#brotp: sophie/parker

[buzzmcnab]

[ID: 8 gifs from different episodes of Leverage of pairs of characters interacting.

1: Sophie calms Parker down over the phone.

2: Sophie and Maggie make fun of Nate together.

3: Parker and the brewpub employee, Amy, eat popcorn and watch a movie together.

4: Parker reads something off her phone to Sophie.

5: Parker hands Sophie an apron and they smile at each other.

6: Parker and her juror friend, Peggy, hug.

7: Sophie and Tara clink their glasses together in cheers.

8: Sophie and Parker chat and smile.

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+ female characters meme: leverage + women being friends

[takaraphoenix]

leverage redemption for the ask game 💖

Oooh, only Redemption? Mh, interesting. Thanks for playing! :)

favorite female character: Okay, okay, okay, if we do ooonly go by Redemption, I would go with Breanna - I gotta say, I do think that Parker doesn't get as much spotlight and most of her most Parker moments are in the OG series and Breanna is a wonderful character, I adore her, she's a great addition to the cast

favorite male character: STILL Eliot though. My boy. My Barbie doll. My FINALLY RESOLVED DADDY ISSUES

worst female character: uh, the villain lady from s1, whats her face *waves hand*

worst male character: uh. pass? Can't think of one, one of the villains

otp: gotta go with the OT3 here, but I am really hoping that Breanna will get a thieving girlfriend, I'm sad Emily only lasted one episode - yes, I didn't expect the first girl to be an endgame set-up but I had hoped to see her again once or twice at least :/

brotp: the whole team???

notp: I don't think I have negative opinions or any awareness of ships beyond the OT3 to be quite honest? xD and that whatever it is they're doing with Harry and Sophie, which, I'll allow it

Movie/TV Show Ask Game

[sparrowsarus]

Sophie Devereaux

Keeping in mind that I have seen only S1 of Original Flavour Leverage:

1: sexuality headcanon

Mostly straight, but in a "this is easiest and I don't particularly care either way" fashion.

2: otp

NATE! NATE! NATE! But in a these people are messy way.

3: brotp

Her and Parker! They are so supportive of each other, and I love how there is none of this catty frenemy bullshit in their relationship. Less "women hate other women" nonsense in media.

4: notp

None of the Junior crew. At all. Cannot do it.

5: first headcanon that pops into my head

Her being bad at acting is a grift like anything else, but it's a grift on herself.

6: favorite line from this character

I don't know if I actually have one? I am basd at remembering specific lines.

7: one way in which I relate to this character

Oh gosh, I don't at all. Her whole thing is just so diametrically opposed to who I am as a person. But damn is she fun!

8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character

Have you seen her act??

9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

problematique and I love her for it.

Thanks for the ask!

[buzzmcnab]

[ID Two gifs from Leverage of Sophie and Parker standing next to each other. Sophie is wearing a grey blazer and dark sunglasses and Parker is wearing a jean jacket. Sophie is looking down while Parker looks into the distance.

1: Sophie reaches up to take off her sunglasses. Parker shifts her weight from one foot to the other.

2: Sophie takes off her sunglasses and gently tosses her hair out of her face. She says something, but there isn't any dialogue captioned.

End ID]

[scattered-winter]

parker. for the ask game <3

sexuality headcanon

asexual <33333 ideally she also has some interesting views on romance as well (maybe demiromantic? tbh I haven't really thought abt specifics just the Vibes of it all ya know) but that one isn't required tbh

otp

THEE ot3 of all time. they are a complete set. do not separate. etc etc

brotp

sophie and parker!!! the ep where they team up with tara for a Girl's Night Out (heist) is one of my favs <3333 I also really love nate and parker's friendship tbh

notp

can't really see her w anyone but the Trio tbh. it's the demiromanticism in her

first headcanon that pops into my head

I'm beating a dead horse at this point but MATCHING!!! TATTOOS!!!! maybe the leverage team has one on their shoulders or legs or something (somewhere potential marks won't see them and Recognize ya know) but also maybe the ot3 has one also. because I'm unwell abt that

favorite line from this character

when she gives the leverage speech at the end ,, augh <33 she <33 also when she says that hardison's their heart ,, and he needs her and eliot to be the Reality* ,, aaaauuuuuuuuuuuugggghhhhhhh

*(in the everest ep when parker and eliot are by themselves ,, sadly i don't remember much but im fairly sure that's what she said. whatever. u know what i mean)

one way in which I relate to this character

we're both utterly baffled both by sex and by general human interaction and tbh I love that for us

thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character

when she stabs the guy with the fork......girl...that's the worst anyone's ever done it <- has to fight off the same urge every fucking day

cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

problematic fav <33333333333333333333333333

character ask game

[merlin-wolfgang-trades-hale]

@dannosteve223

But like...Danny and Eliot are cook loving and stylish hair bros tho. 

I was gonna say something like ‘God have mercy on the poor soul that tries to rob the place when Danny’s also visiting’ but that just kinda grew into a whole fucking scene! 

This is all in a verse where Danny’s friends with the Leverage crew. Maybe they met in “Boys Night Out Job’ as one of the people that Bonanno invites cos maybe it’s during one of Danny’s visits to the mainland. (I know my geography might be off but let’s just go with it)

So Danny keeps in touch with the boys, and then later meets the gals, and they all become close. Toast might have been an online friend of Hardison and they met IRL thanks to Danny. (Danny flies Hardison out for the service when he dies :/ ), Hardison is always keeping tabs on Danny and even though they have to keep their distance it’s sometimes thanks to the Leverage team that Danny’s come home from some of the worst cases or kidnappings. Or they’re the ones he asks for help when Steve gets into too much trouble but there’s too much government or military tape that’s not letting Danny though. 

And this goes on through the years. Finally, when Steve and Danny get together, Danny wants to introduce them properly and flies Steve out to Eliot’s restaurant, he’s cooking and trying out a new seasonal menu. Danny and Steve get a private table before opening hours. Steve gets to know the crew. The crew gives Steve the 4th degree. Steve’s...a little scared of Parker the most. He also knows the power in Nathan and though he should be scared he’s mostly relieved knowing that if the worst ever happens, Danny at least has people on and off the island that’ll take care of him. 

They lounge around even after their excellent meal. Danny listens to Eliot's plan for their seasonal menu and what things he expects to get this season.  People start pouring in, not too many but enough for it to be considered a ‘crowd’. 

Someone then pulls out a gun and demands for the cash in the register. The Leverage crew and Danny just stare at the guy. Steve’s a bit more alert, already doing the math in his head and how to best disarm the guy. Eliot continues to tell Danny his new ideas for the food that’ll hopefully compliment whatever brewery mess Hardison is working on. The gunman is insulted and getting mad, another one pops up, who had been pretending to be a guest. 

Without stopping his prep, Eliot reaches over and punches the guy out effectively while Danny grabs the gun and removes the clip and the bullet from the chamber. 

The other guy is taken out by Steve who was closer. 

Parker comes in with a big smirk and her tazer. “God, I love tazing people!” (She’d come back from tazing the get-away driver) 

[reflectingiridescent]

For the character meme...let's go with a hard one, Nate Ford! And also Sophie Devereaux, if no one has sent her to you yet. ;)

Yeah, let's do both!

(Send me a character!)

Nate Ford

do I like them: I've gone back and forth on this over the years, but I'm going to say yeah, yeah I do. S5 contributes A LOT to this as do multiple rewatches of the series (I did like...four in 2021 in the span of 3 months...it was kind of wild). Also personally healing my own relationship with my father (who was already passed when the og series premiered) helped with this a lot.

5 good qualities: smart, focused, really good at long-term planning, sees the big picture, protective of his loved ones

3 bad qualities: manipulative, arrogant, self-righteous

favourite episode/etc: I'm torn between what I feel is maybe the obvious answer (The Cross My Heart Job, "I didn't kill you. God killed you. I just made sure it took.") and the episode that has surprisingly popped up in my head for this prompt which is The Inside Job. I know that's a Parker episode, but like the dad stand off on the roof with Archie? "You're going in after her?" "Always was." ENDS ME.

otp: Sophie/Nate. I was what, 15 when this show came on? Since I was 15. HALF MY LIFE NEARLY.

brotp: Nate & Parker. I highly suggest doing a watchthrough with eyes only for the Nate & Parker dynamic. It is fantastic.

ot3: Hmm...see, again, I feel like the obvious answer here is Sophie/Nate/Sterling, which piques my interest, but I don't feel it the way I necessarily feel, like, Sophie/Nate and then Sophie with occasional secondary partners. (And for those of you who were not around this weekend to witness my quick and graceless descent into one such situation, here you go. One iteration of how that might have worked out.)

notp: I feel like the relationships on this show are so well laid-out without becoming uninteresting that this is actually hard because a lot of notps were explicitly not really made possibilities in the first place. Nate/Eliot maybe???

best quote: "I didn't kill you. God killed you. I just made sure it took." but honorable mention to "My name is Nate Ford, and I am a thief."

Honestly I really cannot stress how this dude is an extreme version of everyone at the American church/Catholic school I grew up at. Which is not to say I like it, but he's perhaps the most compelling exploration of the well-meaning yet self-righteous white man Catholic mentality that's graced my screen since Jed Bartlet.

head canon: Ok I'm going to do a combined one for Nate and Sophie since I'm doing Sophie next.

Omg I have so many mini ones, especially during that happy period when he's retired. But hmm, a lot of times when I think about retired Nate, I think about that Bob's Burgers Mother's Day episode where Lin gets into a series of unfortunate events and gets separated from her family. Bob takes the kids to look for her, and while they're looking, he takes suggestions from the kids about where she could be and learns about secret little rituals she has with each of them that Bob doesn't know about.

And I kind of like that dynamic for both Nate and Sophie. So like when Eliot, Hardison, and Parker come to visit, they don't always show up together, and they have little things that are just theirs. Like Nate and Eliot have their book club that they're both very serious about, Nate and Hardison have their long distance chess game that Hardison keeps up on a computer and Nate has open in a room in the back, and Nate and Parker are surprisingly adept at model ship building together.

Sophie gets better at boundaries over the years but is also a huge snoop. She finds out and gets a little weepy tbh.

And then the Sophie version of this is: Sophie & Eliot's side winery business which is propping up a way larger portion of the US economy than you'd think, Sophie & Hardison going out for elaborate theater/musical/concert/museum gala dates (he hacks them Hamilton tickets, front row, and looks over at her very enthusiastically at "Immigrants / we get the job done"), and Sophie & Parker stealing but also frequenting cult film things like Rocky Horror and The Room.

Sophie Devereaux

do I like them: Yeah, she's probably the fictional love of my life

5 good qualities: brilliant teacher (which I think she never would have discovered had she not met the crew), empathetic, appreciative of art (physical or other people's skillsets), also something about how she believes in very little and yet still pursues some level of moral right, also this is interesting because I have "selfish" down below but she's incredibly generous with both her heart and when it comes to teaching people and skills she admires

3 bad qualities: manipulative, selfish, turns deflecting into an art form tbh

favourite episode/etc: Everything is so hard with this show lol. I’m still going to say The Corkscrew Job because I love love that scene where she sells Madigan the exact same wine. It’s 100% just Sophie doing what she does best. But also The King George Job has that scene with her talking about her art skills and it’s absolute gilded perfection every time.

I listed about 5 others but I’m exercising self control and stopping at those two.

otp: Sophie/Nate, though I talked myself into Tara as a long-term secondary partner so thoroughly this week that I'm honestly struggling to function a little. I'm not opposed to Sophie/Harry either. Sophie/Grifting? Sophie/being alright and comfortable with herself.

brotp: Sophie & Hardison (though I need to heavily heavily emphasize how much I love Sophie & Parker)

ot3: Sophie/Tara/Maggie would be like super super cute down the road, I think!

notp: Omg I can ship her with so many people...but not Hardison. And I will be forever screaming about the scene where he calls her "mum" for the rest of my life, thank you.

best quote: THIS IS HARD. Let's go with "This life is not worth living without the people that make us want to tear down those walls; the thrill of vulnerability, the danger of opening your heart. It makes us feel alive."

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[ID: Two gifs from Leverage: Redemption of the team talking in their New Orleans headquarters.

In the first, Breanna stands next to Harry and Parker and says, "Great, so Parker steals a painting and can go to prison—" Parker scoffs.

In the second, Eliot replies, "That's— we would never let that happen." Sophie, sitting next to him, adds "Theoretically could go to prison."

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[bethanyactually]

Parker and Eliot Spencer for the character game please :)

I did write in the tags of that last post that I was done with this meme...but you have cleverly sent me two characters I am completely powerless to resist. You win this round, Anonymous friend. ;) (Seriously, it's cool!)

PARKER

do I like them: I love her so freaking much! 5 good qualities: She's incredibly smart, she's unashamed of loving what she loves (money, thieving, jumping off high places, Christmas, teaching kids crime), she's open to learning new things even when it's hard, she's the best person to have at your back, she's a goofball who knows how to have fun. 3 bad qualities: She has tunnel vision sometimes, she maybe has trouble with boundaries on occasion, she...honestly, the fact that she teaches kids crime is probably not a great quality even though it's an adorable one. :P favourite episode/etc: The Inside Job forever has my heart. "You've taught me a lot of things, Archie, but this is what we do." PARKER MY BELOVED 🥰🥺 "You didn't need [my family] anyhow. You went out and made your own." 😭😭😭 otp: Parker/Money, Parker/Crime, Parker/Hardison brotp: Honestly, Parker and every single other character on Leverage is wonderful and I don't think I can choose a favorite. Parker&Sophie, Parker&Eliot, Parker&Nate, Parker&Maggie, et al. ot3: nah. (I don't ship the Leverage OT3, but I'm happy the show gives so much to those people who do.) notp: Parker/Nate, I guess? best quote: Can it be anything but "Sometimes bad guys are the only good buys you get"!? The show's thesis statement, and they gave it to PARKER. <3 headcanon: She eventually started playing D&D with Hardison and some of his friends. Eliot joins them sometimes.

ELIOT SPENCER

do I like them: He was the first character on Leverage who I fell completely in love with, when he killed a man with an appetizer. 5 good qualities: He can sing, he's a great cook, he's very emotionally intelligent, he's a good listener, he's great with kids and other vulnerable people. 3 bad qualities: He's got a quick temper, he's convinced he's done too many bad things to ever be truly good (agree to disagree) favourite episode/etc: Hmm, maybe The Carnival Job otp: Eliot/Food, Eliot/Cooking for people he loves, tbh brotp: Once again, every single relationship Eliot has with every other character on Leverage is fantastic. ot3: nah. (I don't ship the Leverage OT3, but I'm happy the show gives so much to those people who do.) notp: ? best quote: "What the hell's a Sophie?" "These peaches aren't gonna poach themselves!" "Clean hands." headcanon: He makes everyone their favorite meal and favorite cake for their birthday every year.

Thanks, anonymous friend!

Annnnnd now I'm done. :)

[peregreen]

Because it's on my mind, do the leverage team 😊

👀 that's a lot of bullet points for five characters, but here goes. I'll answer some for individuals, some for the team as a whole.

favorite thing about them: I love all the little secret skills we get to discover about them, and how it's not just things that obviously mesh with their typical skillsets. Like Hardison playing violin, Eliot and his cooking, Sophie knowing way too much about chocolate. Stuff like that, things that make them more 3-dimensional and make me more in awe of their talents.

least favorite thing about them: no 💜 okay fine, Nate is probably my least favorite person on the team, but he does grow on me the more meta I read, and he has a very interesting character arc so like, i don't hate him or anything. I just don't love him quite as much.

favorite line: anytime Eliot goes "it's a very distinctive ____!" again, I just love how he has this huge range of knowledge, and it's a fun catchphrase.

brOTP: Hardison and Eliot.... Two Good Ol Boys in Lucille (there's a song/mix that Hardison makes, idk if you're that far yet, but yeah. Them)

OTP: Parker and Hardison. 🥨

nOTP: Eliot x Tara. It's been a while since I've watched season two, but iirc there were some vibes that they might become a thing and I Never wanted to see that happen.

random headcanon: i kind of associate most of them with a specific love language: Parker—touch, Hardison—gifts, Eliot—acts of service, Sophie—words of affirmation. Which i guess would leave quality time for Nate? Or maybe there's a secret six love language and it's Revenge.

unpopular opinion: Hardison is the most well-adjusted person on the team. Sophie is just the best at faking it.

song i associate with them: i don't have anything in mind, so anyone reading this please feel free to recommend.... If nothing else, Holding Out For a Hero ;)

favorite picture of them

(be sure to click through to the gif source to see Eliot's hair flip in the next gif!)

[buzzmcnab]

[ID: Six gifs comparing a scene in Leverage with one in Leverage: Redemption.

In the Leverage scene, the team sits at the bar in McRory's.

Sophie: No, no no no, stop it. There is nothing you can say that's gonna make me fell better.

Parker: I know what can make you feel better. We should steal something.

In the Redemption scene, Sophie, Eliot, Hardison, and Parker stand in Sophie's kitchen.

Sophie, upset: Could you just [caps] stop! [end caps] Just stop.

Eliot motions toward Sophie with his head and Parker nods and walks over to her.

Parker, to Sophie: We should steal something.

End ID]

Leverage 2.01 || Redemption 1.01

[spiritagay]

for the character thing: Parker from leverage!

omg i forgotted... anyway these are all based on personal interpretation of the character, obvi ! I'm doing parker first bc i feel like sophie will be harder

favorite thing about them

Okay.... Parker is literally my fave so I could Go On for days, but I really dig how she toes the line between "naive and gullible" and "messing with you for sport." (Among other things) she falls for a cold reading fairly early on, so we know she's not immune to manipulation, but turn the situation around and I get the feeling she's not above a little manipulation herself.

Also, the poking and prodding of Eliot... bc I get it. I'm the same way when I feel comfortable with someone but am incapable of filling the silence.

least favorite thing about them

Just my opinion but I think they toned down some of her more "eccentric" (read: autistic) traits that featured more significantly in the pilot. Not my fave for obvious reasons.

favorite line

"What are the odds that Eliot's crotch will actually explode?" is simply the first that comes to mind

brOTP

hmmmm parker x parker 2000

OTP

ot3, duh. but parker x hardison are elite

nOTP

uh? none that are popular lmao. parker x nate?

random headcanon

bruh ive already been giving great headcanon!! but uhhh in her little personality notepads parker keeps track of Hardison's gaming schedule and maintains lists of the best restaurants in whatever city they're flying to next

unpopular opinion

I have good ones but I'd need to rewatch some eps or read some fic to unlock them again.

song i associate with them

parachute by ingrid michaelson (skull emoji)

favorite picture of them

i love when beth does that sneaky little eye-smile... i will add a picture since im rewatching rundown job now but my internet is slowwww

[dykerory]

elliott

i’m assuming you mean eliot from leverage so that’s who i’m doing

Sexuality Headcanon: bi

Gender Headcanon: cis

A ship I have with said character: leverage oh te threee babey!!

A BROTP I have with said character: i also love his relationships with nate and sophie

A NOTP I have with said character: i mean i don’t begrudge anyone their ships but i am not a huge fan of him and nate. i just never felt like they had any romantic chemistry

A random headcanon: knows way more about geek culture than he lets on but pretends not to know to annoy hardison (as opposed to parker, who just genuinely has no clue) 

General Opinion over said character:

king baby 

send me a character!

[handcoversheart-76]

alec hardison for the character thing 🤭

omg case this is just gonna be a remix of yours BUT!

Favorite thing abt him: his emotional intelligence! he's extremely intune to how other people (specifically eliot and parker) are feeling and is EXTREMELY adept at navigating that!!

least favorite thing abt him: the fact that he doesnt get enough APPRECIATION! he is literally the BACKBONE of the team! 😡

favorite line: "age of the geek baby, we run the world"

brotp: hardison and sophie! it's about him helping her be real and her giving him genuine advice!

otp: him, parker and Eliot. listen, it's about the dynamics. it's about learning to trust. it's about these are my people and this is my home. it's about we grow together, we promised.

notp: hardison and nate. I don't think I need to explain lol

random headcanon: this man actually CAN cook. you think his nana would send him off without knowing at LEAST the basics? no way. but he knows that Eliot's love language is feeding them and Eliot can THROW DOWN IN THE KITCHEN hehe

unpopular opinion: the hypnotism was FUCKED up. i do NOT fuck with that at ALL.

song I associate with him: sunday candy by donnie trumpet and the social experiment

[soundoftherain]

Stevie Budd, Parker, and Chloe Decker

Stevie Budd

Sexuality headcanon: Stevie gives me very messy/disaster bi vibes lol (as I am)

Favorite ship(s): Stevie/Alexis definitely has an appeal to me, but I don’t feel super strongly about any specific ship for Stevie except for Stevie/happiness.

Brotp: Stevie & David are basically platonic soulmates and I love them so much

Notp: Stevie/Emir, because she deserves better.

A random headcanon: Stevie settles into her role with the Rosebud motel franchise really well after the first few months, and finds that while she doesn’t want to permanently leave Schitt’s Creek, she actually loves traveling on occasion when their business ventures could use her expertise.

General opinion: I adore her, she’s amazing!

Parker

Sexuality headcanon: I don’t feel like Parker would necessarily define her sexuality, but I think it’s very possible she’s somewhere on the asexual spectrum.

Favorite ship(s): Parker/Hardison/Eliot, one of my only ot3s and such an amazing ship.

Brotp: Parker & Sophie, I love their friendship. They’re very different people but they learn from each other and respect each other so much and it’s a delight to watch.

Notp: I don’t think there’s an in-canon obvious potential ship for Parker that I hate, because honestly there’s not many potential in-canon ships for Parker lol.

A random headcanon: Parker has a sweet tooth, and she manages to get Eliot to make her homemade donuts with unique flavors or ingredients as a test to his chef skills (he would’ve made them for her anyway, but she knows how much he loves a cooking challenge).

General opinion: She’s truly the best and deserves the world, and I can’t wait to see her leading the team in the reboot.

Chloe Decker

Sexuality headcanon: Bi with a preference for men

Favorite ship(s): Chloe/Lucifer, whom I adore.

Brotp: Chloe & Ella. I love the way their friendship has grown over the seasons after Ella joined the team, and 5A had some especially good moments for them.

Notp: Chloe/Dan, I guess? He didn’t treat her well while they were together and she deserves much better.

A random headcanon: Every so often when Chloe misses her dad a lot, she’ll put on a record that was one of his favorites and just sit there and listen for a while.

General opinion: My badass babe, I love her so much.

send me a character

[buzzmcnab]

[ID: Three gifs from Leverage: Redemption.

In the first, Breanna stands next to a large metal door with a sign nearby that says "high voltage." She looks freaked out as she says, "I don't have a taser!"

In the second and third, the camera pans between Sophie and Parker, who are talking at the New Orleans headquarters.

Parker: How can you not have a taser?

Sophie: Do you always have a taser?

Parker: How do you think I stopped stabbing people?

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