Me and Death hang out sometimes

This may seem like an exaggeration, the idea that one can learn how to properly think like a criminal by learning how crime stories work. On a personal note, let me tell a story from the Leverage writer’s room.

Apollo Robbins (http://www.istealstuff.com/) runs a crew of professional thieves who consult for law enforcement. He was also our criminal consultant on Leverage. Every few weeks he would visit the writer’s room to advise on the scripts and keep us up to date about new cons and the latest in criminal technology.

One day during the third season he sat in with the writers while we broke a story. We posted the details of a real-life white collar criminal up on the room’s whiteboard, using him as the basis for our Mark. We looked at his weaknesses, how he moved his money, what his hobbies were. Once we were happy with that element of the story we added a Vault to the mix, one that used an interesting new alarm technology we’d researched. We then spent about an hour figuring out how to circumvent that alarm. We even sketched out a map of the imaginary building so we could keep track of our Crew’s movements during the Job.

“Well, I’m done here,” Apollo muttered. Noting our confusion, he pointed at the board and index cards cluttering the wall. “This is exactly how real Crews plan these things. This writer’s room is now a fully functioning criminal gang. You could be thieves.”

Of course writing television pays better than crime (usually), with far less chance of being arrested (usually), so we all managed to resist the temptation. But aside from the day a US Attorney asked us to change a plot because we’d created a scam that was a little too foolproof, or when a Homeland Security Agent admitted they were spooked by a security hole we’d exploited in our season finale, it was certainly one of the proudest moments I had on the show.

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I also think "Louis told me" "Was Louis there in 18th century Auvergne?" Is them arguing about Daniel reading his mind. (I think Daniels mind gift could be unique—not "what am I thinking" but "what have you got way in the back")

I think Daniel's "Is it true you were a stutterer as a child?" Is like. A call to action. It's an "Are you ready now?" Daniel in Lestat 's story is not an audience representation, he IS the narrative knocking on the door. Are you ready to start from the beginning? Are you ready to look, no matter how grotesque? Is it time now? Have you gotten all the wiggles out? Were you a stutterer as a child?

(Anon is talking about this post)

Tamara de Lempicka

Adam and Eve (Adam et Eve), 1931

THEY SAID MIYAZAKI MOVIES

DON’T HAVE

In Frisco a candidate called South Asians “rats” and that’s the nicest thing he said. And this is a runoff, so he COULD be the next mayor. And that’s just one of the TX runoffs.

But that’s not till Saturday. On Tuesday there are Primaries in ME, NV, ND and SC. There are also elections in GA, KS and NJ.

So, get out and vote if you haven’t yet!

More info on all these races:

Hey look, the obvious happened.

You know who did stand up in court against Trump for trans kids tho? Who had her state's federal funds frozen in retaliation for it? And who still beat Trump in court and got them unfrozen? And who trans leftists didn't have her back afterward for her troubles?