#because according to eliot there is something wrong with parker

[geeky-nightphilosopher]

D.B. COOPER EPISODE OF LEVERAGE AND THEY HAVE ELIOT AND PARKER MARRIED.

I CAN'T EVEN. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[leverage-ot3]

notable moments from The Future Job

leverage 2.13

Nate: Yeah, belief perseverance. People cling even tighter to their beliefs after they've been shown evidence contradicting them.

🥰 psych terms 🥰

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Nate: All right, don't worry. This guy, Rand, is gonna pay. We're gonna make sure of that.

Ryan: I'm not here asking for money, Mr. Ford. I just want my sister back.

another noble client 😌

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Parker: So this is where he shoots his show, huh? Surrounded by warehouses and storage lockers?

Nate: Well, it's, uh, local cable access. He's, uh, self financing. They're probably trying to score a bigger payday. Network or something.

[Interior Van]

Hardison: Yeah, you're right about that. I've hacked Rand's website, stole his passwords and used 'em to access his e-mail. You know, this man has his computer hooked up to the city's free Wi-Fi? My nana could hack this thing.

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Woman (to Parker): Who are you hoping comes through today?

Parker: Nothing. What, uh, nobody. I don't wanna talk to anybody.

Nate: What's wrong?

Parker: I just don't like psychics, OK? They freak me out.

Nate: OK, just relax. All right? We're just here to see what tricks Rand has up his sleeve. That's all. Just..

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Tara: What is that smell?

Hardison: What smell? I just washed this thing. You could eat off the floor.

Tara: No, there's a smell.

someone make a compilation of people disrespecting the van and hardison Not Having It™

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Rand: It's, uh, It's not a gecko. You've shut yourself off to the energies that are around us. But, your friend here, she's a little more receptive.

(Parker fidgets)

Rand: In fact, I think I'm getting an energy right now. It's definitely family. Is it your father? No. No, it's a sibling. Brother.

(Parker looks down)

Rand: You were both very young. It was an accident. I see a road. I see a car. But your brother's not in the car. He's in the street. Wheels. I see wheels. A skateboard. No, a bicycle. Was he riding a bicycle when he was struck? He's been gone a long time from you now.

(Parker tries not to cry)

Rand: He's sorry that he had to leave you. He knows that you feel responsible, but he wants you to know it was an accident. You taught him to ride that bike, didn't you?

(Parker runs out of the studio)

Rand: That's all right. Sometimes people aren't ready to hear what the spirits have to say.

(Nate gets up and follows Parker out)

[Interior Van]

Tara: Damn.

Hardison: Damn.

Tara: He is good.

Hardison: He should be shot

this is heartbreaking but also see how hardison IMMEDIATELY wants to hurt the guy because NOBODY has the right to hurt parker like that. he cares about her so deeply, your honor

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[Leverage HQ]

(Parker is sitting on the floor near the couch when the others walk in)

Nate: Parker?

Parker: There's no way he coulda known that stuff. I've never told anyone. No one. Ever.

this scene made my heart HURT

+

Nate: But, Parker, he didn't know anything.

Parker: No, Nate. You said we'd find a trick up his sleeve. You said we'd find a trick. Well, we didn't find a trick, did we? He knew things. He's really psychic.

Eliot: He's not a psychic, Parker. He's just a con man.

Nate: He just did a cold read on you. That's all.

Tara: He asked questions and used your answers to guide him.

Parker: But I didn't say anything (her voice cracks)

Nate: You didn't have to. Can I show you something?

(Hardison pulls up a feed of the show on the monitors)

Nate: Right, right there. Do you remember when he asked you, "Is this energy that I'm getting, does it have anything to do with your father?" Do you remember? Well, you furrowed your eyebrow. You might as well have told him, "No."

Tara: And then, when he keyed in on your brother, right here. Your eyes widened just slightly. He knew he was on the right track.

Hardison: Then he just guessed, Parker. He got a hit when he said that you were both very young and he just went with the odds. An accident of some kind.

Parker: But he knew about the bicycle.

Nate: No, he didn't. 'Cause what happened was he said "wheels," and then he moved on. He said "skateboard." You told him about the bicycle.

Parker: No, I didn't say anything.

Nate: You had a certain tell, Parker. Your mouth opened just a little bit. Enough for him to register your surprise. Then, well, he just guessed.

Tara: He used all these things during the reading. How your breathing changed, if your shoulders were raised or slouched, how you were holding your hands, if your, if your lips were pursed.

Parker: What about the other people? He knew names and relationships.

Nate: Yeah, the hot read. What he does is he researches before the show, gets himself armed with as much information as possible to help him with the readings. It's not really that much different than what we do.

Parker: But he doesn't know who's gonna be in the audience ahead of time.

Nate: Well, no. No, he doesn't. He doesn't know until they're there.

WHEN HER VOICE CRACKED I LOST IT

“but he knew about the bicycle” HER VULNERABLE SAD VOICE

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Tara: So what do we do now?

Parker: Cut off his arms. And his head. Yeah. I wanna kill him. Can we make that happen?

Eliot: Yeah. I can... I mean, I could...

okay but THIS SCENE

IT HAS MY WHOLE (WHOLE) HEART

eliot, who has SWORN OFF killing, sees parker in such distress and hurt that he offers to bring back that part of his past for her.

he knows she’d never ask that of him, though, which is partially one of the reasons he felt comfortable offering. she would never abuse his past like that, even with how hurt she was and some part of him knows that when he speaks

he’d do anything for her because he loves her, even in season two. send tweet.

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Rand: You wanna know what the trick is?

Wilson: Yeah.

Rand: It's confidence. You believe what you're saying and they'll believe it, too. Doesn't matter how many misses, 'cause it's the hits that they'll remember.

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Tara: Two years ago, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The doctors removed it, but ever since, I guess you could say I was twice blessed. With renewed life, and with this gift.

Rand: You're serious.

(Tara takes his hand and guides it to the back of her head)

Tara: Feel the scar?

Rand: All right, then. Tell me something that only the spirits would know. Tell me about my father. How he died.

[Interior Van]

Hardison: Don't worry. I got you, girl.

Eliot: Wait a minute, we didn't give her that scar, did we?

Nate: No. We did not

tara has SO MUCH undiscussed backstory that I desperately want to know

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(Rand takes his arms off the table and shakes them, surprised)

Tara: What's wrong?

Rand: I just felt something.

[Interior Van]

Hardison: Nate had me rig the table with a mild electrical current.

Eliot: You electrocuted him?

Hardison: Yes, I did. It helped sell the bit.

Parker: I approve.

Hardison: Thanks, Parker.

Eliot: No. Her agreein' with you is not a good thing.

Nate: (at Parker) Thanks

eliot when parker suggests something sketchy/morally grey: eh, whatever, I’ll stop her if she goes too far but it’s just who she is

eliot when nate does the Exact Same Thing™: NOPE. GET OUT OF HERE WITH THOSE HORRIFIC IDEAS. BAD NATE. *sprays him with water*

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eliot laughing as he tows the car LMFAO RETRIBUTION IS A BITCH

+ hardison with the fortune cookies and the bandana (bonus if parker saved them to eat for breakfast)

+ nate smiling as he almost hits rand with his car

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Nate: OK, you ready?

Hardison: You do realize what you're asking me to do is impossible, right?

Nate (hands him orange soda): Here ya go.

Hardison: And my gummy frogs. I need my gummy frogs.

Nate: You serious?

Hardison: Yeah.

(Nate goes and gets the gummy frogs and throws them to Hardison)

GIVE HIM HIS ORANGE SODA AND GUMMY FROGS. HE NEEDS THEM TO WORK!!!

also I LOVE how there is apparently a DRAWER of them in nate’s kitchen

- - - - -

tara squared up to fight too, even ready to brawl without eliot because she’s a BADASS

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Tara: Her husband. She thinks he's cheating on her.

Hardison: How'd you know that? All I said was she hired a private investigator.

Eliot: Married woman in her 40s? She's not looking for the Maltese Falcon

maltese falcon? foreshadowing anyone???

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Parker: So, what, Kusen has a secret and he's gonna kill Rand so he doesn't reveal it? That'd be good.

Eliot: No, you wanna kill someone you don't get out and throw 'em in a van. You don't get out of your seat

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also this is like the third (?) episode in a row where eliot has lil braids in his hair, it’s adorable but I wonder if it’s significant ???

+ parker changed and now she’s wearing a pretty blue flannel

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also apparently to get a paper seem old you crumple it a LOT and then sandpaper it??? (according to parker in this episode)

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(Down the aisle, Hardison, Eliot and Parker round a corner moving boxes toward a storage unit)

Hardison: We need more boxes.

Parker: And a lot of luck.

Eliot: Yeah, well, I think we used all our luck on finding this place.

Hardison: Wait, hold, hold...

(Hardison tapes something to the back wall of the unit as the others move boxes)

Hardison: You know what? It ain't luck, OK? Finding the perfect place to end the treasure hunt is a testimony to my intellectual prowess.

(Eliot drops a box on Hardison’s foot)

Hardison: Ow. (Parker laughs)

Eliot: What? It's baby clothes.

Hardison: It says "books," man.

Eliot: Does it?

chaotic ot3

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eliot next to parker with his head resting on his arm is v cute

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the whole fam was there to gloat vengefully with parker and I love that for her

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Tara: They do make a cute pair, don't they?

Nate: Let's see, we got, uh, we got assault, kidnapping and burglary for our friend, Kusen, and garden variety fraud for our psychic friend, Dalton Rand. Any way we can get them in the same prison?

Hardison: That could be arranged

PUT THEM IN THE SAME PRISON

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Jodie: A part of me knew it wasn't real, but I didn't care. I missed Mike so much. I wanted to see him again so bad.

Nate: You will see him again. Maybe it'll be a look. (looks at Jodie’s pregnant stomach) Maybe it'll be a gesture. Maybe it'll be the way he spreads peanut butter on a slice of bread. But when you see it, you'll know and you'll say, "That's Mike." And you know what? That's a miracle no one could ever sell you.

Jodie: Thank you, Mr. Ford.

(Jody and Ryan get up and head for the door)

Tara: (eyes watering) Now I see why you do it.

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(Parker stops Jody and Ryan before they leave)

Parker: Before you go, this is for your sister and the baby.

Ryan (looks in envelope): What is this?

Parker: It's the money Rand took from your sister. All of it.

Ryan: I don't know what to say.

(Ryan hugs Parker who reluctantly hugs him back before they leave. Parker sits down at the bar with Hardison and Eliot)

Eliot: Wait a sec. I thought you said all of Rand's money went into paying for his show. I thought you said he was broke.

Hardison: It did. He was.

Eliot: Where'd the money come from? Did you guys find the stolen money? Hmm? Did you find Kusen's loot?

(Parker and Hardison just look at Eliot)

Eliot: Without... Unbelievable. Hmm? (walks away)

Parker: He who looks for hidden money shall find it, if he is also a thief.

(Parker and Hardison clasp hands)

there are so many things about this I want to talk about:

1. parker showing emotion and vulnerability talking to ryan and being startled and uncomfortable when the hug starts but slowly relaxing into it a little bit

2. eliot’s MAJOR fomo with parker and hardison,,, it’s adorable. poor baby

3. THEIR HAND CLASP YOUR HONOR

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eliot is wearing a flannel in the final scene

also, you know how you can tell so many of the team is lgbt (parker, hardison, eliot)?

THE F L A N N E L S

THE P L A I D

as a bisexual I can #confirm there is way too much to be a coincidence it’s a Science™ I promise

[mj-spooks]

Challenge accepted. You shalt become tumblr famous via Leverage. But then that means I gotta branch out to more topics and parallels. Okay. For starters, howabout Leverage Crew as Disney Princesses?

You’re hilarious. For the record when you send asks and I never reply, it’s usually because I don’t have any coherent responses and mean to get back to them, but never come up with anything. I’m not ignoring them I swear. Moving on.

Okay so I’m not going to cheat at this, I’m only using princesses that were actual Disney properties when they were created. No Princess Leia cheats. I’m also not using Shuri, even though Black Panther was made after Disney’s acquisition of Marvel, for the same reason. OG Disney Princesses ONLY.

HOWEVER

I am being loose with the term “princess” in that I’m using female characters who are included in Princess marketing, regardless of actual royal status.

The main reason for that being Nate, who I think is Mulan. HEAR ME OUT. Lived according to the rules expected of him, up until a certain point in his life where following said rules had gotten him all of nothing to show for it. Saw injustice, went around the system to correct said injustice. Picked up a ragtag band of rough around the edges companions who assisted him in his heroic endeavors. Saved China a lot of innocent people from the Huns corruption and ruin. Inventive and resourceful. Good at improv. Also, picture Sophie singing “Make a Man Out of You”. *chef’s kiss*

Parker is Rapunzel. Abusive parental figure that acts less like a proper parent and more like a friend one second and an evil jail warden the next, lots of random and seemingly useless skills. Socially awkward due to isolation. Hyper af, attention span of a gnat. Except when something’s of particular interest, then suddenly she’s on it like white on rice. Falls for a guy that’s not half a suave as he likes to pretend, is in fact actually a huge dork, for all that he tries to be a rogue (this could refer to either Hardison or Eliot, though I do tend to picture Hardison more as the Flynn Rider type).

Speaking of Hardison, I think he’s Kida from Atlantis. Firstly because obviously one of them had to be. That movie is just. The frikkin best. But also because they’re both highly intelligent and quick-witted. No hesitation to snark, sure of themselves, friendly and animated but also fiercely protective and with a big heart. Would do anything for the people they care about. All around badass. Could probably win most fights but would rather use other means to succeed if possible. This one is funny though in that he’s basically also Milo. He’s both. Eliot is his Audrey and Parker is... probably his Vinny, I can totally see her doing the “look, I made a bridge!” bit.

Eliot took me a while, but I finally settled on Tiana. Humble beginnings, hard-working, resilient. Works hard, doesn’t know when to quit. Can and will prove every single person wrong about every rude thing they’ve ever thought about him. Culinary genius. Seems hard on the outside but is secretly hiding a big, soft heart. Smarter than he’s given credit for, just wants to be left to do his thing and make beignets. Fell in love with a big goofball with his heart in the right place but who does dumb stuff like. Basically all the time. Again this could be either of the other OT3 members.

Sophie is hard for me! But I eventually settled on Jasmine. Mostly because of the scene where Jasmine distract-seduces Jafar to help Aladdin out. Not many of the princesses are capable of that level of duplicitousness. She’s smart, she’s sexy, she knows how to use these traits to get what she wants. Also, Jasmine is clearly the grifter of the princess roster, considering both the seduction and the bit where she pretends to be a beggar earlier in the film. A little self-obsessed, I think, because Jasmine never really considered what life was like outside the palace until she snuck out and saw for herself. Still, she has a good heart, and a good head on her shoulders.

[manycoloureddays]

Continuing ot3 theme: parker x hardison x elliot :D

let’s be honest, i am always here for an ot3 theme!

who is afraid of the in laws: parker and eliot are both nervous about meeting hardison’s nana. very, very nervous.who cooks: eliot! sometimes parker and hardison will try something, because it’s romantic eliot, we want to take care of you too. it very rarely ends in actual disaster anymore, and eliot doesn’t make faces while he’s eating anymore, but eliot cooks most of the time. who steals the covers: it depends on what you mean by steals. hardison is more likely to roll to the edge of the mattress and pull the covers with him, parker is more likely to abscond with the covers, and they will most likely end up in the vents.who is more protective: ha hahaha hahahahahahaha all of them! if you think there is a situation in which any of them would leave any of the others behind you are wrong. even nate, when he is lying through his teeth, knows there is no believable scenario in which one of them dies and the others survive. the only reason that happens is so they can take their revenge. so yeah, all three of them are the Most protective.  who swears more: eliot swears more regularly, parker is most creative, and when hardison swears you know he’s spitting mad or really scared.nicknames for each other: hardison calls them both babe, but other than that they aren’t really nickname people. who remembers dates and times of events: eliot has an internal calendar that is scarily accurate, hardison has everything in his computer/tablet/phone, and parker remembers things according to her own internal logic.  who sleeps in more: hardison, if he can get away with it. parker doesn’t particularly like sleep, it’s a thing she has to do, but she would much rather be doing something. eliot could sleep in, if persuaded, but he’s had too many years of early rising for it to be anything other than a very considered choice, and it’s really more of a lie in than a sleep in.who is more cuddly: hardison is the most naturally tactile, but eliot and parker are at their most tactile around him, so it depends on the day.who is more of a dork: have you met hardison?a head canon: a lot of people (nate, sophie, amy, maggie, tara there aren’t really that many ‘other people’ who know the real them tbh) assume their home is a disaster zone because they are, by ‘normal’ standards either disasters or disaster magnets. they actually run a really tight ship, except for the abundance of orange soda and sugary cereal in their kitchen pantry and the number of weapons and their tech room, they have a very normal home life. well… mostly normal. kind of normal? it’s clean and organised, okay sophie, that’s normal enough.