#and my eye is very gross so eyepatch time

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I am sick

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Inde Watches Leverage: Redemption

S02EP06 The Fractured Job

This live reaction is for @werewolfsmile because I promised to tell her when I watched it and here we are! I have heard many conflicting opinions on this so I’m going in with an open mind about it because I know there is discourse with the Eliot backstory. Honestly I’m just so excited to finally get more Eliot backstory so here we go.

Oh shiz when they said poisoned water they mean it oh goodness. Water should not do that. The small town cons always get me.

I do love Keith David though.

Hardison my beloved. You’re amazing. Living for the aliens in bucket hats socks.

Parker and Hardison looked so concerned when he said Oklahoma.

Breanna it’s a serious moment but I died when she was like “he has a father” like where did you think he came from.

Dang Parker right when he was getting in the mood.

“You haven’t talked to your dad in 60 years” Breanna I’m crying.

Ahhhh I thought Breanna was bringing a drink out to watch I love you. Eliot’s dad is like who is this child.

Breanna is like this guy fighting frackers and the way she looks at Eliot like yeah I see where you get it from.

I read about Keith David researching Kane’s playing of his role to mimic him to be able to act as his father and I really see it he’s so good. The stances the way they talk a little too. I love him.

But oof why is his father not even talking directly to him like ugh dude you’re not winning father of the year points rn.

Ooooo no photos of Eliot yeah you’re not winning any father of the year points rn at all buddy.

Ahhhhh “dropped me off” my heart

“Welcome to the cookout” Hardison I love you.

“Actually it’s kinda hard to prove the whole cancer thing in court… I’ll add it to the list” HARRY

Yeah me too Sophie and Eliot cons with daddy issues get me too.

Yes Eliot Hardison’s there for you any time as is Parker and everyone else so trust them my baby.

Oh goodness the eyepatch and the hat (which he took off Parker’s head how cute). How did a python take your eye buddy hahah “are you dying” oh gosh. He just looks old Parker my beloved.

Brenna I love your grift just forcing your way into situations. Confidence is key.

Oh goodness Sophie this American accent. It’s good but it’s wild hearing it from you.

THE GRUMPY TURN AND SHAKE OF HIS HEAD AND HANDS a+ Kieth David.

I love them just looking at each other and Parker and Eliot walking off and Breanna just like huh. So in sync.

HA his dad like why are there more people in my house.

Aw Parker showing Eliot she’s taking some bread to go. Cute.

Yeah that’s right take the food to go Billy you know you don’t want to leave that.

Breanna please give someone a nosebleed it will be funny. Very Nate Ford of you.

Breanna that is gross I love your excitement.

Doesn’t the water in the fridge come from the ground too would it be filtered enough?

Okay I knew that wasn’t a good spot for a bug it was so obvious under that desk mat.

Parker I love you.

Dang it AG you’ve disappointed me. Why am I surprised at this point.

They’re literally wearing the same outfit. Twinning with your dad I love it.

Ooo like I knew that’s what part of the issue was but hearing him say that he wasn’t here for his moms funeral my heart.

Ah yes I suspected the stolen valor was in play. He is a hero and of course Eliot saw him that way. Eliot wanted to be a hero like him. And unfortunately he learned the hard way that he wouldn’t get that either. But he’s a hero now with leverage or he’s trying to be. Not that he thinks so yet.

“Let em try” dang I love you Billy. “Like father like son” yeah Parker

Sorry I’m not an expert but idk if vegetables could cause the water to be on fire.

Ooo they even fight kinda the same love it.

I mean blowing it up is kinda the move. Especially because you gotta use water in the rig and on the flames and that’s not gonna work.

Eliot looking so surprised when his dad slapped him on the shoulder and looked so proud. Also loving the Carson hardware shirt even though I did notice the hardware store said it was closing??

“Next time I’ll finish telling you about the robot bodies” “damn it” I love you guys

Ahhhh Breanna and Billy a dynamic I don’t know I needed.

“Thanks to you Eliot’s been able to do something he hasn’t been able to do his entire adult life. Be happy” dang that sounds like an insult Harry.

I CANT EVEN TYPE THW QUOTES OUT THEYRE ALL MAKING ME CRY SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

“We lost a lot of years” “we still got some ahead of us” “stay out of trouble” “no sir” “That’s my boy” SOBBING OKAY

I’m gonna need redemption to get a bit better about the filming inconsistencies because Eliot had sweat on his shirt then turned away from his dad then didn’t.

But ahhhhh the way he smiles as they leave I love it so much.

Honestly really really did love this thought this was so well done. I did agree that early in og leverage it did seem like Eliot dealt with abuse as a kid and we still don’t know about the before he was dropped off at the hospital time in his life. But also I think it could just be Eliot being able to recognize those things and not being okay with the injustice of it all. Or it could be both again we don’t know before he was dropped off. But also to him he seems like he was a very well adjusted kid if he was abandoned so it does make me think maybe he was younger and you know the people he had raise him were his parents because that’s all he knew or all he cared about. I know it’s different for all adopted kids. But I really did love Keith David I think he played his father amazingly! I do have questions about like the stepbrother(? It wasn’t explicitly said that’s what the relationship was but maybe? Edit: I went back and he just said Mrs. Dewitt to the woman in the beginning so I don’t think he remarried or anything he just hung pictures of those kids who he coached instead which cold honestly. I think I read a post once where someone thought it was his stepbrother in the photos so I think that’s where I got confused.) and photos on the walls because if that was the situation that ain’t cool honestly. But yeah this episode made me cry can’t wait to see Keith David again in redemption!

[seeminglydark]

i genuinely forgot if you’ve shown how John lost his eye or if you did and I just blocked it out of my mind… either way you’re a wonderful storyteller and i wish your characters were real people so i can attempt to be their friends lol

TW abuse mention in the images and text

It’s alluded too a few times that his dad caused it with a pellet gun when he was around 13, he dances around the subject even though everyone knows that’s what happened, the only time he’s explicitly said so was to the hitchhiker way back in Seemingly Dark, so it’s really reasonable and understandable to forget or have blocked it out. Also I have a lot of people who like the characters that haven’t read Seemingly Dark or any of the comics so might not know that! In his younger years he wears a pirate-like eyepatch or sunglasses even indoors or at night to hide it. It made him feel gross when people give him pitying looks cuz they all knew what was going on but never actually helped him.

Also thank you so much for that! I wish I could be friends with them too, it’s kind of why I made them. I’m a very lonely person and have been my whole life, and I made my characters to be the people I’d wished I had. It’s really nice to know that other people connect with them or like them too.

(Old art alert!)

And here is the conversation between John and Ray, Maddie’s Stepdad in Creaky

Annnnd in Mil-Liminal

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ZJINN LORE ZJINN LORE

1, 10, 12, 29, 46, 51

for the character questions pleeeease 🤲 (feel free to pick obv. if u don't feel like all of them ahah but if you do. PLS) 👀

MY FRIEND THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! ✨

This is very much a WIP since I'm still learning about them, but ZJINN LOREEE ZJINN LORE LETSA GO!

1] What's the lie your character says most often?

Most consistently: how they lost their eye (they wear an eyepatch and get asked about it a lot) and loves to change the story up on everyone.

Bonus: Zjinn is multiclassing bard who has adventure and chaos woven into their fucked up DNA. In their case, embellishment and lying is in their kit 😂

10] What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?

When feeling ornery, Zjinn takes something one of their companions told them and repeats it...but, like, shreds the fact up and sprinkles it into a Salad of Lies. See the above answer for context lol. Gale is victim of this a lot because they like to argue (affectionate) and he makes it too easy. Wizard vs Sorcerer💜🧙‍♂️ (Also I doodled this for you below) :D

Putting the rest beneath the cut!

12] What's something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!

Before the Urge really starts taking a toll on Zjinn, I'd say wrestling (or dancing, if she can get him to) with Wyll - it always ends up silly. "Stupid" drinking games with Karlach...non-serious bickering with Gale (or coming up with absurd twists on incantations to the point one or both of them accidentally take it into battle). When Astarion really gets going on anyone (Zjinn included), she finds a rhythm in his words/voice and turns it into a song, which pisses him off (affectionate) but makes everyone else laugh. Those are the more wholesome things - excluding the dark edgy stuff lol

29] How do they respond when someone doesn’t believe them?

They just keep telling the story, making it even more ludicrous/gross and insert the non-believer into the story as a character where they end up in a compromising/humiliating position until someone (Gale, Wyll, etc) decides to step in or physically removes her😂 She likes to antagonise people.

46] Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?

I'd say both! As a bard, Zjinn loves stories and telling them. If it's someone Zjinn respects and has deemed worthy, she tends to listen. Those that fall into category of "utter bellend" she tends to start shit talking them with Astarion until they take notice. :>

51] What’s a phrase they say a lot?

I feel like Zjinn is the type to latch onto something a companion might accidentally say in a funny (unfortunate) way and repeat it in battle or while doing mundane activities, so I don't have anything specific? But I have a HC that Karlach and Wyll would love this and join in on it lol