#the carnival job

[ziorite]

imagine being the ferris wheel attendant in the carnival job. like you're an underpaid college student working minimum wage and there's this angry-looking russian guy manspreading all over the bench that looks kind of like jesse eisenburg in the first now you see me movie that just keeps riding the wheel. like he's being really fucking intense about it. it's been ten times already and he doesn't look like he's getting off any time soon and frankly you're not getting paid enough for this so to hell with it just send him around again.

#the carnival job gets bonus points for the most dramatic walk scene ever #there's smoke there's close ups the angle is just right #no notes from me here #also hardison's black vest fancy red zip up jacket and frankly zesty scarf ensemble looks amazing and i'm jealous #leverage #the carnival job #alec hardison

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

I know it's slightly contrived, but I love that they decided for Eliot not to use a pseudonym in "The Carnival Job" and just be "Eliot the security guy." All of the tense, emotional moments between Molly and Eliot just wouldn't be the same if she weren't using his real name

#leverage #eliot spencer #the carnival job

[unloneliest]

in the low low price job eliot is at the center of the gloat and the walkaway. eliot brings beer when he returns and is denied entry to the home he grew up in. when nate's at his lowest with alcoholism in the snow job eliot gets himself between nate and the rest of the team; pushes back in a way that draws his attention and keeps nate from lashing out at anyone else. we know eliot isn't an only child, thanks to the miracle job; his nephew would love bibletopia.

(low low price: eliot grew up in rural oklahoma. low low price: eliot hasn't been home since he was 18. what about eliot who performs landmarks of typical masculinity so well could result in such complete rejection from his god loving father? it's hardison eliot's able to confide this in. is it a question we really need to ask, after all?)

in the order 23 job it's eliot who knows on sight that the child with a broken arm is being abused. the kid's dad's social tie to the local cops: they drink together. when eliot and hardison impersonate cops in the morning after job, eliot demands they respond to a called in disturbance with a weapon, because there might be kids in the house.

where do you think eliot learned the relational dynamic he engages in with nate, and before that moreau? eliot left home because he "needed to get out of there". eliot has never lived a life free from controlling men. he may have left, but did he succeed in his escape? why or why not?

it takes eliot five seasons to mention his dad. he never mentions his mom. the carnival job does not center eliot in the gloat but as they walk away we get him centered briefly. nate's the one who says she's dead, but it's eliot who asks about the kid's mom. it's eliot who connects with her in a way it seems nobody has since that loss. in the future job eliot rummages in a car to provide facts so tara can pull off the psychic act. his voice wavers, when he mentions the breast cancer ribbon on the mirror. eliot never mentions his mom. eliot never mentions his mom.

would parker have ever mentioned the brother she lost, were it not for the fake psychic's violating reveal? why do you think eliot never mentions his mom?

fuck redemption's revisionist history. the original run said enough to paint a full and heartbreaking picture of eliot's family all on its own.

#eliot spencer #leverage #leverage meta #the low low price job #the carnival job #jam posts #leverage posting #eliot

[aceofwhump]

Leverage 4x06 "The Carnival Job"

#whump #whumpedit #leverage #eliot spencer #christian kane #4x06 #the carnival job #my gifs #mod post #beaten #blood #fight #weak

[heckblade]

the carnival job and the grave danger job back to back is the most lethal combo ever devised by mankind

#i’m in PAIN #leverage #the carnival job #the grave danger job

[irritablegallowglass]

Gifs of Eliot that no one asked for but I made them anyway (5a/?)

#leverage #eliot spencer #christian kane #the carnival job #whump #whumptober 2023 #poor Eliot he got done over good and proper in this one #ugh i misnumbered the gifs so this is now 5a

[lightthewaybackhome]

Watching the Carnival Job and the Grave Danger Job back to back. Love both of these so much!

😭😭😭

#leverage #the carnival job #the grave danger job #s4 #eliot spencer #alec hardison #parker #nate ford #sophie devereaux

[amazzyblaze]

"The Carnival Job" doodles

#leverage #parker leverage #eliot spencer #drawings #the carnival job

[lemissingmask]

[ID: Sketch of Eliot lying unconscious on the floor with blood on his face and right hand, and with an open door behind him through which Hardison can be see standing arrested mid-stride. End ID]

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Whumpuary prompt fill for Hidden Injury

Really it's hidden extent of injury - AU for end of The Carnival Job, where Eliot is more seriously injured than he lets them believe, and he goes to Nate's bathroom to patch himself up but immediately passes out. Hardison comes to check on him when they're about to head down to the bar, and finds him unconscious on the floor.

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[ID: Sketch of Eliot from the end of The Jailhouse Job with a shirt and undone tie on, falling slightly to the side to lean against a wall with a closed door behind him. His hair is in his face and his eyes are closed. End ID]

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Whumpuary prompt fill for Torture

Because Eliot says that nothing is worse than what he lives with everyday, and the moment he realises they're going to be chasing Moreau, that daily mental torture from his past probably got a whole lot worse. So some point after the moment they make the agreement to chase Moreau, Eliot locks himself in the bathroom to silently try to deal with the freshly opened wounds in his mind.

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#leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #the carnival job #the jailhouse job #whumpuary #torture #hidden injury #cw blood #eliot spencer whump #masks whump art

[inthemoodforsomepretzels]

carnival job makes me cry every time i stg

#leverage #leverage rewatch #the carnival job #4x06 #eliot and kids makes me emo

[incomingalbatross]

Was anyone going to tell me Frank Oz directed an episode of Leverage or was I just supposed to read the credits myself

#the carnival job

[weirdfishy]

i love how the grift eliot uses his own name is the one it all depends on the trust he builds with the girl he has to save

#leverage #the carnival job #eliot spencer #also lmfao the one time he gets trashed #his epic as shit comeback when fighting roper tho is hot

[maris-rose]

#leverage #parker leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #sophie devereaux #nate ford #leverage ot3 #the long way down job #polls #fandom #fandom polls #the rashomon job #the french connection #the French connection job #the carnival job #the gravedigger job #the 12 step job #leverage tv

[faorism]

[discussion of eliot and disability post-serious injury]

so i love all the posts recently about the carnival job, which is circling around us like a beautiful hive mind. however, my own headcanons make my heart pound so bad seeing the posts because like. i write my eliot with severe post-concussion syndrome which gets worse with age (see: my lesbian date fic). obviously he would have developed it over time already (hence, a line i included about how his ninety-minute sleep cycles were early indicators, since they were actually very mild nocturnal seizures). however, for myself, i pinpoint the moment eliot's pcs went from yikes to oh shit oh no this is... gonna be bad forever huh is him getting knocked out from that carnival ride. like, i think some fics that deal with reincarnation of some kind look at that and rightly say, bruh he absolutely definitely should have died (and did). i dont go that far obviously, but... yeah. just putting it out there that that definitely would have fucked up eliot's brain real bad and led to permanent disability of some kind, even if not as severe as the chronic pain, brain fog, seizures, and communication issues i present in aged up fics. anyway eliot has a demon in his head and that demon is permanent brain bruises.

#eliot spencer #the carnival job #leverage #faorism headcanons #of hearth and home and other promises #ive had so many concussions in the last two years so i feel him

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Every game is rigged. It's a waste of time unless you cheat."

Leverage S04E06 The Carnival Job.

#leverage #eliot spencer #molly connell #christian kane #lea zawada #oh eliot my secretly soft-centred man #all hard and tough and scary right up to when a kid is involved #and well this is the carnival job #we all know the lengths he was willing to go for her #but here #here he just got sassed #you left yourself wide open for that one buddy #i loved molly #she should come back in redemption somehow #ghostly'sgifs

[irritablegallowglass]

Leverage gifs that no one asked for but I made them anyway (1/?)

#leverage #eliot spencer #alec hardison #parker #sophie devereaux #christian kane #aldis hodge #beth riesgraf #gina bellman #the carnival job #gifs by me