God I love the episodes of Leverage that are like “yes Eliot is working class. yes he grew up surrounded by trades people and “menial” labourers. yes he knows so much about those jobs and will ALWAYS support those workers and their job choices.”
Because it’s something that really does set Eliot apart from the other characters. Like, Sophie is all about the finer things in life, and even if she did ever grow up poor or around labourers, she doesn’t exactly respect that life style. She’s all about getting away from that, if she ever was that lower class, which I don’t think she ever really was. Nate is Office Worker tm, just in vibes. That man has never seen a shovel. And while Parker and Hardison both went through the system, they’re both very city centric. And I mean, Parker has never once thought about real jobs or anything, ever. And Hardison definitely has a bit of a thing about age of the geek, and def starts out looking down on “menial” jobs.
But Eliot, throughout the entire show, is very much all about that. The mining episode in particular is such a favourite just because of the respect and care for these workers that Eliot shows. And I really like how different all of the leverage characters are, not just in skills but also in backgrounds, and how those backgrounds affect how they treat people. Eliot comes from a family of workers and a community of workers, and he holds those people in such high respect.
so the ithaca saga, huh
my jaw was dropped for twenty two minutes and thirty five seconds straight
In The Toy Job, at the very end, Sophie suggests they give each other trust for Christmas.
We hear Nate's story, the one about the trumpet, but then the episode ends and we never hear anyone else's story.
Are there any fics or even ideas or prompts about what the rest of their stories were?
24 page comic adaptation final: COMPLETE! Now I just have to print it tomorrow and everything will be peachyy
Edit: forgot to say this but this is an adaptation of a few chapters of the book Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore.
Second edit: I’m not actually going to continue drawing this… it’s a whole ass novel 😭
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THAT IS A HANUKKIAH IN THE BACK OF THE LEVERAGE SET
is someone Jewish
please let this fuel the Jewish!Hardison fans
Since birth you could see a counter above people’s heads. It doesn’t count down to their death. It goes up and down randomly. You’re desperate to find out what it means.
so I know I'm not the only one who saw the United Healthcare news and immediately thought of Leverage
but my thought process was, if Leverage was involved, they wouldn't have been the ones to kill the CEO. not their style. so I'm imagining Leverage in the middle of this whole con to destroy the CEO when out of the blue someone else comes in and just murders him.
hardison: so i did all that *insert technobabble hacking nonsense* for nothing??
eliot: no offense to the shooter, but if we wanted him dead, i could have killed him so much cleaner and made it look like an accident. amateur move.
(x)
okay you know what other random crossover I've been chewing on? leverage x six of crows.
the parallels between Parker and Inej - both in that they have the same skill set of climbing and acrobatics and so on, but also how they're both healing from being used. and how they both have been known to stab creeps. I could see Parker taking Inej under her wing the way she kind of adopted Josie.
Kaz and Nate together could mastermind so hard. but then also... how would the crew, especially Eliot, look at this kid who's so much harder than he should be at that age? what would Nate think of this literal teenager who can mastermind on the same level as him?
Eliot would also see himself in Matthias. being loyal to your country with everything you've got until you're not. the guilt. questioning the beliefs you grew up with. feeling like you've become a monster.
Nina meeting Sophie. they're both so very good at pretending to be other people. Nina learning tricks from Sophie... or can you imagine Sophie if she had tailoring in her arsenal...
Jesper & Wylan mirror Hardison as the heart of the team, so to speak. they'd bond over fabrication and chemistry and caring about people who have been through some shit. also the combined adhd energy of Jesper and Hardison could probably wipe out an entire city.
and then can you imagine both teams on a heist together??
Have you seen this Guardian article? I'd love your thoughts on the last two paragraphs!
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/21/were-figuring-out-cool-ways-of-storytelling-how-tiktok-is-changing-the-way-we-watch-musicals
Fascinating article, but HOLY SHIT?
I KNEW WE WERE GETTING A GAME, BUT THREE?? AN ANIMATED MOVIE AND A STAGE SHOW??
If we get all of these it would be beautiful- (I wonder which High Level Company?? I’m nervous???) Also I NEED the stage adaptation- I’m gonna cry?
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