Final Results Update!

Final results update!

Other fandoms mentioned in the tags: Good Omens, Firefly, Serenity, Percy Jackson.

*Polls options based on common fandom tags that co-occur with Leverage on Ao3. Not asking for any particular reason, but posting for fun and fandom discussions!

Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

Leverage Fic Rec:

don’t let the madness change us by stardustandswimmingpools on AO3

Summary (from the author):

“Parker,” Eliot hisses at the ceiling vent, “what the fuck?"

Aw, shit.

“Aw, shit.” Hardison grimaces, rubbing his head. In the…excitement of the night, he completely forgot about Parker. “Parker, why are you in the ceiling?”

There's a long pause.

“I don't understand the question,” Parker says.

Why I recommend it: Adorable, funny, great fandom debut fic from the author. Another awesome Leverage OT3 fic, lots of hilarious lines. I especially liked how the Hardison/Eliot dynamic was written!

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Leverage Fic Rec:

you can hear it in the silence by AppleJuiz on AO3

Summary (from the author):

The thing about coding is that it’s all about languages. It’s learning new syntaxes and phrases and framings, it’s reshaping your brain to communicate in a new way, with something that feeds on logic and direct lines of thoughts.

Where everyone else looks at Parker and sees something irrational and confusing, he sees a language, he sees a system of logic with rules to be learned.

Hardison slowly becomes fluent in Parker and Eliot.

Why I recommend it: Beautifully written. Another brilliant ot3 fic. There’s never enough Hardison-POV fics in my opinion, I love how this one explores Hardison’s perspective. I also enjoy the Asexual!Parker head canon and this work explores it really well.