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Leverage S01E06 The Miracle Job.

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Goddammit, I guess I fucked up somewhere cause all of a sudden I've got m*ga shit in my For You.

You'd THINK that I could safely assume it has nothing to do with this particular blog. But unfortunately I have had to block people before who had done some pretty amazing mental gymnastics to convince themselves that Leverage supported their right-wing bullshit.

So, just so we're completely fucking clear, if you buy any of that shit you are not wanted here. I'm not gonna itemize it for you, you already know. If you're that starved for 2000s TV, go start a 24 fandom, it was literally made for you.

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Consider this an apology for the previous sadpost:

AU where BEFORE it’s too late, Nate turns to crime specifically to fund Sam’s treatment. Pulls together a crew of people he knows are good because he’s chased them all before. Does a heist, gets the money, Sam gets better.

But now Nate’s discovered he likes crime and can use it to help people. So he keeps doing it, but he has to engage in wacky hijinks to keep his family (and Sterling) from finding out.

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I made a mistake and thought too hard and hurt myself.

I was thinking about the Nigerian Job payout, and how everybody reacts to it. Yknow, It’s “THE score.” “Retirement money.” “Go legit and buy an island money.”

And all Nate says is “woah,” and then just kinda goes quiet… and after awkward goodbyes he actually shoves his way past Eliot to get out of there as fast as he can. Cause you know what that money is to Nate?

Too late.

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Leverage 4x11- "The Experimental Job"

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Love Leverage not saying "killing as revenge makes you just as bad as them" but "killing changes you. Even for a good reason. I don't think you want to be the man it would make you"

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Within the world of Leverage there are many, many people who've heard whisperings of Leverage International. But it's not like you can just google them and send an email query when you have a problem that needs solving. That wouldn't be prudent, given that the bad guys are aware of them, too.

One method that has been extremely successful at catching their attention, however, has been fanfiction. Now, instead of daydreaming about being saved, folks are writing up little stories on AO3 about how they've been wronged by the rich and powerful, unable to get justice by traditional means, and how Leverage swooped in to save the day.

Without fail, someone has been in touch with them within a couple of days with both a plan and a promise to make things right.

Of course, this is because Hardison has the "Leverage" fandom tag favorited and checks in on it hourly.

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I forgot how hilarious The Juror #6 job is. The episode opens with Nate trying to socialize his crime daughter by having her do civil service. "There is not some evil conspiracy lurking behind the curtain of every routine civic activity." *four minutes later* "Uh, apparently there is an evil conspiracy lurking behind the curtain of every routine civic activity." Brent Spiner plays a hippie spiritualist pharmacist. We have to get Parker from thinking hiding knives in food is a good prank to having her charm an entire room of people. The kids leave for the day and Nate and Sophie line up at the door; they hand Hardison his briefcase, Parker her sacked lunch, and they present Eliot with the exciting news that today is the day he is going to be hit with a car.

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John Rogers, proving himself once again to be an entire vibe.

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so i hear somebody killed the ceo of a health insurance megacorporation today. just an interesting factoid i thought i'd mention.

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I like how leverage has a genius character and an autistic character but the autistic character isn't the genius character. the genius is a 22 year old black man with adhd who becomes an expert in anything you give him within 24 hours and the autistic character is a white woman who jumps off buildings for fun and once stabbed a man with a fork because he encroached on her personal space and sense of moral conduct

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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they’re starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they’re reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there’s 10,000 other people that will continue…but if you participate in a fic “book club” server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don’t rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit “post”

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"the hell's a Sophie?"

"-UNSEX ME 🙅🏻‍♀️ and FILL ME 💃🏻 from the crown 👑 To the tOE 👸🏻 make thick my BLOOD🩸-"

👁️👁️ 👁️👁️ 😃 👁️👁️

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You’re in his living room distracting him with champagne and a low cut dress, I’m in his high tech vault stealing his diamonds. We are not the same.

But we are on the same team, and the payout is gonna be great for us

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the polyamory couldn't save them in the end. but it matters that it was there

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Counterpoint: the Leverage crew are the ones putting on costumes scaring people and causing problems on purpose, they are the midpoint between the Scooby gang and a Scooby Doo villain.

You're right and you should say it.