#Team Nathan

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I’m not going to lie, I dropped WCTH for about two years because I was so upset with E choosing L. Then last spring, my mom asked me if I’ve kept up, and I told her I didn’t and explained why. Then she said, “You REALLY need to catch up.”

So I took her advice and spent the next few days watching the episodes I missed on Peacock.

I am SO GLAD I did.

Super excited to see what this new season brings.

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Why Are The Leads On The Poster!?

Why would they put the leads on the poster if other characters are going to have their own character arcs? It doesn't make sense.

Mei and Hickam's wedding in crammed together, unlike a hypothetical wedding for Elizabeth and Nathan one episode after they confessed their feelings for each other and kissed. That's some smurt thinkin'.

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Help finding a fic…

Okay y’all, I need help! I read a fic like 2 years ago that was Nathan and Elizabeth that I’d love to read again now that Nathan is apparently back in the game on the show. For the life of me though, I can’t find it. Here’s some of what I remember…

-N&E eventually get married in the woods on Nathan’s family’s land. There’s a cabin right near by where the spend the wedding night, I think the wedding happened in a gazebo, and there was something about Nathan’s sister and flowers falling from a tree that were involved too.

-Nathan’s mom plays a pretty big role in the story. I think Ally’s dad shows up at some point too, wanting to take Ally.

-N&E build a house on land a little bit outside of town and leave behind the row house. Not long after, Lee and Rosemary build a house next door. Lee and Rosemary end up having a kid, I think maybe through adoption but I can’t quite remember.

-Elizabeth is pregnant not long after the wedding. I think she eventually goes into labor while Nathan is away, but he gets back just in time.

-I know N&E (plus possibly Ally and Little Jack) go to Hamilton to see Elizabeth’s family at some point. Something about Elizabeth’s dad’s car is ringing a bell in my head.

I know it’s not a ton to go on, but does it ring any bells for anyone?

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everyones fave thieves

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the four nations ad!!!!

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WHO WANTS MORE STRANGE OMENS 🙌 (Part 1 is here!)

“Strange Planet” is a fabulous comic by Nathan W Pyle!

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Crosby to be Canada's 'security blanket' as captain at 4 Nations Face-Off

Indeed, is anyone more deserving of the title of Captain Canada?

“He’s up there,” Tocchet said. “And look, I don’t want to embarrass Sid. But from sitting in the locker room across from Wayne Gretzky, the way Wayne’s demeanor is, the way he acted around his teammates, the way he acted in front of the public, Sid’s got that.

“And then you’ve got the Mark Messier type, not afraid to say things to your teammates if needed at the right time. And I’ve seen Sid do that too, using his voice to let them know something is unacceptable. He’s willing to do that. That to me is a great leader. In all facets. One hundred percent.

“The bottom line: When he puts that jersey on, you can sense the calmness come over the entire country of Canada. It’s almost like he’s our security blanket.”

“From the time I first met him, it’s just the way he always looks to raise the bar,” Bergeron said. “We’ve been teammates and linemates in a lot of these tournaments, and he’s never satisfied. He’s always looking to the next thing. He’s able to enjoy the success but at the same time wanting more. It’s his drive, his determination, there’s a lot of reasons why he’s been so clutch and so important in, what you could say, [is] history.

“He commands respect. I think the country is proud of who he is as a person and how he represents us on the international stage. There’s no missteps. It’s been going on since he’s been 14 years old when they started aiming cameras on him. He’s never had a misstep.”

Bergeron is considered one of the top leaders of his era and won the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award in 2021, an honor Crosby received in 2010.

“I accomplished a lot in my career,” Bergeron said. “But I have to say, I’m so proud that in my time playing, that Sidney was the face of our league and for Canadian hockey. Well deserved.”

Crosby already had his eyes on the 4 Nations prize five months ago, long before he would officially be given the “C” for Team Canada.

Back in early September, Crosby helped organize an unofficial training camp of sorts under the watchful eye of Andy O’Brien, his longtime trainer, in Vail, Colorado. Among those invited to the event were some of Canada’s top players, including Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, who like Crosby is from Cole Harbour; Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid; and Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner.

Crosby insists it wasn’t an official Canada team-bonding exercise, pointing out that there were players from other countries there as well. At the same time, he admits it was productive for some of the Canadians on hand to get the opportunity to develop chemistry and play together, something that could come in handy at the 4 Nations and the 2026 Olympics.

Marner, for one, was appreciative of the invite extended him by Crosby and O’Brien.

“It was great,” he said. “Getting to know Sid and some of those guys both on and off the ice, well, I was grateful that they asked me to join them.

“You get to know them on and off the ice a bit. Such great guys. And so much talent out there with guys like Sid, MacKinnon and McDavid.”

And, according to Team Canada and Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper, it was just another example of Crosby’s leadership ability to bring players together for a common goal.

“It’s what he does,” Cooper said. “It’s who he is.

“Look at what he did [last] month when we were in Pittsburgh.”

Cooper was referring to a postgame scene after his team had defeated Crosby and the Penguins 5-2 on Jan. 12, a game in which Tampa Bay scored three goals in the final 3:03 to break a 2-2 tie. The uber-competitive Crosby was upset that victory had eluded the Penguins, but still took time to see Cooper afterward to chat about the 4 Nations.

At one point, Crosby asked Cooper to bring out Lightning forwards Brayden Point, Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli, his future 4 Nations teammates, to talk about the upcoming tournament.

“He here is, angry that his team had just lost a game, and he put that aside to talk Team Canada with them,” Cooper said. “They sat there for 20 minutes. They were like kids in a candy store.

“That right there is what true leadership is.”

And, according to Tocchet, what Crosby is all about.

“It’s unbelievable,” Tocchet said. “He’s a guy that carries the torch, and is willing to pass the torch on when he’s done.

“That’s what he’s doing with Cirelli, Hagel, those guys. He basically comes in and says, ‘Hey, you guys are my teammates in a month, I just want to get to know you real quick and let you know what’s at stake.’ He’s done it with other players. I just think it goes so far with his teammates. They legitimately badly want to play with him, to be his teammate.”

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Batman / Leverage crossover where the Leverage crew shows up at one of those fancy Gothamite Galas or whatever to take down one of Gotham's rich jerk socialites, and Bruce immediately realizes who they are but also knows their reputation so he just kind of tells the rest of the Batfam to let the Leverage crew do their thing and not get involved.

This *mostly* works, since there's plenty of other crap going down to distract the Waynes, but somehow Damian misses the memo and suddenly Gets Involved. The poor Leverage crew finds themselves having to both take down their rich jerk mark AND babysit this terrifying child.

Nate and Sophie are confused, but roll with it (Sophie LOVES Gotham parties there's always so much DRAMA). Hardison repeatedly comments that he feels like he's the only one noticing all the frankly insane comments Damian is making. Parker thinks Damian is the most delightful child she's ever met and asks his opinions on various increasingly violent hypothetical scenarios (which Damian responds to in depth, much to Hardison's chagrin). Eliot spends most of the episode just kind of staring into the middle distance because he can tell Damian is a trained assassin based on his (very distinctive) body language and like WHAT THE HECK this kid is NINE why is he an ASSASSIN dangit this is why Eliot hates Gotham 50% of Gothamites just know how to kill everything apparently

Damian is impressed by the group's efficiency but also unimpressed with the group's general goofiness (Nate ends up on the receiving end of like five bajillion insults). He goes along with the shenanigans playing the part of a weird but ignorant civilian until the very end where right after the team does The Gloat he walks up to them and says something along the lines of "somewhat passable work, 7/10" before jumping out a window and Eliot just groans.

Afterwards Bruce berates Damian because they really don't want to be on the Leverage crew's radar but Damian doesn't really care since it made the Gala more interesting, and all the rest of the Batkids are rolling on the ground with laughter.

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I wanted to make a series of crossover drawings before showing them all, but drawing has been too hard for me lately, so I'll just show them separately xd

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Favorite parts of The Low Low Price Job:

-when they're arguing about whether or not they should take the client and Eliot points out they overthrew a foreign government and Nate's response is just that it was a small foreign country

-Sophie complaining about needing to learn fancy science words and saying something about how they're not real and that they're like the names of dinosaurs or something and Hardison having to say "dinosaurs were real"

-Nate putting on dramatic music while watching the camera feeds of the chaos they're sowing

-Sophie siccing her acting students on these people

-the haunted shopping cart prank

-Parker quitting her day job pretending to be dying

-the team sitting in the food court betting on how long it'll take for the mark to crack

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I CANT GET A SCREENSHOT RN but you know that part in the Nigerian Job where they're all running out of the warehouse and parker points out where the exit is and nate stays behind to keep the door opening and eliot helps hardison up when he slips and hardison makes sure there was no chance of anyone knowing they were there and in that moment even though they're all still enemies (pr at the very least they're not friends) and they're angry at each other they work together seamlessly without even speaking?

Yeah I'm thinking about that scene a lot.

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No One Reading This Will Get The Reference, But I'm Still Going To Make It.

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So we've reached the point where we're comparing tender chock holds and who did it best? Riveting discourse.

You know this show has more than three characters, right?

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“The founders would be proud.”

Oh sweet baby Nathan 😂 I’m still giggling.

I’ve got a one shot rolling around in my head about this. We’ll see if I can get it out…

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aucember day 4: sidnate + medical au 🚑

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i <3 when parker appears out of thin air

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