#chaos leverage

[somestorythoughts]

That bit in the Ho Ho Ho Job where Eliot tells Chaos "You killed my friend's fan" he probably doesn't care much, like he doesn't like Hardison being upset but he's not too bothered and then Chaos is all smug about it and I swear I could see Eliot go "Oh now I want to hit you."

Also he makes a funny Santa.

[guqin-and-flute]

Something about the fact that these shots are all grouped together, one after another, visually giving them equal weight just gets me. The narrative knows what's going to happen between JGY and Huaisang at this point, knows how it's going to treat JGY at the end of everything. And it still takes time to show Meng Yao instinctively and immediately going in front of Huaisang and Huaisang instinctively and immediately hiding behind him. It takes the time--literally, showed it in the background and focused on it with the same general amount of time as the other shots--to show that this act of protection and trust are just as real and true as Jiang Cheng defending his sister, as Wen Qing defending her younger brother.

Like, I dunno! There are other Nie juniors there! They have swords and shit! Huaisang could have gone and hid behind the wall, but he hid behind Meng Yao! And Meng Yao could have moved back with Huaisang, but he steps directly in front of him!

There's a lot CQL did to JGY's character and narrative that I don't like and that flatten or just straight up erase his full complexity. But I really appreciate the lengths that it went to in Episode 4 to explicitly tell us that he does not hesitate to protect Huaisang, even though at this point he does not have a sword and definitely does not have anywhere near the same cultivation power (if any) as any of the rest of the people in the room.

Right now, after being publicly humiliated, unarmed and definitely outclassed, he is brave. Along with the rest of the characters, he's allowed to be uncomplicatedly young and loyal and just as innocent as any of the other students there.

[leverage-ot3]

at first you’d think eliot is gruff and manly and just a punchy-man, but he literally also lives to cause subtle chaos

this man says the most unnerving things to a mark for shits and giggles

this man literally took a bite out of a live snake to commit to the act

we need to embrace chaos gremlin eliot more

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Eliot doing what Eliot does best - tormenting Hardison!

Leverage S03E10 The Underground Job.

[werewolfsmile]

"I mean, there are forks."

Short little crack vid that was originally just gonna be a gif but then I started working on it and this video happened instead lol. Enjoy.

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Bonus gif of this scene because I love it so much:

[spacedace]

Making memes is part of my writing process I swear lol Anyway here’s some stuff for the Uncle Oz AU (Penguin Adopts Danny & Jazz AU) for scenes/plot points I haven’t written yet:

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

If they do bring Chaos back I'd love for him to be utterly baffled and demoralized over being unable to break through Leverage HQ's current security set-up, courtesy of Breanna

[onyxbird]

"The Two Live Crew Job" thoughts after seeing yet another gifset of Christian Kane twirling props: They're lucky Chaos was trying to take out Sophie instead of Eliot, because if you tossed Eliot a bomb activated by rotation, he would get blown up immediately.

[geekynightowl1997]

I don't think we talk enough about how Hardison went from;

"I don't even know what you do."

To;

"S'up Eliot."

And the thing is-in both situations- Hardison was lax. When they first met Eliot was clearly annoyed and Hardison was just being his cocky self. By the time The Rundown Job happened, Hardison was comfortable enough to be in an elevator by himself hacking away. Knowing full what Eliot could do.

On the flip side:

Eliot went from;

"You are precisely why I work alone."

To;

"I have the best thief and the smartest hacker I know."

Which is say A LOT because Mason (Chaos) is around. And if I remember correctly- Hardison doesn't even think he's on par with Mason.

These two men grew SO much between getting to know each other and working together. Their trust for each other is so real it hurts.

And then you add in Parker and-ahh!- I don't even describe it. Because Parker went from being a lone and being almost fearful of working with people- to having utter faith in them.

Jumping without knowing if Eliot was there. And waiting for Hardison to go looking for her.

I think that's why Eliot's "Til my dying day." Is so- Aaaahhh!

I love them. They are a found family your honor.

[zykamiliah]

supremely funny to me that chaos accurately clocks eliot's "damn it hardison" as a hallmark of his personality. he's like a hater fanboy

[holly-mckenzie]

LEVERAGE S4.E7 “The Grave Danger Job” (2011) dir. by John Harrison ALEX RIDER S3.E7 “The Shot” (2024) dir. by Brian O'Malley

[somestorythoughts]

Allies in The Last Dam Job

There's this fun bit of attention to detail In The Last Dam Job when they're discussing how to get Dubenich:

This isn't quite the full gif but what it is is that Sophie says that Dubenich is going to know every friend, every person that they would be expected to go to for help. And Nate looks at Eliot and goes "we find someone who is not a friend" to Sophie and Parker "someone who is not in the game" to Hardison "someone we do not trust." And that's exactly what happens.

Eliot recruits Quinn who we last saw trying to kick the shit out of Eliot:

Parker recruits Archie who is retired:

Sophie recruits Maggie who is the token honest friend in this heist show:

And Hardison recruits Chaos who they all hate for trying to kill Sophie:

It's just a good bit of attention to detail.

[amazzyblaze]

Thinking about an alternate version of "The Last Dam Job" where Archie kinda sorta murders Chaos with his stiletto blade cane and blows the whole job

[aaaaatillathenun]

watching leverage and i cant believe i forgot one of the best scenes of all time

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"They have some sort of pin lock on the security system. You know, I'm gonna have a word with this Interpol agent in charge."

Leverage Redemption S02E12 The Museum Makeover Job.

[bodyguardbracket]

Round 2: Eadaz uq-Nāra (The Roots of Chaos) vs Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

[Propaganda Under Cut]

Eadaz uq-Nāra: she's undercover in this fantasy tudor world to guard sabran for the sake of the priory's aims but she fights tooth and nail to not be taken away from sabran as well when the leadership changes, she successfully guards sabran from multiple assassins and a whole fucking dragon and stays undercover because no one at court including sabran knows about her. sabran thinks her magic blood saved her from the dragon but nooo its your girlfriend

Eliot Spencer: Now, he's not a bodyguard by name, his inofficial work-title is "Hitter" and he used to do the opposite of bodyguarding for most of his career (killing people for money). But since then he's met a very cool group of thieves and the whole affair turned into a found family where his job is to protect all the players during their heist and cons and punch their opponents in the face if need be (or get hurt in their stead). Now you would be forgiven for thinking he's just a guy who punches people, but the amount of time he talks about ensuring the team's safety and well being (by keeping them physically safe and well fed), and the amount of times he just abandons post and vaults into danger because someone on the team is in trouble are countless. There is an episode where he gets shot twice throwing himself between his team mates and a bad guy. There is a what if episode where he isn't there to protect a part of the team for a bit and promptly everyone dies (including him, hand in hand with his mates).