#hardison

[odinsblog]

“First season of LEVERAGE - so he's 21 years old - he shows me his watch designs. I'm expecting, y' know, celebrity strap branding or faces. No, it's engineering schematics of GEARS and shit. Pages of them. Even then, there were none so cool.” - John Rogers

#aldis hodge #horology #horological design #watches #black history #hardison #watch makers #horological society of new york #leverage #leverage: redemption #black adam

[unloneliest]

in the lonely hearts club job leverage asks the question "does romantic love exist?" and answers it by having eliot buy parker a venus fly trap on hardison's behalf, expecting no recognition and revealing eliot remembers a throwaway comment parker made on their second job together.

we all know this.

but was anybody going to tell me hardison already had a browser window open looking for restaurants to buy eliot in portland in response at the start of the episode immediately after that? or was i supposed to figure it out on a rewatch all by myself?!

#leverage #leverage ot3 #eliot spencer #eliot #hardison #alec hardison #parker #ot3 #leverage posting #jam posts #AND TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR. I *CALLED* THE BREW PUB AS A RESPONSE TO THE VENUS FLY TRAP IN MY NOTES. THE PHYSICAL NOTES I TAKE #WHENEVER I WATCH LEVERAGE. I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THIS IMMEDIATE #my notes literally go girls/boys night out job 'parker is the only one playing 4d relationship chess so far. when does hardison join in & #what makes parker sure enough to push eliot more or is it just inevitable eliot's a part of the relationship conversation p&h have btween #seasons?' and then the lonely hearts job immediately afterwards is like. romantiv love exists. look at this very meaningful gesture eliot #made on hardison's behalf. answering the how does hardison clue in and what makes p&h confident enough to push question at the exact same #time. and then in the gold job. 'portland restaurants'. being searched. i swear to god.

[ziorite]

WHO. WHO THE FUCK. casted aldis hodge as hardison ??? this man is supposed to be a 24 year old total computer geek who lives off orange soda WHY IS HE SO FINE. WHERE IS HE GETTING THIS MUSCLE FROM. and they keep putting him in these zesty little scarves and tight shirts and they make him take his shirt off in the experimental job I AM GOING TO CLIMB HIM LIKE A TREE. smart funny hot and tall as hell parker and eliot scored a damn CATCH.

#leverage #alec hardison #hardison #aldis hodge #leverage ot3

[gifmaker2000]

Leverage, season 5 episode 10 "The Rundown Job"

#leverage #leverage 2009 #the rundown job #leverage ot3 #eliot spencer #eliot leverage #hardison #alec hardison #parker #parker leverage

[gaysontodd]

not enough people talk about how hardison listened to parker panic and say 'pretzels' and immediately said okay. well when you want pretzels, theyre right here.

she said 'im having feelings. weird feelings. for..... uh. pretzels' and hardison just smiled a little and nodded and told her that was fine, 'pretzels' were around whenever she wanted them. like. holy shit

#leo.txt #leverage #they just dont make them like that anymore #or ever #hardison #parker

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

my british friend sounds exactly like this after one drink

#leverage #sophie devereaux #nate ford #alec hardison #eliot spencer #hardison #parker #parker leverage #british

[outcider]

Aldis Hodge getting his hair and talking about getting back to work on Leverage for season 3!

#leverage #leverage redemption #hardison #aldis hodge

[galahadwilder]

Hardison and Parker get married but instead of becoming Alec and Parker Hardison they become Hardison and Parker Leverage

#leverage #parker #parker leverage #alec hardison #hardison #original content

[4acesofspades]

Okay, but one of the things that Leverage: Redemption does beautifully is not try to be something it’s not.  

And by that I mean it knows it’s not the original.  It knows there are gaping holes in its cast, it’s ten, twelve years removed from its original context, etc. etc. etc.  And it doesn’t try to pretend that none of that happened.  

The ongoing tension between Breanna and Hardison is an excellent example of this.  “I am not you.”  That is something the writers knew their audience may complain of when faced with a “replacement” for Hardison; she’s not Hardison, so she’s not good enough before they even give her a chance.  But by giving the character herself those lines, they are admitting that they’re not so comfortable with it, either.  They’re acknowledging they feel the loss, too.  Nobody is safe here. 

It’s similar on the leadership side of things.  Harry is not and will never be Nate.  For one, he’s much more stable.  But also, he’s just a completely different personality.  He and Sophie get along differently, Sophie has a different role here.  Instead of spending all of her energy trying to prevent an explosion, she’s able to burn a little herself.  

And the best thing they do for either one of them, I believe, is allow Sophie to grieve.  The character of Nate does not disappear with the closing of his coffin.  He lives on through his wife and their memories; he is a part of her.  And by doing this, Redemption acknowledges most deeply that Leverage will never be the same.  But it’s okay, because they still have each other.  

#leverage #leverage tv #nathan ford #sophie devereaux #leverage redemption #meta #hardison #breanna casey

[hanukkahbingo]

Panfandom Hanukkah Bingo

WHAT: A fanworks bingo celebrating Jewish (and Jew-ish) characters across any and all fandoms. Write fanfiction and/or create graphics (moodboards, edits, vids, whatever you like) to fill prompts on this overall bingo card. During the 8 nights of Hanukkah, submit your fills to the AO3 collection and/or post them on Tumblr to be reblogged and added to the Bingo Masterpost.

WHY: Jewish characters and Jewish fans are often overlooked or erased during the Winter Holiday Season in favor of “Secret Santa” exchanges, Christmas-themed fics, and the idea that ~Hanukkah is Jewish Christmas~ (which spoiler for all fics in this bingo: it’s not). This panfandom Bingo challenge is to celebrate Hanukkah on its own terms and give Jewish characters and fans a place to breathe. :)

MORE INFO!

#hanukkahbingo #leverage #alec hardison #leverage redemption #leverage ot3 #hardison #jumblr #fandom event #fandom events

[lithiumseven]

The fact that ALL of the Leverage gang keep their emergency funds hidden in Nate’s apartment without his (or each other’s) knowledge

#if you don’t believe me watch the Bottle Job #the bottle job #eliot spencer #alec hardison #Parker #Sophie isn’t in this episode but she probably does too #parker leverage #Hardison #tis i #leverage #it’s SO good

[trivalentlinks]

leverage prompt: the rest of the team thinks that hardison keeps such a huge quantity of orange soda and gummy frogs in his fridge and pantry at all times because he's addicted

but eventually, they realize that while that's partly true, he also partly does it because they're easy nonperishables that he knows won't go to waste, and he needs to keep the fridge and pantry full of *something* at all times,

because even though they're all loaded from the 1st job together, and hardison can basically print money if he wants to, seeing an empty fridge/pantry still triggers something in him that makes him irrationally anxious/sad

#leverage #hardison

[capfalcon]

u know smth i love about leverage is that for the most part, the fights are believable, and also catered to who’s fighting. im re-watching season 1 and of course, elliot is the main fighter, but in instances where other people do fight, it’s always suited to what they personally would do. 

parker, in episode 6 when she’s fighting the orphanage guy, doesn’t do anything elliot does. she has nowhere near the body mass or the pure power that elliot does, because it doesn’t benefit her, and because they’re simply just different people. when she fights, she uses things to her advantage, and she fights according to what she’s capable of. she uses pressure points against him, because she can’t physically overwhelm him, she uses her hands to knee him in the skull, because she can’t just break a bone or punch him unconscious the way elliot can. she’s not as “clean” of a fighter, but that works, because she’s fighting an opponent she’s not on equal ground with, height/weight wise, and also because she wouldn’t be. elliot is a professional fighter, parker isn’t. when she grabs the bar to swing into his chest, she’s using momentum and physics on her side, not her strength, because in a 1v1 matchup, that’s not a fair fight. and COULD elliot fight like parker? yes. absolutely. but he has no need to, just like she would have no use for his bulk/stability.

i really just love that they included these details and took the time to make this believable, because so often the whole “guy faces a bunch of other guys with guns and comes out fine” trope annoys me, because it’s beyond unrealistic. but with elliot, the way he uses his body and fighting style, it genuinely works. and similarly with parker, her fighting isn’t “woman punches a man in the face and knocks him unconscious,” it’s a somewhat messy, adrenaline fueled fight where she not only outsmarts him, but uses the physical capabilities that she does have more control over/strength in, to render him a non-threat. that’s a genuine fight that i believe could happen. also, a key difference i love is that when parker is about to get punched, she ducks. elliot would simply block it, or grab his opponent’s arm and do something with that. but parker doesn’t have the knowledge or the power to do that, so she avoids the blow and fights using what she can do and what she does know. both options work for them. parker has the dexterity to duck quickly and retaliate, and elliot has the power to simply block it and use it against them. that’s perfect. 

also, in the episode where they save the church, hardison makes a joke about fighting the injured. but quite honestly, what he did worked, and it’s what i would do as well. the fighting style i was trained in was so much less about power than it was manipulation and taking advantage of what’s presented to you. if someone tries to punch you, they’re most likely throwing themselves off balance and also, extending an arm into your area. if you know how to use that, you absolutely can to your advantage. and what hardison did was smart, he had previous information about a weakness and he utilized it to prove a point/get info. 

so often fighting in entertainment is black and white, punching and kicking and all this shit that doesn’t really work, especially when it comes to two mismatched opponents. but in leverage, they took the effort to show how people fight differently according to their bodies/skill sets/knowledge, and i think that’s great.

#leverage #parker #hardison #mine #jordan talks

[ziorite]

there has never been and never will be any episode of any tv show ever as devastating as the van gogh job. i was in genuine tears over dorothy and charlie! real tears! (it doesn’t help the beth riesgraf and aldis hodge played both of their roles so well… devastating but genius choice by the directors)

see i didnt even cry when charlie left on the train— no, it was when they hit that shot of dorothy playing the organ after hiding the van gogh inside, then stashing all her money in hopes that her first love would come back. the thought ?? of her just waiting and waiting and never seeing him again ?? HEARTBREAKING. I WAS A WRECK. I DEMAND EMOTIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THIS EPISODE.

#leverage #parker #parker leverage #alec hardison #hardison #the van gogh job #parker x hardison #pardison

[unloneliest]

leverage season 4 episode 7 transcript, screenshots (same episode) my own, center quote by mahmoud darwish

#leverage #parker #hardison #alec hardison #parker/hardison #leverage posting #jam posts #consider any post i make about one duo of the ot3 to exist in the context of all 3 of them. i'm feeling really sane about season 4

[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.

#hardison did pick a place cellphones or earbuds could reach #incase there was an emergency and so eliot would end the trip early worrying about them #eliot spencer #hardison #leverage #the gone fishing job