Repressed magic can take many outlets. Some more aggressive routes leave the vessels with scars, blindness, lose of sensation, paralysation and more. While few find themselves decorated in unfamiliar ink. It is believed that those with tattoos have been wrongfully imprisoned, a picture is worth a thousand words and when the vessel can speak their truth no more, the magic within tells the story for them. There is no evidence to prove this as repressed magic is too dangerous to study.
A quick headcanon based on @sirussly tattooed Bellatrix
My druid can, and has been abusing, wild shape. We are in an arctic setting, and I’ve been turning into medium sized arctic hawks or Arctic owls.
The party has discovered what my carry limit as a bird is, realizing I can carry small fireworks and the such.
We are in a lost city full of undead, and we want a distraction.
Ranger: Do you still have the spark spell?
Paladin: I have spark, yeah.
Fighter: What if we set up a message firework and you light it with spark?
Paladin, pointing to me: You’re still in bird form, why don’t we have him carry it and we light it?
Three party members at the same time ask the fuse time.
Realizing I could fly it a few rounds and still being able to return safely, this leads to a conversation about how the party intends to buy a huge quantity of bombs and ingredients for Molotov Cocktails…
And that is how my Druid Batu has somehow become the aerial bomber for the part…
The interactions that come from the seating arrangements, like Liam and Laura’s cuddling last campaign and Marisha and Travis’ jock bro friendship this time around
When someone says an accidental innuendo and the group will not let it go for a good five minutes
Whenever Matt introduces a cool NPC and the cast turns into this gif:
The episode is pretty clearly meant to show how well the team has meshed and how skillful they are not only in contrast to their marks, but also as compared to other cons. And they do a good job at setting up foils for the crew – compelling and expert, people who could realistically give our heroes a run for their money – and also an excellent job at showing why the Leverage team is just that good. But I think my favorite part of all of that is the contrast between Hardison and Chaos.
In the way that Eliot is who you expect of a hitter and Michal (I refuse to use the terrible spelling assigned to her) is not, Chaos is basically who you would expect when you hear that someone’s the hacker of the team: a shlubby white nerd with an ego problem, someone who thinks they’re too smart, who doesn’t connect well with other people, and is cold and self-interested as a result. The trappings that they attach to him – a similar soda addiction, a van from which to keep track of the goings on – only serve to emphasize how different Hardison’s personality is from all of that.
Chaos is who you would expect Hardison to be, and it only helps bring home how delightful
Hardison is
(and how unexpected!): a personable, funny, loyal, smart black guy is the hacker for this team. Two seasons in, it serves as a wonderful reminder of how awesome a character he is.
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