(The "N" Is Mostly Silent)

Gnar, he/him. Nate Hate is not welcome, but Nate Roasting is strongly encouraged. Main is @gnars-house. Header by @darkfinch.

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Nate Ask Blog

Now live at @functioning-god-complex! Come bother Nate with questions. You can also bother Parker at @crimeisfun, Sophie at @watchmebecomeher, and Eliot at @mr-punchy. None of those are me, and this is not a group project or an exclusive list.

Hat Bracket — COMPLETE. Winner: FROG BUCKET HAT Masterpost of previous rounds

Nate/Eliot Fic

HIATUS First two chapters are posted! Just some good old fashioned “Moreau was my dom and I need a new one” with a side of “and this will corrupt and destroy everything.” (EXPLICIT) https://archiveofourown.org/works/65173297/chapters/167633782 Note: Do not expect regular updates. It'll happen when it happens.

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The Snow Job exists in my head as a fairly serious episode because of Nate’s spiraling and the tension and arguments around it, it’s a pretty pivotal developmental episode for the whole crew in terms of seeing how bad it could get and realizing they’re going to have to make hard decisions about where they stand with each other when it does.

But then I actually watch it and yes, that may be the important part for the season’s arc, but actually most of the episode consists of Parker and Eliot doing slapstick comedy in the background while Sophie tries to cope with the realization that the mark genuinely has a luge fetish.

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Hey if you See This can you reblog this or comment on this with a character you headcanon as aromantic, asexual, or both. It can be canon it can be founded on absolutely nothing I just need more aroace stuff on here #yay

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On “The Last Dam Job”

I think this is honestly the worst we see of Nate. This is Nate so grieving, so furious, that he throws out all the self-imposed limitations and sets out to kill the men who killed his father.

And Nate did kill them. He did it not with a gun, but by setting everything up so that they’d turn on each other in a manner that would lead to both of their deaths. And while I think he did consider just shooting them, when he realized his team had a line he himself no longer had, he manipulated his team such that they wouldn’t see what he’d done.

That’s what all the ‘gun practice’ is about, you see. Nate is telegraphing to his team “I want to kill these men”. He’s making the team see the gun. React to the gun. Nate is inept with that gun when they’re watching, but a pretty good shot when they’re not. He wants them thinking about him shooting Latimer and Dubenich. He wants them thinking of that as the worst case scenario.

And they do. Nate strings out his setup of Latimer and Dubenich until his team are all lined up watching him; he makes sure each man is clear that the only way they can walk away is if the other one dies. He turns, knowing that his team are going to be there to see him shoot or not shoot them, but the water will mask the words he says. He’s set it up perfectly, a masterful and utterly bastardly manipulation, so that his team see him set the gun down and walk away…and his enemies kill themselves, as he set them up to do.

He wanted them dead. He wanted to kill them. He did. Doing what a mastermind does; using his brain, not his hands.

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Wow Princess Jasmine really learns to grift thirty seconds after leaving the palace and then just Never Stops

[best-alias-bracket]

Round 1, Poll 44: Annie Kroy vs Duchess Alexia of Barrington-Highsworth

Annie Kroy Episode: 2x01 The Beantown Bailout Job Character: Sophie Annie Kroy. Name's familiar. My family does business in North London with Terry Adams, and a couple of other organizations. We handle the money.

Note: Sophie also uses this alias in The Maltese Falcon Job.

Duchess Alexia of Barrington-Highsworth Episode: 3x11 The Rashomon Job Character: Sophie You're here! She's here! Ladies and gentlemen, the duchess Alexia of Barrington-Highsworth. Thank you for donating such wonderful pieces from your collection. Oh, you're too kind, Mr. Gladstone. But, really, it's nothing compared to the magnificent beauty of your dagger.

Best alias?

Annie Kroy

Duchess Alexia of Barrington-Highsworth

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

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yeah uh, I think we all know how i'm voting on this one

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Let's steal ourselves a secret good final episode.

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This was a long time ago, but I remember somebody once looked on AO3 for Leverage “fix-it” fics and found that a) very few existed and b) the ones that did exist were all crossovers where Leverage was used to fix problems in OTHER fandoms.

So yes, stealing secret good final episodes could be a whole Leverage crew side-gig

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Round 1, Poll 42: Colette Madison vs Rep. Henkle

Colette Madison Episode: 3x07 The Gone Fishin' Job Character: Sophie Think of me as a matchmaker. I bring together parties who can benefit each other. For a fee, of course.

Representative Henkle Episode: 3x15 The Big Bang Job Character: Sophie In here, congresswoman, is where my team does their high-energy research. Ooh, I'm gonna need more details than that, General, to see what you might be wasting the taxpayers' money on.

Best alias?

Colette Madison

Rep. Henkle

Remaining time: 4 days 16 hours

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Do I need to spell it out for you?

[starrybouquet]

was anyone going to tell me jeri ryan was in leverage or was i just supposed to find out myself?!

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If your interest is star trek related you should also know that wil wheaton is a recurring antagonist, jonathan frakes directs a number of episodes (and has little tiny cameos) and there’s one episode with both brent spiner and armin shimerman. if your interest is just jeri ryan related, uh, FAIR

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Leverage Headquarters (former MC Hammer Mansion)

380 West Green St., Pasadena, CA 91105

For sale for $11,180,000

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Let’s go steal it

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Round 2, Poll 30

Kira Simone (The Turkish Prisoner Job) VS Neil Trividi (The Swipe RIght Job)

Worst Mark?

Kira Simone

Neil Trividi

Voting ended onJun 5

Propaganda:

Kira Simone: Corrupt police officer who arrests innocent people so that a real estate company can develop on their land.

Neil Trividi: Assists his sister in scamming lonely people on dating apps out of their money.

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Round 1, Poll 34: Laurie Sprang vs Mr. Greipal

Laurie Sprang Episode: 3x05 The Double-Blind Job Character: Parker You attended the University of Iowa, where you were a cheerleader, graduated with a 2.9 G.P.A., and you were also second runner-up for the Miss Iowa Beauty Pageant.

Mr. Greipal Episode: 5x14 The Toy Job Character: Nate Wh-while I'm baffled, delighted by the sudden interest in my toy, ah, money is not why I designed Baby Feels-A-Lot, no. I did it for my son, Nestor, yes. Who is now in federal prison.

Best alias?

Laurie Sprang

Mr. Greipal

Remaining time: 2 days 15 hours

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Round 1, Poll 35: Tom Jensen vs Anna Gunstott

Tom Jensen Episode: 3x12 The King George Job Character: Nate Thank you, mister, uh… Jensen. Tom Jensen. Oh, an American. Are you with Claridge's? In a way. I've, I have participated in some of their New York auctions, yeah. Participated how? I'm a broker of merchandise, antiques, mostly, for private collectors. I like to let them know when something, you know, of interest, uh, becomes discovered.

Note: Tom Jensen is one of only a few aliases that are used multiple times - when Nate competes in the chess tournament in the Queen's Gambit Job, he is registered under the same name. We're going to lump them together in this bracket because Queen's Gambit!Tom isn't really an alias in its own right.

Anna Gunstott Episode: 1x01 The Nigerian Job Character: Sophie Mr. Dubenich, Anna Gunstott, African Commercial Transport and Trade Initiative. You government? No, no. Private business consortium. We are looking to encourage infrastructure development and economic renewal. I have no idea what that means in English. What does it mean? We create jobs and trade in Africa. Keep the graft and the stealing manageable.

Best alias?

Tom Jensen

Anna Gunstott

Remaining time: 2 days 16 hours

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Round 1, Poll 36: Roy Chappell vs Debbie Dreiling

Roy Chappell Episode: 2x14 The Three Strikes Job Character: Eliot You got drafted in the sixth round right out of high school. Had a cup of coffee in the royals organization. Then you bounced around the minors, you bounced around the world, and, as we can see here, you made a very popular commercial for an energy drink in Japan.

Debbie Dreiling Episode: 2x02 The Tap-Out Job Character: Sophie Say what you're saying is true. What exactly are you telling me? That you don't need him. He's a middleman. You need me. My, my, what a little shark you are. Are you sure we didn't have lunch at the Ivy last week? Just trying to make you feel at home. Little Midwestern hospitality and all. You hungry? Because they serve a mean chicken-fried steak here. No. I'm fine.

Best alias?

Roy Chappell

Debbie Dreiling

Remaining time: 2 days 16 hours

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God the temptation to do the damn thing in Nate voice is very strong. I already know I can write a whole essay that way and if nobody gives a shit anyway at least I could entertain myself….

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okay well i did not do that, but i DID start the essay with "Food is life."

wasn't even really intentional it was just obviously the most appropriate hook for the topic, what can i say?

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God the temptation to do the damn thing in Nate voice is very strong. I already know I can write a whole essay that way and if nobody gives a shit anyway at least I could entertain myself….

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They definitely read mine; i don’t think i was a super exceptional candidate without the funny admissions essay. It was about negotiating the terms of bath time with my parents when I was 4.

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Oh, I should clarify then, this is NOT about the admissions essay, this is about the persuasive writing portion of the LSAT. I’d admit you for that essay too though!