#eliot is my favorite character

[ultramarine-00]

I LOVE THE MAGIICCIANNSSSSS

[nixknacks0-0]

@ltwharfy tagged me in this and it was so fun to do, although it took me a hell of a long time to pick characters

make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and see which character is everyone's favourite. Then tag five people to do the same. I don't have anyone specific, but if we are mutuals then you are tagged, and please tag me in your response because I love seeing what people's favorite characters are!

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

“Kentucky fried chicken” “Kentucky Thunder” “that’s what I said”

[insane-thoughts-oftheday]

So I was talking to someone and the common thought came that Eli Ever is a Latino-coded person, and that is so true and has a relevant context to consider. what I mean is that Eli ever is a canon latina bitch in my head.

Look at him! He and this woman whose name I forgot are the same!! /hj.

I can easily imagine him saying these phrases with a weak accent because I don't think he is completely Latin-american, but he is a very close descendant of the culture

[thathopelessromantic]

i was tagged by @vamppeach to make a poll of my 5 favorite characters so:

i'm very indecisive when it comes to choosing favorite characters or what that even means to me so good luck making sense of this list lmao

this was fun to come up with so if you're also interested i'm tagging: @bookishblerb, @funk-king-sparkle, @detectiveanna, and @fauxxghost

[britneyshakespeare]

1) I wrote a tbr of plays I wanna read in September in the middle of last month and it only took me 5 days to be like "yeah I'm not liking this plan at all and it makes me miserable." Idk how ppl do tbrs. I thought it would be exciting but it actually just makes me feel like I'm doing my chores.

2) Did you know I've read 4 plays in the last year which were written by Thomas Middleton? Why? Why have I spent so much time with Middleton? I've spent more plays with him than any other author in the last 12 months except Shakespeare (duh) and John Ford (whose plays I rented from the library so I had only a month). Like, of all the things I could be doing...

[thelastspeecher]

I'm seven episodes into Leverage and my biggest takeaway is this:

Hardison has two hands

[geeky-nightphilosopher]

Something I love about Christian Kane's characters are;

How soft and gentle they are one minute but the very second his character's hear/see/are told to do something...

His characters become freaking warriors.

[leverage-ot3]

op: #he deserves it#also parker and hardison#they all deserve forehead kisses

@running-in-the-dark: #(luckily he is short so I could actually reach his forehead! phew)

@lindseymcdonaldseyelashes: #i will give him all the forehead kisses#and would also like some in return if it's not too much to ask

glad we are all on the same page

i want to kiss eliot spencer on the forehead

[faorism]

some fans will do anything to act like eliot is perfect and it’s so frustrating sometimes. i like eliot too, leverage is my favorite show, but neither eliot or the show are perfect or 100% aligned with my beliefs. and it’s okay to acknowledge that! everything in canon suggests that eliot is very pro-cop. the show itself is maybe not *as* strongly pro-cop as that one character is shown to be, but they definitely portray many cops as "the good guys" and aren’t exactly saying acab. i love the show but im not going to put it/the writers/the characters on a pedestal.

^^^

re. this post

[shinybulbasaur]

Rules: Make a poll with five of your all-time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favorite!

I was tagged by @suddenrundown, thanks for the tag! I was so tempted to put "eliot's baseball hair" but I resisted (also polls don't allow strikethroughs. sad). tagging @michinaranja, @vero-niche, @acidmatze and anyone else who wants to play!

[airasilver]

Mine’s Eliot but I adore Alec & Parker. Sometimes I love Parker over the boys and Hardison over the other two but it’s mostly Eliot.

I adore all the characters but yeah, Eliot’s my favorite. Who’s yours?

[asexualbookbird]

tagged by @libraryspectre which i have been DREADING and I was RIGHT this was SO HARD so im doing EIGHT characters instead of five and yall will have to CHOOSE

anyway. TUMBLR CHOOSE ONE OF MY TOP FIVE EIGHT FAVORITE CHARACTERS

no secret ninth option choose one even if its just on Vibes

I tag: @bigcats-birds-and-books @alloreli @logarithmicpanda @eriadu-in-the-wildwood and @timetravelbypen forgive me if any of yall have done this already i have the memory of a fruit fly

HAVE FUN

[letteredlettered]

Do you have a rec for something nice to read? It can be any genre, really, OC or fanfic or a paper. I'm a bit stuck in life and I would like something recommended by someone who I consider nice.

The way you write is brilliant.

I'm sorry if I come across as demanding.

Not demanding at all! What a nice question, although I feel there are so many different things I could rec you and I have no idea what your tastes are, so the list I'm giving you is pretty random. I didn't give you any fic as I don't know what fandoms you're in. Also I'm just bad at bookmarking so usually I can't really remember any fics I've read.

Scum Villain's Self Saving System, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. If you haven't read any MXTX, I would start here, because it's a fast-paced story, a real-page turner. It's also riotously funny, which will hopefully put in you in a good mood, but like all MXTX books, it also deals with society and morals and humanity. Reading it made me feel so excited and energized.

Dog's Body, by Diana Wynne Jones. If you haven't read any DWJ, I think this is a delightful book to start with, because it's quite short and has such an out-there premise that it hooks you like a fanfic. It's considered YA, but like all DWJ books it's about kindness and relationships and yeah, humanity.

Deerskin, by Robin McKinley. While I can't rec all McKinley's works, this one is my favorite. It's also where my icon is from. I find this one also to be a quick read, because the beginning is written in such a gauzy, fairytale tone, but then the worst happens, and you need to find out what the fuck will happen now. But while it's quick, it's not easy. There are parts that are extremely dark. While it's not explicit, if you need trigger warnings for abuse, I would look this book up before reading. That said, this book has wonderful themes about recovery and self-discovery, as well as top-notch romance.

Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot. This is not an easy or quick read at all but is instead something thick and dense you can really sink into. Eliot writes superb dialogue and is very witty, but more than any other author I've read, Eliot manages to make observations about life and relationships and humanity that put into words things I've always thought but never been able to articulate. Her characters are complex and deeply relatable while also being highly flawed. The premise of Daniel Deronda is revolutionary for her culture and time period and is still surprising today.

[aurorawest]

Summer Reading Update (part 1)

Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig - 4.75/5 stars

This was a really well done retelling of Romeo and Juliet. I read another book from the Remixed Classics series, Dear Henry, and while that one was also good, it felt like it adhered too slavishly to The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, so sometimes things seemed to be happening only because they happened in the original. And I haven't actually read the original book, it was just...easy to tell. Teach the Torches to Burn never felt like that, and I loved how it fleshed out so many of the characters from the play.

You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian - 5/5 stars

I feel like tumblr sings this one's praises enough that I don't really have to, but—everyone should read this. Everyone should read all of Cat Sebastian's books. I think I liked this one better than We Could Be So Good, but that could just be because I've found myself becoming more and more of a sucker for sports romances.

Unhallowed by Jordan L Hawk - 4.75/5 stars

Sad to say goodbye to the Whyborne and Griffin series, but I already love this spinoff!

Soul of Ash by HL Moore - 3.75/5 stars

Crow's Fate by Kim Fielding - 3.75/5 stars

The Sleeping Soldier by Aster Glenn Gray - 5/5 stars

I sound like a broken record re: Aster Glenn Gray, but please read her books. If you like Cat Sebastian's mid-century romances (like You Should Be So Lucky!) you like Aster Glenn Gray. This one is ostensibly a Sleeping Beauty retelling, but one where the sleeper actually sleeps for 100 years. In this case, it's a Union soldier who is put in an enchanted sleep in 1865 and wakes up in 1965 and oh my god, it's so good. It examines racism, it examines toxic masculinity, it examines homophobia, and how same-sex platonic affection became taboo. I'm pretty sure this woman has never written a bad book, but this may be her best.

Alec by Kaje Harper - 3.75/5 stars

Artemis by Andy Weir - 3.75/5 stars

Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell - 4.75/5 stars

I loved this one! There are so many books about Faerie and they can be pretty hit or miss for me, but this one struck just the right balance of otherworldly, inhuman creatures and characters I could root for. Shrike and Wren were lovely.

Imperfect Illusions by Vanora Lawless - DNF at pg 56

Orchestrated Love by AJ Buchanan - DNF at pg 1

Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby - 4.25/5 stars

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - 5/5 stars (reread)

The Only Light Left Burning by Erik J Brown - 5/5 stars

Excellent sequel about what happens after you make it to the last bastion of civilization after the apocalypse.

Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai - DNF at pg 12

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

Oh man. This may have displaced the Will Darling Adventures as my favorite KJ Charles book. Wonderful MCs, A+ side character arcs, and villains you really loved to hate. I rambled on a lot about this book to my wife after I finished it.

Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender - DNF at pg 156

His Lordship's Secret by Samantha SoRelle - 3.75/5 stars

Us, Et Cetera by Kit Vincent - 5/5 stars

Cinderella retelling with androids but Christ on a bike was this a painful read. Really, really well done. Highly recommended.

Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer - 5/5 stars

My 5 star rating diverges pretty sharply from the average Storygraph rating for this book, and I'm not sure why, other than maybe people thinks it's PrObLeMaTic. It was definitely not a super happy book, though it ends on a good note (that's a pun btw!). I thought it was a great book about a period that isn't often written about (1890s Paris) with a fascinating protagonist (who was a real person).

Dark Heir by CS Pacat - 5/5 stars

It's a CS Pacat book; it's the sequel to Dark Rise; obvs I loved it. I don't understand why this series is shelved under YA except that Pacat's publisher thinks more people will buy them. This series is the gay Lord of the Rings you always wanted and somehow is an even slower burn than Captive Prince.

Of Knights and Books and Falling in Love by Rita A Rubin - DNF at pg 50

Cover Story by Valerie Gomez - DNF at pg 176

Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace - 4/5 stars

[neversetyoufree]

Hi ! Sorry if this was already asked previously but I was wondering, have you read Pandora Hearts as well ? Some thoughts on it if the answer is yes maybe ? (Favorite characters, favorite arc or plotline ?)

I have! I read it back when I was in high school, and I reread it in full earlier this year. I'm not as obsessive a fan as I am for VnC, but I'm still quite fond of it :).

I think Oz was my favorite character back when I was a teen, but my #1 fav these days is absolutely Gil. There is something deeply wrong with that man and I adore him for it. I'm also quite fond of Oswald and Alice.

Plot-wise, two of my favorite moments are the conclusion of the Eliot and Leo arc (including the Big Eliot Moment that I won't name bc spoilers) and Gil's big triumphant return to Oz after the de-arming. The whole "Why do you have to be real?" scene is. waugh. I adore how unhinged Gil is and I get a kick out of all the scenes where he's contemplating doing something horrible, but him genuinely unconditionally loving Oz and helping him out of a crisis is even more top-tier.

I'm also a big fan of all the Jack, Lacie, and Oswald backstory chapters. And the little bonus chapter of the trio trying to dress and cook without Gil's arm 🥺🥺.