- i like the locked tomb, severance, pluribus, breaking bad, widows bay, industry, hockey (pens + sharks), off campus, twin peaks, the x files, rhea seehorn, scooby doo, boys of tommen, dan and phil, gravity falls, the legend of korra, and a billion other things. sometimes i like the pitt.
mulder and scully are never on the same page relationship wise because he's always like. I'll kill for you. I'll die for you. do you want me to die for you? I'm gonna do it right now. meanwhile scully's like no thanks, could you have a normal conversation with me instead maybe? but he's already pointing the gun to his head
i started assembling this post because i was looking for a quote (that i haven't even FOUND by the way) and was collecting too many other good quotes to not compile them. so now i'm sharing my life's morning's work with you all. please enjoy my leno thesis.
i have made attempts to sort these various pull quotes into rough categories for organization's sake. there's a lot of content here but i do think it's worth reading in our efforts to figure out what makes leno tick.
leno's role on the bc line:
bc line scouting report (x):
more bc line scouting (x):
even more bc line scouting (x):
more from that same scouting report:
in summary: not the brightest of the bunch, but the most physical, the hardest worker, and the most defensively responsible. basically, he was their dog. also, every time someone calls leno "not cerebral" an angel gets its wings.
the will/leno dynamic:
will on leno (x):
more will on leno (x):
on the theme of will leaving and leno staying (x):
and while i have a whole post detailing their bc commitments, i only JUST found this article with this little tidbit (x):
(i think i could now add an addendum to that post about will's assumptions of leno's hero worship for his brother and how it actually played out, and leno's version of getting gabe to commit vs. will's. this lore is FASCINATING!)
the family dynamic:
on leno's competitiveness (x):
more from leno on the family competitiveness (x):
this quote is in my brother issues post but it bears repeating here (x):
on leno's compete and his western mass origins (x):
it's just important to remember that there is a 6 year age difference between leno and his brother, and his sisters are even older. so the dynamic where little leno was apparently FIST FIGHTING his big brother when he was little, so competitive he hated losing to his older siblings, and didn't get close with john until he was at least in his early teens... oh leno. you have always been the baby who is clawing for his place in the world, huh?
scouting reports that are also character analysis:
more on compete level (x):
also from that same article this list is ‼️‼️‼️
more on his compete (x):
more compete quotes (x):
on his strength/physicality (x):
more quotes from his ntdp coach (x):
more scouting report (x):
(another angel gained its wings 🪽)
coach muse at it again (x):
from that same article:
he's got that dog in him! and gabe and will used to hold his leash!! anyway there is an important theme here. yes i cherry picked these quotes from his scouting reports but his hands and his edges don't speak to his CHARACTERIZATION okay!
anyway do with this information what you will. highly competitive guy who hates to lose who doesn't give up doesn't give in doesn't care that he's not the biggest or strongest he will muscle his way to victory through determination and tenacity. also he's lonely in DC and takes walks all by himself because he doesn't have any playmates. perpetual younger brother who used to fistfight then idolize his older brother, but always dreamed of boston despite his western mass origins......... also his brain is a single marble.
So that new short story, huh? (I know Ianthe's face is supposed to be covered in "bloody kisses", but they didn't look right to me. but I did put them under the cut)