“This film has long scenes where there’s time to illustrate the thought process. All Moses does in some of them is to listen, which is very, very challenging. To make Moses expressive, we used a lot of what some people call ‘bottom eyelid animation.’ It’s really difficult to suggest what Moses is feeling and thinking when all you’ve got to work with are the lines surrounding the eye. There were also scenes where most of what I did were very, very subtle head moves, because I want the characters as true, as believable, and as real as possible.” — James Baxter, animator for Moses
“Three years ago,” short guy said, “you reviewed a brewpub in Portland.”
“Oh my God,” Bucky said.
“It was newly opened,” short guy continued doggedly, unaware of Bucky’s incipient melt-down. “The menu was experimental. It wasn’t perfected yet.”
“Oh my God.” Bucky could not believe the pissed-off chefs had found them before the spies. He’d fucking told Steve not to underestimate the kind of enemies a Michelin inspector made, their knife skills were usually better than assassins’. “You’re the chef?”
“Chef and proprieter.”
“Co-proprieter,” tall guy interjected, now poking around the other side of the panic room panel.
“Co-proprieter,” short guy amended. “But the menu’s all mine.”
“Look,” Bucky snapped, blitzed on enough adrenaline to make a corpse do jumping jacks, “I don’t care what you threaten me with, I stand by that fucking review, okay? There was potential, but it was unpolished. The minestrone lacked zest! And the monte cristo was soggy! You can’t have a soggy monte cristo, it defeats the whole purpose of the dish!”
“I get that,” short guy said, holding up a hand palm-out. “I do. It was a fair review. But I’ve made some changes since then that I think you’ll like. If you don’t, that’s fine. I’m just looking for honest feedback.”
“You broke into my house and hacked my panic room to cook me dinner?”
“Wasn’t planning on breaking in,” short guy growled. It was a little more embarrassed than his previous growls. “I did knock.”
“Only after you bypassed the perimeter security!”
Short guy and tall guy exchanged a look, then both shrugged. “Force of habit.”
Listen I have zero headcanons or plot for a Leverage OT3 highschool AU, I just have a burning desire for Eliot driving around his boyfriend and girlfriend in a beat up old car and Nana being awesome and Parker being Mysterious and also maybe like milkshakes??? Flannel and sneakers??? Cute teen dates??? Someone please save me.
-Eliot charming the shit out of Nana with his ‘ma’am’ and appreciation for Good Food.
-Parker not officially going to school, she just picks a class or two she wants to follow because Archie said she should learn to blend in with kids her age. She steals the teacher’s roll-call list and adds herself to it.
-Eliot 100% the quarterback. He is also Very Popular with The Ladies and some of the other players are like: HOW DO YOU GET SO MUCH ASS ELIOT and he is like: TRY TREATING WOMEN LIKE PEOPLE JACKASS. (He doesn’t even get around half as much as people think, because he is Respectful and even when he does have sex he never tells.)
-Hardison takes ALL the computer classes. He finished all his assignments on the first day and spends the rest of his time hacking and programming and messing with the school’s system so bullies actually get in trouble and kids who have accessibility needs are suddenly getting the funds and help they need.
-Parker tried out for cheerleader and it went about as well as you can imagine.
-Lots of very cute late night dates at all-night diners with milkshakes and Eliot arguing with the fry cook and Hardison charming the waitress but only because he wants to distract her from Parker sneaking behind the counter to top up their milkshake.
-Hardison being very understanding Eliot doesn’t want to introduce him to his dad like: is it the boy thing, the black thing, or… And Eliot is like: no no no it’s the my dad is an asshole thing and I don’t want to subject either of you to him but I want you to meet my little brother his name is Jake he’s really smart you’ll like him.
-All three of them have tried the yawn-and-arm-around-the-shoulders move and only one of them was succesful. (Eliot. And only half the time, one time he nearly poked Hardison’s eye out.)
-Parker stealing her boy’s clothes and accidentally becoming the centre of attention because wearing the quarterback’s letterman jacket Means Something so she makes Hardison switch with her and that just causes more gossip and meanwhile Eliot is bitching at them like DID NOBODY THINK THAT MAYBE I’M COLD WITHOUT MY JACKET DO YOU SEE HOW MANY LAYERS I WEAR IT’S NOT A FASHION STATEMENT DAMMIT HARDISON GIVE IT BACK.
-Nana has totally taken Parker aside and told her if she needs anything, she can always come to her. Parker fled because of Emotions but also has totes dropped by the house while Hardison was out to 1) get advice from an adult who was not Archie and 2) eat all the homemade cookies.
-Eliot takes the other two camping. It goes about as well as you can imagine.
-Hardison and Eliot seeing Archie with Parker when they’re arguing about a job. Hardison very carefully tries to question her about who Archie is (’nah, Archie isn’t my dad, he has a Real Family’), if he’s bad-touching her, and Parker being ‘???’ until Eliot is like: IS HE HURTING YOU BECAUSE I WILL PUNCH HIM and Parker being like: oh lol no, Archie knows I would stab him if he tried to touch me. =D He gave me a knife!
-They’re still not entirely sure about who Archie is so they track him down and threaten him just in case. Archie makes up some kind of story about being a mentor and being all: I’m glad Parker made friends who will threaten adults for her.
-Who gave Parker a skateboard who thought that was a good idea she is riding it along the edge of a 10 story building.
-Laser tag death match, winner gets to pick the movie/food/sit in the middle of the snugglepile.
-Weirdly invested and inappropriate-life-advice-giving guidance counsellor Sophie Devereaux who may or may not be a con-woman laying low for a few years.
-Econ teacher Nate who will explain the economy and the market and also how marketing schemes and con-men work and if you ask the right questions at the right time and distract him BOOM your lesson is now a history of epic heists class.
-When Hardison finds out Parker is not officially enrolled, he Fixes That in the system, making sure to forge her some nice grades for the classes she doesn’t take (nice, but nothing that will make her stand out.) He tries not to pry, because Parker tends to disappear when you pry too much, but he makes sure that whoever she lives with, they’re not hurting her. He thinks maybe she just has shitty foster parents, or some kind of Weird Religious Ones who want to homeschool her? She knows a lot about art and geography, okay, and she does fine with math, so clearly she’s got schooling.
-Eliot is the one who learns she lives in a Creepy Warehouse. She makes him promise not to tell Hardison, because he will make Sad Eyes and possibly get Nana involved. Eliot is like: YOU OWN A WAREHOUSE? HOW? WITH WHAT MONEY. No no don’t tell me I don’t want to know. He makes sure she’s safe and comfortable and goes home to punch his punching bad in the basement because DAMMIT HE PROMISED NOT TO TELL HARDISON but maybe Nana should be involved because that can’t be healthy.
-Various teachers spend a year trying to get Parker to go to the guidance counsellor. She needs some kind of help, they agree.
-Parker only actually goes when Eliot and Hardison ask her to the winter formal, and she’s like: YOU GIVE PEOPLE ADVICE RIGHT HELP ME I WANT TO LOOK NICE FOR THE DANCE. And Sophie is all: um that’s not the kind of advice they mean but also I am not going to turn down giving fashion advice come in what can I do for you.
-And Parker tried to ask Nana, and Nana is sweet and kind and told her feel-good stuff like ‘wear something that makes you feel pretty’ and ‘you will look great no matter what you wear, dear, don’t let yourself get caught up thinking you need some expensive dress’.
-But that doesn’t help, she doesn’t know what to wear, what makes her feel pretty is her jeans and the shirt she stole from Hardison and Eliot’s second-favourite flannel because they preen when she wears them. But those aren’t Dance Clothes and she wants to look nice but also not stand out and also not wear uncomfortable shoes.
-So she sits down with Sophie and explains all that and then is like: so I need something to wear with THIS.
-And she pulls out this necklace. And Sophie is like: Is That The Bismarck Sapphire??? And Parker is like: Eliot says blue brings out my eyes.
-And Sophie, momentarily forgetting she is a Guidance Counsellor, asks her like: HOW DID YOU GET PAST X SECURITY MEASURE AT THE SMITHSONIAN and then Parker looks at her and Knows. Sophie is like her.
-And then they spend like, 25 minutes gossiping about Stealing Shit before Sophie pulls up some websites and shows her some lovely dresses that would look nice with her necklace.
-And from then on, Parker goes to visit Sophie regularly, usually with some cool anecdote about a thing she stole like it’s show and tell, until Sophie gently tells her she’s welcome even without that, she doesn’t have to ‘pay’ for advice, and she helps Parker with stuff like How Do I People and also How Do I Pass This Exam When I’m Stealing A Thing Downtown The Night Before.
Do you think Hardison, who is well-versed in fanfiction and fandom tropes, ever stops to look at his life and is just like: omg.
Undercover at a coffee shop? COFFEE SHOP AU. Parker, please let me make you a coffee so we can have our very own meet-cute.
They have to get out of town fast and end up at a shitty little motel. Eliot opens the door and growls. Parker shrugs. Hardison stands on the treshhold, fist to his mouth, and gleefully whispers: there’s only one bed.
Fake dating? He is here for it. Fake married? HELL YEAH BABY they will be so married nobody will doubt their marriedness.
Parker doesn’t understand why he’s so excited about the tattoo shop next door to their clients, a flower-shop being harrassed by a big property developer who wants their building. “Do you want a tattoo?” she asks. No, babe, it’s just this fandom thing… “Oh it’s one of your make-believe about make-believe things.” Um… yeah.
Stuck in a snowstorm? Not as great or as sexy as fandom made it out to be.
Hardison meaningfully saying: and they were roommates and being annoyed that nobody answers.
He’s still waiting for the ‘undercover as a stripper’ episode. He’s ready. For whoever it is. He has outfits. He has nipple tassles. He has the whole Magic Mike choreography down just in case it’s him, okay?
That time Parker steals an entire busload of orphans through the power of Haagen-Das and he’s like: this is not how Accidental Baby Acquisition Fics usually go but okay, that’s cool.
Hardison saying Eliot shouldn’t try and seduce someone to get information out of them, because ‘Sam will kill him if he tries anything’ and everyone being like WHO THE HELL IS SAM.
Giant Fandom Nerd Hardison living his best fandom life, okay?
The 39 Graves Project is a multimedia fandom project exploring the 39 timelines prior to the main timeline of The Magicians.
With so many timelines, we here at The Magicians Rec Center can’t help but speculate, but we didn’t want to do it alone. This is where the concept came together. Open to fanfiction, metadiscourse, artwork, edits and more, we want to explore what happened in all those failed attempts with the help of you, the wonderful fans of The Magicians.
The set up is simple, you will be assigned a timeline, which will come with a list of stipulations that must be met. After that, it’s up to you to work out what occurred in your assigned timeline, and how it failed. We encourage you to get creative, but be mindful that this is a prompt challenge, not a free-for-all.
Stipulations could include specific characters who may or may not be present. E.g Josh is never found in the Neitherlands.
We will also have a list of additional ideas for anyone who wants a little more inspiration to get started.
This is not an Alternate Universe challenge. We want these timelines to be within reasonable expectation of the canon universe. Everything must be something that either Jane, Martin or Dean Fogg could change to affect the timeline. E.g in the final timeline Julia was denied entry into Brakebills, or Martin possessing Mike McCormack.
You can work alone or with a partner. We won’t be assigning partnerships, so if you intend to work with someone you will both need to advise us of this in your sign up forms.
Sign ups for the project start December 1st and will run until the 14th (subject to extension at the discretion of the mods). The official start date of the challenge will be January 7th and the creation period will run until the end of the fourth season - approx late April. This date will be subject to change depending on a mid season hiatus.
You can now access the official sign up sheet HERE. Please note this is you agreeing to be a part of The 39 Graves Project. If your ability to participate changes after you have signed up, please let us know as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!
Xx Rae, V & Sarah
I wish I had friends in the Magicians fandom to team up with for this x.x I know I can’t Art, but I’m also concerned about time constraints between my job and my bebe … but it’s such a cool project and I so want to be a part of it. *is indecisive*
I love how so many times throughout the series one of the Leverage crew will need to do something that’s not in his/her usual skill set and then someone else will say, “Oh, just do it like I taught you to” and for some reason I just love the thought of them teaching each other things in their free time.
A Leverage Pirate AU based on (some-thrilling-heroics)’ sweet art for the Leverage Dual Bang!
Parker’s the captain/mastermind/thief, Eliot’s the first mate/cook/punchy guy, and Hardison’s the navigator/genius/secret tavern owner. Together they sail the Caribbean, taking jobs, helping people, and generally being awesome (like you do). One day, an old “friend” comes to the crew with a job, a job which Parker decides they need to solve with ghosts. Clearly.
STARGATE FANS REBLOG THIS WITH WHERE YOU ARE FROM.
I thought it would be cool to see where the Fandom is around the world.
I wish I could start a sorta Stargate fan club where we all can meet up in person to talk/watch all things Stargate a couple times a month. That would be so fun!
our atlantis:songs for an ancient city on the sea, and for the humans who call her home. (listen here)
001. islands - hey ocean! 002. western expansion - jared & the mill 003. hello my old heart - the oh hellos 004. antarctica - the weepies 005. seagull - saturday sun 006. atlantis - seafret 007. room for all of us - the mowgli’s 008. going home - randall kent 009. lifting the sea - the hunts 010. land of the living - roo panes 011. north - sleeping at last
