#breanna in that one episode I’m forgetting

[leverage-ot3]

the most ruthless we’ve ever seen eliot in canon is when those he loves are in danger and the thought of it makes me need to sit down

[independent-fics]

Inde watches “The Rollin’ on the River Job”

Leverage Redemption 1x03

“Hardison had to have a lot of practice before Eliot agreed to open those van doors” yes please missing 12 years lore (or original run lore) either way I love

I kinda love how Sophie just keeps referring to Harry as our Mr Wilson it’s cute. She really working to make him feel included

Oof growing pains with Sophie coming back and Parker being the mastermind

Really love Hardison’s algorithm. Love how he’s still helping them find clients

Ahhhh callbacks to learning it’s not always about the money with clients

“I lost count of my marriages, but I only had one husband” my heart

15 MANUALS WHERE

Sophie being happy to be back on a stage

”I’m Parker” yes you are

“We have to rob the vault” “YES” Parker my beloved she deserves all the vents and vaults 

Brennas “trash bags from couch, couch” the implications there

Telling Sophie to walk off after her “let’s go steal” get her back in the groove hahaha

a con with a flow chart Hardison making those for her and helping her ahhh I love them

“Are you using a flow chart for all your interactions” SO WHAT IF SHE IS and where can I get one

The Mark being upset about not being verified on Twitter goodness, they really thought these guys through 

Goodness, Eliot transitioning into OK I was a cop why is he so dramatic 😭this man closeted theater kid I swear the slight accent and tone change? Man suddenly sounded like he’s been through 40 years on the beat like what

I don’t like the cgi clay birds (idk why it bothers me like it would be cool if they learned ig )

I am not getting enough Parker and Eliot brainstorming moments together

Sophie that pink suit is stunning

Breanna already out and aboutttt

Gahgh nvm already benched

Gah the parallels of the newer team members growing like the originals

Parker’s you don’t like my dress? 🥺(also love that this is kinda mirroring the original run episode 3 bridesmaid dress? In a way)

Eliot bonding over cooking with the other security guard ahhh my heart

Ahhh more leverage friends??? I want all the lore

“It’s a very distinctive- hold on” the writers just couldn’t forget that love it

Ice cave, gorilla enclosure, catered a wedding I love these mentions

“Food sensory experience” Eliot you nerd

Harry’s little thumbs up to Breanna I love this duo

Nooo not Eliot’s new friend

Why they always go for typical Russian names we got Ivan Dimitri then the bodyguard is Jake??

Parker making Eliot smell the money haha I love them

Breanna coming in with the ideal gas law you smartical partical

Awww Eliot helping Dennis still and having game night (and the 7 shirt!!!)

THAT WAS MY CAKE PARKER (I love them so much)

Always trust the person inside the van (ugh Hardison I love your notes)

Ugh yeah Breanna me too about the world and the timeline of my life. I would love to kick it in the junk too.

With the pearl yes Parker!!! My beloved world famous thief

[applejuiz]

Look, am I completely biased towards Parker because she’s my favorite Leverage character and one of my favorite characters ever? Yes.

Am I still right that Leverage: Redemption (especially season 2) functionally ignores her? Also yes.

The closest we come to getting a Parker-centric episode in Redemption is The Paranormal Hacktivity Job and The Date Night Job. (I’m counting a Parker-centric episode as one where her emotional arc is the one with the most weight/screentime. I can see an argument for The Hurricane Job being Parker-centric in the same way as The Date Night Job but I think Eliot’s arc is given precedent and also I hate The Hurricane Job.) That’s one episode out of 16/13 per season. I can also count on one hand the number of emotional moments she gets outside of those episodes (her convo about Hardison leaving, her being nervous about mentoring Breanna, her being worried about Eliot leaving, her giving Eliot advice about Maria, and I’m literally blanking on any from season 2). Everyone else, new and old, get to have episodes where they face an exceptional challenge, confront their past or something that reminds them of their past, or just get too invested in the client like in og Leverage. But not Parker! She just is there to be comic relief where the joke is look at how weird and zany she is. And sometimes she is allowed to mention that she misses Hardison. (Actually it does feel a little like the show doesn’t know what to do with her without Hardison, and seems to forget that her relationships with Sophie and Eliot are just as deep and important to her as her relationship with Hardison. Which is a little yikes.)

(Also I don’t have a better place to put this but Sophie sending Breanna along with Parker when Eliot’s going to visit his father because apparently nobody trusts Parker to be emotionally competent enough to handle the situation was a line seemingly constructed as a personal attack against me. Parker has been Eliot’s friend for fifteen years! Sophie once believed in her ability to connect to people despite her neurodivergence! Did the writers of this show even watch The White Rabbit Job?!?!)

I was foolish enough for one second to think that The Museum Makeover Job would be about her. One of her international teams need help, and they’re up against an Interpol agent she has a past with. Surely, we will get to see her go into Mastermind mode or reflect on a past job that had emotional weight or confront something challenging for her or get too invested in the con or— oh wait, the Interpol agent is Sophie’s daughter and the whole thing is a ploy to get revenge on her and she and Eliot will have their deep convo about redemption and purpose while Parker talks about vents for the dozenth time? Cool. (And not to be exceedingly bitter, but then also the whole joke is that Parker’s actually the one overly invested in her rivalry and it isn’t important at all to Astrid and we never get a beat of resolution for that at all. Thanks, I hate it.)

My bias might be showing, but Parker is the character in the og series that grows the most, and watching her development is one of the great joys of the original series. She becomes the Mastermind because of how much she learns and changes in front of us. She was allowed to be funny and competent and weird but also emotional and scared and loving and she got to feel things and to learn things and to be things. I used to think that Redemption was exaggerating her neurodivergence in a way that felt ooc, and while that might have some merit, I think the real issue is that they just took away everything else that made her a character. Her being WeirdTM and a TheifTM and ParkerTM is all that remains to a once complex and revolutionary character.

Maybe I should just be glad that I don’t have to watch Redemption potentially butcher her character on the main stage instead of in the background. But it does leave a pretty bad taste in my mouth that she is uniquely sidelined and ignored by a show that once ended by handing her the reigns.

[starlightandsunshine]

Ooh I love the increased lung capacity! Because that can also tie in to the grave danger job when he was buried alive and Parker had to try and coach him into not taking big breaths to conserve his air…

But also I’ve been thinking more about Nate & empathy and like. This could so easily also tie into his drinking problem. What you said before about how it makes his meeting a with clients more poignant… you know what else it does? It means that that bit at the end when he goes back to the client and is the receipient of their joy and relief and gratitude? He feels that. And god if that wouldn’t be addictive. To get to feel all that negativity and difficulty just disappear under shock and joy and awe and the feeling of relief when a struggle is lifted off your shoulders? Like this could very easily tie into how he drinks to forget but as he starts to drink less in s2 he gets more vicious with his vengeance. And how he always wants to meet the clients personally and tell them personally that their troubles are over. How easy would it be to get hooked on something like that? And it’s not until he and Sophie are together and he’s got some stability in s5 that he really starts to calm down. Even well into s4 you have those moments where he’s still almost got that edge where he’s chasing his next thrill…or his next high.

And I was also thinking about what Harry and Breanna’s abilities would be in this au

Breanna I’m less sure off but I’d love if her thing was something tied into being able to tell things about materials like their quality or potential or maybe even the opposite where like hardison her ability doesn’t tie into her skill but she has her skill despite it like say something to do with being able to talk to plants or animals since one of the running themes with her character is that she is invested in nature and I think it would be neat if her whole thing is living beings but she’s decided that she’s going to build her skills off of the opposite bc she’s not going to exploit them like that…

I’m not really sure about Breanna bc there’s so many ways you could take her

Harry on the other hand… I keep coming back to the idea that he has a similar ability to Mace Windu’s shatterpoint ability (lol another Star Wars reference but I can’t link rn bc I’m on mobile…).

Maybe not necessarily with everything but with people he can always see where the weak spots are and where to put pressure. I think it ties in both really well to his backstory as an evil lawyer who exploits people for his clients and also to who he is with the crew. Like in his first episode he goes straight for the weak spot of his (ex-)client but he doesn’t really know how to utilise it. It’s a running theme

Like we make jokes about how he keeps unionising the people who are holding him captive or making friends when he gets caught doing something wrong but if that’s because he can see what the best button to press is I think that would be really cool. Especially bc early on we see that he is good at spotting where to put pressure but he’s not really very good at utilising it to what the crew wants when it’s not just leaning on someone until they give in.

He’s always been good with people we can see that from minute one even when he’s not using that skill to good ends. But like the idea that he’s always had this ability and it’s the team who teach him how to really use it to the best effect is just something i think is really lovely and poetic for him

Plus this ties in nicely with the theme of redemption and him using his power for evil and then having to learn how to turn it around and use it for good instead in the same way that he has to learn about how he’s not sorted bc he’s got his one payback. He’s got to keep doing it over and over and over again.

oh WAIT A MINUTE we've all been getting it wrong. in a magical AU, Eliot Spencer isn't the one with healing powers or immense strength—he's the psychic.

"it's a distinctive____" no the fuck it isn't. he just KNOWS. but people get uneasy when a guy just KNOWS stuff, so eliot learned a line that keeps everybody calm, gives everybody just enough plausible deniability to keep the unease at bay.

he's always got that extra bit of knowledge to help him out. not more than he can handle, not like some kind of savant in more ways than it's possible for one human to be. nothing flashy. it's not that eliot's never lost his keys before. it's just that he always, always knows where to find them.

[vickyvicarious]

ER anon: So, context is a VERY-thinly veiled 'let's trap the members of this love quadrangle (plus a fifth wheel who regrets everything ever) in a room and see how many ridiculous situations we can put them in'. Perhaps less applicable to a Leverage AU but still funny were the competitions over who can remember more of Hamlet (kbJyepdkyqQ) and who lost their virginity first (ZLUeMmIabQQ). (...I swear that series as a whole was more of a valid medical show than all this is making it sound, lol.)

I actually really love bottle episodes, and they can be a very fun break from a more serious plot so I get it, haha. I think my roommate really liked this show back in the day, maybe? So I believe I have heard good things about it. (Oh my god though, the awkwardness of that jumping in to show off Hamlet when they weren't even talking to him... Just the kind of thing to give me secondhand embarrassment even if the character didn't. Well, until the Croatian Hamlet happened.)

...Anyway, now I'm just picturing the Leverage team trapped in a room (either era) long enough that they resort to these ridiculous time-wasting options. Not that I even know what kind of room could keep them all cooped up that long but hey! Let's just assume some thinly veiled pretext!

Sophie wins the Hamlet competition, obviously, but Eliot's surprisingly second place

Nate and Hardison start playing mental chess, just picturing the board and saying the moves out loud. Eliot keeps trying to 'help' Hardison but it's unclear how much is him actually meaning to be helpful and how much is him just annoying Hardison and making him forget the layout of the board

Parker tries to teach Sophie how to cartwheel. Well, she wanted to go straight to a back handspring but Sophie refused.

They wouldn't play "who lost their virginity first" but they would play "youngest first crime" and of course Parker wins no matter what category (they divvy it up like, felony, grand larceny, petty theft, art theft, etc.). The only ones she doesn't win are hacking type stuff.

Depending on what kind of random junk is available Breanna and Hardison would try to build a robot to get them out but when that fails it would just dissolve into a mini robot war

For some reason I headcanon Harry as very good at bowling. Not sure how this would come into play but there you have it.

"Would you rather" games that about two turns in get incredibly brutal: "Hardison, would you rather let Parker throw you off a building every day for the rest of your life, or let Chaos have full access to all your computers/networks for a week?" "Eliot, would you rather have to work for Sterling and follow all his orders, or only ever drink Hardison's wines and beer?" etc.

Similarly, two truths and a lie is a very difficult game with these people. Especially Sophie, oh god.

If there are fencing swords then Parker and Eliot fence one another while Hardison watches with big old hearteyes. Breanna and Parker also fence. Harry is the only one who knows the actual rules of the sport and every single one of them would be disqualified for one reason or another but they make it look really cool so he doesn't care.

Hide and Seek where everyone but Parker closes their eyes for twenty seconds and then they all have to look for her, and whoever finds her first wins. At least once she just clings flat to the ceiling like a lizard.

[innytoes]

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#5

Okay so Breanna’s title is Maker, right? And I know they probably mean like, gadgets and drones and stuff. But who says she doesn’t make other stuff as well?

Breanna Casey has the best goddamn cosplay Halloween costumes on the entire block.

Breanna Casey got asked to skip one season of the highschool Battle Bot competition to ‘give the other kids a shot at winning’.

Breanna Casey makes delightful personalised bath bombs with little toys in the middle.

Breanna helps her smaller foster siblings with their science projects and yes, that 72 potato battery that ran an old Gameboy was Worth It.

Breanna made Parker a little friend for Hardy the robot.

Breanna made Eliot a Funko Pop version of Jacques Labert that he pretends not to like but that totally has a place of honour at the OT3 house.

Breanna made a little cartoon animation of Eliot going DAMMIT HARDISON. (Eliot has a special button on his phone that he can press and it will immediately pop up on Hardison’s phone, laptop, or the big screens.)

Breanna got bored and made an entire pin ball machine out of cardboard one day. She made a diorama of Hieronymus Bosch’s garden of earthly delights entirely with gummy bears. Macaroni art? Bitch please she recreated the Mona Lisa with stuff she found around Nana’s house.

929 notes • Posted 2021-05-04 16:38:33 GMT

#4

Alec Hardison visiting Nana and gathering around all the kids to tell them about that time he and Parker saved the world and kicked rich people in the teeth and they saved their boyfriend Eliot, who would just be lost without them...

1036 notes • Posted 2021-05-03 20:43:46 GMT

#3

Tell me I’m wrong.

1584 notes • Posted 2021-03-14 18:55:49 GMT

#2

Leverage: Redemption episode where it becomes clear someone needs to go undercover as a stripper and there’s an awkward moment of looking around before a scene change of Harry in body glitter, a bowtie, and rip-off pants.

2358 notes • Posted 2021-08-01 14:37:02 GMT

#1

Reasons Nate’s Not In The Reboot, Ranked for Funniness

He’s staying at home with the kids

6/10 funny, because Sophie will be on the phone like: no darling if Daddy says you’re not supposed to steal from the museum during the field trip you listen to him. This is when you case the place, and Aunt Parker will take you to steal what you want later. 

He’s staying home with Sophie’s new hobby, 15 extremely expensive and fancy cats

7/10 funny. How many of the cats are stolen? (All but one) Do they have fancy names? (Yes) Nate they need the fancy tuna, don’t forget to brush them every day.

He’s dead

1/10 funny but only if Sophie takes the new guy as her rebound boytoy

He’s actually just following Sterling around to annoy him

8/10 funny. Sterling comes back to his hotelroom to find Nate broke in just to brood in a corner because he said ‘Hello, Parker’ and THAT WAS OUR THING STERLING HOW COULD YOU

Nate’s role is just replaced by Old Nate The Painting

10/10 funny. Nobody mentions Actual Nate, they just put the painting in his chair. Parker will cock her head like she’s listening to it and be like: you’re right, we need to account for the personal assistant as well. 

3419 notes • Posted 2021-02-04 08:35:47 GMT

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[buttmuncher91]

a lot of advanceshippers love to say such bs about Drew even to this day. Drew is not my favorite character & it’s fine to prefer advanceshipping over contestshipping and I kinda like advanceshipping , but some of the things they say are ridiculous! This is not bashing on all advanceshippers or advanceshipping in general, this is just some quotes (not exact) I’ve seen that I’ve had problems with.

”Drew is a jerk! Ash would treat her right!“

Both would treat her just fine! Drew watches out for her & tells her when Harley is tricking her, saved her friends & brother when she was busy, saves her friends, cheers her up when she’s down, & they both calmly talk to each other when alone.

Besides, there are some things to point Ash being a jerk to her too! Ash yelled at her because he was butthurt he had no boat to get his next gym badge & skips out on watching some of her contest when May even watches him battle regular trainers.

And it’s not like May is an innocent angel herself. She yelled at Ash & Drew for no reason, had her torchic attack Ash, & forced Ash to agree to let her travel with him by bringing up her bike.

I know May & Ash have developed a lot sense than, but so has Drew & y���all are just stuck viewing him how he reacted at the beginning.

”May hates Drew & loves ash!“

She doesnt hate Drew. At the very worst, she sees him as a friend & has seen him that way by “Who, What, When, Where, Wynut.” Like I said we seen them talk a lot when they run into each other & heck, she even ditched the group, including Ash as he was talking to her, to talk to Drew when she saw Drew. So tell me again how she loves Ash way more than Drew lol!

And in ”Spontaneous Combustion“ May blushes at Drew after he waved and walked off. May never blushed around Ash, even when some weird couple accused her of being Ash’s lover. And there was nothing in that scene that indicates her getting red met something else. She wasn’t sick, doesn’t look mad, didn’t do anything embarrassing, etc... so it looks as if she really likes Drew.

”Drew is a flirts with any girl & would cheat on May, but Ash would never cheat on her!”

You people have nothing to back this up. Drew had fangirls gushing all over him? May being Norman‘s daughter and probably because she’s referred to as hoenn princess, has a lot of fanboys! In fact, Ash is more likely to cheat on May then Drew dispite him being oblivious, as Drew showed 0 interest in his fangirls & ran from them. If he was such a flirt, he wouldn’t run from fan girls, but would try & you know, FLIRT with them. Drew also showed 0 interest for other girls, & only teases May. You advanceshipper fanbrats (not saying all advanceshippers are fanbrats just the advanceshippers who think this) only pretend he is to make up reasons for May to reject Drew.

”He only likes May for her rack, & wouldn’t care for her if it was flat!“

Talk about reaching. Drew only stares at her FACE! He never stared at them, & the anime gave her chest 0 focus. He isn’t just some creeper. Despite not being interested in her, he treated Breanna nicely & she was flat. He may just have puppy love/a crush on her, but saying he’s just trying to win her because of her rack is complete bs!

”Think about it, Drew & May would make ugly babies!”

Based on what? Cuz Drew has green hair? As someone whose least favorite color is green (okay, okay dark/forest green is pretty), I think this is a stupid claim. Even with a weird hair color, there’s a chance the child could be cute, & really beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Hair color is NOT even close to a huge factor to what separates not ugly to ugly. And they don’t have to make babies if they do get together. They can just choose to adopt to help out those who need a home or just happily be with each other with no children at all.

”Drew is in less episodes with May than Ash, so advanceshipping is better & will be canon!”

🤦‍♀️Misty has the most screen time with ash. By this cruddy ”logic,” Misty & ash (so far) are canon. Yes, misty has much more screen time with ash than May. Misty had all of Kanto, Orange Islands, AND Jhoto with ash... as well as a cameo with ash in Hoenn, and TWO separate cameos in Alola. And at this point, May could have spent more time with Drew. It’s been 4 regions that Ash hasn’t even thought of 1 of her Pokémon after all this time. I’m no pokeshipper, but let’s be real here.

And most of the time Ash & May are on screen, it’s them focusing on their goals/Pokémon. They cheer & encourage each other too, but it’s mostly friendship stuff. Could something happen later on between them to spark love? Sure. But nothing in the anime ever pointed to that. And you can literally say that with Ash and... ANYONE! Like Ash could grow up, met back up with Roxie & they could fall for each other.

When Drew appears on screen, you mostly see hard evidence for contestshipping, weather on Drew’s side, May’s side, or both. Yes, there’s evidence on BOTH sides that they like each other. At best, advanceshipping looks one-sided on May’s side. And even then, it mostly looked that way in the beginning of AG. There’s way more evidence that May likes Drew & vice vesa than with ash & May, even with “less contestshipping hints!“ A lot of hints for shippings are overblown. Not just advanceshipping hints, but poke/pearl/negai(actually never mind, negai is under looked & over hated)/amour/etc... are over blown & it’s just ash being his usual nice/childish self. With Drew, it’s obvious he likes her as how he constantly stares at her, teases her, gives her red roses (& says they’re for beutifly), etc... While I think I covered how May likes Drew enough already. And yes, this could just be a kiddy crush for the both of them, but in the end there’s still harder evidence that Drew & May like each other.

Plus there are a lot of canon fictIonal couples who had less screen time with each other than other characters. Naruhina, ichihime, Hinny, gochi, etc...

“Drew never saves May’s life, unlike Ash!”

So? May never even tried to saved Ash, like she did with Drew!

Ash has also saved: Angie (who has a more confirmed crush on ash), Dawn, Pikachu (3x I can think of), Chinchar, Lillie (or at least attempts to help a lot of times), Celiebi, Erika’s Gloom, Serena, Misty’s sisters Pokémon, a ton of CotDs & their Pokémon...

And what of those who saved Ash? Misty, Sabrina’s... family photographer, Gary, Iris, Clemont’s father, Zeroara dude, a ton of officer jennys, Pikachu, a lapras, Paul, Drew (ya keep on hating him if it werent for him Ash Brock and Max would probably be dead in that crate Jessie, James & Meowth trapped them in so not even advanceshipping could happen).

“Rivals can’t be dating!”

Where did you get this bs? Even in the pokeani IN THE AG SERIES this has been proven false. Watch Pasificlog Jam again. Who put you in charge of how couples should work anyways? If a writer wants to have rivals hookup in their story, than they have that freedom to have the rivals hookup regardless how upset you get over it.

“Ash & May kissed in a banned episode, so advanceshipping is canon not contestshipping!”

Come on guys, they’re 10. The anime creators aren’t gonna have two 10 yr olds kiss on the lips. Its really creepy some person came up with this. No, it’s not creepy cuz I don’t like advaceshipping (I actually like some aspects of it). Again, it’s creepy because they’re 10. If they were like 13+ yrs old, it‘d be okay, but NOT 10. Plus, even Japan is very sensitive when having kissing on the lips happen with kid shows. Even with adults, they censor it/show something else as the kiss happens & just imply it happened. Expecally how they view kissing on the lips in the first place, they ain’t having 2 ten year olds kiss.

And there would be NOTHING to imply that they where going to kiss. Around this time this episode that they kissed claimed to happen (episode 357), Ash & co. where heading to fortree. Nothing ever was implied from the both of them even want to kiss each other. They just where supportive friends of each other with no hinting there where secret feelings or developing feelings from ether of them. Theres also nothing beyond that episode that implied the kiss happened. Because if it did actually happen, I’m sure something like that would impact the next few episodes, but nope no mention of any kiss nor do ash & May act any differently around each other in 358 and beyond. So even if it did happen, it was going to more than likely sink the ship, like it was some akaward thing they did because they were “under the mistletoe“ & afterwards just agreed to be friends & forget about it. The pokemon anime was always about friendship, adventure, and Pokemon themselves, never romance.

Also episode 357 is “Take This House and Shuppet!” not “A Kiss Under the Mistletoe!“ The Japanese episode is the same as the English barring names & episode number.

Were do you get such a sorce for this info? “my friend’s japanese friend who talked to the director of the AG anime & saw it!” or some other ridiculous unreliable garbage like that? Give me actual sources with interviews from the writers talking about this supposed banned episode. Bet you can’t, unless it’s fake & unreliable. If it existed, it would have floated up by someone from Japan. After All, even if for 20 mins that episode should’ve existed if it was just banned. Like “Electric Soldier Porygon” was banned completely & only aired one time in Japan. However, there are places that you can watch the episode despite it being completely banned due to putting a lot of children in the hospital from seizures. That was older than the supposed advanceshipping kiss episode as ’Electric Soldier Porygon’ is a Original Series episode in Kanto the 38th episode. No one can find this supposed advanceshipping episode nor is it even listed in the banned episode list. It should be harder to find this older banned episode than it should be to find this supposed banned kiss episode.

“Why should May choose Drew over Ash? Ash is like a literal god!”

What? Yes, he’s befriended every legendary & come back though poketears, save the world so many times, has arua abilities (he rarely uses), & whatever else, but it’s not like he seems that BA or whatever. Ash not aging seems over focused on, when in reality NO ONE is aging. It took him 7 regions to win 1 league (a questionable one at that), can’t remember Pokémon he seen before & sometimes forgets what he learned, & needs saved by others sometimes. Some god, can’t even rescue himself. Besides, who knows what Drew has done on his adventures. Drew has also saved Ash, Brock, & Max from trouble, isn’t Drew awesome saving someone ”like a god!”? Drew also has beat him in a battle as well, is that y’all’s problem?

And where is Ash’s voice in all this? It’s like this in all this anti-Drew bs. “Drew is just this terrible creature who possesses all 7 deadly sins & is the creation of Giratina & thus May hates & so does everyone else! However... blessed by Arceus himself, we all just know not dense Ash Ketchem is waiting to sweep May off her feet & save her from the demonic spawn that is Drew who is lusting after her bewbs😡” (<-original ideas, do not steal jkjk). Like there’s NOTHING to indicate ash wants her. And do you think this of May as well? Like do y‘all think May is just this perfect, sweetest, most divine woman in the pokeani that only Ash “blessed by Arceus“ is the only guy that should be blessed by such an angel? 🤣

Look, I like Ash & I like May. But even with my favorite characters I wouldn’t go as far as to think so highly of them that it makes Helga’s obsession with Arnold look like nothing. And just because Ash is more amazing with more feets & whatever, doesn’t mean May has to love ash or that Ash has to choose may because Drew doesn’t measure up to him.🤷‍♀️ Just think about it, should Timmy’s mom go with Dinkleburg? After all, he is smarter than Timmy’s dad, has more money & is more successful than he is. And Wandesemo is more popular, not stupid, & mostly competent unlike Casmo. Should Wanda dump Casmo for him? Of course i understand wanting the best person to end with you’re favorite character. But that’s not how love works & in the long run isn’t fair to both Ash & May (& Drew, but I know you haters don’t care about that).

[ishouldreadthat]

March was such a busy month — I feel like it completely flew by! I had so many life changes in March, including preparation for moving to a new job and studying (and passing!) by driving theory test. I did, however, still manage to get some reading done, although I didn’t read as many books as I had wanted.

  Books I read

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard (review)

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (review)

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (review)

The Tesla Legacy by K. K. Perez (review)

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (review)

I didn’t read a huge number of books this month, but I did manage to read all 4-4.5 star books! Priory is probably the most exciting one on this list in terms of current hype, and while I did like it I didn’t love it nearly as much as I had hoped I would. I did, however, really love Daisy Jones and the Six, Muse of Nightmares, and Truthwitch! You can take a look at reviews for each book I read in the links above.

  Books I bought

  Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

Song of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury

The Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

Windwitch by Susan Dennard

Sightwitch by Susan Dennard

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Familiars by Stacey Hall

The Wytch Elm by Tana French

Orphanage of the Gods by Helena Coggan

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James

The Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

I tripped and fell in a lot of bookstores, I swear. I might have gone overboard this month with book buying, and it’s really time to stop. I’m going to try to go on a book buying ban (although bans don’t work for me) over the next few months because this is getting somewhat out of control!

  Book post

The Tesla Legacy by K. K. Perez

Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto

The Devouring Gray by Christina Lynne Herman

Lord of Secrets by Breanna Teintze

Through the White Wood by Jessica Leake

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear

Master of Sorrows by Justin T. Call

Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

A Girl Called Justice by Elly Griffiths

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher

Get Thee Back to the Future by Ian Doescher

Much Ado about Mean Girls by Ian Doescher

In addition to buying loads of books this month, I received a ton of them from publishers! Many of these are upcoming titles, and I need to get cracking on reading them!

  Other things

Season 2 of You’re Never Going to Read This is now live! You can listen to our first two episodes of the new season, as well as our back catalogue, here. Don’t forget to subscribe — we’ve got a ton of amazing author guests lined up!

I’m participating in the O.W.Ls readathon this year! I missed out last year, so I’m determined to pass my exams and become a Magizoologist! I’ll be posting a TBR video on my YouTube channel this week, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already.

    March was a crazy month, but April is looking like it will be even busier! What did you get up to in the month of March? Did you read any good books? Buy anything new? Let me know!

  I didn't read a huge number of books, but I hauled a TON of them in March: Reading Wrap-Up: March 2019 #bookbloggers March was such a busy month -- I feel like it completely flew by! I had so many life changes in March, including preparation for moving to a new job and studying (and passing!) by driving theory test.