“If any superhero won 2017, it was Wonder Woman. In yet another year when movies were punctuated by superheroes, none shined brighter than Diana Prince, played by Gal Gadot. And while the movie contained many great moments, there was none more powerful and defining than the scene where Wonder Woman charges through “No Man’s Land.” What’s brilliant about this scene is that it’s not only representative of Diana standing up for what she believes in, it’s compassion, determination, inspiration, and love rolled into one moment: Diana is taking fire and protecting those who can’t protect themselves. And she’s doing it with a small smirk that sharpens on her lips, as if she knows she’s got this. It crystallizes Wonder Woman’s heroism in such a beautiful way that as of that moment, you don’t need to know anything about the character’s past to understand her. This amazing scene tells you all you need to know about Wonder Woman’s place in the world.” – Wonder Woman’s “No Man’s Land” scene was the best superhero moment of 2017
We know from Fool For Love that Nikki never begged for her life. Now, this is almost certainly the result of a simple continuity error, but I like to think of it more as a happy accident because it fits so well with Spike’s character to lie about that. Fool For Love shows us that so much of the image he built up over the years was exactly that; an image. An attempt to leave behind the mediocrity of his human life and be the man Drusilla wanted him to be. It makes way too much sense that Spike would brag about a slayer begging for mercy when really she went down fighting, with Spike only being able to defeat her through sheer dumb luck.
“I’ll make it quick. It won’t hurt a bit.” “No, Spike. It’s gonna hurt a lot.” Again, as Spike was never intended to become as central to the story as he did (he wasn’t supposed to last more than five episodes, yet alone the whole series), I realise this is yet another happy accident…But in light of the wild ride these two go on – the years and years of trying to kill each other and saving each other’s lives and falling in love and watching each other die – it’s hard not to view this exchange in a whole new context retrospectively. I love that.
Is it bad that I still find Spike kind of attractive when he has his demon face on? It’s probably quite bad, isn’t it?
One of the things I love about Leverage is how all of the main male characters are giant middle fingers to toxic masculinity.
Like, Nate is shown to suffer through his grief, coping through alcohol, and he’s not portrayed as weak for his emotions.
You think Eliot would be the most obnoxiously masculine person in the show, being a former military black ops dude who busts heads for a living. But he isn’t! He’s passionate about cooking, he loves kids, even when he sleeps around he treats all of those women with an equal amount of respect; when Hardison is affectionate with him he often denies his small moments of reciprocity but instead of getting violent (”gay panic”) he simply goes “Dammit Hardison!” and is embarrassed because Hardison usually does it to embarrass him in front of a girl he’s flirting with, but he’s never ashamed or humiliated.
Speaking of Hardison.
Oh, Hardison.
My dearest, beloved marshmallow.
The most loving and affectionate member of the team is a black man. This guy hacked the bank of Iceland to pay his foster mom’s hospital bills. He plays the violin, he paints, and he just feels so much empathy for the people they help. He’s the first one to go in for a hug, the first one to admit his feelings, this funny and delightful man who is so fiercely protective and loving. He owns up to his weaknesses, admits when he needs someone, is so supportive of his team. The first one on the team to call them a family!
Sometimes I just randomly think about Leverage and want to cry because I have never seen another show that does characters the way Leverage does.
I just want to say that Eliot wore guy-liner in one episode.
I feel like a sham because I completely forgot about that episode! And what’s also great about that episode is that at the same time he displayed a knowledge of fashion while talking to Parker, who was hopelessly confused.
And he tried to play it off as him having slept with a lot of models, but that means that he listens to the women he sleeps with and at least gets to know them on some level. He takes everyone woman he sleeps with seriously and that is so important.
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