I wish commenting on stuff was allowed sometimes. I mean I get why it isn’t but it’s harder to make commentary.

Anyway – this Leverage gifset – needs talking about.

It shows a scene from 4×15: The Lonely Hearts Job, which I actually watched the other day so perfect timing for it to show up on my dash. In the one I have linked it’s a scene which wraps up what happened earlier. You see Nate asked Parker to “start a fight” and so she started a fight – she punched the person in question, knocked them to the ground and then Hardison pulled her away. Sophie went “Parker he meant start an argument not a fight!” Then in this scene, Nate promises that next time he’ll use the word ‘argument’.

So why is this so important to me?

a) because Parker took Nate literally. He said fight and so she started a fight, that kind of literal thinking is one of the many traits that makes me headcanon Parker as autistic.

b) nobody is cross with her. They go variants of “oh man that’s not what he meant!” but nobody says Parker is stupid for misunderstanding, nobody says that she should have understood and express credulousness at her mistake. Instead there’s acceptance and a promise to try and be more accommodating in the future. I suppose what I’m getting at is they all support Parker and accept her as she is.

Leverage is a show that has a palpable feeling of home. I watch it to comfort me sometimes because it is a comforting show. That is true for a lot of reasons but this is one example of why – that unconditional love and support for a character who isn’t neurotypical. I just sorry for getting on my soapbox but seeing the gifset felt like a sign, and so I’m just letting my feelings out.

Go watch Leverage y’all!