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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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Working out Thomas Hamilton’s theological beliefs like I’m solving a rubix cube. On one hand, you could read him as the most authentically Christian character in Black Sails. On the other hand, it’s impossible to imagine him complying with any kind of church orthodoxy and his lines about “fighting a war in the service of the son of God” read much less like zealotry than disgust at the hypocrisy of using religion to justify state violence. He (and Miranda) quote scripture more fully and with more conviction than anyone else in the show. And yet if the writers had pitched them both as staunch atheists it would be totally believable. Thomas Hamilton who are you??!?? What is going on in your weird bewigged head???

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Every time someone comments on my old fic, i feel like I'm an old actor getting paid residuals. Appreciate you, old-fic-commenters. Key source of emotional income, tbh.

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absolutely insane character dynamic: character who bets on losing dogs/losing dog

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i just wish Eme had gotten a narrative in black sails. she had that amazing speech to mr scott in season one and then she's just around for the rest of it. Let her talk to more people! let her be friends with Madi! let her tell Max she's privilleged because she's even able to be desired due to her light skin!!! that there's aspects of enslavement and servitude she'll never understand bc she traded her own people for a seat at the white table!! guughgh

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Your job shouldn’t be your first priority,that weird lesbian on tumblr should be.

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sure you have the power of friendship on your side but have you considered that we have the power of EVIL friendship on ours?

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[image description: a reddit post in r/LawyerTalk by u/auksboccoli titled, "My nemesis died and I miss them." the post says:

Who will schedule emails for dinner time on Easter Sunday to tell me I'm an unethical mercenary of a lawyer and a disgrace to the profession? Who will call me a dick just loud of enough for the jury to hear but not the judge? Who will I engage with in an increasingly personal series of attacks in filings until the judge orders us both to take six hours of CLE on professionalism? That recurring six-month reminder to make an anonymous complaint to the bar about his alcoholism and dementia will need to be deleted. No more will I be able to reply to his incoherent 2 am emails with his DWI mugshot and a plea for him to get professional counseling. I had invested so much energy into our relationship, and now he's gone. Worst of all, the bastard died without me getting that overwhelming victory that finally broke his spirit I'd fantasized about for years. Goodbye, you gin-soaked, semi-literate munchkin. Only now do I realize how much you meant to me.

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oh and a happy megan monday

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creating a alternate stage persona and living in its shadow to the point where you become it which ultimately ruins your life and destroys the line between a public persona and the real you sounds a little bit fun I’m not gonna lie

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(gesturing towards your little sister) you know that thing would eat you if you died, right?

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Neither enemies to lovers nor slow burn but a secret third thing called Schrödinger's intimacy. We are in love and we are not in love do NOT open that lid I swear to God.

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black sails prequel episode that follows the hamilton/mcgraw affair but almost every shot is filmed from the perspective of a voyeur....through the crack of a door, through a window frame.....we see miranda and james walking intimately close through shop windows....we see them leaning in close together in the back of the carriage, framed by the front windows of the carriage....we see james and thomas brushing hands through a sliver of the door....we see them walking shoulder to shoulder down a long dark hallway....we see shadows casted on curtains of two people in an embrace....we follow their story as they try to conduct their affair in secret but the format of the episode and the way it's filmed is a constant reminder to us, the audience, and the characters that they are constantly being watched, constantly being scrutinized by society and they can only hope that whatever gossip is spread about them is harmless......and as the episode continues we go from the wide open shot of thomas and james meeting for the first time at white hall to tighter, more cramped frames signifying english societal standards tightening around our characters like a noose

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take back what is yours

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i will always draw black sails fanart. do not worry

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[my idiot crew about to mutiny yet again] god this sucks so bad i'll fucking - [remembers suicide jokes would only play right into their dearest wish for me to drop dead where i stand] see that prize is yours. I'm not just gonna make you rich. I'm not just gonna make you strong. I'm gonna make you the princes of the New World!

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thinking abt baby bjorn flint again...