I’m so happy that Leverage is a show that exists

renew-leverage:

“I thought everybody could do that” for aquietglow.

bydaybreak:

liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike. let’s talk about their reactions here? because i 100% believe in my filthy trash bin of a heart that this episode was the point of no return for parker and eliot both, the point at which they both realised holy shit i am in way over my head. 

look at those reactions. like, it’s not simple relief, it’s relief and *total fucking whelm*. and neither eliot nor parker has–allowed themselves, maybe, the relative luxury of just thinking about what someone means to them. because it’s always been a liability. for eliot, caring too much about people would just be something that someone could use against him; for parker, it’s what archie’s cautioned her against a million times: we don’t get involved. 

and worse for both of them, really, is that they’re not–not too caught up in a job, not too wrapped up in their own reputations or…or things that could be forgivable, really. things that they could realise and chide themselves for and then pull back from, do better. no, instead they’re both of them way overinvested in another person, in a person who could be hurt, who could be taken from them because they weren’t good enough or fast enough or–or just because sometimes you lose. 

parker and eliot have always been aware of when they should cut their losses and get out. but this–this isn’t an acceptable loss. maybe neither of them can say the word love just yet, even to themselves, but this is where they realise it.

hardison doesn’t die, but he comes back to life anyhow, and when he does, the whole world changes.

echofades:

New Leverage Headcanon

mayonnaisejane: Parker didn’t jump the count at the start of the pilot. She was dead on for Nate’s FIRST count before Hardison and Eliot interrupted and he had to restart. Remember, when she told Archie they were: “A little undisciplined?” They are.

optimysticals:

secondbestpolicy:

jeannetterankin:

Okay small rant time, sorry, but THIS IS WHY I LOVE PARKER. The instant pudding line is almost the first thing she says in this scene, and she smiles when she says it and that is just 100% Parker down to her bones. She won’t sympathize, she won’t show fear. She doesn’t stop, collaborate, and listen. The others are expressing horror and having a constructive dialog and Parker is just 100% focused on THE PROBLEM. All that brain power focused on the puzzle in front of her, feelings pushed aside, and she doesn’t care if she sounds callous or weird. Look at that penultimate gif, that’s not even an ‘I’m going to save you’ smirk, that’s an ‘I solved the puzzle’ smirk. Parker won’t hold your hand or cry or make you feel better, but when you’re holding a live bomb, there is no one that you want on your side more than her. Because she will 100% save your ass (and have a good time doing it).

#i love love love love this #this is why parker is so perfect for the mastermind position #she thinks outside the box #also lol ofc sophie just happened to have instant pudding on hand (tags via damn-it-hardison)

I was just rewatching this ep. the other day and YES I love this. Like everyone just looks at her like “Really Parker!?!” and she’s just like “yeah, really.”

lynne-monstr:

Leverage Character Appreciation Week | Parker
↳ “They would do the right thing. I want to do the right thing!”

renew-leverage:

“It’s Parker.” for fanfic-obsessed.

other-romantic-verbs:

Why don’t I have superpowers?

You pretty much do, baby girl.

renew-leverage:

hugealienpie:

Parker deciding she wants to do the right thing for kaarchin.

“It’s your show. Go for it.”

I think this is the moment when Nate starts thinking about succession planning.

#parker’s evolution into the mastermind started in season one #nate might not have known it but she was always changing #she was always going to be the one #sure hardison can run a con on his own #and so can eliot #but parker can take a con and turn it on its head #and we see that even in the beginning #how creative and intelligent she is #she just needed the right teacher to expand those skills #we can do what they can’t #that episode #that episode about being good and right when survival is on the line #and parker’s view of herself as incomplete because of how she’s reacted to horrible trauma in her past #she’s more self aware of her flaws than nate is #she’s always been capable #they just saw it as crazy when she knew it was necessary #my love for parker is fierce (tags via averydistinctivestyle)