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It never once occurred to me during the original run of Leverage (or during the first season of Redemption) that Eliot’s parents were Black, but as soon as they get to the reveal in “The Fractured Job,” both Spouse and I were like OH. THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

(I would like to expand more on WHY it makes sense, but I need to organize my thoughts and I’m tired. But it really, really does.)

And Keith David was such a perfect choice to play Billy Spencer. The degree to which he and Kane were able to mirror each other’s body language and gestures was slightly uncanny and really helped to sell the reconciliation after 30 years of estrangement and the fact that they still loved each other in spite of it all.

I loved the backstory of WHY Spencer Sr. didn’t want Eliot to join the military, and that the institutional racism behind him being denied the Medal of Honor was explicitly called out.

Also loved how Hardison is clearly having one of the best days of his life at finding out about Eliot’s parents, and how much Billy and Breanna bonded. I’d be so happy to see him turn up again in S3.

Perfect episode, and one of my all-time favorites.

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246bce

No, I'm retired. I haven't been on the con for years!

Sophie in Leverage: Redemption Official Trailer

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give-me-a-moose

I watched Leverage for the first time way too young, and a lot of things went over my head. I just rewatched "The Future Job" from Leverage and something about this scene just hit me.

GIF by claudia-kishi

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amuseoffyre

Elliot drawing him and Parker while scoping out a museum makes me happy 😍

leverage-ot3

@queenshammer: #is he… cutting the rope??

yes. yes he is

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therantygeek

Anonymous asked:

Headcanon: Eliot can ballroom dance as well as any professional. Better, in some instances. And no one knows this until they have to work a con at a dance studio that's a front for trafficking. He has to compete, which adds another pseudo-celebrity persona to his identities.

therantygeek answered:

GIF by iamnoonewhoareyou

Of course this naturally also results in him acquiring a ton more fangirls - and fanboys! - because a) hyper competent dancing is HAWT and b) he's going to be in a male ballroom dance competition outfit which... well, I'll leave y'all to try Googling that and picture Eliot in something like it. #AHEM

So poor Hardison is on full time social media/attempting to control the hype duty while also trying to do the digital stuff for the actual job AND making sure to needle/mock/jab at Eliot at every possible opportunity... until the team actually sees their hitter, their punchy grump-up artist, dancing in one of the competitions and. Well. It's basically a Scheherazade moment that nearly blows the con because hey, this grade of dance is supposed to be emotive, right, and they're all gawking so hard they nearly miss their marks.

The fact Eliot refuses to actually acknowledge how good he is, just growling and stomping off when someone tries to actually compliment him, only adds to the effect.

Nate meanwhile is in Actual Hell because let's set this theoretical episode in early to mid S5 as, of course, Sophie just LOVES the idea of "going dancing" and is thoroughly miffed that her newly sort-of s/o can barely do a basic waltz. Bonus points if she suggests, in either or both of their hearing, that Eliot could maybe teach Nate some moves to help.

Only later it turns out the only person who Elio has actually volunteered to teach some steps to is Parker, firstly because she's competent enough to actually follow along, and secondly because that way she can take Hardison dancing on one of their date nights, which of course leaves Alec melted into an absolute puddle because he's essentially just an enormous ball of squish in the shape of a boy.

And we fade out the episode as Parker and Hardison head for their night out while Sophie is trying to teach a purposefully-failing Nate some basic steps, seeing Eliot in the kitchen of the brew pub humming to himself and, secure in the moment of being entirely unobserved, execute an absolutely perfect reverse fleckerl with a bowl and whisk as his only partner.

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amazzyblaze

Hardison and Eliot really have the perfect secret handshake. Slap, slap, fist bump is elegant while being simple enough for even my uncoordinated self to recall and execute. No notes.

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wolves-in-the-world

yes I'm comparing eliot pulling hardison up so he gets out before the building explodes & hardison guiding eliot into the police car so eliot bangs his head. and yes I'm giggling a great deal about it.

(it comes down to experience I think. eliot has a soldier's experience and a sense of honour, so when shit goes south he knows how to act and what he wants to prioritise. whereas that was quite possibly hardison's first time "arresting" someone and he and eliot have barely worked together at that point - so it's clumsy, and eliot gets to have a little growl about it.)

(still funny though.)

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masterofmingyuehall

The character introductions for Leverage go so hard lol

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amazzyblaze

"The Double Blind Job" doodles

#hardison x eliot #parker x hardison #eliot spencer #parker #alec hardison #leverage ot3 #parker x hardison x eliot #leverage #leverage season 3 #the double blind job #fanart #ot3 fanart #leverage: let’s go steal a queue

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irritablegallowglass

Leverage gifs that no one asked for but I made them anyway (22/?)

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coolstuffiseverywhere

My biggest Leverage headcanon is that Sophie, the person under all the masks, can actually act fine in all situations. Sophie Devereaux however, cannot. Whatever cover she was made to be included that she couldn’t act for shit. And while the rest of the alias has mostly fallen to the side, this part is just so instinctual she can’t help it when she has that role.

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wolves-in-the-world

okay I might more or less reject the reboot from my mind but it is necessary for my wellbeing during the "eliot pretending to be a trekkie" scene to remember that he later learned klingon because hardison bet him he couldn't.

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amazzyblaze

"The Scheherazade Job" doodles

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somestorythoughts

Watched the Gone Fishing Job recently and would like to suggest that one year for Eliot's birthday or something Hardison rents him a cabin near some good fishing spots for a few days and tells him to chill for a bit.

He comes back well rested and with a lot of fish to cook.

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