Random Leverage Rant
Sep. 6th, 2010 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowdarkredI love Eliot, I really do. I love Eliot, I love Christian Kane, I love his hair. I love everyone on this damn television show, even Nate, and that was a huge surprise to me. I wasn't expecting that, you know? (Though I didn't really love the show until the second season; the first was almost meh to me. But, anyway, not on topic.)
I love Eliot, but if I click on a fic link and discover that what had looked to be something interesting is actually just another 'They don't appreciate Eliot and he gets beat up and look, now I'm going to make him angst about it for a thousand words!' I might just cut a bitch. Just - stop. Please, dear gods and goddesses, STOP. It had old after the first twenty times it was written. I mean, I usually love that kind of story, but. But it's the same thing repeated over and over. Again! And again! And again! While completely disregarding Eliot's personality!
And the format almost never varies. Like, almost every time:
- Someone makes disparaging comments about what Eliot does, while the writer unsubtly points out that Eliot saves their asses on almost every job. Eliot himself will just sit there stoically and cry inside. Or something.
- They go on a job, and bad guys show up, and they hurt Eliot. Sometimes they just beat him up; sometimes they kidnap him and beat him up. He acts like a brave little soldier through it all. Sometimes the writer even lets him hurt the bad guys back before they take him down.
- If he's kidnapped, the team takes forever to track him down and get him out. He's usually beat up while they do that. If he's not kidnapped, the team usually makes light of his injuries and Eliot stoically doesn't mention them because his inner child is in curled up in the fetal position or whatever.
- Either he collapses or he loses it and starts yelling at the team. If the writer's really getting into it, he may do both. Perhaps even at the same time.
- The team then feels really bad and ashamed of themselves and sorry. They make long speeches about how they were wrong and how they undervalued Eliot, can he ever forgive them? And Eliot will graciously do so from his hospital bed.
There. I just spoiled you for half of the fics in the fandom.
Seriously.
Dear fandom, I love you, but you piss me off. Please stop. Eliot is a badass. Respect the badass. Give the badass at least some of the personality he has on the show. And don't take away his badassness. Please and thank you.
I love Eliot, but if I click on a fic link and discover that what had looked to be something interesting is actually just another 'They don't appreciate Eliot and he gets beat up and look, now I'm going to make him angst about it for a thousand words!' I might just cut a bitch. Just - stop. Please, dear gods and goddesses, STOP. It had old after the first twenty times it was written. I mean, I usually love that kind of story, but. But it's the same thing repeated over and over. Again! And again! And again! While completely disregarding Eliot's personality!
And the format almost never varies. Like, almost every time:
- Someone makes disparaging comments about what Eliot does, while the writer unsubtly points out that Eliot saves their asses on almost every job. Eliot himself will just sit there stoically and cry inside. Or something.
- They go on a job, and bad guys show up, and they hurt Eliot. Sometimes they just beat him up; sometimes they kidnap him and beat him up. He acts like a brave little soldier through it all. Sometimes the writer even lets him hurt the bad guys back before they take him down.
- If he's kidnapped, the team takes forever to track him down and get him out. He's usually beat up while they do that. If he's not kidnapped, the team usually makes light of his injuries and Eliot stoically doesn't mention them because his inner child is in curled up in the fetal position or whatever.
- Either he collapses or he loses it and starts yelling at the team. If the writer's really getting into it, he may do both. Perhaps even at the same time.
- The team then feels really bad and ashamed of themselves and sorry. They make long speeches about how they were wrong and how they undervalued Eliot, can he ever forgive them? And Eliot will graciously do so from his hospital bed.
There. I just spoiled you for half of the fics in the fandom.
Seriously.
Dear fandom, I love you, but you piss me off. Please stop. Eliot is a badass. Respect the badass. Give the badass at least some of the personality he has on the show. And don't take away his badassness. Please and thank you.
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Date: 2010-09-06 08:50 pm (UTC)and it's not like if Eliot had a problem with how he was treated he wouldn't let people know with a swift punch to the gut or anything...
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Date: 2010-09-06 08:59 pm (UTC)whiny bitch Eliot
whiny bitch Eliot
whiny bitch Eliot
ARHG! If he disagrees with something, he says so! How many fights have Nate and Eliot gotten into? Does he back down from those and then go wangst in a corner about how no one understands him? NO.
And while there are some comments thrown around about his job as the dude who punches people, he gives as easily as he gets. I mean, how many times has he dissed Hardison? A lot. Neither one of them seem to care.
Because it's their version of foreplay, right before the awesome threesome with Parker.I'm pretty sure that when you get to their level of awesomeness, you're pretty sure of yourself. Just sayin'.Whoops, html fail.
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Date: 2010-09-06 09:07 pm (UTC)for that matter, I can see Sophie being a voyeur too, all that booze can't be doing Nate's performance any good... oh, that was an evil plot bunny that just hopped by...
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Date: 2010-09-06 09:13 pm (UTC)Voyeur!Parker is awesome and there needs to be more of her. ;_;
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Date: 2010-09-11 07:24 pm (UTC)And completely OT--do you a) have any preferences for what the bunny Auggie sent Jensen looks like and b) mind if I reference that in the fic I'm writing you? *whistles innocently* I might have an idea? It's still tentative though.
Also...any ideas for Jensen comfort food? Mind you I probably won't get the response until Monday unless you send it in the next hour or so...but I probably won't get to work on it on my car ride either...so it's all good.
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Date: 2010-09-11 07:37 pm (UTC)The bunny is white. It looks like this with a pink bow instead of a blue one. :3
*pounces* Ooo, that sounds fun. :P
Comfort food.... Twizzlers, sour worms, and skittles. :D
I'm going catch up on my comments later; I've been feeling terrible and took a break from LJ for a bit. Ugh, I still feel like crap and I just woke up from a 5 hour nap with a swollen throat. *cough* I hate being sick.
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Date: 2010-09-11 08:07 pm (UTC)*giggles at the bunny* Is it just me or does it have a slight...pink tinge to it? *giggles* Oh this should be good...
*looks scared* What should be good? What did I miss? Oh crap...
*sends you boys or girls to take care of you* Your choice. I know! I hate being sick too! This is kinda creeping into my head...but I haven't watched Doom again yet...so I may write the outline and then go back and fill in the snarking later.
Oh so ya wanna sugar Jensen up...huh?
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Date: 2010-10-06 12:05 am (UTC)Sugar makes everything better.
Also, lol, late reply.
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Date: 2011-06-18 01:28 pm (UTC)Sugar really makes everything better...we went cake testing yesterday for my cousin's wedding. I was on a sugar high for the rest of the day.
I think I get the win for late replies. Sorry!