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The three C's of being sexy: competence, confidence, and character ...... if yr good at something it makes u hotter if yr confident it makes u hotter if yr weird and unique it makes u hotter ..... aim to have at least two

I was going to evaluate which of the ot3 had what. but then I realized they each had all three

parker- competent (notoriously best thief in the world), confident (doesn't care what anyone else thinks, she knows she's the best), and character (autism creature with a heart of gold. orphan turned thief. learning to like things, become a better person and understand people better)

hardison- competent (probably best hacker in the world), confident (sometimes a little too ballsy, but he's usually warranted so we let it pass), character (that's literally all he is. geeky black foster kid who loves his nana, is a family man, and loves his partners)

eliot- competent (best hitter out there. literally good at everything he does which would be annoying as a trope if he wasn't so put-upon every time he has to do something), confidence (absolutely), character (outdated sad boi hitman man trope but also loves family, respects women, and mentally adopts every child he sees)

Leverage S01E09 The Stork Job.

op's tags #parker's brief expression in that last gif when she realises sophie came after her#agh! my heart!

and tags from @endrega23: #god i love this episode so much#thank you for giffing it#it's the first time parker chooses to do the right thing despite everything in her telling her not to!!!!!#god i love parker and this episode and this show and just everything

this this this this this! there are two parts of this that I really adore

It makes no sense logistically, but I think that Parker Leverage and Jim Our Flag Means Death should be friends. They’d have so much to say about knives. They both had traumatic backstories that made it difficult to form bonds with others but found family and happiness anyway. The Leverage crew are already sort of pirate-y. Jim would love tasers. 

the irony that leverage redemption season 3 is going to be produced by amazon prime is so funny to me. like amazon is literally everything that leverage stands against

Leverage S03E03 The Inside Job.

op's tags: #this was the exact moment that parker realised that she had a family#that she was part of a team that was willing to come into an impossible situation purely to get her out#I feel like this was a major point in her character development#as shown later in the episode where she has to choose between listening to archie and fleeing to save herself#or to nate and choosing instead to risk her own skin to save the lives of others#and she goes against all her previous training#she chooses to be the good guy

to us they're hitter, hacker, thief, but to the brewpub employees its: the boss, his girlfriend, and his head chef

Imagine applying for a position in the kitchen and the head chef is like pair a salad and this triple Belgium but also are you willing to put marshmallows and glitter on this spaghetti because you know Parker and everyone just shrugs knowingly while you are like what's a Parker

your boss is a suave friendly funny guy and for the first time you actually enjoy your employer. you get paid well (WAY more than minimum wage), as many sick days as you need, generous vacation days, excellent benefits, childcare support, the list goes on. by far best workplace you've ever worked at. randomly comes into the kitchen at least twice a month with a new food gadget that drives the head chef INSANE. hosts local D&D nights for folks in the neighborhood- one for adults and one for youth. make sure the brewpub hosts the portland pride afterparty every year and openly dotes on his gf. seems a bit fruity, possibly having something homoerotic w the head chef

his girlfriend? super weird but not in a bad way. shimmies up into the rafters for fun at random times, always keeps cereal boxes behind the bar for easy access (ONLY for her, but if a staff member brings in a child she will probably share). the reason why they were still finding confetti and glitter in the restaurant five (5) months after pride ended. either doesn't want to be touched whatsoever or clings to the boss (and surprisingly, the head chef...)

the head chef? thank god you just wait tables, bc yeah no one says he's mean in the kitchen but his face, posture, etc just seem intimidating. you hear he's wickedly good with knives and makes some weird references, but you also see him making funfetti waffles from SCRATCH (not on the menu) with chocolate syrup for the boss' girlfriend. legit made a recipe for edible glitter for her. he rolls his eyes and complains but even you can tell it's preformative. the blonde can poke him even when he's annoyed and he still just lets her (even calms down!). you once came in early and walked into the kitchen to see her hanging off his back while he was mixing cookie dough. you backed out slowly (they noticed you, just gave you the grace to not be embarrassed). your boss brings in stupid food doohickes and chef acts mad but you can tell it's more fond than anything. wore a bi pride pin last june which makes you wonder...

Leverage 2x4 - "The Fairy Godparents Job"

In another ten years when we finally get another season of Leverage from the independent production/streaming service that crawls it's way out of the ashes of the strikes, I expect at *least* one episode where the job hinges on tree law.

We all know Eliot doesn't like guns, but he actually gets pretty excited when Hardison shows off his stigmata paintball gun.

He hates deadly force, but I firmly believe that's a man who won't hesitate to absolutely destroy you in a paintball or laser tag arena.

OOPS I did it.

Disclaimer: I have never personally played paintball so this is all based on the general context i could find on google in under ten minutes. anyhoo blurb under the cut for anyone interested.

hardison realizes this in some convoluted way after one of their cons and he goes out of his way to schedule occasional 'team bonding exercises' at local laser tag arenas. it has the dual benefit of the team having fun but also letting eliot slowly associate good aim of 'weapons' with something other than hurting and killing

over the years they visit some of the best arenas all over the world. wherever they go they almost always establish the business high scores and sometimes if there are screens where people can watch, literal crowds gather at the game center as they hear just how intense the game is getting (but all of them are still laughing?)

even after nate and sophie leave, they still go. team bonding nights turn into date nights and the loser has to do the dishes for a week. (parker and hardison have gotten exponentially better over time and it's often a tossup of who is going to perform better between them. eliot usually ends up doing the dishes anyway because he's a gentleman and a softie like that)

breanna joins the team and is THRILLED to finally be involved in Team Laser Tag Nights. she has been practicing and preparing for this her whole life. to the surprise of everyone, she scores the closest to eliot (harry scores the lowest, to no one's surprise). there is a moment where sophie desitates to pick up the hardware as she is remembering all the times she did this as a team with them and nate, but still ends up playing and has a great time

I don't like or even read college AUs, but I'm strongly considering writing a Leverage one built entirely around the joke of a campus dean with the last name "Devlin"

the hot potato job is underrated because what do you mean sophie mimics eliot's voice so well that eliot literally cannot speak in his natural tone??

sophie gradually deepening her voice and even sneaking in a bit of a southern accent at some points was already funny, but then eliot comes in as her accountant and is forced to just,, change his voice. because she stole it. underrated comedy GOLD

Leverage 2x15 - "The Maltese Falcon Job"

LEVERAGE "The Nigerian Job" [S01E01]