fault."

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"Who would commit such a heinous act?~"

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i said it was my favorite piece of media that i’ve hyperfixated on since the tender age of 12 and have not let go of since. i didnt say it was a Good piece of media

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"Who would commit such a heinous act?~"

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Okay I've just I can't get this out of my Head.

You know how alastor freaks the fuck out and clearly clearly has a very big connection to his microphone?

He hasn't been really wounded but only his broken microphone is enough to make him spiral about almost dying.

And so I get thinking... Giving Charlie the mic, just for a song, a performance...

That SCREAMS I believe and trust in you. I was SHOCKED seeing him give it to her.

Now more than ever I feel like, whether he likes it or not, he would trust her and the others at the hotel with his life, and I think he's starting to realise it and is freaking out, becouse that means they have control over him, and he can't Afford to lose even an ounce of control

This is the face of someone so hurt and scared he can't even tackle it. He's in despair and even then, it takes him almost nothing to get back out there. He's so fucking scared and even then he shoves it all down, puts his mask back on and goes back to comfort his friends.

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I'm sure she'd be one of us

📻🍎 shippers

and they eating(? 😆

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Angel Dust for Poison This one is too catchy [links]

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I love how each member of the Leverage crew reacts to other people in their field because it’s like:

Nate & Sterling: respected rivals

Sophie & Tara: besties

Parker & Archie: father figure

Eliot & Quinn/Mikel: partners with flirty undertones

Hardison & Cha0s: mortal enemies

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why is religious Christmas imagery all so joyful and pleasant? where is the inherent horror of the birth of Christ? A mother is handed her newborn child, wailing and innocent. Her hands come away sticky. Red. Simply by giving her son life she has already killed him. He is doomed from the beginning. Her love will not save him from suffering. Because the thing cradled in her arms is not a baby, it is a sacrifice: born amongst the other bleating animals whose blood will one day be spilled in the name of what demands it. the night is silent with anticipation. Mary, did you know? That your womb was also a grave?