#nate ramblings

[ambrosiadreamer]

why in the world are lint rollers SO expensive???

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

I love the Leverage episodes where they're truly just psychologically tormenting a guy.

Like obviously they first establish that the guy is a terrible guy who does terrible guy things. And we really do need the terrible guy to be doing a lot of terrible guy things because this is kinda an ethical nightmare, but don't worry, they are reliably doing a lot of terrible guy things.

But then it is just like "hey, let's convince this guy that he's made first contact with aliens and also that aliens are trying to kill him" or "hey, let's make this guy believe he's contracted a deadly disease and is going to die in quarantine because medical staff are abandoning him" or "hey, let's first try to persuade this journalist that the government is secretly creating Guantanamo Bay 2: Underground Boogaloo in your backyards and when she doesn't run with that story, let's then make her think that oops the government accidentally leaked some kind of bioweapon into the waterways and now water is gonna kill you instead."

[heart-freak]

[chronicowboy]

started my leverage rewatch and never has a pilot episode piloted so hard. it genuinely feels like walking into a room of old friends you haven't seen in about a year. they work alone, they always work alone. parker? she's insane. what're you gonna do when she finds out you live with your mom? age of the geek, baby! twenty pounds of crazy in a five pound bag. boys are on their way. what is it that you do? that's what i do. are we gonna talk about how hard we rocked last night? one show only, no encores. it was kinda cool being on the same side for once. i don't like guns. my money is not in my account that makes me cry inside in my special angry place. eleventy million dollars. that's a computer thing i told her to say that. so this time you really are inside my head. i'm just very good at what i do. somebody kiss this man so i don't have to (🤨). bad guys have money. we work on an alternative revenue stream. we provide... leverage

[independent-fics]

Rewatching “The 12-Step Job” and actually processing that Hardison and Eliot in the end are arguing who has to sit in the middle/next to happy pills Parker.

[blueskiesandstarrynights]

They don't talk about it.

But there's no way Nate should know those things. No way the client could have told him, no way he could've figured it out on his own. Not when these things were nothing more than fleeting thoughts from the mark. But Sophie notices him quietly go for the scotch behind the counter and rub at his head in pain with extra vehemence some days despite the latest con having no personal connection to him.

They don't talk about it.

But someone should've recognized Sophie on that con. There's no way she could have that many characters per con. No way none of those diplomats didn't recognize her from any of her previous cons. Not when she didn't change any more than her clothes and accent. But Nate notices her features seem to flicker at the peace and safety of home when she thinks he isn't watching.

They don't talk about it.

But no one could've survived that. And certainly not looking the way he does. There's no way he didn't come out of that fight broken and bloodied to all hell. Not when instead he walks out with a purposeful stride and only a clenched jaw, rolling his shoulders. But when he's cooking and accidentally burns himself, Parker notices the unmarked skin left behind.

They don't talk about it.

But not all vents are human sized. They all saw the size of the vent cover as she exists with a grin. There's no way she could've fit in there. Not when the human body can't bend that way, a way that even the greatest contortionist can't bend. But some days Hardison notices as she seems to stretch and bend before his eyes when she's feeling relaxed and safe enough.

They don't talk about it.

But that's not how computers work. There's no way Hardison could access that kind of thing. Not when he describes how he did it like that. Not when he does it so quickly like that. Not when he says he's taken berries and the next thing they know he's recreated a colonial era journal to perfection. But Eliot swore he shoved a glass of water at him, not more goddamn orange soda.

They don't talk about it, the thing lingering over their heads as they conduct each con, the unacknowledged thing between the five of them that's a little deeper than just a desire to take down the rich and powerful.

They aren't perfect, they all know that- sometimes they're too good with their covers, sometimes they have to shift gears as the con unfolds before them, but somehow things always seem to work out.

But no one asks about it, so-

They don't talk about it.

[empressofthewind]

i really don't think Mello gets enough credit for how good he is at staying calm in a crisis. like when he finds out Takimura is dead:

the rest of the mafia is in shambles, but Mello? smirking. unbothered. already moved onto his next plan.

and when the police force kills all his allies and raids his hideout:

he exhibits mild annoyance at best. he's certainly not happy about it, but he looks kind of pissed for about 2 panels, and then he immediately launches into action, focusing on self-preservation and taking measures to prevent the Death Note from falling into their hands. he's still moving, still calculating, still thinking on his feet. he didn't expect this but he's prepared for it, and when we next see his face in the monitor room:

smirking. totally unbothered yet again.

compare this to how Near reacts when the SPK raids his base:

angry. immediately breaks something. he does have a plan, and he jumps into action fairly soon after this, but he stays angry even while he's making preparations, and starts insulting the people who are attacking him.

to contrast this specifically against the scene of Mello's base being raided; both are about to lose access to their main hideout, both are at a genuine risk of being killed, and both have backup plans for their respective predicaments, yet the notoriously cool, calm and collected guy reacts more emotionally than the emotional guy.

[rexcake]

Hey there all three people who are still in the yokai watch fandom

[kiras-law]

I THINK ABOUT MELLO BEING A WRITER SO MUCH BECAUSE HE WROTE A FUCKING NOVEL THERE IS NO WAY HE DIDNT WRITE OTHER THINGS . THERE IS NO WAY HE DIDNT WRITE SAPPY SHIT ABOUT MATT AND VENT HIS FRUSTRATIONS W NEAR AND BEING SECOND TO HIM EVEN IN WAMMYS I KNOW HE WROTE STUFF !!! EVEN IF HE DIDNT ACTUALLY WRITE STUFF DOWN HE THOUGHT IT !!!!!!!!! maybe maybe he had a notebook in his pillowcase where he scribbled gay and evil shit maybe he kept a diary where it turned into where he wrote stuff ….. do u think he wrote any poetry …… what if during mafia time when he and matt were together or at least casual fuckbuddies he wrote excessively sappy gay Things about matt and what if matt found them and mello actually considered blowing his brains out due to embarrassment . do you guys think when he left wammys he took his notebook w him or do u think he left it . what if he left it and near found it and he keeps it in a very safe and also secret spot even after mellos death . AUAUAUUAUGH WRITER MELLO !!!!!!!!!

[gummy-sharks666]

Meronia is so beautifully tragic. Near always looked up to Mello, always believed that he couldn’t beat Kira without him, but Mello would for the rest of his short life, always believe that Near looked down on him… even after death Near would thank him and contribute his success to him…

And the sad thing is I don’t think Mello would’ve ever been able to accept that. I truly believe Wammy’s House and the pressure put on those kids to be the next L is what created Mello’s inferiority complex. I don’t think Near could’ve fixed that either, dealing with his own trauma and the way he expresses his emotions so unconventionally. Sometimes I wonder if Near still feels so much guilt and anger at himself for not being able to make Mello understand, even though it wasn’t his job to, especially as a clearly autistic person unable to express appreciation and love in a “conventional” way.

But anyway!

[ambrosiadreamer]

.....what

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Gotta say one of my favourite Leverage moments is when Nate explains that he's quit drinking but is renting a condo above a bar Eliot's like "🤨 very Catholic of you."

[heart-freak]

we do Hermitcraft here

I tried to tag everyone, it will not let me..

[falling-star-cygnus]

you gotta love Nate Adams

man gets ragged on relentlessly by both his friends and yokai for being 'average' and yet still treats all of them with unending amounts of gentle kindness -> unless you're Whisper or Jibanyan but you could also argue that those two are closer to him than the others

he even takes the time to make sure the yokai he 'fights' are okay afterwards, this boy was raised RIGHT

[dark-cynder49]

When your linking family trait is an intense "side-eye" and "I'm so fucking tired of all this yokai bs"

[empressofthewind]

I find it honestly a little ironic how Near is always considered the "winner" in the Death Note fandom, because on paper it's true, but I feel like Near himself would resent that idea. Between L, Light, Mello and Near, Near is the only one who never once regards his prospective victory as a victory for himself alone. His entire speech in the warehouse is about how his original plan would have killed him, but it was the contributions of the people around him who saved his life and resolved the case. He recognises that he's only one piece in a bigger puzzle, yet he's always the one who gets credited, because he's the only one who lived.