#tv: leverage

[coolstuffiseverywhere]

My biggest Leverage headcanon is that Sophie, the person under all the masks, can actually act fine in all situations. Sophie Devereaux however, cannot. Whatever cover she was made to be included that she couldn’t act for shit. And while the rest of the alias has mostly fallen to the side, this part is just so instinctual she can’t help it when she has that role.

[theinfinitedivides]

'somebody kiss this man so i don't have to' ykw what we call that in this house. we call those some famous last f*cking words, Eliot Spencer sir

[independent-fics]

I find myself noticing so many things I haven’t noticed about Leverage season 3 that I hadn’t noticed before even though this is my nth rewatch I’m sure.

But it’s such a strong season and the Moreau build up was great.

I think this scene stuck out to me because it’s only the fourth episode but it’s beginning to hint at Eliot thinking about what he knows about Moreau and his past. I feel like her words remind him why he’s changed what he does but also you can see in his face that he’s thinking about how what he was involved in in the past is now coming back for the team.

[nossbean]

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[isagrimorie]

I’ve been thinking, in the arc of Seven of Nine’s life from villain (in Jeri Ryan’s words, not even a Human) to hero, because of Seven’s time in the Borg it occurred to me:

Seven of Nine might be the first Starfleet officer with a really high body count. Her own subconscious castigated her for causing and participating in the death of millions (Voyager episode, One).

It’s an astronomical number that Seven can’t even hope to scratch. On top of Seven’s sense of duty, no wonder she felt compelled to join the Rangers to save and help as much people as she could. It’s Seven’s form of atonement.

It’s very Eliot Spencer of Seven.

(It’s fun because Jeri guest starred in Leverage as Tara Cole, so her interactions with Eliot, Parker, and Nate were fascinating on a meta level).

Both Eliot and Seven don’t believe they can be redeemed and that just means they will work their whole lives to make up for the harm they did.

The Borg as a whole are so interesting because as Borg drones they are both victim and perpetrator.

Even more complicated for Borg drones are those who grew up in the Borg Collective. Seven was so proud of being Borg and she actively fought against becoming Human (the main difference between Seven and Data). It was only as time went on when Seven realized how much the Borg has harmed her, how terrible the Borg were to everyone.

Alpha Quadrant is where she took the most hit about being Borg.

Unlike the Delta Quadrant where the Borg were native and the DQ people were accustomed to seeing the Borg as a terrifying force of nature, the Borg were a terrifying, existential alien threat for people in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

(Honestly a shame we never got to see Guinan and Seven interact, the Borg destroyed Guinan’s home planet and she was also actively hostile to Hugh. Although, now that I think about it, Guinan not interacting with Seven might be deliberate on Guinan’s part. She’s evolved but also, it is probably still hard interacting with former Borg).

It's just fascinating especially when Raffi asked Seven in season 1 why she was doing the things she did -- "I suppose at this point its habit."

Seven’s core need to save people might be why Seven was so frustrated with Picard in Stardust City Rag -- because she had expected more of him and as Zani lightly admonished Picard: "Because you could not save everyone, you chose to save no one."

Standing on the sidelines is something Seven can’t abide, and that’s what Picard and Starfleet did. I do wonder what Janeway was doing because I can’t see her standing idly by either.

/edited 2:20 PM

[heidiamalia]

oooo 10 and 11 for the fic recs??

okay so i had to do a lil digging for these lolol i apologize for the wait

10/ a fic that isn't prose [poetry, text fic, etc]

after a length of time searching i found the script-formatted fic where crowley and aziraphale create a podcast after the not-apocalypse and i mean -

it's great.

it's a new craze by attheborder

CROWLEY: I try not to make a habit of gratitude, but I must give our appreciation to everyone out there who’s been listening and subscribing to The Ineffable Plan.

AZIRAPHALE: Ooh, yes, we’ve become quite popular, haven’t we?

CROWLEY: Yeah, just hit number eight on the advice charts … No advertising at all.

AZIRAPHALE: Mm. How … miraculous.

CROWLEY: … Aziraphale. You did not.

Crowley and Aziraphale are very possibly the people least qualified, on the entire planet, to start up an advice podcast. But what else is there to do when the world isn’t ending anytime soon, you’re technically on indefinite sabbatical from your lifelong careers, and you need a plausible excuse to spend more time with your best friend who you’re definitely not, absolutely not, maybe just a little, actually maybe overwhelmingly in love with?

i do very much enjoy how thoroughly in you get with this one. we're stuck to the sidelines with the rest of the listeners tagged on twitter and whatnot, watching certain spirals come out and the plot thicken. their voices are so real in my head throughout, without any moment of doubt. i think i laughed right from the summary and didn't stop.

11/ a fic that brought you aboard a new ship

now this line isnt exactly fair because the show itself brought me aboard the ship - the gifsets and the pacific rim comparisons and the long metas to being in sync with each other really introduced me. but the first fic i absolutely remember reading for the ot3 was this one -

safe as houses by thecanaryfalls

Parker and Hardison comfort Eliot, in their weird multimillionare-convicted-felons-who-are-planning-a-life-with-him kind of way.

Set right around The Rundown Job.

this is that middle of the night, quiet and soft piece where you can hear how loud someone's shifting on the couch is -

like does that make sense.

the bit of early early dawn where its too soon to speak up before the birds but you still wanna have that sleepover conversation moment where you have to reassure your best friend you're always gonna be there.

this was that. this is where it was so so solid for me.

ask me about the fic rec meme!

[anghraine]

I love your thoughts on Psych. Have you ever watched Leverage?

Thanks, and nope!

[malkaleh]

💙

The Leverage/Grishaverse fusion in which the Leverage Team take one look at the Grisha-Nikolai-Crows and go ‘NEW CHILDREN. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM WE WILL RIOT’ because they would

Inspired by a post i rb’d a while back, put 💙s in my ask and I’ll tell you an AU I’ve come up with but never written.

[theinfinitedivides]

did not know it was physically possible for Eliot to make himself look even smaller and non-threatening until he showed up in that gym for the con and turned up the 'well i don't know if i should say this my boss might be mad' dial to absolutely astronomical damage

[independent-fics]

On a Leverage rewatch which has drawn me back to tumblr after years. Can I just say The First David Job is so so good. Like Parker and Hardison getting caught and Sophie and Nate(and by extension Eliot) essentially remind Sterling why they are key players here too by using their skills and “what would Parker/ Hardison do”. And also showing that the team has already learned and grown from each other and each others skills this far it’s just! So good

Also don’t even get me started on the dramatic pause before Eliot told Sterling “he had dental work with his name on it”

[aquariumfaguncle]

he's fighting a beautiful buff lady. her shirt gets ripped and she's left in her slutty little tank top. "come on," you think. "why is the woman always wearing sexier things than her male counterparts." but fear not. now HE takes off his shirt and he's left in HIS slutty little tank top. equality. and then they kiss

[runawayrabbit]

God i love them <3

Leverage (2008-2012)

2.12 | The Zanzibar Marketplace Job

[isagrimorie]

Person of Interest is on Freevee right now, Amazon's Free Ad Supported streaming service.

FreeVee ('cause y'know, Free, and TV?) also has Leverage, Leverage Redemption, and Burn Notice.

All cult hits and favorites.

[heidiamalia]

I'm rewatching for the sake of sound and my adhd while I crochet a new baby blanket for a friend -

I find it so hard to believe Christian believes his character should be AND IS alone after 5 years of OG Leverage and forming Eliot alongside the crew and Hardison & Parker.

My guy, you pulled nsfw threesome stunts as early as s2 bloopers and held some serious emotional eye contact with Hardison and Parker for all seasons.

You rewatched when the relaunch was announced and you're still spewing that Eliot is not redeemable? That he's gonna be alone after everything that happened, after everything that's been said?

Are you watching the same show?

[malkaleh]

The Shadow & Bone + Leverage Crossover is just the Leverage Crew taking one look at the crows etc and going ‘I’ve only had my adopted children for five minutes but if anything happens to them I would kill everyone in this world and then myself”

[cuckoosnest12]

i miss them dearly

2024 Leverage Rewatch: 1x1 The Nigerian Job

sophie: *brings out chess metaphors* nate: *batting his eyelashes, twirling his hair* say less