#leverage fans

for some people they are very much the tough, gruff friend with a soft heart that has their own specific love language that they cherish their loved ones with

for others they like how he gets over a traumatic past, specifically a past where he made his own mistakes because sometimes you lose yourself but you find it comforting because he is able to break free and is able to build a better life and does good things and finds people to love

other people relate to that southern-grown toxic masculinity that often comes with growing up in places like he did and love how he not necessarily overcame it (although he definitely overcame a lot), but wasn’t made a product of it in the long run

and some people just like his arms or his whump potential, which is totally valid

B I G MOOD

I'm only on my third watch because I've been working. If I was still taking a break from work, I'd be on like my 28955637895th rewatch guaranteed

if anyone wants to fill one out, here’s a blank one:

tagging some friends if they want to try it (you’re totally not obligated to!!!)

literally, this show is so so SO good!!!

let’s go through the characters real quick:

julie molina

pure sunshine. beautiful puerto rican goddess. light of my life.

fashion ICON. loyal as hell. wears paw slippers unironically and tries to scare away cute ghost boys with a cross. amazing singing voice. not afraid to call a bitch out. beats evil ghost curse with the power of love.

luke patterson

soft 90s rock boy. chronic muscle tee wearer. actual puppy. wouldn’t know toxic masculinity if it hit him in the face. lowkey not straight. head over heels in love with julie molina but lowkey is exes with alex (below)

alex harper

gay ICON. I can’t believe he invented being gay. “I’ve always been a little anxious and then I died.” wears a fanny pack unironically and rocks it. sassy but logical af. embarrassed with his two himbo best friends. in love with a ghost skater boy. the holder of the braincell at all times between himself, luke and reggie.

reggie

soft himbo 90s boy. smarter than everyone thinks he is. has a one sided bromance with julie’s dad (her dad doesn’t know he exists but that’s fine). doesn’t like how adults don’t listen to kids so he “haunted” julie’s little brother and aunt to “prove ghosts are real” (if you can’t tell, he was not in possession of the braincell at that time. or ever.)

edit: he is a disaster bisexual

flynn

best friend extraordinarie. willing to cut a bitch for you. doesn’t take anyone’s shit. loves her best friend julie. social media manager for julie and the phantoms. makes some sick music. fashion icon.

willie

gay sk8er boy. died because he thought skateboarding in traffic was a good idea. now sometimes skates in justin bieber’s empty pool for fun. screams in empty museums when anxious. would do anything for alex.

carrie wilson

I have to admit, her songs are bops. ex best friend of julie and flynn. in a music group called dirty candi. daughter of trevor wilson (the old bandmate of the boys). probably a lesbian or at least bisexual. a Demon™ but actually not. hopeful redemption arc in season two.

caleb covington

runs a ghost cabaret called the hollywood ghost club. will steal your soul for one (1) corn chip (he actually steals it for free but let me joke™). musical villain with some MAD BEATS. pretty good skatter. tricks people into selling their souls to him. probably gay.

highkey no one is straight

and oh yeah, did I mention that the boys died from getting food poisoning from street dogs in 1995? because H I M B O S

also this show has the best soundtrack I’ve heard in a LONG TIME

the cast is made up of fairly new (?) actors/actresses and they are all extremely talented and unproblematic. seriously, the cast is great and Pure™ and active with the fandom

it doesn’t have as much of a perfect found family vibe as leverage, but it’s pretty close- especially considering it was only one season! (hopefully more though)

TLDR: watch julie and the phantoms for serotonin

as we all know, it is FACT that john rogers not only has an ao3 account, but he has also at some point written fanfiction for the ot3

I raise this to us, the fans: have there been any scarily good, excellently characterized fics that you’ve read that might have been john rogers? if so, which ones?

awww omg this is so sweet and it means so much to me that people like this blog!

sending good wishes to you and the rest of my followers!!! 💖💖💖