#benwvatt

so i like?? did not know that the creators, cast and crew of Leverage made a podcast in like 2011 with commentary and behind the scenes on the show?

so I put it here https://archive.org/details/official-leverage-tnt-podcast. it's called the Leverage 10 podcast because they usually would answer 10 fan-submitted questions

emotionally i am like a little cat spying on you and cracking the door open (so, essentially, mango)

it's VERY bare-bones first draft stuff, but. ask and you shall receive,,

“Can we keep her?” “She’s a person, Parker. Not a pet.” Eliot seems grumpier today than usual. “She’s a tech genius,” Breanna says, weighing in for the first time. (Sophie worries on occasion that she feels as though her opinion doesn’t hold the same weight as everyone else’s because she’s the youngest and newest addition.) “And no offense, but you guys are not. I could really use someone to help; you know, so I can sleep every once in a while.” “Except Parker, you guys can barely throw a punch, but you don’t see me adopting a teenager and teaching them crime.” Breanna opens her mouth, probably to comment that Lena is actually her age and how dare Eliot call them teenagers, but Sophie really does not have the energy for that argument to break out right now, so she interrupts: “If you want to take on a mentee, we would support you.” Eliot just scowls.

aaannnndddd

rules: tag people you want to get to know better / catch up with

tagged by: @benwvatt (thank you!! 🥰)

favorite color: yellow! specifically like a warm mustardy shade

currently reading: my friend lent me red, white, and royal blue this morning so i guess that once i start

last song: rules by doja cat

last movie: i rewatched after we collided the other night while drunk

last series: i mean the last thing i watched was community but the last show i actually watched for the first time in full was ted lasso i think but i also watched the latest season of disenchantment

sweet, spicy, or savory?: salty! but all are good

craving: an eggo waffle or an english muffin

tea or coffee: tea!!!! i do like coffee but i'd almost always go for tea first

currently working on: i have a job interview tomorrow, i'm doing a paint by numbers of one of van gogh's sunflowers, i was making an abed fancam last night

…….covid/public health/bird flu? 🥴

sides! thank you so much for the ask!

[cracks knuckles] if everyone stayed home when they were sick, wore a mask at all times, washed their hands, and got all their vaccines, that would be a HUGE, huge help.

it's four things. and I get it, masking can be inconvenient, but disabled and immunocompromised people's safety, shockingly, matters more than the minor inconvenience of wearing a mask. it is exhausting and frustrating just how many people shrug it off as "but I don't wanna" and "no one else is!"

there is nothing more to say. this is straight-up eugenics.

acting in ways that endanger disabled and immunocompromised people by increasing their COVID risk, and acting like "well, you probably won't get sick", and "even if you do get sick, you probably won't die", and "well, you'll probably live, and you probably won't get long covid" and "even if you get LC, it likely won't be too bad" and "well, if you do die or get long covid, you were at high risk anyways, you know, 'cause of your DISABILITY/VULNERABILITY" -- what the fuck is this?

stacking likelys upon each other like jenga blocks, treating disabled people like inconveniences for our lord and master, the Economy (tm)... the fundamental denial and unwillingness to understand how not masking / being COVID-safe by getting vaccinated and other things like that is endangering lives, it's fucking atrocious.

like, I have nothing but resentment for people who don't mask. I'm exhausted. people don't mask because they don't want to stick out, or have the inconvenience of wearing one, or because they know disabled people will and have fallen by the wayside. It's not "cool" to stick up for disabled people by speaking up about things like ableism and COVID, and it's not "cool" to wear a mask.

alright, this is kind of cheating, because i've mostly been editing lately, not writing tons of stuff, but WHATEVER

tagged by the coolest octopus in the world @nostradamus0 . i love you & i like you

tagging @beachy--head @kaalee @cadburyoreo @tinyarmedtrex @feeisamarshmallow @mothfluff @firenati0n @suseagull5914 @absoluteaudacitywrites @sycamoreseventeen @fireandsoup @purereflectionsworld and anyone else who wants to do this!!!!

here's some stuff from "if you weren't so damn pretty, i might've slept last night" which is an ATLA fic that has consumed my entire being. i really, really like this bit and it makes me feel weak in the knees.

link | rated E, chapters 10/?, 34k words so far

promoting my kataang friends with benefits fic (which is much more about tender acceptance and recognition of yourself and care than FWB)! i'm here again! :)

He’s grinning. Oh, she’s certainly had dreams like this before. “But I really… wanna help you," Aang murmurs. “Keep talking.” “And if your hands are bothering you…” Oh, she likes the way desire paints his face clever, paints him coy. “I could be your hands.”

Dealing with a serious nerve injury, Katara hasn't been able to use her hands for months. She can't waterbend, or write, or... do other stuff. What's a girl to do?

Or: the one where Aang is so, so down bad for his roommate and has no idea how to ask if he can help.

Katara loves him well, always has, ever since they were children. He sobbed into her neck and she held him in her bed, shaking beneath the storm. He showed her how to count on the insides of her fingers, the thirds. Sokka put his arms over their shoulders and they danced in the woods and tried to go fishing with twine and broken branches.

But Aang’s an idiot, and he thinks about marriage far more than he needs to.

“I love you,” he says of their particular friend-love. The care anoints him gold and knocks him down, dizzy with care, insane over the brush of her hand and the way she scribbles smiley faces into the margins of his notes before handing them back. He feels it all so much, so madly.

tagged by the lovely lovely @nostradamus0. i have mostly been writing nsfw stuff for rare kink buffet 2026 in the past week, and i'm a reticent, timid thing who wants to share SFW stuff on tumblr you know how madly I love a love letter, don't you? i haven't been quiet about the intimacy of love letters since i was ten years old.

tagging @kataang4life @purereflectionsworld @kaalee @feeisamarshmallow @japril12 @marzelgrimm @tailsbeth-writes @onekisstotakewithme and anyone else who wants to!

this is from 'staccato footsteps and other dances', my bridgerton-s2-inspired kataang fic. <3

Simply say the word and I’ll find you at the intersection of 21st and Lily. If you like, I’ll live there. If you like, I’ll peel pomegranates for you, and lemons (this is a poor analogy; please don’t eat a lemon, your teeth will never be the same.) I want you so. I hope this makes you laugh. Nothing brings me pleasure like knowing I’ve brought some to you. Lord, the way your eyes dance like seawater under the sun — the clocks seem to lose time, and everything in me stills. I think of you often. This goes without saying, but still I shall say it. If you don’t know, you walk through my mind all the time.

tagged by my beloved @sideguitars (tumblr PLEASE LET ME TAG THEM IT ALWAYS MAKES IT HARD)

tagging: @psithurism-symphonies @purereflectionsworld @sycamoreseventeen @feeisamarshmallow @masterandcommander25

@run-for-chamo-miles @cactusdragon517 @yojfull @tiekawaititi @glamorouspixels and anyone else who wants to do it! also no pressure to do this, obviously for those uninterested

currently watching: honestly, my recent How I Met Your Mother rewatch has been such a comfort. Before that it was Friends and Frasier. I tend to bop around in long stretches, never going 100% in order. It's just comforting to watch happy people be friends. HIMYM is also ridiculously good at continuity and joke-telling, in a sort of Brooklyn Nine-Nine way, which I have always adored.

Currently reading: I am VERY slowly reading Leaming's biography of Kick Kennedy and Sarah Bradford's biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, whose name is so long because I MUST include each component. It is imperative to understanding JBKO to understand that each last name is a huge part of her life.

Last song: seven by natalie jane!

Last song you sang out loud: hmmm. that's a good one. I don't really sing aloud anymore, because I used to worship every week and was never really, like, a good singer then? idk.

Currently craving: embarrassingly, I'm trying to become friends with an acquaintance that I think much more about than they think about me. This has been an entirely embarrassingly ordeal and I've known them for years without ever really talking to them. But, hey, I believe in doing it for the story. and I think you should tell people you love if you love them!!!!

Coffee or tea: ahahaha, my liver is a really good organ but cannot metabolize caffeine (I always feel compelled to compliment my liver because, well, it is doing SO MUCH WORK and I rarely thank it aloud. Organs are one of my special interests, I guess you'd say.) So I'll say herbal tea. But usually I just like water. I don't like it when drinks stain things, which is part of my whole "I don't want to leave marks" thing.

Earbuds or headphones: Earbuds! Headphones make my ears feel hot.

Last place you went other than home: doctor's office! It was a bit awkward but very nice. And the sun was gorgeous, and the sky was blue, and it's always a nice excuse to get out of the house.

Favourite crisps flavour: sour cream and onion. There are also Asian flavors of crisps I haven't had in years, but I think... I think I used to really like chicken?

Colour that looks good on you: I think lots of colors look good on lots of people! I'm a very big fan of maroon, dark blue, dark green, and pastels. I'm also obsessed with plaid and floral print. So, also bright red and beige plaid and light green / black / blue florals.