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@pscentral​ event 36: trios alec hardison & eliot spencer & parker

look, I know it’s not the same thing but hardison and I are gonna be here for you forever.

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Would you recommend hellsing ?

Of course!! If you look at my recent posts history, you'll see that I'm clearly very biased towards Hellsing (Ultimate). It's about Dracula being the most overpowered being in his verse, who hunts Nazis and who can basically solo the world. Alucard is awesome. You know he's winning every fight, but you still can't help cheering on how he goes about the entire exchange and his attitude towards his opponents. He's violent and scary and enjoys thoroughly squashing his opponents. He'd be an end-game villain if he didn't happen to be on the good guys' team.

Oh and who says stuff like, "It prompts a stirring in my loins" to his boss? Alu does, cuz he just doesn't care and who can really stop him from running his mouth?

He's actually very vulnerable and emotional beneath the veneer of confidence and psycho smiles, which makes me love him more.

There is an Abridged version of Hellsing, which is a parody that is fun to watch once, if only to understand other people's memes. Imo it's just for jokes and misses a lot of the characters' personalities though.

There's also a Castlevania version on Netflix, which I haven't watched, but I read that the first few seasons are excellent. It's on my to-do list. This one features a completely different Alucard Tepes, who is the son of Dracula.

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while we're appreciating catholic symbology this fine evening...

someone needs to give the leverage writers room a raise because there's a particular thing they do with saints, like, three times and it's imo emotionally devastating even if you aren't catholic. firstly and obviously, they tell us that saint nicolas..

...is the patron saint of theives.

which, fine, cute, nice thing to anchor a random episode around. but it's not the only time leverage does this, even though the other two are a bit subtler.

if you've watched the dvd commentaries, you'll know that saint bridget...

...is the patron saint of wanderers.

which they say in the commentaries is very much to symbolise where nate is at this point in the show - very much "not sure yet" about a lot of things, but i think sophie's use of it in the order 23 job also ties the meaning to her in a lot of ways, and it's obviously prescient when you look at both nate and sophie's arcs in the latter half of the season.

now, the last of these three, which did make me tear up a little upon first learning of it, is the fact that saint lawrence...

...the italian/spanish form of which, "san lorenzo", of course appears in a lot of place names in southern europe for obvious reasons...

...is the patron saint of restaraunt owners, cooks, and chefs.

leverage is a really good show, dammit.

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Only just emerging from a hole under a rock and planning to try and recover arting, and O_O!!!!!!! Redemption Season 3 is already in existence?!!!!

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[ID: Sketch of Eliot Spencer in grey scale with a red tone to the shading and blue eyes, showing his head and part of his shoulders, with his hair in fluffy mode. End ID]

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Random quick Eliot with floofy hair between working on different commissions

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[ID: Art in partial colour of Emil the EMH leaning against an old-style TV with his hands in his pockets, blocking the screen from view. End ID]

Commission for @procrastinatorproject 🥰🥰🥰

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[ID: Series of manga frames going vertically down showing Kotetsu T Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr having an initially shy kiss under mistletoe that turns passionate. First, they are both standing under the mistletoe, Barnaby looking down and blushing and Kotetsu staring in dismay up at the mistletoe. Then four small close up frames show Kotetsu's expression becoming determined, him touching Barnaby's arm, and Barnaby blushing more. Then Kotetsu kisses him suddenly. They part, both looking down for a moment, before they look back up and the final frame shows a passionate kiss. End ID]

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Tiger & Bunny Secret Santa gift for @benka79

I hope you like! ^^

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John Rogers, co-creator + executive producer: "Look, if we told you Eliot's entire timeline or Nate's entire timeline, you wouldn’t be able to have then have enough flexibility to fold that timeline in with Supernatural in your fanfics because they'd be no space for that. The space we leave is the space for you to write your slash! That's super important for us to do! We do that for you, people! The fans appreciate the empty space we leave so you can write your Buffy, Supernatural, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Leverage crossovers."

Geoffrey Thorne, co-producer + writer of this episode: "But don't do any Doctor Who ones because…"

John: "You're writing those."

Geoffrey: "Just don't do it."

Chris Downey, co-creator + executive producer: "You've staked those out?"

John: "He's staked those out."

— Leverage 10 Podcast: 512 The White Rabbit Job

*Kung Fu Monkey blog: LEVERAGE #205 "The Three Days of the Hunter Job" Post-game (August 24, 2009) for the original "I think fanfic is the sign of a healthy show" short essay

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Request for advice from nice tumblr folk

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I really want to try to be a proper artist. That is, actually manage to earn enough money from art for it to be my job. I’m not deluded enough to believe it could be my only job. I’m not talented enough for that. Some non-art more reliable job is going to be needed, but I really want to try and be able to sell my art enough to not need more than a part-time.

Anyway! Point is, I want to ask if anyone has thoughts on ways to go about this. I have no intention of charging a lot for commissions because I think art should be accessible for all.

All I can think of is selling prints and paintings, but the conundrum is where and how to advertise such things, especially when my speciality is whump and most marketing sites have restrictions on being able to sell art depicting violence. And are there places anyone knows about where you can apply to do illustration work for non-children’s books?

Does anyone on this beloved hell site (and one of the few friendly places left on the Internet) have any ideas or thoughts or suggestions? Literally any thoughts would be so welcome.

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Okay fanfic writers, your mission, should you chose to accept it, is a filthy 100 word drabble, for any pairing, to be posted on Thursday, in time for American Thanksgiving.

Ready, set, write!

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Leverage 4x9- "The Cross My Heart Job"

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Wait a cotton fucking second, was the weird moustache, beard, triangle bit facial hair combo fashionable back in like 1600s France or did Louis just fucking copy Aramis because like,,,,

,,,,, look at this shit. They match.

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rush hour

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AraSASSis

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[ID: Series of rough sketches showing the following. Rough sketch with clothes in colour showing just the lower part of Kotetsu and Barnaby's faces as Kotetsu is about to kiss Barnaby, having removed his glasses, which are visible in Kotetsu's hand in the foreground. Barnaby wearing a red yukata with a hair ornament with a small rabbit on it. Barnaby wearing a pink hoodie with bunny ears and no top underneath, sitting with his knees slightly pulled towards his chest. Kotetsu and Barnaby with Barnaby bandaged and in a hospital bed, his eyes half open, and Kotetsu smiling fondly as he touches his forehead to Barnaby's. Kotetsu and Barnaby touching their foreheads together, Kotetsu's hand on Barnaby's head and he's smiling, while Barnaby looks more serious. Aged four Barnaby with wide eyes and Maveick’s hand reaching towards his head, glowing blue. End ID]

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Random Tiger and Bunny sketches

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[ID: Black and white bold contrast image of Orihara Izaya smiling with his eyes shut, looking very innocent. Only his skin and the fur of his coat are in white, and everything else is in black. End ID]

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Such an innocent little guy. Never done anything wrong in the world…

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really love dynamics that are like 'it honestly doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic, the point is that they love each other. the type of love is inconsequential, all that matters is that it's there'. gotta be one of my favorite genders.