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blows my mind that i have little online friends who mildly care about me. it’s really nice

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Ncuti Gatwa & Hugh Skinner - The Importance of Being Earnest (National Theatre London)

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I love that I share my house with one of the most efficient apex predators millions of years of evolution could produce. I love that two of nature’s most prolific machines met and were like “hmmm. We should lay around and do nothing together”. Now we’re both fat and happy and full of meat. The hedonism of it all

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News website: How to recognize ICE agents by their shoes.

Internal Eliot Spencer voice: They're very distintice shoes.

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I don't think he has, lads

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[ID: Drawing showing on the left a tall building with ‘National Portrait Gallery’ written on it, and to the right of that a long, low building with ‘National Landscape Gallery’ written on it. Signed in one corner by the artist. End ID]

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you're the only one who understands me mr strobbery

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Aubrey: Crusty son of a bitch! How dare he shove his elbow in MY ribs.

Maturin: *glare* Maybe I wouldn’t mind sitting next to you if you actually managed to hit a single beat.

Aubrey: I Was! The Whole time!

Maturin: Sure.~

Aubrey: I’m staying at the inn.

Maturin: You can find me at the coffee house. *leaves*

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Leverage textposts part 23/?

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I think Leverage has a really neat take on the concept of revenge.

Because a lot of times, revenge gets framed as this inherently immoral act, like it doesn't matter how evil the person you want revenge on is, it doesn't matter that stopping them is a net positive for the world, revenge is just bad and wanting it makes you bad.

But I think that a lot of the problems with most revenge narratives come from the fact that the person/people seeking revenge put too much importance on getting revenge, but there's not enough catharsis in the actual act of taking revenge. They end up left with a whole lot of left-over righteous anger, and no acceptable targets left to vent it on. That way lies the bloodline ending feuds of greek tragedy and the like.

But Leverage says "No, actually you're right, that guy is absolutely terrible, he does need to be stopped and his victims should be awarded the catharsis of revenge." But then, instead of taking the easy way out of having Hardison siphon all the money out of their accounts, or sending Elliot over to their house with a baseball bat, they complicate the revenge plot. Instead of walking the easier path of the quick and unsatisfying revenge, they insist on poetic justice and dramatic irony and the complete and utter, very public destruction of the worst people in the world.

That's why I think Leverage feels different to, say, The Count of Monte Cristo, or other revenge-centric stories. They go the extra mile to tailor their revenge to the target, and give them Exactly what they deserve.

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So anyway, some Leverage Redemption background insight from John Rogers today in the wake of LA today. (x)

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the curls in his hair are so nice!!!

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Welcome to the third annual summer fic reading challenge! Sign ups will open the week before, on June 13.

And! New this year, we are introducing podfic-specific traits for your bingo cards. You'll be able to choose only fic, only podfic, or a mix of both. We can't wait to get started!

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its crazy how nobody has ever been as objectively beautiful as danny john-jules in red dwarf and nobody ever will be again

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